St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-26

objected to the reception of purely
local measure introduced by Donnelly,
and out of this grew an acrimonious fight,
and drew out from DOnnelly on the floor OF
congress bitter personal speech, and from
that day to this Mr.. Donnelly has had ar
rayed against him strong political OppoSi-
ton. Had his sense of propriety or even
policy enabled him to have endured the
sings OF his enemies quietly. without
making the retOrt that he did. it is
possible he would have saved him
SELF the opposition he has since en-
countered, but that would not have been
Donneily. He has the Celtic blood and the
IrlSh spirit OF resentment. and he resented
What lie 1elt was wrong, of course taking
the consequences upon his own head.
AS IFIRST SAW HIM.
1t was in 1857, L think. when n vounr
man about 20 years of age, not much taller
IMAM myself and quite slender in person,
Just fresh from Philadelphia, crossed Wa
basha street at Bridge square, and while
crossing handed me pamphlet ON Shake
Speare. After an examination pronounced
the author a man of ability. and
subsequently suggested his name for a state
Office. and soon after he was nominated for
the position of lieutenant governor. and 7
think he gives the writer the credit of
bringing him before the people for the first
time. His subsequent life is quite generally
known to the public, and yet it may be in
teresting to trace his career from a boy to
mature manhood.
WHEN AND WHERE BORN.
Mr.. DOnnelly was born in Philadelphia
in 1881; educated in the public schools and
graduated from the central high school in
1S49 with the degree of A. NJ; studied law
u
wards attorney general of PENNSYLVANIA
and of the United States; admitted to the
bar in 1858; married in 1855; came to St.
Paul in 1856; practiced his profession and
engaged in literary pursuits until 1859,
when he was elected lieutenant governor of
the state OF Minnesota, at an election where
the state was carried by the Republican
party for the first time; was reelected
Lieutenant governor in 1861; was elected to
congress In 1864 and in 1866, and in 1865
renominated for the same Office, but de-
1eated by a combination in which money
was freely used to effect the result.
HOW 1T WAS DONE.
After DOnnelly had been nominated BY a
wing of the the Republican convention. those
opposed to him met and put in nomination a
gentleman by the name of Andrews. and
OF course, there being two Republican can
didates in the field. it threw the election into
the hands of E. NJ. Wilson of Minneapolis,
the Democratic candidate, and he was sent
10 congress from strong Republican district
III was alleged at the time, and very gener-
ally believed, that Andrews received money
Tor his sacrifice in running, beside the prom
Use of the office of minister to Sweden: the
latter position we all know he obtained.
DOnnelly then Joined the Democratic
party and was nominated for congress by
that party, but was defeated. In 1872 he
took the stump in Minnesota, Wisconsin,
Illinois and Michigan for Greeley for presi-
dent, but was again doomed to diSappOint-
ment, as Greeley was unsuccessful. In 1878
he was elected Democratic state senator
from Dakota county. and did good service
In the Legislature. Later along he started
a paper devoted to anti-monopolies and ran
1t few years; then was again nOmi-
mated for congress by the Democratic party,
and made his great run on the ''brass
kettle" issue being elected in the district
outside of Minneapolis, where the great
fight was made against him, and which
finally defeated him. At this time he was
carrying on farming in place called Dom
nelly, but after the election of his Oppo-
nent, NaShburn, he retired to his home at
Nininger and engaged in literary pursuits,
and aStonished the country by the appear
ance of his Atlantis. a work of remarka-
bly, startling theories and bold propositions.
This was followed by his Ragnarok.
and he is soon to produce another
book denying the claims of
Shakespeare TO his own work.
In 1884 he was nominated for congress in
the Third district by three conventions.
and took the stump against Mai Strait,
Republican. He made an active campaign,
and though not elected, yet he reduced his
opponents majority several thousands.
He has great power on the stump, and at
political meetings always draws crowded
houses, for his speeches are full of fun as
well as sharp, briStling points.
HOW HE LOOKS, SPEAKS, ACTS.
Mr.. DOnnelly looks and acts like Young
FalStatf, with round, chubby face. a
round. well-developed body, and round.
chubby hands. He is a good liver and wears
his sign on his cOuntenance. and one not
knowing him would take him to be a ioIlv
bishop OF some Catholic cathedral. As a
man he is very social in his nature. bubbling
over with good humOr and anecdote; an
excellent cOnversatiOnalist, and his
hearty laugh is like the cholera. yrev
contagious. As speaker he ranks among
the first, in argument. logic, ability.
L
place him among the abIeSt in the country.
not so much in originality of thought as
IN original methods of arraying facts and
hewing way to conclusions His Atlantis
has won him literary name which time
can never etface, While his Ragnarok de-
tracts III no degree from his we'll
earned laurels. In debate he is
stubborn, able political opponent;
fearless in the expressions of his opinions
ana decided IN his convictions; remarkably
ready IN repartee and ineXhaustibe i'm re-
sources. The cOmbative elements of the
man have kept him in political hot water for
nearly twenty years, but he seems to enjoy
1t and grow fat over it, while his versatile
talents enable him to turn from the exact
ing cares of a political battle to the quiet
and serene realms of literary pursuits. In
a word, Mr.. DOnnelly is an able man; as a
politician he lacks policy and discretion; as
writer he challenges criticism; and regret
that circumstances have arisen to prevent
MN from occupying place in the councils
OF the nation, for there he would be sure to
make his mark as one Of the rising men of
this country.
REV. JOHN NIATTOCK.
A somewhat remarkable man was Mr.
MattOck, and yet a good man and a good
scholar. He was solid, sound preacher,
according to the orthodox doctrine; a COM
nonsense, matter Of-fact individual. who
believed in uniting the material with the
spiritual world. for while he taught religion
he also dealt largely with the hum
drum affairs of life. He was not
an eloquent or magnetic preacher
and yet he was man of good, sound
Judgment and reliability. He was a
minister in st. Paul nineteen years, and died
In 1875, having maintained his position I'M
lnterTuptedly with his congregation during
that long period. The father of Mr.. Mat
took was once governor of Vermont and q