St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-08-20
MIR. DoNNELLY,s MANIFESTO.

MIR. DONNEL MANIFESTO.
The worst punishment that poor old JOB,
in the hour of his distress and humiliation,
could invoke upon his bitterest enemy was
that he might possess the ability to write a
book. RoLLIN NJ. SQUIRE has more re-
Gently testified that the most foolish thing
a politician can do is to write letter. Ii,
then, book and letter writing be the acme
of folly, what profound gratitude the enc
mics of Mr.. IGNATIUs DoNNELLY must ex-
perience in the ability that gentleman has
exhibited to put his thoughts on paper
Mr.. DoNNELLY is a prolific genius in that
way. His latest literary emulation is cir
cuar letter addressed to the Democratic
voters of this state. which is published in
full in this mornings GLOBE. 1t will be
observed that the bulk of Mr.. DoNNELLY's
matchmaking falls upon the heads of
three prominent gentlemen who are identi-
fled with the Democratic party in this state.
In the same vein of Imagination
that discovered sunken Atlantis beneath
the waves Of a great ocean, or that demon
strated the. Bard of Avon to be nothing
more than an amenuensis for the greatest
philosopher of his times, and who, like
Mr.. DANA's Office cat, was in the habit of
appropriating his masters copy to his own
use, Mr.. DoNNELLY makes the eX-
Democratic party of Minnesota has
been broiled down and manufactured
into one cake of bogus soap
labeled HILL, DoRAN and KELLY. Mr.,
DoNNELLY'S alarm might become infec-
tious if we did not call to mind that the
aboye-named gentlemen are only three
humble members of political organization
consisting of 70, 900 as true and loyal men
as ever vowed allegiance to the principles
of great party, and who have never yet
bowed the knee to BAAL. A party
that has stood up for twenty-five years
under the disbursements that have
beset the Democratic party in
Minnesota and has battled man
fully for its principles is not the party to
tremble in the presence of any man, or of
any trio of men, nor is it the party to hand
over its organization to any other but
capable leadership. If Mr. DoNNELLY
has personal quarrel with MI. HILL and
with Mr.. KELLY he and they ought to
fight it out without invoking the aid
Of the other 69,996 Democrats in the
state. If Mr.. KELLY spent $4,000
in defeating Mr.. DoNNELLY for con-
gress he was guilty of wasteful
extravaganza. That is all there is of that.
If Mr.. HILL sent his cars out on the day
before the election to oppose Mr.. Don
NELLY. as the latter asserts he did, then
Mr.. Hills cars are offensive partisans
and out to be turned out under the presi-
dents civil service order. 1t is not allowa-
BILE under national Democratic admins
tration that partisan railroad cars shall be
prancing around over the country meddling
in local or national politics, even if they do
belong to the great Manitoba system. If
Mr.. DoNNELLY wants to make an issue
against PAT KELLY's methods OF squan-
dering his money or of JIM Hills prac-
tice of turning his cars loose to break down
the fences of congressional candidates, let
him wade in and make the most OF it. But
for heavens sake let him give the Demo.
cratic party short rest to gather strength
for the great struggle before it in the work
of ledeeming Minnesota from Republican
miSrule.