St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-06

me to amuse and not to instruct YOU"
for his address was but play upon the
riSibilities and not the common sense of
his hearers. What he said was DON
nelly and DOnnelly was the address.
The scene was MISUNDERSTANDING
Joke applause neutrality-suspicious.
-ioke-applause- Donnelly-applause.
He said:
Fellow Citizens: 1t must be as great
surprise to you to find me here as it is to my
self. Loud and continued laughter l re-
member hearing IN anecdote llaughter] of
funeral party, where all present were bathed
in tears except one young man from the ad-
iacent country. And some one turned to
him and said: why do you not weep with
the rest? Why said he, 4 do not belong to
this parish Loud cheers and laughter.1
And yet, my friends, in some sense, as the
representative of labor in this state, it seems
to me that / am not altogether out of place in
a convention that claims to represent a party
that has been the avowed champion of Amer
lean labor ever since 1t was party. Loud
cheers But, my friends, / cannot help but
congratulate myself in the presence of this
convention that Minnesota, if it suffers in
any respect. suffers from plethora of abil-
ity. Laughter. And your convention to-
day is troubled because it has too many great
men in its ranks. Laughter and applause.]
And ermit me to say thas this state, yea,
this convention, possesses brains enough TO
equip half dozen ordinary states. [Cheers
and laughter.] remember one day walking
the streets of Washington with my old
friend, Gov. Ramsey. He was then in the
senate, and was in the house; and the gov
| ernor is a good deal of wag in quiet way.
| [Laughter.] And we were walking along dis
| cussing constitutional questions loud and
prolonged laughterl-because, my friends
| there were a number Of saloons on that
street. [Renewed laughter. The governor
said to me: Mr.. Donnelly, did 1t ever occur
to you that there is one fatal defect in the
| constitution of the United States?' Well,
stopped appalled,. and as have something
| of penchant for profound questions of
statecraft turned TO him and said: "W hat
is that?'' Laughter why" said he, lit
is an omission that may some day wreck the
why" said he, there is no provision in
the constitution of the United States to COM
pei any man to take ONCE" Laughter, loud
and long continued Aud" said the gov
ernor, some day the people will unani-
mousiy refuse to lake office and the govern
ment will end in anarchy" Laughter |
| Now. my friends, am happy to see that this
! convention runs no risk of that kind. Loud
laughter.l / am glad to know that that ca
sey foresaw, has not yet struck
this country, and, as said
before, l am anxious that you
should pick out good man, because the La
And you have got some very fine men, l am
free to admit: and we like to run against
good men. There is your Gov. McGill
| lcheers]; and desire TO say of him that
| while there is complaint against him in some
| quarters, he has given the state clean and
an honest government. Loud cheers. l
| desire especially on behalf of the farmers to
say good word here and now for one of his
| subordinates, the attorney general of the
state, Moses E. Clapp. [Cheers.] He has
been weighed in the balance and not found
| wanting. [Renewed cheers.1 And l desire
also while here-I know you have called
| upon me rather to amuse you than instruct
| you [great laughter]-I desire to say kindly
| word for one of the candidates here, Hon
! Albert Scheffer. PROLONGED enthusiasm
| No man ever had better friends than Mr.
Scheffer, and few men have better deserved
them [more cheering] and / trust that it
does not initiate against him that he is the
| idol of a great nationality that ever since the
| time of Caesar has held an eminent place in
| the history of mankind, ana has adorned