St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-26
Get Down Oh Your Knees,
Now, and Apologize TO
Judge Macdonald.
A Rousing Reception Ten
dered the Congressman
at Glenco2.
He Is Visitee@: ., Uy a Delegation
of Fifteen to Twenty
Union Soldiers.
ECecial 10 the Clone.

Special 10 the Clone.
GLENCOE. Oct 25.-Judge Macdonald
arrived here yesterday, and met with
such d warm-hearted reception as
showed his popularity ard the rouSing
majority we viii give. The greetings
uf our people were more hearty than
usual, for they evidently wished TO con-
vince him they condemned the base and
unwarTanted attacks that had been
made upon him by Gnc Of their news
papers. Republicans were. if anything
different. more Outspol1cn than Demo
Gratis in denouncing the character OF
the campaign which his opponent, ID.
=. Hall, is conducting. and had 10 hest
tation in saving that it would cause
Hall the loss of many votes. In tie
evening a delegation of Union veterans,
numbering from fifteen TO twenty,
among whom were Judge y. p. Fitch,
Col. Il. s. Donaldson and Hon. William
Johnson. proceeded to the hotel in
body and called upon Judge
Macdonald 10 express to him
their approval OF his action
in congress and wishes for his success.
After entering the room Judge Fitch.
on Lehalf of the veterans. addressed
Judge Mac Donald, stating that they had
called in body to express their appro-
baton of his course generally lii con
gress, and especially in behalf OF the
old soldiers of the Union army. lie
said that they had closely watched his
coarse and it met with hearty approval.
and that they had 10 doubt Of his re-
election; which would be aided largely
by the votes of
TEE UNION VETERANS
who had found him to be a true and
tried friend. Judge Macdonald, in re-
Spouse. expressed his pleasure at being
the recipient Of this call. which was so
unexpected and gratifying that he was
unable to express his feelings in Ian
guage which would satisfy him. lie
said that he had done his duty TO the
whole people as far as laid in his power,
and in no respect more than in his eff
forts to assist the old soldiers in sCcur-
inc the allowance of their claims, and
it was doubly gratifying to him that
here in Glencoe he should be called
upon ~ SO large a number of them to
testify their continued confidence and
To repudiate the attacks made upon him,
and especially by Il paper in
their town. After general
handshaking and friendly chat
all round, the, veterans withdrew.
Early in the evening the band was out
PLAYING in front of the new city hall,
and W hen the hour of meeting arrived
the immense room zone of the largest i'll
the state) and gallery were packed to
overlooking. The meeting was organ
lied by the election of Col. Il. S. Don
aldsOn as chairmhn, who, after a few
preliminary remarks, introduced Judge
Macdonald, who was received with
such round of applause as would have
made Hall OF his supporters feel like
Withdrawing from the canvass. His
speech WAS similar 10 that delivered at
Hutchinson the eyeIilg before. As
there, he took up each of the ISLANDERS
important enough 10 notice and dis
posed of them one after another to the
full satisfaction of his audience. He
said, referring to the Minneapolis
Tribune resurrection of 4 tWenty-Seven-
ycar-old Republican conspiracy to i'll
iurc him. by Republican county at
torney having an Indictment found
against him for illegal voting, that the
point attempted TO be made by that pa
per was that he should have waived all
objections and gone to trial on the mer-
its, notwithstanding the alleged charge
was
OLD AND OUTLAWED.
The complete answer to that is that it
was 4 political fight: that the then
county attorney was candidate for re-
election. ana it was deemed of the ut
most political Importance that he be
placed before the people where he
would have to admit that in advising
the indictment he was ignorant of the
plaineSt provisions of statute law, OF
was actuated by malice toward Judge
Macdonald. lie said that it will be ap-
parent To any fair-minded and intelI-
gent person that if he had waived the
fact of the charge being Outlawed and
attacked the county attorney before the
people, securing such an Indictment.
the answer of the county attorney
would have been: ''Why dId YOU not
demur TO it?" and this would have been
held 10 be an answer by the average
voter. He said the animuS of this at
tack is shown by the false statement in
the Tribune that the record book in the
clerk office had lad leaves torn out of
it, 4 statement that that paper would
have to retract or face libel suit.
After speaking for over an hour in favor
Of tariff reduction and revenue reform.
he closed with an appeal to the audi
ence to lay aside party prejudice and
look at this question of the tariff as cit
liens who were determined to arriveat
the truth and vote accordingly; that if
they did this he had no doubt as to how
they would vote. He was frequently
applauded, and at the close of his
speech large portion of the audience
pressed forward TO take HIM by the
hand.