St. Paul daily globe., 1891-10-24

but witness had never ayailed himself
Of the opportunity. However, he de-
MED tn,.:..tt he offered Dc.%..elly 100000 to
sell out the Alliance party.
Mr.. Wellington here put knotty
problem before the court to decide
upon. He asked for the privilege of
placing in evidence certain publications
in the Press. The first was letter
from DR.. Schoenele referring to the
Memphis & Ell PaSo Railway company
that has cut such figure in the trial.
In this letter the doctor completely eX
onerated Mr.. DonDelly from any posi-
bic wrong, either in thought or fact. In
connection with this was an editorial
admitting that the letter was an unan-
swerahle and unequivOcal refutation of
every imputation in The transaction. 1t
was retractlon of all charges.
The other publication was letter re-
lating to the Hastings & Dakota rail-
way, signed by five of the principal
stockholders and directors of the corpo-
ration, including Stephen Miller. who
was the largest owner of the road, and
it was complete justification of Mr..
Donnelly's course in procuring the
land grant, and exonerated him
from all culpabiIity in the
premises. 1t showed that Mr..
Donnelly was not guilty of corrupt
influences in congress, and that he had
not sought any reward whatever or eX-
pressed any hope for any. This the
Wheelock had testified that he did not
know that the letter was being used.
From Stakeholder.
E. B. Allen. of Harrington avenue.
st. Paul, was the next witness in rebut-
tai OH the part OF the plaintiff. He tes-
tilted that he was director and stock
owner of the Hastings & Dakota road.
and that he had been present at all
no time did Gen. LIE Due state to the
board that DonneIly had ever de-
manded stock in the road. On
the contrary. Donnelly had sub
scribed to $500 stock and paid 5
per cent assessment on the same,
amounting to 1925. Not long after the
land grant in 1867 the board voted of its
own violation to credit Donnelly $1,000
on his stock that he had subscribed,
but no stock was delivered to DonnelIy
or any other person.
Joel b. Bassett, of Minneapolis, teSti-
fed that he had been acquainted with
Mr.. Donnelly since few months after
his arrival in the state, away back in
tlO JUS, anu llC hliCh tldO uIo lCDulo-
ton was good politically.
CroSs-eXamined by Squires. Mr.. Bas-
sett said he had been a Supporter of
Donnelly's. lie had the pleasure only
once of voting for Donnelly, when he
was ON the Republican ticket for con-
gresS. Mr.. Squires raked up the Wash
burn affair, and found that the reason
why the witness didn't vote oftener
was because he didn'tlive in Donnelly's
district. He had voted for Donnelly
against Washburn, or, rather, he could
not just remember, but if Washburn
and Donnelly were in the same district
at the time he most assuredly voted for
Donnelly. litter from crowd.] Asked
as to his political career, Mr.. Bassett
said he had only been an Indian agent
for the government from '66 to '6S.
Now didn't Donnelly assist you to this
position?'
Il don't think he did,
Didn't he help you:'
Il don't think he had anything to do with
my appointment"
And yet he was the congressman from
your district
He was"
And didn't help on your cause?''
II don't know-don't think he did,
Now" asked Wellington, wasn't Bishop
Whippe instrumental in getting you the APP
pointment:"
He was"
And wasn't Donnelly trying to get Edwin
Clark the placer
HE Was.''