St. Paul daily globe., 1891-10-25

resources ana not the WING, or say so Oh
the gentleman that sits there" pointing
his finger at Col. King. minneapolis
doesn't depend for its existence and de-
velopment, for its future progress upon
any one more. No, gentlemen, w. S.
King is not our prey. We are not fight
ing him. We are here to ask simple
justice for this defendant, because of
the Scurrilous and libeious slander pub
lished in the Pioneer Press in Feb
ruary."
The sin of SANDER was illustrated irt
round ed periods of eloquenee. Libel
was pronounced an ancient law, even iI
Moses time, when he wrote the deco
logue, and Mr.. Wellington recitees
Thou shalt not bear false witness
against thy neighbor." The principle
had been brought down through al.
ages, down to the present day. The ag
grayated facts connected with the pos
sibilities of redress for the poor maj
slandered were depicted. He has no
money TO go into court, and the plaintiff
has had none until his fertile literary
brain began to bear fruit. There are
but two redresses for the poor man. He
must either be driven forth disgraced,
and his children must be the subject Of
sneerS of their associates, and his wife
must walk the streets with averted
head, or else seek redress through the
strength and yalor of his right hand.
The issues of the case were lucidly
explained III detail, and the pleadiDgs
were carefully and searchingly re-
viewed. and the jury was cautioned that
Mr.. Donnelly WAS not there TO establish
his innocence. The preponderance Of
proof devolved upon the defendant.
The publication was admitted and its
libelous character proven beyond ques-
ton. The defense must establish TIE
truth of the charges in the King letter
must prove them all-else a aeyerdict
should be given TO the plaintiff.
Then Mr.. Wellington entered into the
evidence with all the energy of his soul.
The Clark matter was paraded in a
cumstance. The utterly improbable.
hypothesis that the $500 could have been
bribe was shown in the fact that Mr..
Donnelly had written letters duuning
him for the amount of the loan. Again
the money was given Clark while Clark
was supporter of Donneliy. What alb
ject folly to bribe man to vote for him
when lie was already Jealous sup
porter.
The course of the Pioneer Press for
long series of years was exposed. Its
malignant attitude 10 the plaintiff was
remarked in the course of the argu
ment, and the vituperation and filth
that had been hurled at Mr.. Donnelly
by the Scurriloas pen of Joseph Whee
lock was paraded in most caustic
terms.
Then Gen. LIE Dues testimony was
literally torn to pieces, shred by shred,
when put in juXtaposition with the tes
timony Of reputable citizens, who
could have had no earthly motive to
perjure themselves for OF against
pithpr raartU tn fhn Cnit Eon To nua
had sworn that Donnelly had demanded
stock of the road for his influence. Rec
ords pro We that the grant wasf obtained
a year prior to the issue of a dollar in
stock. Then. how could the $3.50 IN
stock have influenced Donnelly? The
fact that it was to the interest of Da-
kota' county to build the Hastings
& Dakota road was fully re-
hearsed, and Donnelly mad only
cases. The attitude CT LIE Due was
pictured in realistic language-the ha-
tired and malignity thatihe evineed as a
witness on the stand. In fact, Mr.. Wei
lington showed the motive that every
witness who testified in derogatory
tone of Mr.. Donnelly's character were
his bitterest foes. All this had been es-
tablished by the testimony.
Il will ask you if you look ed at his
face? 1t would require no physlogno-
mist to read him. Is his face that
would likely attract child? Would a
child lay its cheek against his knee and
look up in,o that Saturnine face for ca
resS?o
He ewaS compared by Mr.. Wellington
to the participatorS in the inquisi-
tiOn and painted about as black as NOR
tai was ever painted.
lie Due says he was quartermasIer.
| see some of you wear the button. l
do not, but was one of you. Do you
remember when we were in the
trenches? When we got tired of load
member what we did? We elevated
our guns now and then and fired high
oyer the heads of our troops, so the bul
let flew back in the rear four miles or
so and said. Here goes for quarter
master.' lie Due was one of those fel-
lows we used to send those bullets to
search out. He was brave mani
Then IgEatius Donnelly's career was
pictured in cOntra-distinction. His
service to his country while lieutenant
governor of the state in organizing regi-
mentS to send them out to achieve
greatness and to show their heroism
and to die martyrs at Gettysburg. Gen.
lie Dues testimony was analyZed be-
side of the testimony that was diamet-
rically opposite, and 1t was shown that
Mr.. DOnnelly, to help the Hastings &
Dakota road. had subscribed and
paid an assessment to the cor
poration. Then the admissions
of lie Due to bribing DonnelIy
and swearing he thought it honorable
and straightforward were illustrated.
The OakeS Ames transactions were eX-
posed in way far from complimentary
to LIE Dues integrity. Ames owned
One-half and afterwards got a couple
more shares of the stock. How did he
get them? LIE DUO wouldn't swear lie
did not sell them to him, so that the
Milwaukee system would swallow up
the Hastings &Dakota, and the poor
men of the county lost every cent they
put in it. -.s
''Esau sold his birth right for a m ess
of pottage, but he got something to put
in his stomach. LIE Due sold hlssbirth
right for the beggarly reward of sitting
on the directorate with Alex Mitchell,
twenty times millionaire. And the
poor laborers lost every cent they had
invested in the enterprise"
Then the election of the directors was
shown up. Only fraction of the shares
of stock were voted and they were voted
by people under the control of the Mil
waukee road, with lie Due. The fact
was reviewed that lie Duo had fur
nished items to W. ID. Washburn to use
in his campaign against Donnelly. Still
LIE Due claimed he had no feeling of
enmity towards Ignatius Donnelly.
After-roasting lie Due at length, Mr..
Wellington related all the circumstances
connected with the Ell Paso fiasco. Don
nelly, after his term of Office as con
gresham. had been elected attorne. : of
the road. He spent long time in the
service of the corporation. and never
got his eXpenses-not a cent. A due
bill for $4,000 was executed to him and
$500, 900 in stock. but both were value-
less, and he returned the stock. In this
connection the great lawyer trailed his
guns on Col. King. He reviewed his
career in Washington with acrid COM
ments. Washington was flooded with
money for corrupt purposes.