St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-25

the gentleman that sits there,' pointing
his finger at Col. King. minneapolis
doesn't depend for its existence and de-
velopment. for It's future progress upon
any one more. No, gentlemen, W. 5.
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 libelous SANDER pub
lished in the Pioneer Press in Feb
ruary."
The sin of SANDER was illustrated II
round ed periods of elOquence. Libel
was pronounced an ancient law, even ia
Moses time, when he wrote the deco.
logue, and Mr.. Wellington recitea
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
gravated 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 valor of his right hand.
The issues of the case were lucidlv
explained i'll 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 the
truth of the charges in the King letter
must prove them all-else verdict
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 4
logical chain-circumStance after cir
cumstance. The utterly improbable.
hypothesis that the $500 could have been
bride was shown in the fact that Mi.
Donnelly had written letters dunning
him Tor the amount of the loan. Again
the money was given Clark while Clark
was a supporter of Donnelly. What alb
ject folly to bride man to vote for him
when lie was already Il Jealous sup
porter.
The course of the Pioneer Press for Il
long series of years was exposed: Its
malignant attitude 20 the plaintiff was
remarked in the course of the argu
ment, and the vitupcration and filth
that had been hurled at Mr.. Donnelly
by the ScurriloaS pen of Joseph Vince
lock was paraded in most caustic
terms.
Then Cen 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
either party to the suit. Gen. LIE Due
had sworn that Donnelly had demanded
stock of the road for his influence. Rec
ords pro We that the grant wassobtained
year prior to the issue of Il dollar Ia
stock. Then how could the $500 IN
stock have Influenced D0nnelly? Tie
| fact that it was 10 the interest of Da-
| kota' county to build the Hastings
q Dakota road was fully re-
done his duty as he always did in such
cases. Tie attitude CT LIE Due was
| pictured i'll realistic language-the ha-
| tired and malignity that he evinced as a
witness Oh 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-
tabished 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 a face that
| would likely attract child? Would a
| child lay its cheek against his knee and
look up in,o that Saturnine face for Il ca
ress?''
He was compared by Mr.. Wellington
| to the participatorS in the inquisi-
| ton and painted about as black as NOR
| tai was ever painted.
lie Due says he was Quartermaster.
| | see some of you wear the button. |
| n n hnf | nT M
remember when we were in the
trenches? When we got tired of load
ing and firing at the enemy; do you re-
member what we did? We elevated
our guns now and then aud 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 Ole of those fell
lows we used to send those bullets to
search out He was brave man,
Then lgnatius DOnnelly'S career was
pictured in contra-distinction. His
service to his country while lieutenant
| governor of the state III organizing regi-
meutS to send them out to achieve
greatness and to show their heroisln
and to die martyrs at Gettysburg. Gen.
! LIE Dues testimony was analyZed be-
side of the testimony that was diamet-
REALLY opposite, and 1t was shown that
Mr.. Donnelly, to help the hastings &
Dakota road, had subscribed and
poration. Then the admissions
of lie Due to bribing DonnelIy
and swearing he thought it honorable
and straightforward were illustrated.
The Cakes AmeS transactions were eX-
posed in way far from complimentary
to lie Dues integrity. Anes owned
One-half and afterwards got couple
more shares of the stock. How did he
get them? LIE Due 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.
''Esau sold his birth right for a m ess
of pottage, but he got something to pui
in his stomach. LIE Due sold his birth
right for the beggarly reward of sitting
on the directorate with Alex Mitchell,
| twenty times a 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 Due had fur
nished items to W. d. Washburn to use
in his campaign against Donnelly. Still
LIE Due claimed he had no feeling oil
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 q cent. A due
bill for $50, 600 was executed to him and
$4,000 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.