St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-25
DAZZLING ELOQUENCE.
Wellington's Rhetorical Closing
the Effort of His Life.

Mr.. WellingtOn'S closing address re-
newed the claim that has often been
made for him that he is a man of elo-
quence and logic. He held the vast
audience transfXed. There was never
a more attentive assemblage. and it
would have been painful were it not
for the occasional relaxation infiu-
enced by the keen satire of the orator.
Few men ever passed SUCH scathing
and drastic arraignment as Col. w. s.
King and Gen. LIE Due did. But the
former sat there absolutely upper
turbed as though there was nothing in
the slightest degree out of the ordinary.
AS Mr.. Wellington proceeded from
phase to phase of his argument. keeping
the King and LIE Due testimony as the
foundation, Col. King was the cynosure
of all eyes, but there was perfect alb
sence of embarrassment.
After few opening words Mr.. We'll
lington plunged with precipitation and
earnest zeal into the very spirit of the
case. lie amplified and philosophical,
he illustrated by metaphor, and drew
conclusions by mathematical and ethical
analyses, and the jury sat SpelI-bOund
as the volume of elOguence rolled from
the masters lips without hesitation,
and specifically without effort. For
three hours he forged chain of logical
conclusions that seemed unaSSailable-
strong enough TO test the storm of the
attacks of multitude of statesmen.
Mr.. Wellington began by celebrating
upon the duties of citizenship and the
fundamental principles of statehood
and the ethics of politics. He spoke in
mites and possibilities of Minnesota,
and took the jury Involuntary back to
the days when the broad and fertile
prairies invited the cultivation that
would reduce them to figurative gold
beds. Then he deplOred the manner in
which the opportunities and natural re-
sources had been perverted. Mr.. Wei
lingtOn pointed to the cities of Minnea-
polls and st. Paul IN illustration of the
point controlled by the wealthy classes.
The buildings here have been con-
been obtained in jObbing-not
fruits of honest labor. The fact is
known as clearly as it is known that the
sun rises in the east. that there is some
one fighting, that there is some one who
has been fighting these aristocratS and
Notwithstanding this Ubiquitous syS
TEN of spoliation of the peoples inheri
lance in free republican country.
"WhO is it?" he asked with JUNCTION.
''There is not line written in the his
tory of the state of Minnesota that does
not record that lgnatiuS Donnelly is
! one of the men that is battling against
this gigantic array of moneyed auto
Gratis. Il will ask you for what iniqui-
tOus measures has IgnatiuS Donnelly
ever voted during his career in the halls
| of congress or in the legislature of the
state of Minnesota? What railroad job
has he ever been connected with? Bring
IN the records of the United States, and
of the state of Minnesota, and spread
| them broadcast.
"In this trial." he pursued, "there are
| banded together certain strong interests
against one man. 1t is the final struggle,
the AppOmattoX, and unless Ignatius
Donnelly had the strength of manhood
! and the courage of q lion he must have
laid down long ago. But with the vigOr
and courage of great man he has stood
and fought the battle alone against ire
me ndOuS odds"
Mr.. Wellington painted to the aggre-
CATION that was gathered around the
! table the brightest intellect of the bar of
| the state. and to the assemblage. If
| there were politician in the state who,
| terests of corporation. who was not
| present to use their influence and ener-
gies to defeat the plaintiff, Mr..
Wellington wanted his photograph
| TO exhibit in a dime musum. He re-
minded the jury of the verbal filth and
| vile VituperatiOn that had been poured
over the plaintiff, and how baseless and
utterly unsupported it had been in the
evidence adduced. He reviewed the
assertion that this is not conflict be-
tween the Pioneer Press and Mr.. Don
nelly, but as a matter of fact fight
between lgnatius Donnelly and w. S.
King. This was positively and emphat-
icaly denied. There was no quarrel
with King. eff there were, w. S. King
would be forced to leave Minneapolis. !"
he urged. "and God forbid that he
should be compelled to make second
trip to Canada. He is called the father
and creator of Minneapolis. What an alb
surdity. 1t is the first time l had heard
of it. 1 had been foolish enough to
suppose that God almighty had made
| St. Anthony's falls and had given Min