The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-11-27
Press Comments on
that Libel Suit.

Tray, Blanche and Sweetheart have
been barking at the heels of Ignatius
Donnelly and endeavoring to belittle
him. 1t is amusing to read the COM
ments OF some of the seven by nine
editors on this representative man of
the northwest anent the recent libel
suit and hear them howl "dema-
gogue," with big D, when it is a
two to one bet the howler's don't
know the meaning of the word, much
less are they acquainted with the man
and his history.-Glendive Mont
Independent.
The enemies of Donnelly think they
have him down, but we think they are
doomed to disappointment. He is
too brainy and too brave. So long
as he lives he will be factor in poll
tics which everybody will notice and
a good many admire. While we are
not one of his champions justice COM
pels us to state that there is nothing
in his record that points one-half as
strongly to corruption as does the
means by which several prominent
politicians have secured office in
Minnesota. The difference is, Don
nelly, demagogic though his motives
may have, as charged, been, he has
stood with the common people while
the other fellows were with and of the
cohorts Of wealth and aristocracy and
possessed the power to make it inter-
esting for those who ventured criti-
cism.-Hutchinson Leader. lRep.)
The Pioneer Press has been kept
pretty busy trying to hunt up COM
ments on the Donnelly verdict in ia
vOr Of itself. 1t is not often that the
Press copies from the county papers,
and a few of them jumped at the
chance of seeing their names in the
tbirteen-story papers type.-Mar-
shall County Leader.
There appears to be d united and
determined effort on the part of the
mOnopOlistic press to "down Donnel-
ly." 1t is our opinion therefore that
Donnelly is not as bad as he is pic
tured, and we rather admire the fell
low for his fighting qualities and
independent action.-Browns' Valley
Tribune.
1gnatius Donnelly, who secured a
verdict for libel in his suit against the
St. Paul, Mimi, Pioneer Press, the
damages being placed by the court at
u nominal sum OF 81, has renewed the
suit, asking for $4,000 damages,
because the Pioneer Press renewed it's
charges. A bitter political contest
that may stir the whole nation is like
ly to result, as Donnelly is a recog-
nized Farmers Alliance leader and
Minnesota is one of the strongest
Farmers Alliance states.-The Voice,
(Prohib.) }, New York.
Ignatius Donnelly has instituted
two libel suits against the Pioneer
Press, from which it is evident that
he means to see if justice can be had
in this state against newspaper for
libel. Believing that Mr.. Donnelly,
like many other gentlemen in this
state, has been outrageously ibeled
by that sheet, we hope he may obtain
suitable Judgment; but for an individ-
ual to expect Justice in the courts to-
day, as a rule, when fighting a cor
poration, is chimerical; they don't do
business that way. The bribing of
courts is a matter of daily occurrence,
and is as true in one part of our
country as another.-Farmers' Lead
er, Pipestone.
The Ocosta Pioneer, Washington,
says: Judge Flandrau exhibited in
his address to the jury contemplate
meanness of character in an uncalled-
for and cowardly attack on Mr.. Don
nelly's literary works. A Minnesota
paper in commenting upon it, says:
1T was coarse, brutal, RECONSTRUCTED,
'low-down' in every attribute" 1t
was an exhibition, really, of rancor-
Gus jealousy of narrow mind. Mr..
Donnelly has produced books which
the people read. Judge Flandrau has
produced nothing and is nothing but
the servant OF monopoly.