The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-11-06

been more prominent IN political
affairs, and no man in the State has
been the subject OF SO much abuse on
the part of the monopoly press. He
has been the target for years against
which the poisoned darts OF pluto
cracy have been hurled in vain.
Everything possible was done to de-
stroy the reputation of Mr.. Donnelly
in the late libel suit, but his friends
every where may rest assured that
he has lost nothing but has vindi-
Gated himself clearly and completely.
One thing was made evident during
the trial, and that was that the
present leader of the Peoples party
OF this State kept bad company
was thrown among evil associates
at the time he was serving the Re.
publican party the most. These as
sociations, too, destroyed some of
the best known men of that epoch,
and smirched the character of many
of the statesmen of that period. We
are told that Bill King ran away
from this country to Canada to
avoid the telling of certain facts on
Window and Blaine that would have
politically damned these men. In
TACT that period of the history of
this country is a history of DOODLE
ism and political jobbery unpar-
alleled in the history OF his nation,
and that any man succeeded in run
ming the gauntlet of the plutes is
indeed wonder. Nevertheless Mr..
Donnelly came out of the fiery ordeal
wonderfully clear, and will continue
to live in the hearts OF the people of
this country long after the Whee-
locks, Bill Kings, Flandreaus and
their ilk are forgotten DUST Man.
kato Journal.
THEIR ISLANDERS FALL DEAD BORN.
The life of Hon. Ignatius Donnelly
is warfare on earth. His enemies
often seem to get him under, out he
rises again triumphant over all re-
sistance. He is now prosecuting the
Pioneer Press of St. Paul for libel,
claiming damages at 100000. We
heartily hope he may win, because
we believe the St. Paul papers have
been too hard upon him. With all
his shortcomings Mr.. Donnelly is
the one man Minnesota should be
proud OF. He has genius and ability,
and no man but one possessed of the
most signal courage, could ever have
borne up against the war of calumny
which has been waged against him
fore the last twenty years.
Yet he meets his enemies on every
point, and wherever he strikes the
towards fall. Mr.. Kings letter
charges the sage with trying to
bride him, King, by an offer of
$4,000. This assertion bears it's own
refutatiOn for we do not believe Mr..
Donnelly ever had $4,000 at one
time in his life, and from the charac-
ter of Kings letter we do not think
it would require more than 30 piec-
es of silver to make Mr.. King initiate
Judas and betray Christ. 1t is no
wonder Donnelly gets the better OF
his foes if they are all of the King
stamp. One other point in Mr.. Don
nelly's favor strikes us as important,
namely, that in all the food OF vitu-
peration that has been poured upon
him there is no charge that he ever
embezzled or stole any money or
property, public or private. In this
his character stands out in bold con-
trast with the great body of his as
sailants, and as long as they cannot
attack his honesty and integrity,
their Islander falls dead born, and
only covers themselves with con-
fusion and disgrace.-Sentinel, Chip
pewa Falls, Wis
MEASURES THE INFLUENCE OF THEP.P.
The great libel suit has ended in a
verdict for $1.OO for the plaintiff.
The Pioneer Press people at once set
up the claim that this was what the
jury considered the value of Mr.. Don
nelly's reputation, but it is more
likely that it represents the jury's
idea OF the ability Of the P. P. to
damage any one.
The verdict can be constructed in
only one way. The jury were COM
PEELED to believe that the charges
made in the letter written by King
were untrue, and that his testimony
was untrue, else they could not have
given verdict for the plaintiff at
all. The amount OF the damages
cuts very little figure in the matter.
1t simply expresses the opinion of
the jury, based on the evidence, that
Mr.. Donnelly's reputation has not
been injured by the Pioneer Press,
but is still good. A E. Rich, w. G..
LeDuc, John F. Norrish, John J.
Rhodes and even R. C. Libby were
called upon to testify for the defense,
and testified that Donnelly's repu-
tation for political and legislative
integrity was bad. This testimony,
if it had been given in a Dakota
county court, would have made both
Judge and jury smile. If Mr.. Libby
thinks Donnelly's reputation is bad,
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