St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-26
The SAGE is SAVAGE.
One Taste Of the Courts Only
Stimulates His Thirst
for Gore,
And He Proposes to Bring
Other Suits Against the
Pioneer Press.
The Anarchist Editorial and
Recent Utteranees Are
the Basis.
Attorney Wellington Reviews
the Trial Just Con-
Guided.


short time yesterday. He was en-
route TO hisshome in Nininger, where he
has some engagements for to-day. He
conversed freely upon the celebrated
libel suit with the Pioneer Press, and
he said that the libel had been renewed
by the publication of the proceedings
and the structures thereon in yester-
days issue of that paper. Mr.. Donnelly
said that he will hurry back to st. Paul
to consult his attorney concerning an
action for damages for further defama-
ton of character.
The libelous feature of the article
which Mr.. Donnelly complains is in the
introduction to the regular proceedings
of the trial, and the head lines in large
type. A singing editorial FROM Mr..
Wheelock's trenchant pen, in the same
issue,is also considered actionable under
the provisions of the libel law. The
headlines assert:
allegations Of Bribery and Corruption in
the Main Completely Sustained"
And, it claimed. the allegations in the
luminous Introductory article are ''mali-
clouSly false" 1t says, for illustration.
that "the jury stood at one time eleven
fendant''-the Pioneer Press. The en-
tire article is all assumption that all the
charges contained in the famous "Bill''
King letter were proven TO the satlsfac-
ton of the jury, with the single excep-
ton of the claim that Donnelly accepted
a 5000 bribe from the agent of the Cen
trail Pacific Railway company, and that
hethen hurried to New FORK and secured
$1,000 more by concealihg the fact that
he had obtained the first 5000. 1t as
sumeS that the charges of Donnelly's
acceptance of q $500 bride from G. p.
Huntington, president of the Central
Pacific road; the charge of his receive
ing, while member of congress,
$4,000 due bill and $500. 600 in stock
from the Memphis. Ell PaSo IL Pacific
railroad; the demand by Donnelly upon
the Hastings IL Dakota road for 1000
in cash and $1,000 i'll stock, as 4 reward
Tor services a 4 member of congress in
securing the passage of a land grant
for the company. and the subsequent
acceptance of &, 500 in stock donated to
him by the company; the charge of the
offerby Donnelly OF $1,000 in money 30
w. ). King as a bribe to his brother,
Dana L. King, the latter being then
state senator. and the promise of 81 900
and an appointment as surveyor gen
=
Dana E. King to support Donnelly for
the United States senatGrship; the
charge Of the payment by Donnelly to
Charles ii. Clark, then a member of the
legislature, of $500 as a bride tc induce
Clark to vote for and support D0nnelly
for the United States senatorS!iip-as-
sumed that all these were proven.
On the other hand, Mr.. DonnaIly
claims that nothing of the sort was
proven. and he takes the ground that
the assertion that he was proven cor
rupt is serious defamation of char
acter and actionable. He insists that
of the defense was completely
swept away especially that por-
ton that was testified to by
Gen. LIE Due. TO substantiate this po-
sition, he cites the testimony of MIR.
Allen. a reputable citizen of st. Paul,
and who was director and stakeholder
of the Hastings & Dakota Railroad COM
pauy during all the time that 1t is
alleged that these corruptions took
place. Mr.. Allen testified unequivo-
cally that Mr.. Donnelly had never made
application for gift of stock because
of his influence in securing the land
grant for his own road. Mr.. Donnelly
subscribed for $500 in stock and paid
stock by the road. namely, ) per cent.
Mr.. Donnelly holds that the editorial
mentioned is conceived in speciouS
falsehood, with the malicious intent to
defame his character He denies that
the jury found verdict for the plant
if, because the jury was 'strammeled
by the technical requirements of the
law" ana protests that such an allega-
ton is libelous. One feature of the
editorial upon which Mr.. Donnelly pro-
poses to bring suit for damages reads:
1T is substantially a verdict for the de-
PENDANT. 1t means simply that the jury found
Kings charges against Donnelly to be true
substantially and generally: that he had been
guilty of receiving and giving brides while
representing the people OF his district in
congress and in the legislature of this state.
They found it to be true that he was tainted
all over and ali through with the ignoble in
famies which he is fond of attributiug to
others; and he goes out of that trial branded
as one OF the worst and vilest of the corrup-
tionists with whom it is his stock in trade to
class all his political opponents"
Attorney WellIngtOn's Review.
Mr.. Wellington was seen at his resi-
dence last evening. He explained that
Mr.. Donnelly had not called upon him
since the publication in yesterdays
Pioneer Press of the articles to which
Mr.. Donnelly takes exception, and,
therefore, he did not feel at liberty
to discuss the topic for publication in
the GLOBE. Mr.. Wellington said he ex-
pected that Mr.. Donnelly will consult
him either to-day or tomorrow relative
to serving notice upon the Pioneer
Press demanding retraction, as pro-
vided by law, but he must decline TO
discuss the matter until Mr.. Donnelly's
views shall have been consulted. In re-
viewing the trial just closed he said:
1.-The court, in allowing the inYesti-
CATION into Mr.. Donnelly's character.
confined it to the inquiry as to his repu-
tation for honesty and integrity as a
politician and legislator. and submitted
the question 20 the jury of damages to
that character. 1t was apparent
to the jury from the evidence
that on two previous occasions
the Pioneer Press had published
the same article that formed the basis
OF the libel suit, and that. despite all
the SANDERS it contained. Mr.. Donnelly
had been Endorsed and Reimbursed by
the citizens of his own county, and the
jury knew that he is at present holding
the Office of state senator from Dakota
county, to which he was elected by de-
feating the Democratic and Republican
candidates by pronounced majority.
This fact had the effect to induce the
jury to believe that the libel in respect
to Mr.. DonneIly's political and Iegis-
lative reputation had not been very seri-
Gus, and itinspired the belief, therefore,
that the suit was brought not for
damage to Mr. DOnnelly'S character