St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-11-02
NO. 3O6.

bad, as a legislator, among nv neigh
bOrs, my counsel very properly asked
him If those neighbOrs did not vote for
my election to the senate last fall by an
almost unanimous vote, and he was
forced TO admit they did. This is a suf-
ticient answer to all my slanderers.
Rich could not be elected to the small.
est office in Dakota county. and as for
lie Due, the citizens of Hastings would
not put him in the Office of dOg-catcher.
he is universally disliked and distrust-
ed. No political party i'm Dakota county
has ever set him up to receive the suf-
frages of his fellow men, and never will.
The Memphis ana HI PasO.
II think Judge Hooker should also
have instructed the jury that there was
not particle of testimony to sustain
the charge that had been bribed bv
the Memphis Il FL PasO Railroad COM
pany. lie Due was their only witness.
lie stated that in the middle or last part
of February, 1869, told him that had
received 100000 of their stock and
promise of $4,000, and was employed
as their attorney. L do not remember
any such conversation, but there is
nothing inconsistent in it with my testi-
mony. might have told the same thing
to hundred persons, for there was no
secrecy about the matter. My term as
congressman ended on March 4, 1869.
After that | was private citizen. The
Memphis q FL PasO company had no
legislation pending before the house at
that session except bill to give them
the right Of way over the public lands
across the sage-brdsh plains and arid
deserts, without an acre of land subsidy
or dollar of money subsidy. That bill
was passed Feb. %, 1869. NV testimony
was that on Feb. IS, 1869, four days be-
lore my term as congressman closed.
Gen. John &. Fremont and DIR. Schmoele
asked me to remain, after the close of
the session, and act as their attorney in
the next congress, of which | was not
member. They haG no money; they
offered me due-bill for $4,000. which
was worth nothing, and $500, 600 of their
stock which was worth less, to be held
as security for the due-bill! and | was
fool enough to stay for month in
Washington, at my own expense. work
ing for them. The company collapsed
utterly, and L never received
dollar for stock, due-bilI or ex-
penSes. We tried during the trial to
get in the files of the ST. Paul Press, to
show that it had published a statement
In 1919 OF the treasurer of the company,
DR.. SchmOele, cOrrObOrating these
statements in every particular; but the
ground that the Press was not the same
corporation as the Pioneer Press, al
though owned and controlled by the
same men. We also tried to show that
the Press Joe Wheelock), in 1873, adj
mitted that L was guiltless of any
wrong doing in that matter, of which he
now seeks to make so much; but this
also was shut out OIL the same ground.
Against this statement OF mine, as to
my connection with the Nj. & Z. =. r.
X. company, there was not scntilIa of
proof of any kind. The Pioneer Press in
trOduced an extract from the books of
the company, but it simply showed that
in February" such an arrangement had
been entered into with me, and that it
was Intended as retainer for my
services for the future, after | had
ceased to be congressman. So that
when you come to boil down all the
libels of the Pioneer Press they amount
to but three, supported by the testi-
mOny of Bill lie Due and Bill King.
WAS there no charge as to my career
during the last twenty-five wears? No:
not syllable. They practically admit
that, during seven sessions of the legis-
lature, have been blameleSS and hon
Orable. They cannot point their finger
even at suspicion. l have been fight
ing the corporations and rings for
twenty years: those great powers would
be only too glad to discrcdit me. But not
one of them comes up and says, on such
and such occasions we bought Mr.. Don
nelly'S vote; or on such and Such occa-
SlOnS he offered to sell us his vote. Not
a single senator or member, who served
with me during any one of those seven
sessions. have they been able to pro-
duce who would swear that my reputa-
ton as a legislator was bad. Their
whole charges are confined to the
months of January and February, 1862
Eiihu Washburne employed detectives
for weeks i'll 1868 to scOur Philadelphia,
my birthplace, to find something
against my character which he could
bring before the congressional iuveStiga-
ton committee; and he failed to dis
cover the smallest thing. No man ever
lived whose whole career, from the era
die to his SlXtieth year, has been 50
harried and dragged over for evidence
OF wrong-dOing as myself. The very
devils of hell seem to have pursued me.
My life has been long martyrdcm Of
unbound ed calumny.
The Hastings Il Dakota Eg. R. Co.
The charge in connection with the
Hastings x Dakota Railroad company
was utterly diSsipated, without even talk
ing my testimony into consideration.
lie Due SwOre that [ demanded $4,000
in cash and $1,000 in stock for obtaining
a land grant for the company, and that
he presented my claim to the board of
directors and they rejected it but finally
voted me $500 of stock. [ called Z. B.
Allen, one Of the directors who was pres
ent at the meeting when the stock was
voted, and he SwOre that LIE Due never
demanded for me SO, 600 or 81. 200: that
L was not present at any meeting
of the company and made 10 demand
upon them of any kind; and that the
vote of credit of 81, 900 on the stock was
purely voluntary action of the board.
Charles A. l.. Lange, of Ortonville, was
secretary of the company at that time.
He was present at all the meetings, and
he testified that LIE Due never demand
ed $4,000 in cash for me or $1,000 in
stock. lie Due is thus proved to be a
liar by two reputable witnesses. Did
he call any other of the directors to
substantiate his statements? Not one.
| also attempted to get in the flies of the
St. Paul Press of February, 1874, con-
tanning statement, signed by Stephen
Gardner, president of the First National
Bank of Hastings, and the largest
stakeholder in the company (Since de-
ceased; l.. ). Follett, then cashier OF
the First National Bank of Hastings
NOW incapacitated by sickness from tes-
tifying); }. B. Tozer, c. Oestreich, and
Michael Conner now dead. The letter
is addressed to the Press, setting forth
that the vote Of stock was publicly
made; that almost every person in !
Hastings knew of 1t; that | was not
present; that the vote was made Oh LIE
Dues representation that | had greatly
helped the company in matters outside
of my congressional duties; that l knew
nothing of the matter until afterwards,
and that | did not take the stock They
further stated that had been the true,
faithful friend of the company and the
city of Hastings, and that l Travelled to
New York, Philadelphia, Washington,
etc., to try 30 save the Hastings people
from the loss of the road and the $4,000
they had put into it. They add
Through incompetency or worse man
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