St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-11-06
ELOQUENT DONNELLY
Talks to an Immense Audience
That Filled Market
Hall.
Nelson Scored and the Crowd
Treated to Racy Dis
course.

Ignatius Donnelly never had larger
or more enthusiastic audience than that
which listened to his wit, raillery and
eloquence last night IN Market hall.
The audience was tbckly Sprinkled
with women, and was wedged into every
foot of the auditorium, stage, gallery,
including the asles. Not person left
the hall during the two hours of his
harangue on all conceivable subjects.
Mr.. Donnelly knows as we'll as any
living man how to entertain mixed
audience and, he had the one last night
ell rapport from start to finish. All were
amuSed-moSt Of them went there with
that expectation. That only very few
of those present are his adherents pO-
ltically was apparent from those who
applauded when he alluded to the aims
and purposes of the Peoples party.
When he directed his sallies of
wit at one of the old parties
or the other, the applause indicated
that hundreds of Democrats, as we'll as
many Republicans, were i'll the audi
ence. The corporations and rich men
were handled in his characteristic way;
the newspapers were held up to Scorn;
the Pioneer Press was whipped with the
tails of a thousand scorpions, and he
fayed Joseph Wheelock alive. The
judges Of the supreme court were
scorched with whitening denunciatlons,
and Knute Nelson-well, he piled it on
to the poor man thick and thin. His
choking episode was alluded TO time
and again, and his record in the legis-
lature WAS held up to inspection and
roundly condemned. Against the Re
publican party he poured out enathe-
mas without stint After speaking an
hour he invited the audience to con-
tribute to the campaign fund. lie sat
down and rested a few minutes While
the hats were being passed around to
defray the expenses of the local COM
mittee. The collection resulted iii the
accumulation OF Sl03.40 in bills, silver
dollars and smaller pieces, in addition
to Canadian half penny.
The meeting began quarter OF an
hour before eight o'clock. L. &. Brun-
son, chairman of the county executive
committee, read the recent letter OF L.
V. Powderly. Mr.. Donnelly invited his
auditors to ask him questions, and
paused for some one to take up the
challenge. THUS encouraged, man in
the gallery asked about the position or
the Democratic party OH currency.
Mr.. Donnelly said very forcibly that
he did not think the Republic
ans treat the Democrats fairly on that
matter. He stated that the Democrats
have the best and sOundeSt position on
that question. and, like Andrew Jack
son, oppose The control of the currency
by the national banks. After this sew
eral asked him questions, and Mr.. Don
nelly'S assurance that he would not
choke any Questioner created great and
prolonged applause. One man asked
about the force bill. Mr.. Donnelly said
that it is wrong in principle, and II
permitted III the South there is no
reason why it should not be used at the
polls in the North, resulting in a Mill
tary deSpotic form of government, which
is what the plutocrats are working for.
He said his friend Bowen, the Populist
candidate for congress in the Seventh
district, had been asked to pledge him
self to place the state militia on the pay
roll. Such policy Carnegie, Gould
and others favor. with a view OF pro-
terting them in their r0bbarieS.
up the blood of Mr.. DOnnelly by asking
him about his verdict against the Pic.
neer Press. Mr.. Donnelly said the YER
dict was not measure of the damage
done to him, but the measure placed by
the jury on the capacity of the paper
to injure him. He then waxed warm
and declared that this paper had damned
every one it championed. He then fiayed
William King in most approved style.
Some one in the audience cried Put
him out" meaning the man that had
asked the question, but Mr.. Donnelly
said: No! Let him alone. | have
not choled any one yet and don't pro-
pose to do SO. although the Pioneer
Press says that is the highest quality
needed in governor" Mr.. Donnelly
then stated that he had repeatedly
offered to meet Mr.. Nelson in joint de-
bate, but he had refused to
do so, even when it was
among Scandinavians. AS a result
Nelson had been called coward by his
own people and it lost him their votes.
He preferred to hold meetings in a
small hall where he coulu choke the
man who dared to disagree with him.
elf had got him in hall would have
pierced HIM through with the spear OF
truth and pinned him to the wall. But
he is on the wrong side and would not
meet me-" Thus spoke Mr.. Donnelly
in concluding a comment on Mr.. Nelson.
Mr.. Donnelly said that the corpora
tons are willing to buy him off, and he
has no doubt he can get $4,000 to pledge
himself not to oppose the railroads in
case of being elected governor. He
declared if he should consent to be
bought off the Republican papers
would come out and declare
him grand fellow and the
Pioneer Press would discharge Joe
Wheelock the next day. The speaker
then turned his batteries loose apain
upon Republicans in general, and the
managers of the Republican campaign
in this state IN particular. They had
slandered and abused him, but he had
made 40 speeches in the campaign,
written book and gained two pounds
in flesh.
He declared that he had nothing to say
against Mr.. LaWler. He believed him
to be an honorable young man. He
characterized his speech at Minneapo-
lis as embracing some of the finest
flights of oratory he ever listened to- He
ended with declaration that if elected
governor he would begin to prosecute
the leaders of the rings, and would hold
the next Populist convention at Still
water, where the delegates might see
nromipnnt RpnuhIipauS whom he named