St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-08-20
A CALAMITY SQUEAt.
Ignatius Donnelly Delivers a
Characteristic Speech in
Market Hall.
The MillionaiPes and CorDora4
tionS Roasted in Donnel-
lian Style,
And Their MonoDolistio
Crimes Painted in Start
ling. Lurid Colers.
President Hill. OF the Great
President Hill. OF the Great
Northern, Declared 20 OWr
the State.

The Donnelly meeting al Markee
hall last night WAS all that tie Peoples
party could desire The hall was com
| plelely nlled with men.and sprinkIing
| OF ladies' in the audience. Hon. Henry
! {. Caldwell. United States circuit
Judge, was 10 be seen with many prom
lnent citizens who. went. doubtless. ont
OF curiosity 10 hear the erratic author Of
the cryprogram- the supporter of isms.
and the most noted calamity shouter Of
the present times. Mr. Donnally re-
allied that the opportunity OF his life
had come and delivered his most high
ly-colOred illustrated campaign speech.
Ii was indeed 4 group OF imaginative
] cartoons Yiyidly painted. He growleff
At the newspapers and shook his finger
al lie reporters ana anathemaTiZed the
editors de raised the danger signal
when he mentioned corporations and
capitalists. and warned hls auditors of
the danger Of being run 70 earln bv
'hefn- lie rIdlenied the cid Doliticai
parties and declared with flourish 1las
Inc country belongs 10 GOD and The Peo-
pies party During his address of two
hours Tie audience oIIimes cIeered.
laughed a1la clapped their hands win
pressure al his VIII and hunor
he neeIinn was called 10 order by
h A. Nallwurtil OF the PeoBIa7s Marty
executive committee. and T. q. BruT-
son. chairman OF the slate central ex-
tcuilVe committee, was CHOSEN 10 pre-
side
Judge John L. Macdonald. candidate
Tor attorney general on the People-s
ticket was the first speaker. He pro-
eteded 10 set al rest the query as 10
whether he i really candidate for
that oI1ce by saying that he viii be IN
the held until election day. when he ex-
poets 10 be declared elected. He assert
ed that the Peoples party sprang into
existence as 4
Necessity OF the Fine
In his view the old parties are con.
ductlng Z sham battle on the tariff. In
discussing The tariff briefly. he SAID that
the Democratic party favors a tariff
suTncleBt 10 pay Tor the needs of the
goFernTAellt- and qaoteG figures 10 show !
mat The expenditures OF The govern
IneTt now require q considerable sum
10 be raised by custom duties. He de-
clared that Is necessary 10 reduce the
expenditures OF the government before
reducing the tariff. He decried the fact
that the people had been hoodwinked
10y the money power OF the East TO
benefit them in the leYying of the
tarlu 10 the exclusion Of the interests
OF the farmers. He proceeded 10 show
lhat The reason farmers did not ret bet
ter prices Tor wheat last year was be-
cause OF the competition with The wheat
growers OF India. a brief discussion
on silver followed. IN which Judge Nc
Donald sought 10 show that the coinage
law was designed 10 make q demand
fOr gold and 10 demOnetiZe silver. so that
u -Dl1
one OF the results being q premium OF 3
FER cent on silver at one recent period.
he declared that the platform Of the
People's party demands an honest silver
dollar. The action also gave England
an opportunity 10 buy silver AZ 80 cents
an ounce cheaper He declared that he
Is not undemOcrafic. but thai ne Is in
line with the declarations OF the Demo-
cratic platforms OF twenty-nine states on
the silver question. He criticised the
Democratic declaration Oh silver and
held the Republican declarations On the
same subject up 10 Tidicule- He de-
tended the sublreasuTy platform Of the
Peoples party ara predicted the elee-
lion Of the farmers ticket.
lgnatius DOnnelly was accorded a
hearty greeting lie invited those in
The front seats 10 arise and look back
on the audience. and told them that ne
al Minneapolis. He gTGmbled at the
papers not reporting his Minneapolis
speech IN 1uIl. and said that there
has been some question rs 10 the
origin OF newspapers. Some said they
dated from the EliZabethan age. while
diners believed them Of later origin.
After giving the matter some thought
he was led 10 believe they were con
celved by the father OF Lies. because
they would not tell
The Whole Truth
unless shaken 10 the point Of dissolu-
tion- He declared that no one bad been
50 much abused by the newspapers as
himself. and he did not believe the
Lord referred 10 him when He said:
Woe unto you when all men snail
speak well Of ye.H He did not regret
that every capitalist despises him. as
long as the poor men feel warmly To-
ward him. He asserted that he did not
want Democrats 10 feel offended when
he said that he was proud that
he originally was a Republican.
He had been a Republican years
ago because he favored liberty as
against slavery. That is where he stood
Then. and he stands there now. while the
Republican party. after 1lberatIng .000.-
000 cOlored slaves. turned its back upon
liberty. and IS now trying 10 shaekie
5.000. 900 white people. II Is still stand
ihg with It's face 10 The east. gazing at
where the sun rises. whilst The orb OF
day has passed the meridian. and
Is now burning the coat tails
OF the party. The Republicans stopped
when they feed the negroes. whilst The
people today are seeking 10 do an IN
fnitely greater work OF freedom. He
drew picture OF the Southern planter
in slavery days. living IL glory from
working his plantations with slaves
who got enough heg and hominy 10
keep lie IN them and ragged raiment.
whilst the planter lived az ease
on The products of slave labor.
BE referred 10 Thomas Jefferson,
and quoted the preamble TO the Declara-
ton Of independence as guaranteeing
liberty and happiness 10 ali men. The
Peoples party" said he. has written 4
declaration as great as that, 10 the effect
that he who does not work should not
eat" He drew picture OF the Taonopo-
lists who live on The work OF the labor
ing people. and are grinding them 10
the earth. and named as one jim Hill,
whom. he declared. owned the state.
and seeks 10 place knuFe Nelson IN the
guberuaJUrial chair. He said: Jim
Hill Is Z shTewd nan. So Is The TAT
SIlreyEd Animal.
''Bacon-or as You say. y.Shakespeare-
puts INTO the mouth OF CaSSiUs Ine
words, Upon what meat doth this orr
Caesar feed, that he las grown 50 gIeaI.s