St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-04-16
The Party Of Fuss ard Of Fus-
tian Fires It's First Big
Sky Rocket.
THREE WEEKS UNTIL ELECTION DAY
Ears Of the Old Parties Made
to Jingle Under Donnelly's
Whip Lashes.

4, Will the Peoples party take an active
part in the municipal campaign? 1t
certainly will il the cOunsels Of the arch
leader. lgnatiuS Donnelly. are observed
! Twin City hall, at the corner Of CniyeT-
! sity and Rice street, was literally packed
last evening By the partisans of that
faith and the usual quota OF the curl
Gus. The Sage Of NinIHger delivered
I one Of those stirring and patriotic
| panegyrics for which lie is noted. 1t
was bitter arraignment Of the bank
| ers. money loaners and monopolists.
and he was enthusiastically applauded
at times during the progress of the
speech. The hall was decorated and
Ornamented for the occasion. The re
was surfeit Of coiors and bunting, re-
lieyed by eyergreens and festoOns: and
then there were dozen or more cpl
graphic banners and streamers OIL tine
walls.
Equal justice to all; special privileges 10
none: THE old soldiers heard the loug
roll call in the COS: they hear now the mighty
slogan of humanity 3D. old soldiers Ill one
Kansas Alliance Can any man Of the
ducers OF tie void, refuse to vote with the
a.ODp0DO tOiiers who Inscribed the gospel OF
ST. LOUISE"
These serve as an eloquent illuStra-
ton OF the axiOms of the party that
adorned the hall in bold letters, some in
gold and some III funeral black. Mr..
DonneIlY was ia his old-time bitter
temper. and his singing anathemas
rolled off his eloquent tongue in way
that must have made all the old party
supporters, II there were any present.
vince. In one OF his most profound
flights Mr.. Donnelly declared that he
believed that there is an influence now
at work that Is directed by the hand
of God. He could not believe that
divine providence would ever hesitate
in such an eXigeney, and stand back
and see the degradation and ruin Ct the
poor people. Then followed lengthy
argument IN sequential phases TO prove
that the continued dominance of the old
parties depends entirely upon crushing
out the aims and ambitions OF the toilers.
In rehearSing his opinion of the future
success of the Peoples party. he de-
clared that If it does not triumph.
this republic dies. lie pursued
that he had noticed more than
Oh one occasion that stern and
earnest men draw down their Sulen
brOws and mutter beneath their breath
that all armed revolution is near at
hand. He then recited, in substantial
ton of this startling revelation. that re-
Gently. when w. W. Erwin delivered
stirring speech upon the issues of the
party, Il foreigner, who could speak more
vigorous English than rhetoric, came to
him and SAID: 1T eeS not ballots We
vonts. but bullets" Mr.. Donnelly
surprised his hearers, because lie
IS not known as All anarchist.
He said that there is danger
that bullets will settle the political
sentiment everywhere. Then he EN-
poyed his favorite argument, namely,
that people who submit 10 see thefIi-
selves slaves deserve slavery. Mr.. Don
nelly said i'll pathetic strain that lie
is now getting old, and that his princi-
pal hope is in his literary work. In
that he hoped to leave something that
viii make him remembered by future
generations. From this he passed to
the tariff issue in an informal way, but |
refrained from any discussion of the
merits upon the plea that the old par
ties only use it to divert the minds of |
the people from the live issues. Then
he criticized the press, and predicted
that the most that will appear in the !
news columns will possibly be simple |
of two or three lines.
Mr.. Donnelly was followed by Doc
Fish, the Alliance lecturer. He made |
an apology for speaking, and ayowed |
that he had not come there with the in
tention of saying a word. He had a
deal TO say about the dreams of the
toIers, and declared that he was one Of
them upon the ground that he is an en-
ployer. This piece of logic did not seem
to strike the audience with much force,
for there was not hand"