St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-11-08
A GREAT CAMPAIGN CLOSED
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grave of the man whom he maligned
and prosecuted.
see good many good, Democrats
before me tonight, and 1 think they are
all able to testify that the Democratic
state ticket has had less money to spend
i'll this campaign than they have ever
had during the past fifteen years in
Minnesota, and that is one of the rea-
sons why we are going to elect
Sac entire Democratic state ticket.
applause Mr.. Donnelly went ahead
with what / consider an indicate,
demagogIcal and dishonest plea to
the prejudices of the people OF this
county, in which he said that Mr.. Law
Ter was nominated by Jim Hill for the
purpose of capturing the Irish vote.
Laughter. l. is not necessary 10 ex-
plain to the people of Ramsey county
before the state convention the name of
the Democratic nominee. l hold my
commission. fellow citizens, from
Nine Hundred Delegates
to the state convention that met at
Minneapolis. l make no apology for
being the unanimous nominee OF the
Democratic party of this state. APP
plause.l And when Mr.. DonnellY made
be untrue, he slapped and spit in
the face of every Democrat in the
state of Minnesota, because they
were represented fully aud fairly
OH the floor of that convention. Put up
to catch the Irish vote! l will explain
to this audience the reason of that bit
terneSS. | am sprung from Irish an
ceStry-not ashamed of it; there is
nothing on this earth that | am prOuder
of than that fact Applause 1t has
been my habit since have been in ST.
Paul, as 1T was even before L
came to st. Paul, before l got
out of school. even, to make whatever
contribution was able, not only TO the
representatives OF the Irish race, but to
the Germans, the Poles, the B0hemians,
the French and the Seandinavians
whenever there was anything that
affected the interests OF those people.
One of the last public addresses that
| made i'll this city before an cleo
ton was thought of, before l had
any political aspirations. was an address
made in Market hall to the Scandina-
vians of Ramsey county, and all those
efforts-and there is good deal of work
and good deal of sacrifice connected
with tlIem-work contributed without
compensation, without the hope of or
the thought of com pensation direct or
indirect. There is a bitterness
i'll the taunt which Mr.. Don
nelly throws out. Two years ago, my
friends, was approached by a commit
tee representing charitable enterprise
in this city, an entertainment which
was to be given for charitable purposes,
and they asked me whether | would be
able to make the address, and as chief
reason for inviting mel was somewhat
surprised that they invited me- they
said they expected TO get Mr.. Donnelly
to deliver the address. but the condi-
ton that he made was that they should
Pay Him 5000
in good hard cash for delivering it.
Laughter. The proceeds OF the enter
prise would be about $3.50, and as it was
for purposes of charity, they did not feel
like going down into their own
pockets and making up the deficit. And
[ say-and l say it only because the
issue is forced on me-that there isn't
man in the audience who, during all
Ills acquain tanceship with that man,
can mention single instance where he
contributed his pen or his voice to a
charitable enterprise, to great national
celebration of any of the nationalitles
which go to make up this great citizen
ship of ours; there isn't one here who
can mention single time unless he was
paid for it, and paid a good round sum.
Applausel.
The people were given to understand
that there was some political trick
played upon them when the nomination
for the Democratic candidate was MADE.
don't wonder that lgnatius Donnelly's
conscience accuses him. Let him go
back to four years ago, fellow citizens,
when he was nominated by the
farm and labor party of this
state. | believe that is the exact
sitle of it. -Four years ago ne
was nominated for governor by that
party. lie made his first speech in that
campaign at Litchfield, in this state; L
was there that night and made AN adj
diess from the same platform. He told
the people who were gathered there
to hear him that ne was commencing a
campaign that could only result in VIC
tory, that he would follow it out until
victory crowned his efforts. Ten
days afterwards, my friends. with
out any public reason being given to
the people of this state, he took his own
name off the ticket. 1t was the party
then that the Peoples party is today. [
gent rank and file of that great party
know the history of four years ago, and
that is why repeat it.
Always for Merriam.
He wanted his name Withdrawn from
the ticket, my friends, because il he re-
mained on he would probably encom-
pass the defeat of William r. Merriam,
and would probably cause the cleo
ton of Eugene Wilson. the
Democratic nominee. Applause. He
not only resigned from the
ticket and took his name from it, but in
a week after that he was OH the stump
and spoke for Hon. William Il. Merriam.
Has any explanation of that fact been
given to the people of this state? Can
any honest and legitimate explanation
be given OF 1t other than the explanation
that have made ?
Two years ago. my friends. every po-
litical observer in this state knows that
Mr.. Donnelly, instead of openly and
honestly supporting Mr.. Owen, the can
didate of the Peoples party for the po-
siiion of governor, three weeks before
the election confined all his work and
efforts to the Democratic counties of
this state, not for the purpose of swell
ing Mr.. Owens vote-because he
could have made more votes for Mr..
Owen in other localltieS-but for
the purpose OF drawing away the vote
that would naturally 20 to elect Thomas
Wilson governor OF the state of Mime
sofa. Applause. 1t is because-Q was
on the state central committee two
years ago, and four years ago, and know
that of which Speakl-it is because of
the work that MI. Donnelly did
three weeks before the campaign two
years ago, it is because of that work
that Villa IN r. Merriam is governor IF
today instead of Thomas
Wilson, Of Winona. Applause. This
man. who Las gone out OF his way to
attack the regulations of people living
and dead this man nnsnS as