St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-08-20

Jim Hill bcstrides the land, while
people crawl under him. He has planted
one foot upon the Pacific coast, his
hands extend to the Northern lakes and
his other fDotis planted upon Aiexan-
dria, the home of Knnte Nelson. jim
Hill saw the Scandinavians leaving tue
Republican for the Peoples party and
he conceived the idea of nominating for
governor man who could stem the tide
and prevent the state from failing into
the hands CT the Peoples party" Mr..
Donnelly asserted that the Scandlna-
vians are tiocking to the Peoples party,
and in some sections where the they are
all Scandinavians, they are all Peoples
party men, except the postmaster and
the wheat buyer. The Scandinavians
have learned that they have been robbed
by watered stock of railroads, and they
therefore left the Republican prrty.
Hill nominated Nelson to hold the legs
OF tile Scandinavians while he shall
skin them. Mr.. Donnelly turned his
clared them to be as much the slaves of
the fnOneyed men today as were the
slaves of the South. The capitalist
getsshis work and gives him barely
money enough to poorly feed and clothe
him. He instanced the anti
coafoutput and said it is contlT led by
six corporations, which held Il Getting
not long since. and i'll ten nit. put
up the price of coal SO that the 81.
pocketed S44, 100000 by the move. He
paid his respects 10 the wheat combine.
aid declared that it extended from Liv
erp0ol, England, to the Red river val
ley-etfecting steal of So cents per
bushel or $1,000 600 on last years prod
Minnesota
bewailed the fact that while there was
but one millionaire thirty years ago.
there are $500 of them now. They had
not
Acquired Their Wealth
by labor honestly. He named Jim Hill,
Jay Gould Vanderbilt and others as
forming a combination Of capitalized
rascality. He asked: Has the country
fallen so low thata few railroad nabobs
shall run it!?'' and then replied, Il don't
believe It" He declared that England
had bought congress with 100000 to
induce the decentralization of silver and
prOtited- by the purchase. lie as
serted that some railroads in
this state are mortgaged $4,000 per
mile and that all railroads will
average mortgages to the extent OF
81, GOO per mile. That there is S12. 000,-
:ttlegl aph lines in the United States.
Said he: when we protest against
such things we are called calamity
hOwiers. They are the calamity max
erS. The greatest calamity ShouterS Of
this country were Thomas jefferson
and Patrick Henry. and the Declaration
OF Independence was their howl. The
people are now Shouting for freedom,
for inalena5Ie rights. The Peoples
party represents 100000 people. 1t Is
strong in Alabama and Georgia. Kali
sas wiped out $4,000 Republican plural
lty and elected five out OF seven con-
greSSmen. Nebraska. was given to the
Democrats by the Peoples party cutting
into the Republican party, and in Min
nesota nearly defeated the Republicans.
Since then over. 100 alliances have been
formed in Minnesota. | believe will
= be elected governor of the state" Mr..
DOnnelly took occasion to announce
that. if elected governor, he will not
oppIeSS the railroads, but ne would see
that they did not Cypress the people.
lie warned the people chat if Nelson is
elected the railroad commission will be
continued, with lis great expense and
burdens upon the farmer. He recalled
the fact that the Omaha convention lie
clared that the time has come when the
people must
Own the Railroads
or the railroads will run the people He
warned the people that Jim Hill owns
this state, and said he saw before him
foreigners who came to this country to
escape the oppression of such men as
Hill. IF such men are not arrested in
their course the farmers VIII be whit
tied down to the little end of nothing
and dropped through a hole. through
switch the city men will tumble
after them. He asserted that
there are but two alternatives in
this country-either that OF lifting up
the masses or civil war. If they are
not elevated by the ballot box there is
| left only the cartridge box. The Amer
lean public will never lie down to be
trampled into nothingness by the plu-
tocracy. The old parties are shouting
tariff while the Peoples party says
the wealth belongs TO the people.
The audience was very enthusiastic,
but toward the end of the speech began
to drop out in great numbers. MrDon-
nelly seemed mfre than pleased with
his reception.