St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-18


Paul, and it passed without division.
The next night there was no evening
session and Hompe made no motion for
81. r,,c .next night, April 10, the SEN
a,o held an evening session, on motion
not of Hompe, but of Senator Leayltt-
with no division. The mcknight shows
precisely the same record. The next
afternoon Mr.. Crandall (page 100D moved
that the senate adjourn without an
EVENING eessiQ. Lost. l YQted 10,
HCmp9 dodgedl / say he lodged, be-
cause he had but a moment before
voted Oh the passage OF bill, which
showed that he was present. And SO we
had an evening session without Hompe'S
help.
The True Animus.
But the true animus Of the man was
revealed April 1S-page 1919. Inc
journal reads:
'Mr Hompe moved that the senatedo
now adjourn"
Thereit is! This man who charges
that twas impossible to secure an even
ing session, and who holds me RESPONSE
BILE for the dreadful results OF neglected
legislation, moved to adjOurn-to put an
end to an evening session.. Read IL
again. oh toilers of Otter TAI county,
who believe in this man.
mir. Hompe moved that the senate do
now adjourn And there were yeas. 8;
NAYS. 81 Only eight out of forty will
ing to vote TO adjourn, and Honpe one
of,themi And |, 1.-THE direful spring OF
woes unnumbered." voted no! And. says
the vrtuous Hoinpe, I'VE found 1t inn
possible to secure evening sessions, and
/ hereby charge Donnelly with being
the most responsible for this state OF
thingsn' -.
Oh. Hompe, does it not hurt you to lie
so? Or Is il natural to you p? Does IL
flow from you painlesSly?
And then D. 1850 the vote to adjourn
was renewed. :Lost; yeas 10. nays AZ.
| voted no. HoIppe lodged. l say he
lodged, for moment before he was
recorded as present and voting.
And then. p. 1868, another motion to
adjourn was made. 1t carried yeas II.
nays, 16. Hompe voted yes voted no:
Remember this was the last night or
the session OH which bills could De
passed We had the right to sit until
IL O'Clock the next day. Why was
Hompe so anxious to bring the law
making power of the people to and end,
not to be renewed for two years? The
railroad corporations were In sweat
lest, i'm the closing hours of the session,
some bills might be slipped through In
the interest of the people; and Hompe,
who tells us he placed plcketS on the
floor of the senate. when the Interests
of the Great Northern Railroad com
pany were threatened, Sy mpathlZad
with the poor corporations, ana wanted
the legislature to adjourn at once
without moments delay. And yet
there were hundreds of bills on the
calendar of great Importance waiting
TO be acted upon; and Hompe wanted to
close the doors of the capitol against the
sovereign laW-making function OF an OPP
pressed people.
Oh. H0mpo! HI OmDe!
And now he has the matchless
effrontery to tell the state that was
fighting night sessions and am reSpon-
sible for the fact that laws were not
passed in the interests OF the people.
On Honipe! Hompe! Men have hung
themselves Oh less eXposure-0f their
rascality. will not say in the words
of scripture. go thou and do likewise"
for would have you live to purge your
man, if it is in the pOtentiality OF God
to make a good man out of such ma
terials.
And then Hompe complains that my
son, S. j. DOnnelly. received the large
sum OF $40 per day for his services as
clerk of the judiciary committee.
Hompe is not satisfied to attack my
public record, but he proposes to inan-
gurate war against all my kitn and kin,
down to the grandchildren in the
cradle. But the reader, who is curious
upon the subject, will find, if he turns
to page IS of the senate journal.
that Hompe voted to make my
sons pay $40 a day, and that | voted
against it! This was Jan. II, 1891. A
resolution was offered to appoint clerks
for six different committees, including
the committee Oh the Judiciary, the sal
airy of the latter to be $40 per day and
the others So per day. Senator Davis
moved to strike out all except that part
pertaining to the judiciary committee,
which was practically to give clerk to
the judiciary committee alone. and fix
his salary at SO per day-yeas 30, nays
IA. HOmpe voted yes and l voted no.
In view of the fact that my son was the
party to be benefited, out of a sense of
prOpriety | voted nO-nOt that thought
the amount too great or that my son
was not fit for the place. The amend
ment was adopted, and then the resolu-
ton. as amended, was adopted, yeas al.
nays none! HOmpe and L both voted
for it, and every other senator did who
was present. And now, to make a
point against me, he complains that my
son received $40 per day. He under
stood the reason very we'll. Any man,
with an ordinary education, can fill the
place of clerk to any of the other COM
miJtees, but the clerk of the judiciary
committee has to be a trained lawyer;
and no trained lawyer can be found in
st. Paul, who amounts to anything.
who will work for ninety days at IS
per day.
Ostracise Them.
And this unfair and unjust man tries
to make it appear that my sons APP
pointment was a piece of personal ia
voritism secured by me. He neglectS 10
state that my son resigned on the LIST OF
January, 1891. a position which he had
held for years through the courtesy of
Attorney General Clapp, as clerk in his
Office, which paid him $1,000 per year.
None of the Hompe breed ever resigned
such an office or ever will. My son was
stay there as long as he, Clapp. re-
manned attorney general; but he yolun-
tarily resigned the place and COM
menced the practice of law in st. Paul
as one of the firm of Donnelly u Butler.
He is bright. energetic youn man, "a
rustler," as they say, over thirty years
of age, with wife and family; and
without any help from me-he had Sc
cured the promise of the support of
nearly all the lawyers in the senate-l
believe all but one-for clerk of the
judiciary committee, before the legis-
lature even assembled. Hompe says he
was incompetent. Senator McHale,
and no man can mention that gentle
mans name without feeling of re-
spect, stated ON the floor of the senate
that my son. by doing all the work of
the committee, which, i'll previous years,
it had taken two clerks to accomplish,
and by working until II and l o'clock
every night, had saved the state about
$1,000. The trouble with Hompe is
that S. J. Donnelly is my son. For
that reason he does not deserve to live.
Hompe will never be satisfied until he
secures an amendment to the constitu-
ton of the United States, that no man
of the name of DOnnelly shall ever hold
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