The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-01-17

IOr 30 years In Gne numDlo mansion
which / built in the first year of my
arrival in this state. l have re-
NAMED during all those years in a
hamlet SO modest, so obscure, that
it has not even postoffice or a store.
can point my accusers to the rec
ords of the registers offices of Ram
sey and Dakota counties and they
will see that while l was in Wash
ingtOn for six years, as member of
congress, I received about $50, 1000
salary; and that all the purchases of
property / made during that time
were two small farms, on which l
made down payments of $500 each,
the rest being paid out of the crops
raised upon them.
l would point to the vote, four
years ago in Dakota county, as to
my standing where l live. 1t is
a democratic county with 500 major
ity. l was elected to the state SEN
ate, upon the alliance ticket, in Op-
position to both the old parties, and
defeated the democratic candidate, a
very popular gentleman, by $50 ma
jority; and the republican candidate,
one of the ab]est lawyers in the
state, by 700 majority. l would point
out to you that in the same year, in
the little township where / live and
have lived for 80 years, there were
but 81 votes cast; of which received
so, the balance being divided be-
tween the democratic and republican
candidates.
| Mr.. President, it is not in the
power of this man Fish, or any other
man, to destroy me; nothing but my
own acts can do that. This alliance
may desert me; great cries of "no,
no, no.'') the peoples party may de-
sert me; great cries of mo, no, no, y
the people may desert me, but there
is no power on this earth, less than
God himself, that can shake me from
my pedestal. II everything else
should fail me, l am still Ignatius
Donnelly. Qmmese applause contin-
ued for several minutes)
In the midst of the uproar Fish
rose and tried to speak, but there
was an overwhelming cutlery Of
"Shut up!" "Sit down!' PUT him
OUT" etc., and the tumult was deaf
ening. In the midst of it some one
moved to adjourn,-it was a privi-
legged question; it was then past II
O'Clock; Mr.. Vermilya, who, as first
vice president, was in the chair, put
the motion, and it was carried with
a shout that shook the building,
there being only few scattered,
feeble votes in the negative; and
the convention streamed out of the
doors. Fish mounted the platform
and howled away, in the midst of a
tremendous tumult, until the JAM
itOr turned out the electric lights
and left him in the darkness. But
he continued to talk all the way
down stairs and out into the street.;
| 0AO OIIC 1CpO1U was UudU dU OuC
o'clock that night he was seen with
his arms around lamp-post, explain
ing to it, in lout voice, what bad
h-o-r-r-i-d man Donnelly was!
Louis Hanson, moved that when
the meeting adjourn that it be until
9 o'clock a. M, tomorrow morning.
*x*
i Nine o'clock a. M, Jan. 10, '94.
The meeting was called to order by
the President, and proceeded with
regular business. The special COM
mittee appointed to examine the
books of the Treasurer and Secretary
; reported as follows:
Balance from 1892, in hands
| or treasurer. ............... 5 63. 30
Collection at last annual
meeting 47.O3
Total receipt to Treasurer. 11O.56
Paid out by +" 49,. 1918
TreaSurerS' balance .. so
Secretary received. ........... $320.75
Paid out. Observation-Disclosures. 211.Oe
Secretary's balance. ...... 1O9.6e
.St
) Total balance. ............. S 110.5(