New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-09-05
TOM LUCAS AND THE SAGE.
Donnelly's wild Man of Borneo" Strikes
at the Populist Leader.
He Scourges the Representatives, Editor
with Little of His Own Style.
Ignatius Vile Traitor Says the Fervid
Populist.

Populist.
Tom Lucas, the Populist, whose brow
is fevered with the weight of political
responsibility, and whose valuable SER
vices were ignored by the convention
several days ago, has jumped headlong
into the "arena'. Ignatius Donnelly
called him the "wild man from Borneo"
and also referred to him contemptuous-
ly as "halc knave. half fool" Tom has
come out with an open letter in which
he berates and belabors Mr.. Donnelly in
a vigorous fashion. The letter does not
possess the literary merit of the one
given to the public last week by the
author of :Atlantis," but it is immense
ly interesting. Lucas says:
feel sorry as I read the articles pub
lished in the Representative of Aug. 20,
over the signature of Ignatius Donnelly,
in which he pays so much attention to
50 humble a person as myself; sorry, be-
cause it betrays a sure sign of an early
dotage, or the insanity Of egotism, show
ing his utter disregard for the decency
and respect for language. In the sheets
Of what should be representative paper
of the Peoples party, he descends from
the position of one who claims to have
been ''eminent' long years before ordin-
ary people were born, to the ranks of
the fshwomen of Billingsgate in the use
of slang and abuse; and although slang
and abuse are sometimes mistaken for
wit and sarcasm, it is not argument, sell
dom sense, and never convincing. Mr..
Donnelly appears desirous of forcing me
to reply to his i'll humor, and as I find
there is no use ir trying to gloss over the
actions any longer in the hope of his
dropping his selfish self-interest long
enough to work in unity with other peo-
pie for the common good, will give a
history of his actions from Jan. 3, 1887,
to the present time, and leave the public to
form a Judgment on his case asto wheth-
er it was dotage OF dishonesty, as they in
their judgment or charity may see fit.
The first time I ever saw the self-styled
''eminent' person was on the third day
of January, 1887, when he figured as a
wirepuller for Cushman K. Davis. He
had caused some circulars to be printed
and sent to a portion of the members Of
the legislature of 1887, asking them to
be present at the state capitol in St.Paul
on the morning of Jan. 8, for the purpose
of making arrangements for organizing
the house and electing senator to the
congress of the United States, suggesting
the name of Cushman K. Davis as suit
able person. Through the courtesy of
friend one of those circulars was shown
me, and I arrived in St. Paul, just as Mr..
Donnelly, the man who had so long told
the laboring men and farmers cf Mime
sofa that lawyers and bankers were the
only persons sent to make laws, and the
people were not represented, was placing
a lawyer before the people. I objected
to the name of any banker or lawyer be-
ing presented, and asked that some rep
resentative of labor be sent, but Ignatius
dismissed his audience with a wave of his
hand and told them, "Cushman K Davis
is an honest man and fit to represent
you" and when in their respective eau
cuses not to forget him, and this in spite
of all his high-sounding speeches against
the caucus system.
This gave me distrust of Mr.. Don
nelly, but I worked in unison with him
during the session handing in my bills
for him to look over and introduce; but
when he kept them several days, having
no time to look them over, I took them
and did the best I could with them my
self.
At the close of the session Donnelly
went to England. When he came back
he found that the Farm and Labor party
was born. He accepted the nomination
for governor on that ticket and made
some speeches., and then asked to with
draw, as there was no campaign fund in
sight. This the committee conceded to
be right, He withdrew and Mr.. Paul
consented to sacrifice himself in the cause
of educating the masses to our perils
from monopohstic tendencies.
Mr.. Donnelly, according to the unde-
MED statement of Doc, Fish in the Peo-
ple's party convention, Mr., Donnelly be-
ing present. made speeches for William
R. Merriam for 800 per speech, basely
helping the election of fSenatorC Comstock,
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