The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-07-25

A PERSONAL MATTER.

IA Il IN.
Under the heading" 1.-THE Sage aft
er Fletcher's scalp,"-the St. Paul
Globe, Democrat. OF last week says:
Ever since the Populist convention
| local politicians have been non-plussed
at the failure of Mr.. Donnelly's
| friends to insert a plank in the plat
form indorsing him for the United
States senate. 1t was given out weeks
| ago that the delegates would certain
| ly honor their chief with an indorse-
ment of this, his cherished ambition.
and the absence of any reference to
| the subject is looked upon as ominous.
1t now transpires that the friends
nearest to Donnelly are trying to
pesuade him from entering the sena-
tOrlal race, as his chances for election
are considered SLIM but that, instead,
they Will endeavor to persuade him to
go for the seat in Congress now oc-
cupied by your Uncle Loren Fletcher.
The friends of the latter are said to
De scared at the outlook
Mr.. Donnelly was not indorsed for
United States Senator by the late
Popullst convention, because he did
not ask for it. He did not think it
right to load down the candidates for
the Legislature with the burden of
making their fight in the name of any
one man. If he had asked for such a
resolution the convention would prob
ably have passed it.
MI. Donnelly agrees with tue Globe
that his chances of election to the
United States Senate are very "slm."
ha ID, i
Legislature, by clear majority, and
nlne-tenths of the voters desired his
election, he should still consider him
self long ways from success. Bret
Harte said:
For ways that are dark
And tricks that are vain.
Ine Heathen Chinee is PECULIAR
The same which am free to maintain
And the Heather Chinee is not
circumstance to the ordinary Mime
sofa politician. The moment that it
was known that the Legislature was
Populistic the scamps would begin
their work. This is the way they
would talk:
Il admire Mr.. Donnelly very much;
he has done noble work to build up
the Peoples Party: hold up our paper,
and carry the state: l am for him for
dnWhing else but this. But you see Mr..
Donnelly in his long battle for our
party has made lot of enemies: the
bankers don't like him: the usurers
hate him; the railroad ring has no use
for him: and every monopolist, cor
ruptionist, wheat thief and boodler is
1lerce against him. 1t won't pay to
offend all these worthy and influential
gentlemen. And moreover. if Don
nelly was elected TO the Senate he
would raise the ID. He would be
worse than bull in @ china shop. He
would have his horns in old J Ohm Sher-
mans ribs in five minutes. We want
respectable quiet and dignified moth
ingnesS. Now there is Hon. Mr.. Lin
kumdiddle-that distinguished law
yer:-he is a conservative man: he has
never offended anybody: he never was
known to advocate any cause; or to
say word to hurt the feelings of any
body. on politics, religion or anything
else. He has got half dozen mem
bers.-(he paid them $1,000 each9 and
they say they can't support Donnelly,
he is too radical:-but they will
cheerfully vote for Linkumdddle.
And so you see we had better drop Mr..
Donnelly," etc, ETC., ETC., to the end
of the chapter.
And so some respectable thingum-
bob-with thimblc-full of brains,-
will go to the United States Senate.
and sleep through six years: waking
up occasionally to draw his salary, and
vote so as to get back the money he
spent; and every year of his term the
nation draws nearer to the gulf of
chaos and perdition; while
Wrong rules the land and waiting justice
WeepS.
No: no. There is no chance for Mr..
Donnclly, and he knows it. Push him
off into a hopeless contest for Congress
in the Minneapolis district. Anything
to get clear of him and open the wav
for Observation-Disclosures good Demo
crat. Id.