St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-13
MINNEAPOLIS.
FISH FRIED BROWN.
DonneIly's Remarkable Speech
E,efore the Alliance.

DonneIIy's Remarkable Speech
E,efore the Alliance.
In his roast of doc" Fish before the
Farmers Alliance, Ignatius Donnelly
made use of the following choice Ian
guage:
at is difficult, Mr.. President. TO meet
such an adversary. His ability Is bound
less. When have annihilated one lie.
like the heads of hydra hundred
spring up in Its place. n lifetime is TOO
short to keep pace with the Infinite
power of this remarkable man. Mr..
President, l have lived TO mature years.
have been in politics somewhat. L
have lived in Washington. l have had
much experience of human nature. L
have seen it i'll its lofuest and lowest
manifestations, but l say tC you, Mr..
President, in the presence OF this man,
that he is the most awful specimen OF
der my cugniZance. Such lmpu-
dence! Such lnSolence! With the
name of Christ upon his lips, and
the money OF the Republican party Ill
his pocket; an advocate OF humanity IN
one breath, and betrayer Of honor and
honesty i'll the next. L doubt II ever
God made such a man. 1 believe he
must have slipped into this universe
through the knOIhole of opportunity
when the Deity was slumberlng. lie Is
fathomlesS. And, Mr.. President, this
miserable wretch and adVenturer.whom
l found publishing little 1X9 sheet
down III GlenWOod, i'll Polk county, and
whom put upon his feet and made hlm
famous Ill order TO enable him TO make
himself Infamous. has undertaken a
feNNr N
drive NE out of this organization, and
blot lie of the face Of the planet.
Il have lived in this state for thirty
eight years; | came to it when ii was a
TERRITORY nave been conspicuous in
public life. The assaults that have
been made upon me have been endless.
What one OF them has ever been estab-
liShed? Mr.. Dumnell could wire from
Washington when the back pay bill
passed TO commence hauling sand for
his splendid mansion; Mr.. Window, and
l speak OF him kindly, could build 4
splendid house at Winona and palace
NJ Nashington; Gov. Ramsey could
erect $4,000 residence in st. Paul,
and Bill King could return from Wash
iugtOn after a single session win MS
pockets bursting with S29O,OOO. |
have lived for thirty-eight years III the
HQluOIG lltuSlOu hAlSlA OulAb III e4iN
first year of my arrival III this state. |
have remained during all those years In
hamlet so modest, SO obscure, that II
mas not even Il pOStOtfice or store. !
can point my accuStrS to the records OF
tie registers Office Of Ramsey and Da-
kota counties, and they will see that
while l was in Washington for six
years as a member Of congress re-
ceived about $50, 600 salary, and that all
the purchases of property that made
during that time were two small farms,
Oh which | made down payments OF
S50U each, the rest being paid out or the
crops raised upon them. would point
to the vote tour years ago IN
Dakota county, Democratic county
with 500 majority, when | was elected
to the state senate upon the Alliance
ticket in opposition to both the parties,
and defeated the Democratic candidate,
very popular gentleman, and the he
publican candidate, one of the aOles'
lawyers in the state. by 700 majority.
Mr.. President. it is not III the power
of DR.. Fish or any other man TO destroy
me. This Alliance may desert me; the
Peoples party may desert me; Inc
people may desert me, but there IS DC
power OH this earth, less than God MN
self, that can shake me from my ped
estal. If everything else should tail me,
L am still IgnatiUS DUnnelly."