The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-11-04
In view of the fact that we were re

spons1ble for the appearance of an ar
ticle in this paper last spring, in which
we quoted from an article of a CORES
pondent, who reflected upon Mr. Erwin S
honesty as to his interest in the labor
ing man, being a Republican, etc.,, we
In all candor, apologize to the Tall
Pine" and acknowledge our sorrow at
the publication of anything that would
reflect upon him. That great speech of
intense earnestness delivered by Mr.. Err
win has made him thousands of friends,
and our cause thousands of converts. We
feel very sorry for criticising Mr.. Erwin
and take this means to do him tardy
justice.
We believed before last week that we
had monopoly on the knowledge O. the
man who was responsible for bringing
about the success of the movement by it's
present great strides. We have time and
time again acknowledged through the
columns of the press that the one, great,
valiant man, who, by his tireless energy
and saint like devotion to the cause of
humanity, was no less a man than our
old and admired friend Hon. Ignatius
Donnelly, and when we heard Mr.. W.
w. Erwin the other night in the fervor
of his matchless eloquence acknowledge
the great worth of Mr.. Donnelly, in spite
of the fact that it was Mr.. Donnelly's
paper which contained the roast" which
l gave Mr.. Erwin. I telt that even he
who should feel unkind to Mr.. Donnelly
for the injustice done him by our arti..
Gle, could rise to the plane of a noble
minded man and acknowledge in the
fervid and public manner in which he did
the services o. Mr.. DOnnelly, and we have
taken kinder and better opinion of Mr..
Erwin, and will be found in future de-
tending his cause, if it needs Defense and
am pleased that my humble opinion OH
the same subject has been Endorsed.
Hon. T. d. O'Brien is entitled to much
credit for the able fearless and tireless
manner in which he conducted the cam
paign now closing. His Drain was ac-
tive, devising new and novel ways in
trying to reach the voters who could not
be reached through the usual channels
and his energy tireless in putting into
execution his ideas, doing yeoman SER
vice abroad in the state and covering
and speaking at half a dozen meetings
every night in the city. We are proud
and glad to welcome the young man in
Tie person OF Mr.. O'Brien as fit repre-
mode of campaigning, at the head Of af-
fairs in this state. We believe, under
his management our state will break the
after in the column of "dOubtful' or
"sure Popocratic" states in the future"
We believe we express the earnest and
united thanks of the reform forces in
Ramsey county to Hon. Ignatius Don
nelly, for the two great speeches he de-
livered in this city last week. He
spoke in the Fifth and Eighth wards the
same night, and aroused those localities
to the highest pitch of enthusiasm, and
the influence of those two speeches was
felt in all parts of the city. Mr.. Donnelly
was in exceeding good spirits on this &C.
casion, and succeeded in putting his
audience, which completely packed the
two halls, in the same happy frame of
mind.
One of the incidents connected with
the Eighth ward meeting was the ap-
pearance of a number of the county can
didates at the meeting, who were called
upon for speech each. Among the
candidates who responded was our popu-
lar young friend, Stan Donnelly, son Of
Ignatius Donnelly, and candidate for
county attorney. The audience was in q
state of happy suspense to know and see
how the young man Stan would behave
before his father in speaking to the
same audience from the same rostrum.
But Stan was equal to the emergency,
and proceeded to make an earnest and
eloquent speech, one of the best which
it was our good fortune to hear Stan
surprised as we'll as pleased his friends,
and we extend congratulations to Stan
as being worthy son to an illustrious
father.