The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-06-21
MIR. RAHILLY HEARD FROM.

l CHARACTER
ICES as 'S1ander.
To the Editor, of the st. Paul Globe:
In self-defense am compelled to tres
pass on your generosity and ask a small
space In your widely-circulated paper
am necessitated to have recourse to thi,
means to repel the beastly attacks or
me by the st. Paul Dispatch since the
| Cincinnati convention. To cap the eli.
max of its dastardly meanness, in ar
editorial In its issue of June 4, headed
Once More the Inverted Commas" the
editor has surpassed himself. I will
pass over the fancy epithet the Dispatch
man applies to my humble self. There
are many gentlemen among the English
race, I sincerely believe, and many are
my most admired friends.
The Dispatch man asserts that Mr.,
Donnelly prepared my speech at Gin
cinnati. To this allegation reply that
1t Is an outrageous absolutely
false. wrote and delivered the speech
referred to and stand by it. If 1 used
one or more paragraphs that had been
used by somebody else IL years ago
l have no apology to make. What has
caused so much ink to be spattered on
this speech by these 5000 newspapers
In this country? / endeavored to place
Mr.. Donnellly partly In his greatness
before. the conventions; when a certain
jealous-minded member of the conyen-
ton discovered that my speech was pub
lished In the New York Sun, and, 1t be-
ing the only one so published, he rushed
around and claims he dug up three para
graphs out Of the speech Of the celebrat-
ed Daniel Dougherty, used IL years ago
nominating Cleveland, and fastened to
the New York Sun to disclose his dis
covery. Well, it Is not such a heinous
crime for a humble farmer 1 must
confess I had right to expect that the
papers of my own state would at least
show me fair play, and If they publish
ed anything would publish my speech
In full; also Mr.. Dougherty's if they
wished
The Dispatch also states that Mr..
Donnelly also prepared that famous
Irish-American circular for ma which
cut somewhat Of figure in the cam
paign OF 1890. To this l repeat that it
IS also an outrageous Islander. Mr.. Dom
nelly had no more to do with it than the
child unborn. have submitted to the
odium OF this for the past 10 years in !
preference to divulging the names OF
the parties concerned, and would do so |
TO the end of time, for l consider It a |
political secret, although all parties out
side of myself were Republicans.
Now, Mr.. Dispatch, you have thrown
Town the gauntlet; I am prepared to
'ick 1t up. I make the following prop
'sition to you: You know all the parties
with that document; you get
hem together before a st. Paul audi
'nce; I will meet you at my own ex-
'ense: have all the parties examined
separately, under oath, before the
audience: all parties must be present.
10 one mans version; no newspaper
wing. Then and only then the world
VIII know who wrote and circulated
aid document. It will know who laid
ne trap for me by inviting me to his
esldence to meet leading Republicans.
DO not wish to be understood as being
nxious to expose. anybody. I simply
~ am not afraid of an investigation;
all means let us have it. It will then
9 seen whether it is the Anglophile
cement Of the Dispatch or Farmer Ra-
lily who Is the guilty party. I will
AXE no notice Of any remarks coming
trough newspapers; let all parties be
resent Now, Mr.. Dispatch, what is
ne cause OF all these attacks on my
umble self will venture an explana-
on:
History tells us that the Jewish peo-