The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-07-23

AC CAd1 SCS dSAlHSs N1Is DOuuCAlJ
he got referred to committee Of which
he was chairman
Does he not know that if the Repub-
lican party could have proved anything
that would have destroyed our influence
with the people, the Republican Senate
would have ordered an investigating
committee and have proved it within
twenty-four hours?
Does he not know that Elihu B.
Washburne investigated our whole ca
reer, with the help of police detectives,
and then confessed, like Abernethy,
that his charges were ''unadvisedly'
made, and all that he knew was ''what
appeared in the St. Paul Press!''
The same slop-hopper was resorted to
by both these dirty gentlemen, and from
it they picked out their rotten t;d-bits
of scandal.
A Few Questions Answered.
The Grange Adrance asks:
"What has anti-monopoly to do with a
dangerous and corrupt administration! With
a meroenary and vena Congress? With a
horde of desperate ring contractors? With
imitation or anti-infation? With bribery in
electionsg With national degradation? With
extravagant expenditures in public inStitu-
tons 2"
We answer that the present corrupt
administration came into power in 1872
through the corrupt use of money, spent
by railroad capitalists and high-tariff
capitalists-and if the railroad and the
protective tariff are not monopolies, we
should like the Advance to tell us where
we will find monopolies.
"With mercenary and venal Con-
gress." Yes; made mercenary and
| venal, to large degree, by the corrupt
influence Of railroad and tariff monopo-
lies. Give any set of men a monopoly
worth millions and they will spend hun
dreds Of thousands to preserve it by
corrupting legislation.
''With bribery in elections. With
national degradation With extrava-
CANT expenditures in public institu-
tions?'
Yes; these are all traceable to the
same source. As soon as it becomes the
interest Of monopolies to control Iegis
lation, corrupt men find that seats in
Congress are the stepping stones to for
tune. 10 obtain these seats they are
ready to spend large sums of money
They buy up newspapers; they pur
chase politicians; they corrupt thu
voters; hence, bribery at elections, ;
hence national degradation" w
know a case in this State where can
didate for Congress boosted that he wa
determined to spend his whole salar,
for two years, to-wit, $4,000, to secur
his election. No sane man would d.
this, unless he believed that he woul,
have a chance to make more out Of tn
office than his salary; and there woul
be no possibility Of this save by spccis
legislation, where certain advantage
were conferred on favored few at til
expense of the people; and this, what
ever it may be called, constitutes
: monopoly
The popular conscience has becom
depraved and degraded, and liberty
attacked in the very ballot-bex. W
must either stop special legislation fo
| the benefit Of monopolies or we mus
, give up our free institutions.
} The Advance fears that -
| These anti monopoly leaders may unir
tentionally int1ict serious and lasting injur
upon the country by preventing the pe0pl
; from organizing an industrial party for sell
, protection and defence, both state and n;
tional."
That is, the Adrance is afraid tina
the Anti-Monopoly party may prever
the people from organizing an Ant
Monopoly party! And it wants, ther'
fore, an Autobiography party with th
part Of Autobiography left out by speci;
l request. 1t is good deal like that f;
! NOUS reformer who was in favor of th
Maine liquor law but opposed to putin
! it in force.
Who is behind the Adr0nce2 VIVA
is it driving at! 1t don't advanf
: worth cent.
"The clarion voice of l. Donneliy is nc
heard in the land arousipg his broths
, Changers and urging them TO lily to the n
lief of the farmers who are suffering fro1