The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-08-06
Sibley County Democratic and Anti
Monopoly Convention.

AT the democratic and Antl-M OnOp-
oily Convention for Sibley county, held
pursuant to notice at Henderson, on
Saturday, August LIST, Hon. Hamilton
Beatty was appointed chairman and P.
Cassidy secretary.
On motion, a committee on resolu-
tons was appointed, consisting of
Messrs. Owen McGrann, W. R. Cotton,
A. F. Blasting, Matthew Wilson and
Thomas Doheny. The same committee
was also empowered to report names of
suitable persons to attend the State
Democratic and Autobiography Conven-
ton at st. Paul, and the Congressional
District Convention. at Shakopee.
The Convention then took recess for
half an hour, when the committee on
resolutions, through their chairman,
reported the following resolutions, which
were unanimously adopted:
RESOLVED BY the Democratic and Anti Mo-
nOp0ly Convention for Sibley county, as
sembled without regard to past party differ
ences or prejudices, at Henderson, on the LIST
day of August, 1874,
1. That this Convention condemns in the
severest manner those members of Congress
who voted for or in any way favored the
back pay and salary grab law and as this
infamy was the work of the Republican par
ty, headed by the President himself, aided
and abetted by all the venality and corrup-
ton of that party, this Convention records
its solemn promise to work against, and by
all legitimate means at the polls and other
wise, to oppose any candidate affiliated with
said party.
2. That this Convention enters its earnest
protest against the present tariff as inflicted
on the country by the corrupt party now in
power, for the benefit of the few manufactur-
ers and monopolists, at the expense of the
many, creating by that means a money and
shoddy aristocracy, against the spirit of the
Constitution and the interest and rights of
the great body Of the people
3. That the only safety for the country
exists in as quick return as possible to hard
money, which this Convention is convinced
Will never occur as long as the present Re-
publican party remains in power.
4. That honest representatives are alone
worthy of the peoples confidence, and that
this Convention, from his public record, re-
gard Z. St Julien Cox as worthy Of Is entire
confidence, and, therefore, in the strongest
manner, recommend that gentleman as the
candidate for representative in the next
election: and that this Convention do in
struct the delegates chosen to attend the
District Convention, to be held at Shakopee
on the 9th OF September, 1874, to use all
honorable means to nominate Hon.
E. st. Julien Cox as the Democratic
and Anti-Monopoly candidate; and
that they be invested with power of substi-
tuition, or in case of absence, any delegate
can cast the entire vote of the county.
The committee reported as delegates
to both the State and Congressional
Conventions the following gentlemen,
who were duly elected, viz: Sylvester
kipp, Herman Shulenberg, Hamilton,
Beatty, Clark Walter, Michael Shelly,
Owen McGrann, A. F. Blasting with
power of substitution, or in case of abb
sence to cast the vote of the county.
The convention was well attended
Notwithstanding we are in the midst of
harvest, nearly every town in the coun-
ty being represented, and the Demo.
cratic towns having full delegations.
1t was most decidedly farmers con-
vention, nearly every delegate having
hay seed in their hats" and many Of
them having left their reapers in the
field when the hour arrived in order to
be present. TrrHoyus