The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-10-22

great and good Secretary, Delano, that
the settler must pay two hundred dol
lars more or he must leave his land.
So the poor man thinks if he pays two
hundred more it will be the same thing
over again in year or two more.
So he thinks he will 60 to the land
office and get his money back, that they
have had the use of for two years or
more, and leave and 60 back where he
came from, east or south, as the case
may be. So he goes to the land office
and get his money. He thinks surely
4they will give me my money back, af-
ter taking my land and all my improve
ments, and having the use Of my money
for two years or MORE" What do
you think? The Register tells him he
will have to make an application to
Washington for it. Then, says the
settler, show shall do that?'' "Oh,
you Gun get Mr.. Richard Roe or Mr..
John Doe, as the case may be, for the
land office men always have lawyer or
two outside to divide the spoils with.
So he goes to the said lawyer and
wants to know what he will
charge to made such an application to
Washington for his money? The reply
is, it will cost five dollars. In many
cases they will charge fifteen more, as
they claim for sending to our Represen-
tatives or Senators from this district;
so he can go into the United States
Treasurer's Office and hurry the matter
up. The poor man then wants to know
how long it will be before he can get his
money? The lawyer tells him he thinks
he can get it in six months or year.
That is the way that the great Repub-
lican party are using the people or, as
they call us, the ''Mud stills of the from
tier Hundreds have left their homes
along the Northern Pacific and St. Paul
& Pacific railroads for the last year or
more in this way. They cannot deny
| this statement.
will cite one case of VIM. Tidel Of
Pelican Rapids, Otter Tail county, Min
nesota. In the fall of 1870 said Tidel
went to the Alexandra Land Office to
prove up on his claims. He proved up,
got his duplicate; went to work, built
an expensive barn; built first class
saw mill. In two years more. after he
had his mill running, there came an or
der from Washington, from the great
man, Delano, our Secretary Of the In
terror, requesting him to leave his mill
and all his improvements, as he had de-
cided that it belonged to the Northern
Pacific railroad, ETC.; and it stands so
to this date!
The Republican party claim that
they have done great things for the
frontier. That they procured the St.
Vincent railroad extension and that
in that bill they have SO fixed it that
the settlers should hold their lands.
Wcllthey might just as well have leftthat
proviso out Of the bill, for they know
very well that the settlers have most
all left. Over 300 settlers left the land
on that road last year and God knows
how many left the year before, on ac-
count of that great mans, Delano's, de-
cision.
Now, since the nomination of Hon.
Eugene Wilson for Representative in
Congress has appeared in your paper,
the country is all alive for him. When
his nomination was made known it Gre
ated such sensation among the people,
they almost went wild with excitement.
The farmer King was nowhere. He,
King, is SO far behind they cannot see
his shadow.
Since King LEFT here (by here, |
mean all along the line of the Northern
Pacific road the name Of Hon. Eugene
Wilson for Congress is in every mans
mouth as the man to represent our real
interests.
. Yours truly, SAMUEL Snow.
The On pai0n i'm Red OOd County