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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-08-13
CIRCULATE THE ANT1-MONOPO-
LIST.

In the coming battle with the rail-
roads the people will need a reliable
organ to represent them, and keep them
informed upon many points which the
subsidized press will carefully suppress.
We would say to our friends there
! fore circulate this paper. See that it
goes into every locality and into every
house. We do not make this request
. for personal reasons, for our financial
success is already more than assured.
But the monopolists have heretofore
held power by perverting and darkening
the minds of the masses through lies
and SANDERS. But if the antidote
goes wherever the poison is spread we
have no fears for the result. Circulate
the ANTI MoNoPoLIsr. Call the atten-
ton of your friends and neighbors to it.
We will furnish specimen copies free to
all who want to send them around
among their friends; and furnish free
copy to every man getting up club
Of five at club rates.
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Logical.

The Blue Earth City Post argues,
because we are in favor of controlling
railroads and preventing their extor-
tions. that therefore we are an enemy
of Railroads.
On the same principle the firemen of
St. Paul are enemies of stoves and do
mestic comfort and the social circle,
and the pleasures Of the winter fire-side,
because they insist on preventing that
precious element, fire, from burning UP
the whole town.
And, on the same principle, if the
fool-killer visited Blue Earth City-and
killed the editor of the Post that wor
thy, in his last gasps, would insist that
the said fool-killer was an enemy of the
whole human race while those who
contemplated the transaction in its
more philosophical aspects; might con-
clude that he had really benefited the
human race.
Can't the Junk head understand the
difference between the use and abuse OF
a thing? Can't he see that railroads
can be so managed as to be converted
from blessing into = curse; even as
the water we refresh ourselves with,
once helped to drown out all the world
save Noah and his family.
And Joe Wheelock publishes this
bosh, and heads it ''Donnelly's Perfidy.'
How Joe must have grinned as he
penned those words:-for the difference
between Joe and the Post-man is, thai
Joe has the railroads money in hi.
pocket, but the Post-man hasn't COM
mon sense in his head.
But observe, Farmers Both these
Republican papers hold that it is
damnable ''perfidy" to tempt to reg
ulate railroads.
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That Won't do Joseph.

We called Jcseph's attention in our
last, to the fact that, for years past,
whenever we made cross-road speech
he devoted whose columns to the con-
slderation Of our utterances; but that
now when we are editing newspaper
ne was for letting us severely alone. Jo-
seph replies, that we are like some nox-
lous gases that become attenuated by
beng dissipated in space; and that the
more there is Of us the less we amount
to; and hence that when we spoke but
once year our concentrated thoughts
were worth noticing, but that when we
speak ffty-two times year. through a
newspaper, we are Of no moment what
ever. Very welledone, Joseph. Adroit
ly turned. But if this be true. why
was it, Joseph, that last winter, when
you assured your readers we were talk
ing so much as to prevent the Senate
transacting any business, you de-
voted, day after day, who . Columns 70
abuse of our humble self. The more
We talked the madden you got, until at
last you literally rose right up on your
hind legs and howled, and foamed at the
mouth, until your friends began to think
you were losing the little sense God had
given you.
No, no, Joseph. that cunning plea
won't do. We are no s'single speech
Hamilton But the difference is, that
when we replied to you in the Senate
Chamber, or on the stump, our voice
only reached few hundred hearers;
while you spoke three hundred times a
year to your thousands. You had us
in chancery and knew no better than to
pound away.
But, Joseph, it will be but little
while until our paper will have two
readers to your one; and then, Joseph,
we will take noble. revenge upon you
by treating you fairly. and decently; and
when YOU write us letter to set
yourself right before the world, 1--we shall
not daub it over and distort it with v
ing head lines, and pervert it's meaning
in editorial comments; but we will set
it SO fairly forth that you will for very
shame and remorse 60 and drown your
self, and leave us to write your epitaph.
And we will do it, Joseph, with great
pleasure.
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Soon after we started our paper, Hon,
j. A. McCIusky,~ merchant of Cottage
Grove, sent us list of names of sub.
scribers from that village, and among
others the name Of j. H. Swaziland,
Esq. We accordingly sent our paper
to Mr.. Sweatland and the rest Of the
list.
Last week we received copy of our
paper, enclosed in wrapper postmarked
Cottage Grove, returned to us with this
memorandum on the margin of it
Don't send me this thing again. j.
H. Sweatland.
Regarding it as suspicious circum-
stance that the paper was not returned
through the postmaster with an official
notice that it was refused, we cut the
memorandum of the paper and sent it
to Hon. J. A. McClusky, with a request
that he would see Mr.. Swaziland and
ascertain whether he had refused the
paper and sent us the impudcnt message
referred to.
MIR. McClusky now informs us that
he has seen Mr.. Swaziland, and
that he informed him that he
has not received his paper; that
he never saw the number
returned to US that he never wrote
that memorandum and never refused
the paper; and that it was returned to
us by some one without his knowledge,
consent or authority; and that he
wanted the paper sent to him regularly.
And Mr.. McClusky further informs
us that Mr.. Swaziland, on the 22d of
July, paid him 50, as our agent, for one
years subscription to the paper.
Now it is very clear from the Cottage
Grove postmark upon the wrapper,
that the paper went to that
Office and was returned to us
for it, without having been delivered or
even shown to Mr.. Swaziland; and
therefore that writing must have been
made by the postmaster or his clerk,
Mr.. Tanning, who is, we learn, also
under indictment in the United States
Court for selling liquor without a
license. To vent their partisan spite
upon us, one Of these men has, there
fore, not only violated the postal laws,
but the laws of the State, and made
himself liable to prosecution and
Imprisonment; and if we can identify
the hand writing on the margin of the
paper we will commence proceedings to
determine whether the free citizens of
this State have any rights left that
postmasters are bound to respect.
Of the postmaster of this dirty den,
Furber, We express our opinion else
where in this paper.
If this thing is to continue the peo-
pie will have to consult the postmas-
tiers, to ascertain what newspapers they
shall be permitted to subscribe for.
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OURINFLUENTIAL DELEGATION

Our old friend, DR.. Foster, Whites a
long letter, NEARLY five columns of the
Duluth Minnssotianl, to prove that
Minnesota possesses the most valuable
and influential delegation in the Union.
He especially commends Ramsey, of
whom he says: ''His tact in obtaining
the passage of measures Of local impor-
lance to his constituents is pre-emi-
nent.' And then to illustrate Ram
sey's immense influence he quotes the
Congressional Record of June Odd. by
which i. appears that Ramsey offered
an am endment to the River and Harbor
bill, to give Duluth $4,000 for its
breakwater. Now $4,000 in River
and Harbor bill is mere pittance, about
as much as ten cents to Dr.. Foster; and
moreover Duluth is the only lake port,
we might say the only sea port, of one
Of the sovereign States Of this Z MON.
Now mark how this influential man, who
has such pre-eminent tact in obtaining
the passage of measures of local impor-
lance, was wiped out by joke. We
quote the record as quoted by DR.. Fos-
ter. After Ramsey had made a long
speech in favor of his amendment:
Mr.. Spencer. Before voting on this ques-
ton I should like to have read for the infor-
nation Of the Senate the speech of J. Proctor
Knott, of kentucky. naugh:er)
prove by tnatl
Mr. Spencer It is long time since
read it, and wish the Senate to hear it.
The President pro tempore. The question
Is on the amendment Of the Senator from
Minnesota.
The amendment was rejected-ayes II,
noes not counted.
And so this man of ''tact' got II
votes out of about 7O;-and the echo
of j. Proctor Kott's stale joke knocked
the distinguished Minnesotian endways.
and left Duluth without an appropria
ton.
And the good Doctor, for he is man
of brains and energy, himself, says
lugubriously:
Minnesota has but three members in the
House, and was not therefore much to be
feared, aud, consequently, her one little
eve lamb of harbor was deliberately
slaughtered"
And the Doctor might have added.
that the whole three members. in Con.
gressional scrimmage didn't amount to
| one good member.
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And then the Doctor proceeds tx
show how shabbily Minnesota was
treated in that River and Harbor Bill
He says: !.
Gin all for Minnesota. $4,000.
''For Michigan and Wisconsin, A MIL.
LION, less $55,OOO."
Compare Minnesota business and
taxes with those of Wisconsin and Mich
lgan. and we see at once the shameful
injustice done us. But the difference
between $4,000 and $945,000 is pre-
cisely the difference between being rep
resented by Matt Carpenter and Alex
ander Ramsey:-between man that
hills the place and man that fills the
seat.
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SEND Us THE MONEY. JENNgsON,

Our articles in reference to the pub
lie printing question knocked Jennison
into a comatose condition. He has,
however, slept upon it; and sleep,
sBalm of hurt minds,
Sleep that knits up the ravelled sleeve of
care"
has refreshed him so far that he stag
gers up, and mutters in his vacant, wan
dering, incoherent way:
Donnelly charges that Jennison put too
low rates IN the printing bill. We answer
that the bill introduced will show for itself
that Jennison "did not reduce the maximum
rates allowed by the former law" Donnelly
replies:
Now we have copy of the printed bill
as introduced furnished us by Jennison
himself, with marginal notes, in which it is
claimed that the new law made considerable
reduction on the old law
Now, we will pay Mr.. Donnelly one hun
bred dollars to point out one single instance
from the printed bill as introduced fur
nished him by Jennison himself" where
the bill As introduced made any reduction in
the maximum rates. One hundred dollars
to show that the bill as introduced reduced
the rate for any kind of work! One hun
dred dollars to show that Jennison put rates
in the printing bill lower than former maxi
mum rates. And since Donnelly saws he
has copy OF "the printed bill as Intro
duced'' before him, we offer him hundred
dollars to show that he did not write and
print what he knows to be false, when he
said that we put in the printing bill rates
that we knew were too low Wing Re-
publican.
Our answer is:
We have in our posses ion copy of
the printed bill, S. F. No. SO, intro
duced by Gen. Hubbard. january 10Th,
1874; the said copy being the Identical
copy which Gen. Jenn;son, at or about
that date, handed to US in the State
Senate, sprinkled all over with margi-
nal notes, written, as he told us. by
himself. We would send it to the Cen
eral, but. like Frank Moulton, we are
afraid our original documentary evil
dence might be destroyed. But,1if the
General will appoint. a la Beecher, an
Investigating committee of his friends,
we will submit it to the said committee.
and we won't ask Ben Butler to act as
counsel for us, either. We are thus
particular because those few pages of
printed matter are now worth 800
to US!
On page two Of that bill on line o6.
appears these wordsk "For is-
ure work, per one thousand ems,
sixty-seven cents and FIVE
mills" while in the margin, opposite
this line, is written in lead pencil, by
Gen. Jennison Tor some clerk Of his,
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The author Of the following charm
ing lines lives in Minneapolis. He ad
vocates Bill Kings election to the House
and Ramsey's return to the Senate
DIs-HON. SAMUEL c. PcxERoY.
Sam Pomeroy-my Sam Pom,
When first we were acquaint
thought you were an angel
But now know you amt
For now your game is up, Sam,
Collapsed your little job;
ALT. York, he hit you where you lived
Old Subsidy-my Sub.
Sam Pomeroy, my Sam Pom,
You climbed the hill thegither:
Yersep and Aleck Caldwell
Cahoots wi ane anither;
But now corruption taints We
Howeer We scrape an scrub,
YEN never sell yer vote again
Old Subsidy-my Sub!
BY W. A, Cro1ut.
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these words, 80 cents in present law

these words, so cents in present law
Now that clearly entities US to the
| first hundred dollars. This is clearly
an instance s'where the bill as intro
duced made a reduction of the maxi
mum rates, viz: from 20 cents to 81
cents and mills.
But we are also after that second
hundred dollars: ''One hundred dol
lars to show that the bill. as introduced,
reduced the rate for any kind of work. =
On page three of the said bill, section
five, line two, it says: ''The bills, resolu.
tons, ETC., shall be printed, etc., each
page to contain not less than thirty-two
lines Of forty five ems in length" Over
the word ''thirty-two' is written with
lead pencil ''thirty,'' and over the
words 'sforty-tive ems in length is
written ''the usual Showing that the
bill as introduced purported to increase
the amount Of matter to page, there
by decreasing the rates of compensa-
ton for said work.
Again the new law, the same page
and section, line five, provides that in
computing composition only sthe
surface actually covered" should be
counted, while Jennison informs us in
marginal note fractional pages count
as full pages in the present law If
this did not reduce the rates we would
like to know what would.
And so we will take the second hun
dred.
Third Gone hundred dollars to
show that Jennison put rates in the
printing bill lower than the former
maximum rates. That we have al
ready shown; and if necessary we will
call upon Gen. Hubbard to show that
Jennison prepared the bill and handed
it to him to introduce.
And the fourth hundred is, offered if
we will show that ''we did not write
and print what we knew to be false
That we have clearly shown.
Now, Jennison, be a man! Acknowl-
edge the corn, and hand over the green
backs. If you do, we will spend the
whole amount in circulating copies of
the ANTI MoNopoLsr gratuitously
all through the grasshopper region.
Can you, will you hold back when your.
little $500 can be the means of doing
so much good to that afflicted people,
more good than you can accomplish in
any other way, even though your life
was protracted until your years out
numbered your lies; and in that event
Methuselah would be sucking infant
to you.
Will you. my dear General, let that
people stumble on in darkness, follow
ing Republican will O. the wisps, when
pillar of fire, to-wit: the ANrI-MoNoP-
oL1sr, might turn their financial dark
ness into intellectual daylight!
For their sake we appeal to you to
pay up that $500. Shall we draw on
you; or will you send it by express!
It. is too large an amount to send
through the St. Paul postofice.
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POLITICAL.

The Autobiography committee Of
Henncpin county, to-wit: Messrs.
Samuel Lydiard, w. w. Stickney, E. R.
Perkins, D. D. Moore and Ezra Hans
come, are out in call for county con-
vention to be held at Wayzata, Sept.
18th. They propose to nominate full
ticket and make fight to win. Our
advices from Hennepin county are Of
the most encouraging character.
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JOE WHEELocK has preached the Cos
pei Of Mediocrity SO long and SO sue
cessfully, that the Republicans have be-
come thoroughly indoctrinated with it
and it is only on some important occa-
sion that they Wake up, much sur
prised, to the conviction that something
more than body, boots and suit OF
broadcloth are necessary to constitute
a statesman.
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&nt-SBauupalist.
MUST NOT BE OVERLOOKED.

We would urge upon our friends all
over the State to see that county con-
wentions are called to elect delegates to
the State and Congressional Conven-
tons. Attend to it at once.
And when they are assembled, select
your rery best men as delegates. The
Revolution must bring its best material
to the surface.
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We send copies of this

We send copies of this
paper, and in some instan-
ces packages Of copies, to
many of our friends. AS
the postal law requires the
prepayment Of papers sent
to those not regular sub
scribers, a0e hope those auho
intend to subscribe quiW send
us their names By RETURN
NAIL.
When we send more than
one copy to one address,
we would be obliged if the
person receiving the pack
age would distribute
among those he thinks
most likely to subscribe.
The paper will be ftll
nlshed in clubs of five or
more to one address for one
dollar and fifty cents each,
or $l.00 for six months.
For all subscriptions OBJ
tanned for a yeg, six
months, or three months,
at the rate of two dollars
per annum, ve aoW pay
twenty-five per cent. commits
SION on the amount collected.
The ANTI-MoNopoL1sr has
been started to advance the.
interests Of the people by
the success of the Anti
Monopoly party.
To help this paper, there
fore, IS to help the cause.
We trust our friends will
send us lists of names Of
subscribers in each town.
ship.
Let us hear from you at
once, SO that we can place
you on our subscription list
IN TINE FOR OUR NEXT NUM-
Der.
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&ftalfitratiol15.
POOH BEECHER /!

It is said that Beecher is about to
edit Republican paper.
Josh Billings says that when man gets
so low that his dog abandons him, he
can't get any lower in this world-at
least not by land. But Beecher, like
Satan of old,
s'Finds in the lowest deep lower deep
Still threatening to devour him, opening
wide
To which the hell he suffers seems a heaven y
He falls, covered with shame and
ruin, to become the associate Of 10.
Wheelock.
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The First Congressional District.

We are gratified to receive from Mr..
Wise, the chairman of the executive
committee of the Autobiography party
in the First District, letter in which
he says:
''The apportionment of delegates to
the Congressional Convention of this
District is made upon the vote for Bar
ton, and is substantially the same as
for the State Convention. Comparing
the. calls you will find that each county
has as many delegates in one as in the
other; excepting Waseca, where the
State committee evidently made mis-
take in allowing it one delegate, whe n
its vote entities it to four, which we
gave it in the district convention.
Thanking you for your good opinion,
as expressed through the AN7I-MoNopo-
LIST. and with many wishes for its sue
cess, am
Yours, &C.,
JoHNC. WISE
This explanation will disabuse the
minds of some who thought they saw
III the call contemplated injustice.
We learn, however, from some lead
ing Republicans, in that District, that
there is large element who did not
vote for Barton last year, but voted for
Dawson remained away from the polls,
but who this year propose to sup
port the Autobiography ticket. 1t is,
of course. the duty of the party, to
throw the doors wide open to all new
recruits. With three thousand major
ity to overcome, we need them all.
We would therefore suggest to Mr..
Wise the propriety of saying, editorial
'ly, to counties like Freeborn.
Dodge, Fillmore, &C., to send,
IN addition to the delegation named in
the call, representation equal to what
they think they will be entitled to upon
the present state of political feeling in
their respective counties. and submit
their claims for such additional repre-
sentation to the District Convention
when it assemblies.
There are counties like Fillmore.
which there is every reason to believe
we will carry this year, where last year
the Autobiography sentiment was 50 lit
tie developed that in one-half of the
county we had no legislative ticket in
the field.
But above all, gentleman. let us be
brethren, in fact as we'll as name. Let
us rise to the level of our grand oppor-
tunities. Remember it is not a ques-
ton Of elevating this or that worthy
friend to office, but of taking step to-
wards reform. Remember that the
members elected from Minnesota NAV
be able to determine, one way or the
other, the fate Of the great national
measures for the relief of the people
now pending in Congress.
Every man is entitled to his amb;.
tons; and man without some desire
to rise in the world, or improve his con.
dition, amounts to but little. But let
all honorable ambitions be subordinated
to the public good; and above all never
forget that we are part of a great North
western movement, soon to determine
the future of national politics.
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AN ACCOUNT CURRENT.

Bill King was in St. Paul yesterday
and 1.-THE observed of all observers. =
Shortly after, our city reporter picked
up on the street, over which Bill had
just passed, singular looking paper,
apparently leaf from some account
book. 1t read as follows:
W. s. E. in account with his Bulls.
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McCorxnick,s Reapers and Mower
The machines that they offer to thu
farmer for the season of 1874 are as fol-
lows:
THE ADVANCE.
This is perfect combined two
wheeled, doublc-barred reaper and now
er, with serrated reaper sickle and
smooth-edged mower knife. This ma
chine is the father Of the reaper family.
and is the result and outgrowth of 4
long life time spent exclusively in the
manufacture of such implements. It's
merits in the past are well known. but
valuable improvements have been added
since last year, the most important of
which perhaps is the method of dipping
the platform and cutter-bar down. and
throwing lhe reel forward into and un-
der lodged and falling grain. This inn
provement saves erery head of lodged
and entangled grain. With this Inn
provement the Advance stands without
a rival
TIE IMPROVED PRIZE MOWER.
This is unique, easy -draught, close
cutting, folding bar, two-wheeled mower.
This machine has long stood at the
head of the class as the best mower for
heavy, matted grass. This mower cuts
four feet wide. and, though very LIGHT.
IS provided with powerful, high-geared
wheels, imparting to the well-balanced.
keen-edged knife speed that carries i
through everything before it, even With
the horses on an easy walk. A farmer
who consults his own interests viii
purchase no other kind of moving ma
chine.
THE NEW RELIABLE.
This is one wheeled, wide cut ain
gle reaper, combining some Of the fe.-
lures Of the ''Old Reliable, !" built II the
most substantial manner for heavy
crops, but of easy draft, though cnttir.
swath sir and a half feet wide. and
capable Of bringing down it's twenty
five acres per day. A farmer provided
with one Of these reapers is prepared to
make short work Of large grain cron.
and will feel himself master Of the atm,
alton under any and all circumstances
Address Northwestern Agents, John
Rhodes & Son, Hastings, MINI.
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LIE herman liberals Of Davenport,
Iowa, at = meeting last week, resolved
That IN the coming election they would
support the State ticket Of the Anti
Monopoly party.
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Here the account abruptly ended !;
but we have instructed our CITY re-
porter to find ont what it means, and to
look out for any more stray sheets.
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Ak elevator being built At Red.
wood Falls