The anti-monopolist., 1874-12-24
THE NEW REGIME.

ANY CnanSe WOulu udsS oCoA oA iAAA
provement on Parsons. Hon. Samuel
E. Adams is very decided improve
ment. We feared, last week, that the
endorsement given him by the Far
mer's Union would have destroyed
him. That it did not, only testifes to
the native strength of his constitution
and the sterling merits Of the man.
It has been our good fortune to know
Colonel Adams for nearly fifteen years;
"a long time in new country.
When. as Lieutenant Governor, we had
the privilege Of presiding over the State
Senate, Colonel Adams sat under our
ministrations. He was then a Demo-
crar,-and we Republican. We need
not say that he made 6rst-class Sena-
tor and was popular, and deservedly
so, with all his associates.
For many years he has lived in re-
tirement. We welcome his return to
career of eminence aud usefulness He
will win golden opinions from the Order
if he will only avoid the errors which
cost his predecessor his place. NE mast
eschem all combinations NTH Rings.
He must especially let the Farmer's S
| Union, and the Farmer Insurance AS.
sociation, stand on their own legs. He
must regard the welfare of the Order.
and the farmers who belong to it, as of
the first consequence, and all other
things as nothing. If he attempts to
preserve the Republican party, or the
Democratic party, or any other party, at
the expense of the vitality Of the Order,
and it's purposes, the Order will fall
upon and crush him. If he has any
bitterness or wrath in his heart. let il
not be directed against his brethren IN
the Order. but against the great corpo-
rations that are plundering the farmers
Let him always remember that the I'm
proremeat of the material condition o
the farmer is the grand object of thu
Order; and. that the ritual is mere
insignificant incident to thai end
Let MIN not suppose. AS Parsons
did. that grown men. with famille'
to support. would be content to maintain
great organization. simply to strik'
poses and make genuflections. Th
Order has no place in the world, an,
Col. Adams no place in It, save as /
and he can make the farmers wiser
better, happier: better fed, bette
, clothed. better housed, and better edu
| Gated.
We say all this in kindly spiri,
. for We want Gel. Adams to thorough,
succeed in his high office: and we ar
prepared to sustain him until it bs
comes evident that he is determined t
wreck his career on the rocks on whic
) the poor old George I. Parsons wen
to pieces.
The choice for Overseer was an ad
mirable one. Hon. Lrsander Cool
! member elect of the Legislature. ha
!, long been one of the leading spirits {
j the Order in Blue Earth county. Il
is an earnest. honest, capable man
: With his whole soul in the great wor
of lifting up his class. An unselfis
: man, too; for VIC cannot forget nov
r last year, he stepped out from the nom
; nation for State Senator. given hlm b
the Farmers County Convention, al
unselfishly labored for the election
!. Hon. NJ. S. Wilkinson, an independe,
4 candidate
II OF the Lecturer, Hon. Ebenez
:. Ayres, We speak 1t length elsewhere.
The Steward, J. Ell. Thomas, ESQ
of Yorng America, Carver county,
an intelligent, vho'e-soalcd, trus M
The right man in the right placA
Il The Secretary, Thomas Tnnis Snit
N ESQ. Of Dakssa county. viii give /