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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-10-21

IND UhefeGs, NY constitutional and Official
duty ito take care That the laws be faithfully e..
euteds and Il has cOne to mF knowledge that a..
dry assessors and registers Of voters have rblsaf
and are refusing TO assess and register divers color
e. male citizens % lawful age. and otherwise m1I-
ihei as electors
Nor. therefore. In consideration Of the preml-a--
the county Commissioners of aIhi county ara here
by notified AMI directed % instruct the several a.
SCISSORS aud registers or voters therein to OBEY and
amendments and laws and tie Sheriff Of safd
county Is hereby authorized and raquiFe,l 10 pub
hsh IN MS election proclamation Tor the next ensu-
ngeieetion the herein ecitedcuaafufionaiamend
meut, act % Congress, and act cf the Legislature,
70 ne end that the samo faay be known, executed
and obeyed by all assessors. registers or voters.
election officers anil efkcrS AMI that the rights AMI
privileges guaranteed therein may be secured to
all the citizens Of tho Commonwealth entitled to
the same.
Z r. 81 Given under NY hand and the great seal
OF the state, at Harrisburg. the day and year
first above written.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-10-21
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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-10-08
THE DEHnOCKATlC PARTY - A
DIALOGUE BETWEEN AN ANTI.
nONOPOLIST AND A REPCBLI.
CAN CIR ANGER.

Jones. nti-Monop.) Good morn
ing, brother Smith; fine weather this
for farm work.
Smith. Rep Yes, beautiful wealth
err the frosts hold off wonderfully.
Jones. Brother Smith, the election
is approaching: how do you think We
had better vote!
Smith. Well. Jones. ! cant make
up my mind. was talking to Judge
Sickofant, our post master, yesterday,
and he tells me that this Anti Monopo-
ly movement is simply the old Demo-
cratic party over again. | like the
principles Of the new movement; but
have bees Republican all my life and
| don want to turn Democrat now, af-
ter fighting them for years.
Jones. Well, Smith. felt that way
TOO to. while, but have been think.
ing over this matter. and have arrived
at different conclusions. Why do YOU
thina the Anti-Monopoly party simply
the old Democratic party over again
Smith. Vel. the Democrats are all
gong lnto il.
Jones. That proves nothing. A
srea, many Republica rs = thousands
uuon thousands in the Northwest-have
gone into the Autobiography party.
Does that make it the Republican par
~ There are counties in Minnesota
where the recruits from the Republican
ranks are more numerous than those
from the Democracy. Then look back
to the time when the Republican party
was organized; 1t was made up of
Wings. Democrats. Know othlngs and
Ahoi,tIonists. The Democrats used to
charge, for years. that it was simply
the old Wing party and the old Know
Nothing party over again. History
proves that It was 8 nsp party. crystal
lied around 'tei1 issues. If the people
could thus com bine On the question Of
slavery. why can they not combine on
the questions Of cheap transportation,
revenue tariff. honesty and economy!
Smith. But some of the Democrats
claim that thus new movement IS the
old Democratic party.
Jones. The State Convention did
not so claim. Thh platform speaks ''fo1
all the people of the Stale without re-
gard to former party distinctions whit
agree upon certain points. There are
of course q few Democrats. who are In
the ray Of the railroads, just as there
are Republicans. who really don't want
to see tde New Movement succeed and
they are to-day working vigorously for
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-10-08

A. Logan and Matt. Carpenter and
nearly all their great leaders were not
Democratse If they can elevate dis
honest Democrats to the highest Offices
in the land, why cannot we vote with
honest Democrats at the polls Then
ask them whether we have, in Mime
sofa, among the Democrats, three mean
er white men than Bill King, Mark H.
Dunnell and Charles McIlrath! And
if that isn't enough, ask them whether
good Samaritan, who pDurs oil into
the wounds of the people, even though
he formerly voted the Democratic
ticket, is not preferable to the robbe1
who inflicted the wounds and stole your
purse, although he may be good Re.
publican. and sound on the question Of
slavery9
Smith. Well, Brother Jones, there
| is good deal Of force in your argu
ment; and / think I will vote the
Anti Monopoly ticket this fall and see
whether it does any good. HEAVIER
knows our condition is bad enough
The new movement may improve it; il
can hardly make it worse.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-10-08

crave mercy and pardon of the people !;
all they ask is generous treatment; and
the people are ready to give it to
them.
How different in Minnesota Here
the Railroad corporations still ride their
high horses, and crack their whips over
the backs of the people. Minnesota
has no rights that they are bound to
respect. Our law Of 1871 is repealed !;
our law Of 1874 is not enforced and
the men who framed it knew it could
not be enforced. And now Cornell is
nominated to represent the Milwaukee
4 st. Paul Railroad the Supreme
Bench, and the railroad men stand al
the car doors to collect tickets. be
tore you enter. and to say
to the people thereby,-"We are
masters here. Who the devil
are you-you canaille! Obey us and
sneak into a seat
And yet. only river, few hundred
feet wide, divides the two States, and
the same railroads traverse both in thu
one they are subjugated and the peopl.
masters: in the other the people ar,
subjugated and the railroads masters
Why is this difference In the on,
the Anti-Monopolists control the State
in the other the Republicans.
Will it not pay Minnesota to try tn,
same experiment as Wisconsin Cal
matters be made worse9 And if the,
are not improved will it not be tim
enough then to 60 back to the tende
care Of Dunnell, Strait, Bill King ant
| McIlrath
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-10-08

This bill was referred to the committee
on railroads and there smothered.
Upon every question Mr.. Cox voted
with the Anti-Monopolists and on the
side of the people.
On the Oath Of February last, (see,
Journal, page AZ Mr.. Cox offered the.
following resolution
"That no discrimination by way OF free or
complimentary passes be allowed to be is
sued by said railroad company, in favor of
any executive, judicial or legislative officer,
during the time for which he may hold said.
Office"
Defeated. Yeas l6 nays 20. or
the sixteen ayes nine were Anti-Monop-
olists. Of the twenty nays, eighteen
were Republicans!
Mr.. Cox voted against the indefinite
postponement of Senator Coggswell's
bill to regulate railroads. But, twenty
three Republicans voted to postpone it,
while six Anti-Monopolists and six Re-
publicans voted no. And so it, too. was
defeated.
Mr.. Cox also voted in favor Of Sena-
tor Mcighens resolution to limit rail-
road charges to four cents per mile for
passengers, and twenty cents per car
load per mile for agricultural produc-
tions.
Defeated Yeas nine, nays twenty
seven. Of the former majority were
Anti-Monopolists; Of the latter twenty
one were Republicans.
Mr.. Cox also voted in favor of Sena-
tor Wilkinson's resolution that the
maximum rate for the transportation of
wheat should not exceed one and one
half cents per ton per mile.
Defeated! Yeas 8--nays 81. Five
Of the eight yeas were Anti Monopo-
lists. Twenty-seven of the thirty-one
nays were Republicans.
When our bill came up for the pro-
lection Of exporters of grain, by COM
pelling the railroad companies to estab-
lish, at all their principal depots, plat
form scales, on which to weigh the
wheat as received from the farmers.
and thus prevent the abominable sys-
tenn Of ''rattage and stealage;;' which
now prevails, Mr.. Cox was again found
voting on the side of the farmer But
this bill, like the rest, was defeated by
Republican votes.
IN short diligent examination Of
the journal of the Senate will not show
a single vote cast by our candidate for
Congress on the side Of the Monopo-
lists. And his utterances in debate
were as clearly and Enthusiastically on
the side Of the people as his votes.
What better evidence do the farmers
and Changers want that he will be faith
full to their interests in Congress, than
this uniform and consistent record of
his acts.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-10-08
BILL KINGS NOMINATION.

Keep it before the people, that the
St. Paul Press, the leading Republican
organ Of the State, thus DIES cribed the
way in which king obtained his nomi-
nation
The recent Congressional contest in
this district is likely to pass into his
tory as the most rotttE and disgrace
fa{ one NhicA erer stirred the STING
depths At political corruption. No
such unblushing and systematic effort
was ever made to debauch the prima-
ries, and pUrcaos3 eotss and delegates
ruth open bribery as has been witness
ed in various PARTS of this district DUR
ing the last few weeks. 1t has become
so loathsome and sickeninc scandal
that al honest non turn 0cc4 from
ii In aiSgust. If not an entirely new
feature to our politics, it has heretofore
OCCI NtltA III d ~ udSHt SeSiSSy. LUZ
now the strumpet Of corruption strides
in naked horror over the district. and
opens her shameful market at every
caucus and convention, and buys men
for the herd like cattle and sheep.
Since Kings nomination the Press
has commented upon the foregoing
article. and remarked that the only
change il desired to make in it was to
correct typographical error
VIII The "honeS, men who turned
away in disgust now come up TO the
ballet box and vote for the man who
"openeQ MS shameful market at every
caucas, ana bought up nen for the
herd like ca k ana sheep I
Win 10y To a oorrapt ana de
graded pa induce decent men TO
forget Nese, prompting of morality
shame4 pa .sm and religion We
hone not
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-10-08
THE INDICTMENT OF McHLRATH.

AS will be seen in another column,
the Grand Jury of Ramsey county
have found twenty six true bills of in
Gctment against Charles Mc1lrath, late
State Auditor, for malfeasance in Office.
While we cannot repress a feeling of
pity and sorrow when we see Mr.. Nc.
llrath toppled down from the eminence
Of responsibility upon which be stood,
to engage in a desperate battle for his
liberty in the arena Of the law; we can
not at the same time help remembering
that he took the bread of the child
rem )" that he stole the holy vessels
from the altar Of education ; and that,
when he touched with impious hand
that most sacred of all funds, the
School Fund Of the State, he commit
ted crime greater than sacrilege.
Therefore, while we pity, We
must condemn. The way of the
transgressor is hard; and il
it be right to send to punishment the
poor, tattered wretch, Sin Topped and
Widowed raggedness, who steals, per-
haps, to meet the necessities of life
how much more severely should the
great hand Of the law fall upon the
splendid malefactor who betrays the
trust of a whole people and pliers hun
j &c ~
of State
1t will be remember that the stat
ute of limitations restricts criminal
prosecutions of this kind, to period
Of three years. ; and as Mr.. McIlrath
has been out Of Office nearly two years,
the Investigations Of the Grand Jury
were necessarily limited to the last year
and three months Of his term of Office.
II they found facts enough in that short
time upsu which to base twenty six in
dictments, what would have been the
result if the whole twelve years of his
incum bency had been submitted to
investigation
That great WORK remains for the next
Legislature to accomplish. Never
until an Anti-Monololy Legislature
meets at the State Capitol, will the peo-
pie learn how deep and wide have been
the robberies Of which they have been
the victims.
Fellow citizens, let US forget all petty
grievances and party differences, and
unite to cleanse the foul dens and caves
where the wild beasts have so long
boarded their squalid plumber.
McIlrath is in the hands of the law
Investigation and reformation arc in
the hands of the people. VIII they do
their duty9
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-10-08
DINtELL.S RAILROAD RECORD.

In lo5, Hon. Mark H. Dunnell was a
member of the State Legislature. The
record Of his votes there, shows Just
where he stood in the contest between
the people and the railroads. We
quote from the House journal
S. F. No. 81. IAN act to amend
charter Of St. Paul & Pacific T.. r.
Mr.. Colburn moved to amend section
two by adding: "7'he Legislature
shall ARRAYS hare the right to regulate
and control the rate Of fare and fright
upon tn road and all branch roads of
said company."
And the ayes and nays being called
Tor and ordered there were yeas q. and
nays Is, as follows:
Among those who voted no, is record
ed the name OF Mark H. Dunnell.
Again:
House File al. ga ILL for an act to
authorize the McGregor w. r. +. to
extend its lines into this State and to
connect and to merge into the Minneso-
ia Railway Company" upon motion OF
NJ. johnson was taken from the table
and read second time. Mr.. johnson
moved to strike out the proyiso: THAT
the Legislature shall have the right to
regulate the freight and passenger
tariffs. The yeas and nays being
called for and ordered, there were yeas
30. and nays IA. as follows:
Among those who voted yes.to strike
out. was Mark II. Dunnell.
Again: II. F. No. l3O.-"An act to
incorporate the Minnesota Central
Railroad. amendatorv Of an act. was
read second time. Mr.. Wilson moved
to strike out the proviso reported by
the Committee on Railroads to-wit:'
'That the Legislature shall have the
right to regulate the rates of freight
and passenger tariff
'sThe yeas and nays being called for
and ordered, on the motion to strike
out the proyiso. there were yeas %.
and nays q, as follows:
And among the yeas to strike ont the
clause. was Mark H. Dunnell.
Observe, how in every instance the
Republican porty voted to diyest the
State of all right to contro, the
roads, and to make the roads superior
to and independent of the people. And
observe. how every time Mark H. Dun
nell is found yeting on the SIZE of the
railroads.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-10-08
"That Legislatures can

THAT Legislatures can
not rightly, or ought not as
a matter Of Justice and
political expediency, to
regulate the tariffs Of rail
roads, not owned by the
State, the PRESS Has AL
WAYS MAINTAINED. list.
Paul Press, July %, 1874
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-10-08
TANE>.

On the Ia law Of the month the
amount or ate money deposited N
banks il St. aul and New York. draw
inc per cel per apnum interest. vas
Ss34o,6of.8s.
That unoney was eNtorted, bv the ter
rors of oo11fis cation. from thousands Of
poor men all yer the State, who have
been eomDefie / to sell their crops al a
/ sacrlhce, Or rrow money OF their
homes at ~ i've. eighteen or twenty
toar per cefr Il is now loaned to the
St. Paul han1a al four per cent per
year and useS Scr the accommodation
OF St. Paul merchants
We want an -aati- Monopoly Lesisla.
ture =
LIST. To reduce tSza,son to the loves,
possible figures.
&c. To step all leaks in expendi-
lures.
Sd. To make all taxes payable semi.
annually, in spring and fall
While we are getting 4 per cent. in
terest on that $4,000 We arr paying
seven and eight per cent on S34.l,oto Of
State bonds. This is statesmansnip.
Ifeyer country IN the world nAeded
Reform it IS Minnesota.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-10-08
The Dispatch SAYS !:

II ''the history Of Mr.. McIlrath is
substantially that Of the Republican
party, hasn't the Republican party
been indicted twenty-six times. En-,
josef.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-07-31
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Personal and Literary.

The first number OF the San Francisco
China Neics has been issued. Its printed
in the Chinese language, under the patron
are of Fix Chinese companies, and Is de-
voted To the interest of the Chinese of the
coast.
Gen. Banks is TO become professional
lecturer. He l. preparing new lectures on
"Amcrican Volunteer Soldiers" Blue
Stockings" -" What Man Owes 20 the
Town he Lives in" and 1.-THE Princes of
Dplomacy-Cavour, Gortschakon, Cas-
telar and Thiers.'
Josh Billings, speaking Of Mark
Twain's struggles and triumphs, says that
there Is more solid JOY to the square foot
i'm fifteen dollars week when a man Is
making his reputation, than in $500 for
the same length OF time after his reputa-
ton is manufactured. Perhaps Mark don't
think so.
Grace Greenwood and Mary Clemmer
Ames, two of the most versatile of the
American newspaper-w0men Of the day,
are spending the summer together i'm Col
orado. Another of the same sisterhoOd,
Miss Margaret +. Buchanan, of Chicago
journalism, is said TO be preparing for her
wedding with one OF the officials OF the
Phoenix City.
Miss Susan +. Dickinson. a sister of
the lecturer. who inherits her full share Of
the talent of the family. is about to make
her appearance also on the lecture plat
form. Brought up among the Quakers,
she has frequently addressed large auGi-
ences already, but mainly in churches and
on themes not calculated 10 challenge
newspaper notice.
Prof. James Russell Lowell's resigna-
ton of his proiessorship of bellies lettres at
Harvard College two years ago has never
been accepted by the authorities of the col
lege, and he will, therefore, resume his old
post al the beginning of the October term,
though under somewhat altered condi-
tons. which will relieve him from continu-
Gus class teaching.
1t j. said that an answer Is TO be made
10 Gen. Sherman's complaints of the limi-
tation of his powers, showing that il j.
quite impossible for the President and
General sherman to hold the same office
at the same time. III Sherman were the
philosopher he ought to be. he would set
tie down in some cool spot near that re-
marksble bridge in st. Louis, and devote
the rest of his leisure between this time
and the next war TO drawing his salary
Courier-Jouyndt.
Inc hitNgoW Ntns HIS puDHsHtu tue
subjoined account Of an interview with NJ.
Rochefort. in the mail train on il way TO
London. NJ Rochefort Is stated to have
said to the reporter: =" As brother jour
nalist | am happy TO receive you, although
my comfort has been materially interfered
with by the reporters of America. IL
would have amused you 10 see how they
came forward i'm crowds, not as you would
do here. but with notebook i'm hand, and
with long list of prepared questions.
which We We're expected TO answer seria-
tim. We did not. but the result of that
was that they have made the most extraor
binary statements regarding us in their
journals. | do not understand English,
bu have learned that they have credited
VI. Pain with perfect knowledge of the
difficult tongue. though he i not acquaint-
eel with a word of it,
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-07-31
Sensible Hints About Dress.

Men of low instincts. who take pleasure
in flattering silly women TO do silly things,
invariably encourage all women. except
their own wives. to dress in a style that is
miscalled " loud" Ii Is an ungenteel, UNI
lady-like style. but il j. not any more vul-
gar than the afiectation of those who. TO
make display of the good breeding they
do not possess, are always talking about
loudncss in dress. Dress cannot be loud.
Il may be ungenteel. unlady-like. vulgar,
immodest, flashy. tasteless or unrefned,
but not loud. Neither can il be quiet.
That Is another affected term used by peo-
pie who aspire to be very gcnteel. Dress
may be simple. lady like, refined, elegant,
tasteful. stylish, fashionable. characteristic,
elaborate, genteel or modest. but not quiet.
II ladies wish to win respect rather than
surprise men into an equivocal Kind OF
admiration. let them choose sober colored
fabrics. and forbid their dressmakers TO
load their garments with trimmings of va
rious kinds Let them avoid novelties and
the rage for anything, especially the jet
bead rage of the season. also the Juror for
striped fabrics; or. II they must wear
stripes, let them be narrow and not i'm
colors. Let them not
loop TUNES and polonaises in any Of the
fantastic styles seen In the fashion plates,
nor wear enormous bustlcs under Nolum-
nous poufs and bouiiants hut. If the
figure is slender. use small hustle and "a
moderate pouf or looping in the back.
Let them try 10 stop the tide of folly and
extravaganza which has gained for the
women of this country the name abroad
OF " those dreadful Americans and which
among Inbred American men causes them
TO be spoken of as those Embarrassing
women"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-07-31
Foreign Gossin.

In Cuban hotels butter Is served up
when called for in long-necked bottles.
and looks very much like wagon grease.
The Great Western Railway Company
of England has abandoned the broad for
The narrow gauge. The change of gauge
OF the whole line was effected in three
days. and with il ends the broad-gaugc
system in Great Britain.
The oldest grandchild Of Queen Vic
toria, the son Of the Crown Prince and
Princess of Prussia, is now IL years OF
age. He l. represented as a fine, promis-
ing lad, although paralyzed in the right
arm, malady of whose cure the best ply
sicians Of Berlin have no hope.
An extraordinary accident is reported
from Heidelberg. The famous chemist.
Professor Bunsen, went out of his study
for "A short walk, leaving on his table the
manuscript of a new book, which he had
been preparing for the past four years.
On returning he found his papers in
flames, and before the fire was cxtn-
guished the book was in ashes IL is said
that some lucfer matches which were
lying on the desk were ignited by the sun.
and thus the whole mischief was done.
A letter from 1T. Petersburg says that
Russia is AT last beginning, though by
slow degrees. TO introduce the representa-
tive system in its legislation. IL was an
nounced some two months ago that the
Government proposed in future To submit
all bills relating TO agriculture. before
coming TO any final decision upon them.
10 an assembly composed of representa-
tivcs, partly elected aud partly nominated.
Of the nobility. the provincial diets, and
the commercial and industrial classes I;
and II is now stated by the R,tsski Mr.
that the assembly IN question will meet in
st. Petersburg in January next. and that
the first bill submitted for its considera-