The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-09-24
COX OR sTRA1T--w HIGH


We learn that our candidate for Con-
gress in the Second District, Hon. E.
ST.. JULIEN Cox, is making brilliant
canvass in the western part of the Dis
trict; and our advices lead us to be.
lieve that he will sweep that heretofore
Republican region by large majorities.
Ism it time, gentlemen Of the other
counties.to close up the ranks There
is proper season for growing and
grumbling and disappointment. But
that is past. Why should we make
ourselves tools in the hands Of Dave
Blakeley and Bill King and Ramsey
What has Cox done that he should
not receive our support! Is he not an
honorable gentleman Did he, like
Strait.make money during his military
careers No; he came out of Office
poor, while Strait Was able to open a
bank with his pickings and stealings.
Intellectually he is everyway Strait s
superior. In education and culture
there is ne comparison. What crime
against good morals OF society has he
committed! His popularity in biz own
neighborhood speaks in trumpet tones
for his good qualities.
His election will be triumph for our
principles. He will work Ind vote to
lessen the burdens of the people. He
will oppose monopolies; he will fight
the high tariff; he will work for re-
trenchment and reform.
If we defeat him and elect Strait
wherein have we bettercd ourselves!
We send speeches. imbecile to Con-
gress to pluck the skirts Of influential
men and cringe for favors. We send q
man to Congress who will help perpetu-
ate the burdens under which the PEG.
pie labor.
Come gentlemen, be magnanimous
If your candidate had been
nominated at Shakopee you would
have expected Cox and
his friends to have taken off their coats
and worked to elect him. Sauce for
the goose is sauce for the gander. :"
You gentlemen who voted for the GAL
liant and able Major Doughty, with his
fine abilities and his splendid record;
you who supported Hon. j. L. Melon
aid, statesman and a lawyer, fresh
from his great work Of exposing Nell
rath's iniquities; you who supported
the genial, popular and able Ara Bar
ton, whom Minnesota will yet delight to
honor; and you who supported those
other excellent gentlemen, Hon. Sc
grave Smith and Hon. J. n.
Baxter, remember that if
any one Of your candidates
had been nominated the Pioneer would
have opened its batteries upon him.
Would it have been fair then for Cox
and his friends to apply the microscope
of bitter and unfriendly criticism to the
nominee and open war upon him be-
cause, forsooth, they found some hu-
man defects in him!
Will nothing less thar angels from
heaven satisfy yone And if you can't
get them will you adopt Strait as the
nearest approach to the angel!
Close up the ranks. Remember that
if we are to effect reform we must
build up party--a party that will
live for years to come; and can we do
that by scratching each others eyes
out =!
Remember that the triumphant Anti
Monopoly Party will delight to honor
those who forget themselves in the in
terests of the people. No man is a
statesman who permits the wrath Of his
heart to overcome his faithfulness to
principle.
Give Cox q chance. Elect him to
Congress. If he proves unworthy or
incapable, we can in two years supplant
him by better man. But do not con-
denim him to personal and political in
fanny upon the demand Of our common
enemies.
We can elect him if We all join hands
in the work. What say you, gentle
men, shall the Second District be rep
resented by q man who viii vote with
Schurz and Thurman, or by man who
will vote with Simon Cameron and Ben
Butler! tes4-t.e