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

THE COTTAGE GROVE DISTRICT.
Our gallant and able friend, Hon.
EBENEzER AYREs, has been nominated
for the House in the Cottage Grove Dis
trict. He will be elected by large
majority.
For years, single-handed and alone,
he fought the battle of the people on
the floor of the Legislature, and pro.
claimed the principles which are now
advancing to certain triumph. Let him
not be ignored. If there is true, hon
est, able man in Minnesota, that man is
Ebenezer Ayres.
The St. Paul Press attacks him, as
usual. and intimates that the Democrats
will not vote for him. Why should
they not! Will they send Furber
there, to act with the Republicans; to
vote for Ramsey and thereby secure q
noUe pro sequi for his brother, now lam
gushing under an Indictment for selling
liquor without license; and to help weld
the chains upon the limbs of the people
and hand them over to the mercy of
the railroads? Is this what Democrats
want to accomplish! No. The re-.
election of Ramsey is six years bust.
ness. The dearest interests of the
people hinge upon it. If returned to
the Senate Ramsey will stand like a
block in the pathway Of progress. He
will vote to perpetuate the robberies Of
the tariff; to crush the people of the
South; to uphold organized capital in
it's control of the commerce of the
nation.
The Prsss says that Mr.. Ayres will
vote, if elected, for ourself for U, S.
Senator. We do not think this would
be very grave offense, if it were true,
but we desire to say that we have never
exchanged a word with Mr.. Ayres upon
that subject; we did not even know that
he was candidate for the Legislature
and We woulk add, moreover, that
in all the length and breadth OF
Minnesota there cannot be found a
single candidate for the Legislature
to whom we have ever, directly or in
directly, uttered or written a word
upon that subject. We can conceive OF
worse men for the position of U. S. Sen
ator than ourself, but we are not can.
didate. We are determined that no
ambition Of ours shall ever embarrass
the efforts of the people for selfpro
lection.
So friends, Anti-Monopolists and
Democrats, give Mr.. Ayres hearty, q
united, a generous support. He may
have his defects. Who has not! But
he is honest, he is able, he is one of the
people; every instinct of his nature i!
on the side of the people. We do moi
desire to disparage his competitor; but
We put it to the voters Of the district i
he is not cold-blooded while Ayres is
.blooded; whether he does moi
belong, fguratively spanking, to the
reptilia, while Ayres belongs to the
mann,dIid ; whether he is not natu
raj aristocrat, while Ayres is, in tn,
broad sense of the word, natura
Democrat whether he is not sleek anc
sly and cold and canny, while Ayres ii
bold, manly, aggressive and eutspoken
Is it right to send man to a Legis
lature where his vote for Z. S. Senator
may be traded away to secure the safety
or the pardon of a brother who is guilty
of an offense against the laws of BIZ
countryi May he not have secured
the nomination with tina. very objec
in viewi
Close up the gaps, gentlemen; forge
all dissensions remember your suffer
ing interests, and vote for Ebeneze
Ayres.