The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-09-03
A WORD OF WARNING.


Der that the objective point in this cam
paign is the United States Senatorship.
Upon this all the combinations and COM
plications hinge. For this alone many
thousands of dollars will be spent, and
all the petty local Offices will be traded
away.
Why do the Monopolists regard this
Office Of such overwhelming Importance?
Because the United States Senate is, to-
day, the entrenched camp Of Monopoly
in the United States. The House of
Representatives feels and rapidly
responds to every ebb and flow
Of the great tides of public opinion, but
their waves dash in vain against the
Senate. 1t takes six years to revolu-
tionize the Senate. During the next
six years the battle Of reform will be
fought and won. Shall Minnesota
be represented during all that time, by
cold blooded imbeciles or railroad at
torneys? The vote Of the Senator
elected next winter may retard or ad-
vance the cause of reform several years;
and the people may be served or injur-
ed for corresponding length of time.
Now we know that the Monopoly pa
pers will seize upon the foregoing utter
ances, and declare that we have some
personal reasons for making them. We
would only say that we are not can
didate for the q. S. Senate or for any
/. other position; but we shall labor to
p ut some man in that great place who
tr, uly and honestly represents the cause
ST. eform, and can do something to &C
csEa plish that reform.
Blu t we utter this word Of warning
beeau. Sc we have indubitable evidence
that on r cunning enemies are already at
work They are aware that in many
counties, heretofore Republican, their
cause is opeless, but they are laboring
to make u, these losses by dividing and
conqusring the opposition vote in coun-
ties heuetok re Democratic, or nearly
so; and.they hope to thus sneak in,- in
the confusion. men who will vote to per-
prtuate she p, 'esent dynasty of corrup-
ton.
The cause II rust not be sold out In
that way
For instance, n Dakotu county, the
Vaccinations Of the enemy last year
kept the Anti Monopoly clements
apart, and led to t wo conventions, and
a subsequent unia Of the Liberals
with the Monopoly party; which ter
minated disastrousl, at the polls. Now
Stebbins, Todd, KEN ,edy, FIuke, ct. al.
are at their old tricks. Thelast num-
Der Of the Hastings Gazette speaking
of call which has b. zen issaed for
Peoples county conve, ltion, says:
We see nothing in the call whioh would
bar any good Republican from uniting. with
the movement. There is not a. word but
what we can endorse for we are uEa4alifedly
tor an economical and faith full :.dministra-
ton of the government even down to sc hool
districts, and as far as we know every Re
publican entertains the same sentiment, we
would therefore recommend to the Rspubli-
can county committee that it .makss no call
for county nominating convt ntions 'leav ing
the Republicans free to cooperate with this
reform movement.
Every man Of common sense untler-
stands that if these federal off6e-hold-
ers throw the Republican vote Of the
county for the. candidates Of that con-
vention that they do it for ccnsid era
ton; and tfst consideration vii be
that they shall select men who vii sup
port Ramsey FOR United States Sem ator,
and to this they will be secrstdy. and
most solemnfy pledged. For inst ance,
the People Convention is called. 4 70 eff
feet reform.of certain alleged abuses
connected with the county govas.r nent,
but they alsopropose to nomante FIVE
candidates for the next Leyisls' ture.
" hat have members Of the Lessk iature
to do with county governments They
do not fix the rate Of county tax: they
do not audit county bills; they do not
pay for wsed-bo1es or furnaces They
have no more to do with county reform
than the man in the moon. But they
do have a,greaA deal to do nit State
and national reform and the evils to
be reformed, there arc Re- publican,
evils; and how can those r. epublican
corruptions be reformed by men who
owe their nomination to Todd Stebbins,
Kennedy and nuke; and txsi elections,
if cheated, to. Republican vs,tcse It is
all a trick,-aspringes ia, catch wood
cook '-soft bait for gudses.ns.
We do not mean to intimate
that. the men who have issued
the call are pastries to the
intended trick. We do o OF believe they
are. They are honest and reputable
men. and would be sEry, we are sure,
Ito play into the han3s Of the Monopo-
lists. But she thatwpuld SIP with the
devil must have long spoon" and he
that would negotisbe union with the