The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-10-18
UTTERLY UNFAIR.

The admirers Of soft money tried to hold
mass meeting at St. Paul the other night, but
succeeded in getting only about fifty persons
together. Of course Ignatius Donnefly was
there, and as usual talked the most "brilliant
nonsense" He thought il the government
would issue hundred millions of greenbacks
frequently it would revive all kinds Of business
and the whole country would prosper. This
opinion. Mr.. Donnelly informed his hearers,
came from a study Of the financial question.
They could all know IS much as he did if they
would study. 1t is a credit to st. Paul that
there are in its limits only fifty persons willing
to listen calmly to such babbling as this.-Ne,o
York Tribune.
Now this is lying comment based on
lying report. We expect to be mis-ep-
resented by the Pioneer-Press in its edi-
torial columns, but we did look for fair
treatment in its news columns We did
not suppose it would permit its report
ers to misrepresent us and put words
into our mouth which we never uttered.
That kind Of forgery would make Soc
rates talk noasense or Stebbins sense.
We never said that the government
ought to issue a hundred million Of
greenbacks frequently" or anything like
it. We referred to California, and said
that it had been claimed that that states
in its great prosperity, proved that
stationary currency was the best. We
replied to this by showing that Califor-
MIA did not have a stationary currency;
that it had created 81, 800, ,000, 900 Of new
money since its first settlement land that
even now every year about one hundred
millions of new money, gold and silver,
was put into circulation through the
banks of San Francisco that this was
initiation Of the currency as much as if it
had been made with greenbacks instead
OF gold andlsilver. And then we asked:
'Suppose the banks of st Paul had
the power to add hundred millions Of
greenbacks every year TO the currency
of Minnesota. would not Minnesota over
flow with prosperity rs California does
now?''
And this is tortured into a declara-
ton that we thought the United States
government ought 10 issue hundred
millions Of grcenbacks frequently!
Now we appeal to Dave Blakely, for
he is not altogether bad he illustrates
the truth of Shakespeare's great maxim
that "there is soul Of goodness in
things evil we appeal to him to in
struct his reporters in the rudiments Of
their profession, and 10 teach them that
the man who will mlsrepresent the ut
terances Of a political opponent is little
better than the man who will forge q
bank check. The latter simply steals
property the former robs man Of that
which is dearer than property,-.his
reputation.
There is a settled purpose TO nlisrepre-
sent everything, on the part Of these mo-
nopoly papers. Forirstancc, they claimed
that there We're but fifty adults and
twentv-seyen boys in that St. Paul meet
ing. fit be true that there were twen-
ty-seven boys in st. Paul who attended
q meeting to listen to dry discourses on
the currency question, then there is hope
for the rising generation. But we be-
lieve the statement 10 be false. The
meeting in question hali-filled one Of the
largest halls 10 ST. Paul, and was twice
as large as the gathering Of beth the
old parties assembled week or two be-
fore to hear the debate between Messrs.
Jones and Wilson. Moreover there was
scarcely any previous notice Of it. The
Pioneer-Press studiously avoided any re-
ferencc 10 it; the Dispatch gaye an OBJ
scurc notice of three or four line no pos
fers were pul up and only few Eand- bills
were circulated alter 5 O'Clock OF the
dayioi the melting. Properly advertised
meetiGg could have been gatten up that
would have flied the ST. PanIO OperaHouse.
But even if il were true that the meeting
was smer, does that prove that the
principles advocated were not correct?
The time was when Anti-Slaregy speak
ers were peited with rotten eggs, Did
thatproye that slavery was right?