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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-07-12
A REMARKABLE STATEMENT.

Hon. Joseph Goar, Of Morlistown,
Rice county, Minn., in a recent letter to
the Farmers Union, thus shows the con-
nection between the amount, per capita,
of currency in the country and the num-
ber of mercantile failures, and the con-
sequent hard times:
In 1864 at $40, number of failures 500, and
with liabilities at $8,507 ,000; and in 1867,
when by contraction We had $l9 per capita,
the lunnber OF failures was 2,3S6, and llabili-
ties sS6 ,2oO, 600; and iii 1876, when the esti-
mate is sl4 per capia there were 8, failures,
and liabilities S79,67 600 From other
sources we learn tina! failures of business
mel in the cities was on the in
erase till in 1872, when there were 4 ,069 fail
ures, with liabilities to the amount of $121, :
5000; all of this merely prelude to the
great panic Of 1878, which amounted to 8, 1873
failures, with liabilities to the amount of s: " ),
10000, which bankrupted and threw more
T.n out of emplo, ment than can be well esti-
mated. There wele also over 6, 800 failures in
1874
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NUMBER l.

power of an already dangerous monopoly, and
the enormous burdens now depressing the
people, without any compromising advantage.
and that all the national bank circulation be
promptly and permanently retired and legal
lenders be issued in their place.
Tenth. That the public interest demands
that the government should cease to discredit
tenders receivable for all public dues, except
where respect for the obligation Of contracts
requires payment in coin, and that we favor
the payment Of at least one-half, Of the GUS
toms in legal tenders.
Eleventh, he extinction .pf the present
national banks and the establishments iii their
stead Of system OF free kt4 az discount
sates Stat aspos nndsr such and as as the
per currency except such as may be issued di-
rectly by ard upon the faith Of the general
government.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-07-12
ne tlCkcl.

The Opposition Convention which met
on Wednesday last nominated ticket
which, as whole, is the strongest ever
presented by any party in the State.
The Convention spoiled all the combina
tons and bursted all the rings. Itwas
emphatically . representation Of the
people.
The head OF the ticket, Hon. D. l..
Buell. of Houston, is one OF the best men
in the State "a farmer, q Granger. an
Anti Monopolist, q friend of reform and
faithful advocate of popular rights.
His private and public record are both
unexceptionable. He is plain, farmer
like man, reminding one in his awkward
ness, his honesty and his strong good
sense Of that other outgrowth of the
people, Abraham Lincoln. He will at
tract Thousands of votes from the ranks
of the Republican Changers of Southern
Minnesota, and he tciHbe elected. And.
elected, he will, we are confident labor, for
economy, retrenchment, and reduction
of taxation.
The candidate for Lieut.. Governor,
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-07-12
THE OHIO PLATFORM.

The Democrats Of Ohio took the inan.
cia, bull by the horns in the following
style:
Eighth, That the contraction Of currency
hesetoiore made BY The Republican party, and
view 10 iorUed resumption Of spec payments.
has already brought disaster TO the business Of
the country, AID snreA;ens general bankruptcy.
We demand that this policy be abandoned,
and that the volume Of currency be made and
kept equal TO the wants of tsade, having the
restoration Of legal tenders to par in gold TO be
brought atOut br psomotiDg the ilsdustTies q
the people, and mot By destroying them
-, Ninth. Is.. the g0lssy sl,sdy inis...sd a y
den, and giving national hanks tie power 70
furnish II the cuuency. will fnc1sase 0ae
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-07-12

can elect it, we will revOlutiOnlze mat
ters at the State capitol; we will apply
the knife of retrenchment; we will cut
off 100000 of useiess taxation; we
will produce splendid results. to which
the Anti Monopollsts can point, and say !:
"Without us, you could not have &C.
complished these things. See to it that
you do your whole duty, or you cannot
have our support hereafter. We will
veto you if you 60 back on the pledges
you have made to the people"
In this way the 10000 Anti-Monopoly
votes become tremendous power in the
State. and cannot fail to enforce respect
and compel reform. For this reason,
and this alone, we entered the Opposition
convention as delegate, and labored to
nominate a ticket which Anti-Monopo-
lists could support.
And SO we say to our friends, attend
that Owatonna convention. Make it a
splendid success. Counsel together 10
candid and dispassionatc spirit; and
unless there is something in the record
OF the men nominated on the 9TH inst.
repugnant to your principles, give them
your endorsement and hearty support.
Buell. you can certainly support. He is
farmer, a Granger, an Antl-Monopo-
list, and an honest man. If you can
help to make him Governor, it will be
in itself, mighty triumph, productive
OF far-reaching consequences.
Whatever you do keep up your or
ganization put your speakers into the
field, and wage vigorous war against
the enemies of the people.
The Republican party are in authori-
ty; they have misgoverned the country,
but, we admit, with no intention on the
part of the masses Of that party to so
misgovern it. They must be dislodged
from their fortified places. If the
Democratic-Liberal- Republican party at
tack their camu from the right. and the
Anti-Monopolisis attack it from the left,
each having the same object in view, but
fighting under different banners, they
are necessarily, in some sense, allies.
Let them treat each other with the kind
ly forbearance and in the tolerant spirit
which becomes allies. Wherever in
local affairs they can coalesce, they
should by all means do so.
The ANTI-MONOPOLIsr will try to do
its whole duty, and asks no higher re.
ward than to see the sun of the I'd of
November next 60 down upon a re-
deemed State The editor OF this pa
per will doubtless be the subject OF a
good deal of complaint and misrepre-
sentation; he expects it; and abuse has
been to him so long steady article of
diet that. like an opium eater. his sys-
tenn would sink without the necessary
stimulus. All he asks is that those who
are not positively hostile will believe
that he means we'll. and is laboring tor
the right. There was once famous old
Greek rhetorician called ..Heraclites the
Obscure profound but vague writer.
Some one asked philosopher what he
thought Of his works. He replied,
''What l understand l admire; and
what / don't understand l suppose is
equally admirable" And so we ask all
the doubling Thomases to believe that
the ANTI-MoNoPoLIsT is working steadi-
ly towards the right, and for the truth,
whether they understand it or not.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-07-12
ICNATlUS DONNELLY,
EDITOR AND PUBLISHER.

The ANTl-MoSoPoLlsr is published every
Thursday for circulation by newsmen and mail
Single Subscription, one wear. $500
Single Subscriptio1, six months. 100
Single Subscription, three months, 80
In clubs of five or more to one address it will
be furnished at 81. 80 per year; or s1.oo for six
months. Address,
THE EANTI-MONOPOLIST,
No. II Wabasha St., st. Paul.
, 1875-07-07
This amendment was adopted

occasion. This amendment was adopted
tacitIy.
From the Presidency
That $3.50 be granted for procuring
and setting up SO Rain Gauges on Estates
in the island. To this the Committee had
proposed that 800 be allowed for 90
gauges. After a short discussion the Com
mittee's sub-amendment was adopted
unanimously.
From the Presidency:
That an amount Of $500 per annum
be allowed under this head as an
assistance to the former clerk in
Christiansted's Custom Z House, II. e.
Carly. The Committees majority pro-
posed that S240 per annum3 Be allowed;
while the Minority (Latimery could not
recommend the grant at ALL After some
discussion the majority's proposal, to
which the President had acceded, was adopt
ed with IA votes against 1.
To the Money Bill for Hire of Mail
and Transport Vessel there was no amend
ment, but the Spokesman called attention
to the frequent complaints made in the
Community of the delays occurring in the
conveyance Of the European and American
Mails from St. Thomas to this island;
but, he said, those complaints could not be
remedied, as it was impossible to accom-
modate all wishes ia that respect.
As it was late in the afternoon, and o
meeting Of the Bureau Committee had been
convened, the remaining cases were defer
red and the meeting was closed, and the
next one appointed for Monday the 18th
July, when the order of the Day will be
end Discussion on the Item of Building
Expenses, and on the Draft of Budget
itself, besides 2nd Discussion on the
Rumshop Ordinance.
, 1875-07-07
"AVIS."
GHR4STfANNTEB, ST. &R9Fx.
I Wednesday, July 7M 1875.

The. Colonial Council held an ordinary
meeting on Monday last. The first item
on the order of the day was end discussion
on the Draft of Budget for 1875-76 with
Money ILLS connected Herewith. The
money bills for the expenses for the Secre-
tary's Office, the Colonial Council, the
Harbour. Department. the Post Depart
menu The Military Expenses, the Militia
and brand Department, Roads, Streets etc.,
the Prison Department, gave rise to no
discussion, and were adopted severally
with 1 6svotes. To the Money Bill for
the Judiciary and Police Department the
, 1875-07-07
THE NEW MINISTRY

The ministerial crisis in Denmark cams
to an end on the 18th last month. On
that day His Majesty the King was pleas
ed to dismiss the old Ministry aud appoint
q new one, the members of which all
belong to the Right, and, with the excep-
ton of the Ministers Of Justice and Public
Instruction, they are all great landed pro-
pretors. The Left is, as a matter of course,
not very well satisfied with a Ministry
taken exclusively from the opposite party,
but there has lately been a tendency in
their party to break up into two fractions,
one of which might be called moderate
Left, and the other has been called
the "IrreconciIables." The new ministry
may succeed in working with the more
moderate of them. About the several new
ministers we Gull the following from "Dag-
bIadet': The President of the Council,
Mr.. J. B. G. Estrup, is also Minister
Of Finance. He was born on the 10th
of April 1895, and was elected q member
of the FoIketing for the first time in 1854.
He became a member of the Imperial
Council in 1864, and was elected to the
Landsting of the Diet in 1866, and again
in 1872. He. became q Member OF the
Frijs Ministry in 1865, but withdrew in
1869 on account of i'll health.
The Minister Of Foreign Affairs, Counts
f. Moltke Bregentved, was born in 1925.
In 1855 he was elected to the Folketing
in which he sat till 1861. In 1864 he was
elected to the Landsting and reelected to
the same in 1870.
The Minister of Defence Army and Ma
wy General w. Haffner, was born in 1916.
He was elected to the Landsting in 1866,
and has been a member of it ever
since In 1869 he entered the Friis Minis
try as Minister of the Interior, and with
drew in 1879.
The Minister Of the Interior, Chamber
lain E. v. R.. Skeel, was born in 1918.
He was first elected to the Landsting of
the Diet in 1859, in which, and in the
Landsting of the Imperial Council, he
has been sitting ever since.
The Minister of Justice, and for Iceland,
Professor of Law, rector magnyfcus, J. NELLIE
mann was born in 1881. He was first
elected to the Landsting in 1870, and.
again in 1874.
The Minister of Public Instruction, Mr..
&c. Fl. Fischer, Auditor Of Pablo Ac-
counts, was born in 1914. He was first
elected to the Folkething in 1859 and Sat
10 that assembly till 1866, when be. was
nominated a member of the Landstink.
, 1875-07-07


Presidency had proposed an amendment
to reduce the office expenses for the
Judge, Recorder etc. in Christiansted from
$32O8 to $2932, which was owing to
recent vacancies in the personel of the
Office. The, amendment was adopted
mem. con, and the whole Bill likewise
mem. con. with 16 votes.
To the Money Bill for the Customs De-
partment the Presidency had likewise pro-
posed an amendment to reduce the Office
expenses in the Collectors OAiceiin Chris
tiansted from 1888 to Sl420, also
owing to vacancy in the Office, and agreea-
bic to previous reservation under former
Budgets. The amendment was adopted
mem. CON-, and the whole Bill likewise
mem. con.
To the Money Bill for the Department
had proposed an amendment for increasing
the amC for salaries to teachers in the
town schools with $25, this being the
sum required to guarantee the female
teacher in the preparatory class to be
established in Christiansted Burgher
School a salary of S. per month, in
case the schcFl fees of so cts. per month
per pupil adcruing to her should not
reach that s,n. Mr.. WiIlemoes recon-
mended the pbposal for adoption, although
he was WeIIfaware that there might BIO
some objection in view of the promised
remodeling Of the school, but the es-
adjustment Of preparatory class has
long been acknowledged to be a great
1L:Io.L,u. =? +Lo -.Lon1 TLo o,ouo
tee had only been sought for S
months, because if in that time
the class did not become se~lf-paying, it
would cease. Mr.. Rosenstand, the Speaker
of the Committee, recommended the pro-
posal, to which the President also acced-
ed he added that the Presidency itself
would have proposed the increase, if the
pending remodeling of the schools had
not been in the way. The amendment
was adopted, and the whole money bill
for the altered sum likewise adopted mem.
con.
Several amendments had been proposed
to the Money Bill for the Sanitary De-
partment.
First, by the Presidency, to add the
amount of salary and travelling expenses
to the TWO public physicians with whom
contracts had been renewed agreeabIy to
the previous consent Of the Council this
amendment was adopted tacitly. Next
an amendment from the Majority of the
Committee to reduce the amount of the
remuneration for cleansing and deOdoriz-
ing %Iatrines in public buildings and
on properties belonging to the poor
from $500 to 5000 per annum, so that
this amount be placed at the disposal OF
the Presidency for having the work done
either by the Sanitary and FertlIlzing
Company or by any other party with
whom a contract may be made. The
Minority (Latimer) had proposed that an
amount Of 500 be placed at the disposal
Of the policemasters of both towns for
the purposes above-stated. After sons
discussion the amendment of the Com
mittee's majority for $500 per annum
was adopted with IA votes (Latimer
abstaining). The whole Money Bill was
adopted unanimously.
To the Money Bill under the Poor De-
partment the Presidency proposed an
amendment for an increase of $25 to the
item for burying paupers, which was in
tended to cover an increase OF so cts. pr.
coffin in the pay to the person In
Frederiksted who furnishes collins for
III -
, 1875-07-07
: ADVERTISEMENTS
a u K r Q N.

PFTER Begjering at Frederik-
G steds Skifteret vii blivc opraabt
til BortsaIg we'd Zen Auction her
paa Auc onscontoiret Torsdagen
den Ste AuA ust f0rstkommende Mid
doc III IL L.
, 1875-07-07

n GENERAL Meeting of the
Ia Shareholders of "The Christian
sted's Sanitary and Fertilizing Com
pany" is hereby convened to be held
on the 18th Inst. at the "CrOwn Ho-
teI' Christiansted's wharf at 2 o'clock
P, Al. o rthe purpose of discussing
and arranging the ways and means of
conducting the business of the Com
pany for the future under its new
organization.
Christiansted St. Croix 3rd July
1875.
By order of the Board of Directors
L. j.. de S0BOTKER.
Manager.
, 1875-07-07
EiendOmmen

No. 26 A. a.
her i Byen tilh6rende afgangne Mar
tina Elizabeth James 30.
Conditionerne for SaIget og andre
Oplysninger' kunne erholdes paa
SkifteretsconCoiret.
Frederiksteds Auctionscontoir den
Ste JUL 1879
~ AETVN
The New York herald., 1875-09-27
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

General Israel vogdes United States Army, is quar-.
tered at the Union Square Hotel
Rev. J. Lockington Bates of Sussex England s
staying at the ST. Nicholas Hotel
State Senator f. W. Tobey, of Port Henry, n. Y, il
registered at the Fifth Avenue Hotel
Mr. Trenor W. Park President of the Panama Rail.
road Company, is at the ST. James Hotel
Secretary Bristow arrived in the city last evening,
and took up his residence at the Fifth Avenue Hotel
Mr. George s. Bangs, Superintendent of the Railway
Postal Service, is residing temporarily at the St James
Hotel.
Malmaison, so famous as the residence of Josephine
is be sold under the hammer sin lots to suit pur.
chasers."
Mr. Joseph Hickson, General Manager of the Grea.
Western Railway of Canada has arrived at the Bre.
WORT House
Mr. J. II. Devereux President of the Atlantic and
Great Western Railway Company, is sojournng at the
ST. Nicholas Hotel
Sir Joseph Heron and Mr.. John Morris, the English
railway capitalists returned this city yesterday and
are at the Brevoort House.
Lady Thornton wife OF the British Minister and Mr.
Power Henry lie Poer Trench of the British Legation
at Washington, at the Clarendon Hotel
Figaro reports the presence at Paris OF NJ schschkin
recently Consul General Of Russia at Belgrade and
on his way to the United States to represent the
Emperor OF Russia at Washington.
They moved Paris menagerie the other day and
elephant startled by the sights and sounds in the
street. ran away. All he did while out, however,
TO steal a loaf OF bread from a frightened boy.
From letter OF tho recently deceased General Frois.
sard written in 1867 is quoted this prophetic remark
referring to his pupil, the Prince Imperal;-'He is a
prince, much the better; but he must be prepared
for the day when he may not be prince"
France does not love Bismarck, but she claims his
father her own the strength of the fact that he
fought under the French coors the Moskwa at Ber-
esna and was decorated with the Legion of Honor al
the battle of Bautzen. He under the French
colors naturally enough too He was in the service of
the King OF Wurtemburg at the time when Napoleon
absorbed all the loose German forces
The Princess Domenca Ciarclli was left a widow.
with two sons, and the elder died. Almost crazy with
sorrow, the Princess ready to fight the men who
brought the con and protested they should not carry
away the boy. In an interval Of calm the younger
brother left alone with the body and the con resolved
to cheat the men and help his mother TO keep Do
menlco He hid the corpse in a closet and got in the
cofhn himself He carried TO the church without
discovery but at the church, nearly suGocated, he
groaned, and the conn opened but he died in a
little while Now the mother is dead. All this In Paria
! only the other daE
The New York herald., 1875-09-27

the present year are especially opportune.
good market for the kinds of commodities
of which we produce most is great lift. Not
only have the country merchants correctly
judged that the ability of their customers
warrant larger purchases than at any pre-
vious time since the panic, but the great
transportation interest is equally encouraged.
Fleets of lake vessels which lay idle in the
harbors during the spring and summer have
been manned and put under sail, and expect
full employment during the season of navi-
cation. The boats which navigate our New
York canals are equally sure of all the freights
they can carry until blockaded with ice
The railroads will also be taxed to their full
capacity and will continue to do a heavy
business during the winter. This prospect
emboldens them to make additions to their
dilapidated rolling stock, and large orders
have already been given for new locomotives
and cars, which orders, and the prospect of
more, impart hope and impulse to the iron
interest and other subsidiary industries. OF
course we are not to expects great heyday of
prosperity in the present state of the eur
rency, but it is something to have made a be-
ginning. We have passed the ebb and,
although the new tide may come in but
slowly, there is reason for congratulation that
business is at last giving trustworthy signs
of a healthy revival.
The New York herald., 1875-09-27
A Police Success.

We are glad that the perpetrators of one
murder have been tracked out and captu red
by our police with reasonable promptitude.
A more inhuman murder than that of the
pedler in the town of West Farms has sell
dom been committed nor so great risk in
CURED ON so trifing a temptation. The
criminals were such bunglers that their de-
lection was comparatively easy, but due
praise should be awarded to the officers for
their diligence in following the clews. Sus-
picion fell at once on the three negroes who
had been seen hanging around the neighbor
hood as tramps and were observed seated Just
outside the wood in which the body of the
murdered pedler was found AS soon as
they were discovered Identification was easy.
Two of them had handkerchiefs and one had
on woollen shirt like those found in the
pedler's pack. They all confess to having
been present at the murder, one saying that
he was a mere spectator, having nothing to
do with it and refusing any share Of the
plumber and the others accusing him as the
instigator. They are all in fair way to get
their deserts, and we rejoice that for once
the police have vindicated their activity and
skill by prompt success, and that, too, in
case where they could expect no other reward
than the credit of doing their duty.
The New York herald., 1875-09-27

companies themselves, for the time is near at
hand when the people through Legislative
enactment will compel the abolition of over
ground telegraphs and force their transfer to
tubes in the earth. Hence the expensive and
elaborate masts now going up will prove 50
much money thrown away. The evil
of their offence as public eyesores
is not changed by the fact of their
newness and better finish. On the con.
trary, the evil is enlarged with their size,
for with brief exposure to the weather they
will discolor, gap into seams and become as
dilapidated and unsightly as were ever the
old ones. We are outgrowing our patience
with these and kindred nuisances, and the
companies are foolish to believe they can
rely upon the public sufferance much longer.
The New York herald., 1875-09-27

Mr.. DELANo RESIGNS. 1t is probable that
no correspondence between two United States
officials could give as much qualification to
the country as the letters will give which we
publish to-day from the President and the
Secretary of the Interior. In one of them
Mr.. Delano resigns his Office, and in the
other General Grant accepts the resignation.
The satisfaction which will be felt in this
tardy acquiescence in what has for years
been the wish of the nation almost
forbids criticism. Mr.. Delano's eulo-
gies of himself might prudently have
been omitted, however as they only
provoke an answer. General Grant, of
course, gives the retiring officer ''good
character" explains that he would not
accept of the resignation previously because
'of the persecution which believed, and
believe, was being unjustly heaped upon
you through the public press" But the
exoneration and the vindication are now as
complete as whitewashing committee and
complaisant President could make Them.
Therefore, Mr.. Delano retires from the
Cabinet, leaving the public the assurance
that, whoever his successor may be, the
change cannot be otherwise than for the
better.
The New York herald., 1875-09-27

The BLACK HuLs.-Somewhat interest
ing, not to say startling, to the Commission
ers must have been the approach of the In
dian tribes, painted and in battle array, to the
bringing about a cession of the Black Hills
1t is to be regretted that amid all this fuss
and feathers and paint the proposed treaty
is likely to come to the ground, owing to the
jealousies and chickering's among the redskins
themselves.
The New York herald., 1875-09-27

THE CURRENCY QUEsrIoN.-Rag money, as
represented by the platforms of the demo-
cratic party in Ohio and Pennsylvania, finds
an additional advocate in ex-senator Thomas
L. Clingman, of North Carolina, who, in an
interview with our rcorrespondent-the report
of which we publish in another column-dis-
courses at considerable length on the fnan-
cial disease of the country and the remedies
best adapted TO its situation.