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The Portland daily press., 1875-11-18
PORTLAND ATHENEUM.

Names of PrOprictors Wanted.
A a meeting Of the proprietors Of the Portland
IA Atheneum, the subscribers were appointed
committee to obtain if possible, the names OF all the
have been partially destroyed by fire. proposition
is under consideration by which privileges in the
Portland Public Library may he had for an assign
ment Of the Athennum property, which is heavily
mortgaged, and now unavailable for individual ben
eft.
Names, with certificates, may be banded in to eth
er OF the committee, on or before FRIDAY Nov.
10Th. If certificates are lost satisfactory explana
tions Of ownership may be offered for consideration
NATHAN WEBB,
EDWARD GOULD, Committee.
OLIVER GERRISH, J
November 5, 1875. noy5dl4t
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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-04-15
A LITTLE STEAL.

During the session We protested in
these pages, and by vote on the floor o.
the Senate. against tho practice Of spend
ing nearly $1,000 yearly in paying the
reporters Of the st. Paul and Minneapo-
lis newspapers, for their reports Of the
proceeding Of tho two houses, when they
we're, at the same time, paid by their re-
spectivc newspapers. We arc glad to sec
that that very able paper. the Saltwater
A,ssenger. has taken up the question
and is dealing vigorous blows against the
practice. We don blame tho reporters
for asking that the ancient custom be I'D.
hcred to; hundred dollar draft comes
very handy to poor man in these hard
times, but it is through multitude Of
little grabs like this that the State Urea
sury has been brought to bankruptcy
The Taylor's Pals Journal dcnouncc'
the practice in vigorous terms, as ''un
mitigated, inexcusable, barc-faced plum
dcring Of the'people," and adds:
| We wonder If Donnelly drew his pay for re
paid ii the rest are, for his reports were orr
iainly ~ interesting y tie report~ Of the Sain
Paul dsilies, which nave always been full i
the extreme Of their OssH represeaiasices' say
ings aud doings, vi lie oth.r men equally abb
have hardly eeived mention
We would reply that we employed n
reporters and received no part Of the ~
propriation, and opposed it both this ses
ISion and last.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-04-15
METEOROLOGICAL.

In this connection it is important to remem-
Der that Professor Tioe, the meteorologist,
states that from the 9Th Of Juue next until
about the middle Of Jaly will be a season Of
high electric tension in the atmosphere, many
and severe thunder-storms, possibly heavy
rainfalls and cyclones, such as water-spouts
and tornadoes. Again in October like con-
dition OF weather will occur. The Professor
maintains that the equinox Of Venus will pro-
duce these disturbances, and that they may be
took ed for either twenty or twenty-five days
preceding that event. The exact day when
the change may be expected cannot be told,
nor the immediate locality of the commotion
pointed ou. with certainty. But both can be
so we'll defined as to be OF practical use to the
people in the pursuit of their alavocations,
and that is point game OF, no mean import.
ance to the trade, commercial and agricultural
industries Of the country. -EreAcnge.
We are having an exceedingly wet
spring, which will delay seeding and prob
ably decrease the wheat crop of Mime
sofa.
If it be true that the equinox of Venus
produces rainfalls, cyclones and lorna
does on this planet. we may begin to C
back to the study Of astrology and figure
up the condition of the heavens at thu
hour Of our BIRTH
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-04-15
COMING NEARER HOME.

The Republican papers were greatly
tickled when Sheridan denounced the peo-
pie Of the South IS "banditti." and pro-
posed to suspend the writ Of habsns cor
pus and try them in sqads by drum-head
courts martial and hang them before
breakfast. It was little irregular, to be
sure, but they were Southerners and had
been rebels. But the other day this same
Sheridsn issued an order in reference to
our own people, WIG are migrating to the
Black Hills, in the same spirit; and
strange to SAY the Republican papers be-
gin to doubt whether that sort Of thing is
just quito the thing. The Minneapolis
Mail says:
Sheridan's order to skill, ravish and burn
everybody found in the Black Hills, or words
to that effect, reminds one of the Shenandoah
| valley, but is hardly compatible with the reign
OF law. He instructs Terry to sburn the wagon
trains, destroy the outfit and arrest the leaoerS
and confine them at the nearest military post
in the Indian country" But section 3, $50 al
the Revised Statutes of the United States pre-
| scribes the precise manner in which the mill
tary may conduct themselves towards whites
on Indian eseevations. It provides that any
person found trespassing may be immediately
removed from the Indian country sshy the near
est convenient and safe route to the ciui
authority, or judicial district, to be proceeded
against IN due course IF taw." It also provide
that all property shall be proceeded agains
according to law"
Now suppose the Louisianaians shoul'
telegraph to Sheridan, 1--WE all approve .
your course here;" and suppose Gran
authorized Sheridan to carry out his OF
lders, wouldn't there be lively times in tn
Black Hills.
But it makes . great difference who's
OK is gored.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-04-15
NOTICE..

We send specimen copies Of this issue
n one Of the officers Of each orange Oh
PATRONS Of Husbaudry in this State. We
wou,d ask their attention to the advcr-
t,semcnt in another column, wherein VIC
offer premiums in books. We would ask
ths officer receiving tho paper TO lay the
same before his Grange at its next meet
ing and call the attention Of the members
IN the offer therein contained.
We hope, in addition to such action oy
the Grange, that those individuals VINO
aes;rc to form library Of choice iisera'
sure will 60 to work at once and canvass
or The paper. Try your skill at canvas
.;nr. Young ladies' and yeang gentlemen
mi form the nucleus Of a library.
W. would ask each Of our regular sub
..,;hers after he has read his paper, t
l.,a il around among his neighbors, ant
..pec;.lly call their attention to this Ole
of premiums
We want our paper to Be read IN sv'''
heuse in Minnesota
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-04-15
OUR NEW SENATOR.

The whole State is laughing at McMl.
Ian. A United States Senator and not
able to control disappointment Of : post
master! And that, too, the postmaster Of
his own town.! Bill King, mere Con-
gresham, with most unsavory record
and most uncertain future, has more
power with the Administration. and
.sbulls'' his way through.
Ramsey is = power yet
"The arm Of the Lord Cardinal
Reaches them ever from the grave"
What does it al meant Is it true, .
stated by eastern papers, that tho ex.Sen..
ator has taken contract to carry tho
Minnesota delegation for Grant for . third
termi There must be somo powerful mo-
tive to make Grant slapa new Senator, >
thoroughbred party man, right in the
face after that outrageous fashion.
There arc some men who are improved
| by kicking. 1t rouses them. Tho query
| is, has our new Senator any thing to rousel
Or is he one Of that kind where "the foot
can pass from the Of sacT,In to tho bass
Of the skull! without meeting with any
obstruction Time will tell.
If we were in his place VIC would carry
lone point or .'bust" something.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-04-15
THE LrnERTH BLADE.

We have omitted heretofore to notice
the advent Of : new paper, in St Paul, tho
Liberty Blade, devoted to Temperance
and Reform As Mr. Lincoln sad.
s4those Who like that kind Of thing will
find it Just the kind Of thing they hike. .
lii earsssk vigorous and able; and
whiIs 20 cannot endorse some Of its e.
trene visus, i viii d Eosd work y
arlesting The growth = tAat great sesial
e.rpe. IstnnsereneA auih ita6ssas.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-04-15
PERSONAL.

Having driven all the lies about OUT
self out Of Minnesota, they are now
turning up withsrenewed vitality in other
States. The Cresco Qowa) Ptaiadeolsr
says:
The editor OF the St. Paul ANTI Mos oPoLIsT,
as member Of Congress from the Second Min
nesota District, aided to pass into laws BY vote
and speech, the most obnoxious laws to west
ern interests that ever passed Congress. Tax
ing up the rallying cry Of the Age, alter ne
the front as Democratic candidate for Congress
two years alter, firm in the conviction that
tThere's Got to be 9 New Deal"
Discarded by Democrats and Republicans
alike, and intent only on his own continuance
in public Office, without invitation from the
Anti Monopolists, places himself. 50 tar as ne
can do it unaided, in the front rank Of that or
ganization, denouncing by his words his own
past record, having his own political prefer
| ment in view, and like the Age pr0claimng,
ssThere's Got to be q New Deal"
! Now we would like the Cresco Plain
liar to point out the votes we gave in
| Congress obnoxious to western interests.
We defy the editor to put his finger on
one. We were not in Congress when the
Morrill, Protection high tariff law was
passed, and we voted against an increase
upon coal, iron, salt, &C., proposed while
we were q member.
While We voted for land grants, know
ing that railroads were necessity, we Al
the same time tried to limit the price al
which railroad lands should be sold tt
81. so per acre: and to compel their
speedy sale, thus insuring the settlement
of the country.
We we're never ssdiscarded by the Re
publicans." When oolt was organized
against us, we received 1900 votes a
against G. C. Andrews, who had bu
. 8,OOO;-thus proving that we were tn
the first choice of the party. and that
was our opponents who were ''discarded.
We never ran las Democratic candi
date for Congress" We ran, in 1870, a
, an Independent Republican, ION the plat
! form of Ignatius Donnelly;' and a yer
good platform it was, too.
In answer to the statement that v
0 have been discarded by Democrats an
n Republicans alike" we point to the vol
e we received last winter for United State
Senator, as the choice Of the Democrat
d and Liberal Republicans.
IL If we were ssintent only on continuant
$ in Office" it is surprising that we shout
!, have declined, in 1872, the nominatic
!, of the Republicans for Congress; and
t 1875 should have withdrawn in favor
Hon VIM. Lochren from our position
= nominee for United States Senator.
Finally we never said:-"Ihere got
> be q new deal.
Re Will the Cresco PL0inlidr ''pick
aint and try it again !"
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-04-15
HOW THEY LIE.

In relstion to the increase Of acreage Of
wheat planted in 1877, it appears that in Mn
nesota it was e. PER cent. Tho crop OF 1873
WAS "a, 4O2, ass bushels, with IN ACREAGE Of
i.6S.7i3. which was an increase in acreage Of
26I ,4O4 over the previous year, and in wheat
4,333, ITO bushels. The crop Of winter wheat
last season was large and Of good quality.
When the vast amount Of wheat in the North
west begins to move in the direction II the
seaports II will impa,t fresh lie into al
branches OF Philadelphia Ti1ss.
This is tho way they keep down the
price Of wheat in the markets Of the
world.
Minncsot. is charged with 30,735, sos
bushels Is tho crop Of 1874, which is
fully 100000 bushels more than ito
actual crop. And then It il estimated
that the greater part Of this is Jet to >
sold, and hence, it is argued, wheat VIII
rate low.
Remember, farmers, to tell the truth
about your next crop, and do not ~
senseless Dragging help the knaves vhe
are contriving TO rob you.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-04-15
TOBACCO.
An Indiana physician, Dr.. Lewis 81.

An Indiana physician, Or. Lewis II.
Butcher. says:
One hundred ounces Of Virginia tobacco con-
tains seven ounces Of nicotine, poisonous oil
whose deadly properties are second to no other
known substance but prussia acid. A single
drop placed Oh . cats tongue produces death
in two minutes. The vapor alone will hill :
large cat. MANY cases Of death have occurred
as the result Of applying to out or btnise :
little Of thus oil from an old pipe. It Is g the.
presence of this terrible poison that Ill the
virtues Of tobacco are due; and it has been e.
TINA ed thai the amount Of poison contained IN
the annual crop Of tobacco IS sufficient to ex.
terminate all animal life from tho globe If
rightly administered The rras0n that to-
bacoo users do not die Immediately is because
they do not take the poison in fatal doses. But
it is no less sure in its results. Like opium, ar
senic, strychnine, corrosive suhlimate, and
other poisons it may be tolerated in gradually
and awful consequences come at last, and, in
deed, are manifested all along to him who has
learned to discern them.
Alcohol is medicine; used As such it
is as valuable as quinine; it may lift the
system over many dangerous point and
save months Of sickness. It is only when
habitually used as beverage that it be.
comes so terribly destructive. But to-
bacco has no redeeming qualities. It ia
simply poisonous and nasty. It defaces
the teeth and debilitates the nervous sys-
tenn so that whisky becomes necessity,
and deadens the intellect. We can point
out men here in Minnesota who have lit
orally smoked away their brain power
and fallen into imbecility. We have
known others reduced to the brink o.
the grave by its pernicious power.
Avoid it altogether.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-04-15
HIGH TAXES.

The Decatur R:Diew has thu annexed !:
"WHAr MAKES Hon Taxes Gov. BisselI,
tie first Republican Governor Of Illinois, run
the State government with ten outs on the
hundred dollars for revenue purpose, and
left three millions in gold in the State Tressu-
~, and dsed poor. Glow 0gesiy required one
dollar and thirty cent. to ia hundred Tor rev
eBue purposes, and returned m income .
eighteen Thousand. dollars year. How y itr
The disease is universal. In Minncso-
t. the total expenditures for the STATE
government were in 1861, 9ll8,240.8Ss
in 1875 they were sSe3. 10000 In 1851
the Governor's salary MS $780, and
his esntings { fund $50; total e1.750
u 1875 The Governer's salary > 43,000
| hi E0ne rsue 500, and hi csotiaGeni
I'D e3oo0. sstal o60oOll
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-04-15
THE CHILD Is EATHER OF THE
MAN.

We have found nothing which so strik-
ingly illustrates the great Importance Of
Reform Schools for children as the facts
contained in the following, derived from
report made to the Legislature of Penn
sylvania by the Board of Regents of the
State Prisons:
From these classes Of children come q large
proportion Of the crime-classes who subse-
quently find their way to the col. ectional in
port points out the remedy in Reform schools,
to which the idle, vagrant and vicious boys
and girls who wander about begging or steal
ing shall be compelled to go. The statistics
furnished in the report under this head show
| that where such schools have been established
in Scotland, England and New York city, va
grancy and petty larceny by boys and girls
have been enormously decreased. In one 10
cality (Gloucester) in England, the establish
ment OF these compulsory schools FIR Migrants
was followed in the course of twenty-eight
years BY the utter dcpopulation and the abolition
IF sir out cf seven joiIs. In Aberdeen, in
ScotlsIid, in thirty-ive years following the es-
the.t and beggary by children were annihilated,
and adult vag, ancy in the neighboring rural
districts was reduced from $50 cases in five
years following 1910, to 349 cases in i've year
preceding 1870.
The law for the arrest and compulsory
education of all vagrant children SHOULD
be strictly enforced.
| Why should the vote Of your educated
and cultivated IN, be equalized hcrcafte
at the ballot box by the vote Of SOM
dirty young BLACKBOARD. who does no
know but what ssthe constitution Of tn
United States Was something captured b,
Il General jackson from the British ut New
Orleans" The safety of the Republi
REQUIRES the education Of all its children
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-04-15

From the Platform adopt
ed February 10th, 1875, by
the members Of the Legis-
lature belonging to the Lib
eral Republican and Demo-
cratic parties, in caucus as
sembled =
Resozued, sinth, That the
adoption of the l4th, 18th
and 10th amendments to
the Federal Constitution
closed a great era in poll
tics. 1t marked the end for
ever of human slavery, and
of the struggles that grew
out of that system. These
amendments have been &C
cepted in good faith by all
political organizations and
the people of all sections:
Hereafter all parties must
stand upon them, and our
politics must turn upon the
questions of the present
and future, and not upon
those of the settled ant
final past.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-04-15
THE ROBBERlEs OF THE TARIFF.

We find in the Philadelphia Times q
curious and very interesting article, cnti.
tied 1.-The Smugglers of Philadelphia. >
It shows, incidentally, the extent Of the
robbery to which the people Of this coun-
try are patiently submitting. under the
Protective Tariff, on their clothing alone.
We say incidentally" for the article is
not meant rs . defense OF the people
against the tariff. but of the tailors against
the smuyglcrs. We quote some extracts:
For number Of years pas: the merchant
tailers Of Philadelphia have complained OF q
uniform decrease i'll the patronage OF their
most wealthy customers. The decline was MOI
a,,r;i,,able to any peculiar condition Of trade
in General. the ssfingency of the money mar.
ket or difference in taalors' prices, for those
upon whom the trade depended most tor sup
nprt were least likely to tie affected by thee
tauses Aud yet economy Was really the maar
motive. lur tLeir patrons appeared 8 we'll
dressed a hitherto, although wearing nothing
OF American workmanship. The solution
this. tina. they lad transferred to EHglish tail
ors the trade ,cAich formerly Was ossso'oea |:
home, They did NOT seek London essaoiish
meuts because oil their 6ner workmanship o
brt.er material, The work At our own tailor
has always been unsurpassed by anything .
European manufacture, and our importation
have Teen in every respect the lest iaEics ,s.a
he i.es. work Of london tailors had fvquentl
to be altered BY our own cutters. The reason
lii not theu easy Of discovery, . r.!
frctly clear now BY Guiding the v.S,
llance OF the customs officers It Is ross,o
tn pirc.: ., clothing at about fJfy pr cesf 20
in Esgisal tAas PkiIcSelpAiA tsiloss e ~"
h sell it. The iacs IS worthy OF eiaoorssi1'
A finc snit Of clothes cannot lie mate 70 trt
!, hy ANY first class Philadelphia tailor sor Re
han seventy or eighty dollars The same 81
y. uld cost, in Lnndoa or Paris, net aese ~
, forfv dollars yielding, At the same tlme,
llarxer q. OFT n the maker. This d1elenE
Imade up IN h following Wy, 4 being reme !,
herrtl tkak. In the MOST secent revision g :!
ltariH lnws, IL dntio on elskhs wsss 49,
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-04-15
THE BREAKING UP of SOCIETY

THE BREAKING UP OF SOCAEIHs
A petition signed by $4,000 of the lead
ing clerical, social, professional and in
dustrial authorities of the German EN-
pire has been presented to the Reichsrath,
calling upon that body to take steps to
effect moral reform of the people.
It enlarpes upon the degradation and misery
of the working classes, the general loosening
Of moral restraints the startling increase In
the numOer Of inianticides and Outra9es upon
women the increasing nuaber Of seductions
and the growing proportion OF illegitima.e
births; the open dehauchefy tolerated ~ the
police and encouraged by the higher classes:
Berlin: the torrent OF obscene publications;
and the intemperance and RIGHTEOUSNESS Of the
soldiers. and the increase OF immoraiities mot
ct TO be described; the grievous inultiplica-
ton of crimes Of violence, robberies and muir
ders. This swelling aud unexampled tide Of
crime, threatening TO sweep away every ioun-
dation OF society, = ascribed 70 the de8enerut-
ing moral influence Of the war and its general
" enervating effect upon public and private
vir ne
And all this touches upon the grave
question whether society can continue TO
exist without moral restraints
Religion consists Ct two things, its
dormas and its moral discipline. Its
dogmas may be altogether wrong. and yet
its diciplinc be altogether necessary. The
tendency Of modern thought has been t.
unsettlc all dogmas, and this has carried
the discipline into contempt
Civilization has grown out Of the sub
ordination Of the passions TO the noia
nature and it is - yet unsettled wheth
or civilization can continue to exist wher'
the m ,ral nature Is subordinatcd to tn
passions.
In Europe and in this countr,
We see many evidences Of thi
loosening Of all moral ties;-th
prevalence of crime: the breaking y
marriages; the contempt for human lii
marked even IN this peaceful State .
Minnesota, by sixty murders in one year
the lowering Of the sentiment Of Patr:o
ism ;. the degradation Of the ballot; N
alteration Of disnonorably acquired wealth
al these things point inexorably to
. terrible and dangerous condition Of soc
ETY.. Multiply this by the ratio Of deve
opment for the next twenty or hfty year
and We may well recoiI from the horr1b
prospect.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-04-15

ADVERTISERS will please take notice
that the ANrI-MoNoPoLIsr is the best and
cheapest advertising medium in Mnneso-
"a. 1t has larger circulation among the
farmers than any other; while 1t IS read
in every town and city and almost every
village of the State. 1t is perused by
thousands who take no other paper.