The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-12-02
ELECTIONS OVER.

ELECTIONS OVER.
Democrats and Eels Used to That Sort Of
Thing-A Grab Game; the Devil Take The
INSTRUMENTATION and his PIedges-His
Beautiful Head Outside-What Will be the
Fate Of the Anti-Monopoiist and Its Editor
When Ulysses |. Comes to Reign-Tree
Pianting.-.The Mennonites Of Mountain
Lake-How Peter Dick Prays for His Neigh.
bors-A essen for the Evangeists-It Does
Make Difference Whose Ok is Cored.
The elections are over. for which let
returned to our habitual state of defeat !;
we have got used to it, like the cells to
sklnning.
AS tor myself, | really do not know
how l would feel did | find myself on
the side of the dominant party. A friend
suggests that would feel very like look
ing for an office and l suppose he is
right, though at present | have a most
profound contempt for office seeking
more than contempt; | see in it the I'M
healthy friction that is wearing away the
Republic. Principles and country are
no more thought of; politics have de-
generated into scramble for Office, and
the ID take the hindmost is the shib-
boleth. The country is safe in the opin-
ion of the little or big politician, il he
gets the little or big office; "gone TO
smash. SIR" if the other fellow gets it.
In fact the po itcian's views of the
country are very limited, bounded on all
sides by self; similar to those held by
an infamous countryman OF mine, of the
name OF Blake. who got fifty thousand
pounds and a title from the English gov
eminent tor voting away the Irish par
| lament.
"My God, Blake. said friend to him,
Twill you sell your country?'
Yes, | will" replied Blake, land
ID glad ] am that have coun.
try to SELL"
left they should emigrate here, for, as
the boy wrote to his father. Come out
west. father; mighty mean men get
office here"
Now where is the remedy for all thiss
In the people you may answer, the ma
iority OF whom are not office seekers OF
otiice-holders.
Certainly not. and very sorry every
mothers son of them is that there are
not offices enough to go all the way
round; not but that we have stretched
the line cor siderable. Set them in a
row and we have at present forty -one
miles Of office holders in this country
But the people seem to me like n flock
OF sheep who follow the hell-weather
rather than rational beings adiudicatine
on matters of vital interest to them
| selves.
Senator Window seems 10 be the bell.
weather of this State ut present. He is
a very nice gentleman tor small tea
party; divides his hair with great taste
in tact, has well Guilty ted head, out.
side. but he is mo more statesman than
my coachman, fabulous animal.
Well. Mr.. Window went round the
State last fall, and with his hand inn
pressively laid upon his virgin breast
pledged his honor to the people (the
Sheep tor the purity OF Bill King. The
fleece of "'Mary's lamb was not whittier
than Mr.. Kings moral character.
Now the Pioneer-Press calls Mr.. Kinc
a "perjured scoundrel," and the Repub
lican Legislature of this State. tearing
that 1.-THE great party OF moral ideas
(ideas that never become facts) might
suffer by the disgrace that has faller
upon him. called upon him to resign the
position Mr. WINDOWS certificate O.
character helped him to.
Now. after all this expose, would no.
one suppose that Window would b.
chary OF circulating his irredeemabls
pledges of honor for 3 little while, and
that. most certainly. the people woulc
refuse to take them? In all of which one
would be very much mistaken.
Window (bell-wether) was roune
again this tall, pledging his honor TO,
the purity of the Republican party. ant
the sheep (the people) said bah. an,
voted the Republican ticket, though il
this instance, the proof of Windows
lying was before them in hundreds o
we'll proven cases.
Why Ito continue the sheep meta
phor) il there was an honest old ram i,
the crowd he would have butted Win
dom OF thefpsand.
/ But did not sit down to write abou