The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-10-18
THE PEOPLES PARTY OF DAKOTA

There are four political parties to-day
in Minnesota: the Anti-Monopoly party,
the Democratic Republican party, the
Temperance party and the Republican
party -four clearly defined organza-
tions, representing definite aud distinct
issues.
In Dakota county there are two par
ties: first. the Democratic Republican
party, embracing in its call and its mem.
bership much Of the Anti-Monopoly SEN
timent of the county, represented by
such men as Jonathan Beswick, A. w.
Riddell, Chas. Cluer, j. N. Searles, etc.
Second, the so-calle dPeoples Party!
1t is customary in the South, when
men are undertaking deeds which will
not bear the light. to disguise their faces
in the black masks of the Ku.Kluk. The
Republican party of Dakota county is in
much the same shameful plight. 1t has
reduced itself, under John Kennedy,
Columbus Stebbins and Charley Baker,
to such a depth OF universal unpopulari-
ty, that it finds it necessary to disguise
itself in the decent apparel of Peoples
Party. 1t dares not hold Republican
convention in Dakota county. 1t ''steals
the livery of heaven to serve the devil
in" But, it must be remembered. when
the devil makes trade, he always gets
the big end of the bargain. And in the
same way when the Republicans Of Da-
kOta county unite with disaffected Demo
Gratis and Anti-Monopolists to form Peo-
ple's Party on local issues, they shrewdly
insist that all hands shall vote for the Re-
,t IL %txs
way they contrived to swell the real Re-
publican vote in 1873 Of 900, into 1900
in 1874; and this year, while they are
bewildering the voters with howl about
two or three petty local offices, they
will labor to vote the entire Peoples
Party for Pillsbury, the candidate OF the
Monopolists, and Wheat Rings; and
against the farmer and granger Buell.,
the candidate OF the Democrats, Liber-
ais and Anti-Monopolists of the State.
Te sugar-coat their disgusting pill the
Republicans have coaxed into their
movement such really faithful Anti-Mo-
Hodgson, K. A. Simmons, John Byers,
j. A. Case, f. w. FELTON,, etc. etc,
These will be put forward as shield.
behind which Kennedy and his crew will
mine and counter-mine, until they cap
ture the county, aad make it sufficiently
Republican to support the Ramsey Ring
in state politics, and Grant for a third
term. StcbDins. TO be sure, has become
such a loathsom OBJECT, politically
speaking, that even bis friends insisted
he should not pollute the convention
with his presence, but skulk at home in
the secure shade of his printing Office;
but Kennedy could not be suppressed in
that way, and TO the disgust OF the real
Anti-Mono polists, The old Tom-Cat took
part in the Hastings caucus, nominated
the delegates, made up the siate, attend
ed the county convention aud ran IL -
And, after having lived for years Off the
Democracy OF Dakota county az
ter having been tor years the head Cen
ter Of the worst Ring ever known in the
politics OF the county.-his honest soul
now loathes Democrat, and his elo-
Guent voice is now vociicroHs in its de-
nunciation OF Rings... God s2ve such
purity from such Affections. Ii is shock
ing to see the soul Of so great and good
man so perturbed by the Vaccinations
Of bad men. viii not somebody take
the post-offlce. (salary about $3.50 q
YEAR, off kennedr's hands, and relieve
MIN OF his distresses, He is sore
pressed:-A foreigner himself, be is
laboring hard TO rouse up Kaow-Nnsh
ing feeling against the s-d--d Datcli
and Irish,- as he calls them 4. the
same time. in the hope Of setting those
same ID Dutch ard Irish by the
ears, he has tretted out J. A. Duffy Esq,
(personally q very clever young gentle
man, against NJ w. Kranz, in the
hope thai the Irish will vote for Defy,
and defeat Kranz: and then the two
races will forever affer play the part Of
the Kilkenny cats and fight and fievour
each other, for the special benefit and
amusement Of the Republican party.
Oh! II isa cunningly contrired game !.
And We can fancy the old Toms eyes