The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-06-03
THE oPPesurioN CONVENTION.

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who insisted that the call must 3
] for j Democratic Convention pure and 1 . !.
nipple. They invite All the elements y , ,
he Opposition to unite il electing dele /
ates. eaa
The Democracy Of course, constitute :
hree.fourths Of the Opposition; and
hey will control the convention, vel
rust their action will be wise and liberal;
md that they hay select = ticket that .
he Liberals aud Anti-Monopolists can
and earnestly support. + rs
7ery evident that it will take the great
sst wisdom to hold the different elements
which constitute the Opposition together.
We quote in another column. an extract
from . private letter from one Of the
leading Anti Monopolists Of Southern
Minnesota. We are in dairy
recent Of letters to the
same effect. One gentleman, eminent
and universally respected, writes US:
"The Devil has gotten into the leaders OF
the Old Democracy, and they imagine that
their resurrection day is 1t hand. Cur efforts |
last fall have given them encourag cement to |
believe that they have swallowed our followers,
if not ourselves. A good castigation o. TINS
preposterous element would do them 5000 ;
take II the Republicans put up fi!st class
men shall not canvass against them, n hvor
Of some old supefanuated fossil. This Fisher
movement is an imposition upon every reli-
able. working man OF the coalition Of Last year
He has IS much sympathy Tith the new. ae1
parture Is the devil has With hoiy wa1er: Il
lowed all my stomach win bear
Hon. Ebenezer 'Ayres, Of Cottage
Grove, Worthy Lecturer Of the State
Grange Of the Patrons of Husbandry.I
and the candidate Of the Owatonna party
in 1873 for Lieutenant Governor; was
member Of the State Central COMMITTEES
which issued this call; but he refused to
put his name to it believing that the
Anti Monopolists would organize as >
third party.
Now all this will probably disgust the
editors Of the, lie Sueur Sentinel, the
Faribault Democrat, the Winona Herald,
and the Hon. j. L. Mcdonald, Of ShaSo-
4 pee, but what are they going to do about
it! No process has yet been patented in
this country to make man vote for =
1 man or party if he does not wish to.
And the crack Of the whip Of 2 political
| organization 10000 in the minority has
very few tsrrors even for the weakest
fnerves. @ IN. st5h
/ If we were reduced to the sore strait Of
4 taking Fisher or nothing, there, might BE-
some excuse for rending the Opposition
into fragments by nominating him; but
| we have . number of excellent men in TIL
4 State well.iitted to fill the place Of Gov
There Tor instance, is the, Hon. p 2
/ BUELL., of Houston county j An old Demo
i crat, but man Of progressive ideas, ant
Of the highest personal character. Hei
4 the Dalrynple Of Southern Minnesota
running the largest farm 10 Housto
county and he is in full sympathy wit
the farmers ideas. With Buell. at tn
head Of our ticket We could 60 to til
people with some hope ofmaking convert
! and sweeping the State.
VI In the next county, Fillmore, we hav
' Ix-Lnur. GovERSoR SHERWOOD. He Va
i formerly ! Republican, but has Of lat
il years been ! Democrat; he is IN Ell
Is quent speaker and prominent memb'
Of the Grange organization. He woul
make . popular candidate for Governo
and would bring to our cause THOUSAND
Of new votes.
9 IN the county Of Olmsted there are Sc
s eral men who would ill the place Of Go
ernor with credit. There is DICK JoKI
ID hearty, genial, ioyial and able M
y There is SENATOR !. NJ WIsFrAlI, y
Y. Granger, farmer, an eloquent speak
be and : man Of unexceptionable characte
"a There IS also our glorious old friend, ca
nj JAMES GEoRGE, ! veteran Of the Mexic
e var and ! hero Of the war Of the rebellis
"a He would make vigorous and able q
z. vass Of the State. and would not fear
~ meet even Cush- Davis
ics In Steele county i the old war-hor
w Anos Cooaswu.I, IN t'of-ex,' - Dfs
Ii, called him, but IN able lawyer, > AZ
J: clas stump speaker, and identified v
.le the Autobiography canse from the =
lhe first. 80 -
II Blue Earth coanty = Hon. Nor
= s. Wilknsoa. vs1y abb man. with
~ ~ splendid pslitical rseerd. H voa1d e
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