The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-12-16
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A correspondent Of the Hastings New
Era, who signs himself "Bur Oak"
lead the people into paths Of retrench-
ment and reform and they would not;
and says that eve tried to lead them in
to the Democratic party"
We might reply by asking why Burr
Oak and the rest OF his party, tried to
lead, and did lead, the Anti Monopolists |
Of Dakota county into the Republican
party? Why an organization which was
commenced for the purpose of redress
ing the NAL administrations Of the Re-
publican party. state and national,
should pass, as the Peoples Party of Da-
kota county did last fall, into the hands
OF John Kennedy and The other office
holders and leaders Of the Republican
party? We don't know who may be
concealed behind the foliage of Burr
Oak" bu4whoever he is we will bet
sixpence he helped to transform the
Peoples Autobiography Party OF 1873 in
to the Republican Monopoly Party OF
1873.
Now let us look back moment. In
1873 there was organized at Owatonna
a State Anti Monopoly or Reform Party,
which nominated Ara Barton for Cover
nor, EbeneZer Ayrcs for Lieutenant Gov
ernor, &c. 1t was agreed thereat that
Anti Monopoly parties should be formed
in every county to sustain the State or
ganizatlon; and accordingly one was
SO formed in Dakota county, The Dem
Observation-Disclosures sparty, com
posed OF the old Democracy and the
Greeley Republicans of 1872, met in
State convention at ST. Paul in 1878, and
adopted the candidates and platform OF
the OWatonna convention, and advised
that there should be a union Of their re-
spective forces IN every county, at the
tallot box. La accordance with this SEN
timent we labored to have the Anti-Mo-
nopoly county convention and the Dem
ocratlc-Llberal county convention OF D4-
kota county meetson the same day and
agree upon joint ticket; in other words
to carry out in that county the same pro-
gramme inaugurated in the State. Here
we met with many difficulties. Some
of the Autobiography leaders were so
sangulne OF success, Of sweeping the
county, that they wanted no alliance
with the Democracy or any one else !:
others were urged by the Republicans to
20 it alone and they would coalesce with
them. On the other hand the Demo
Gratis had majority in the county, they
| had the offices, good fat ones; tIey had
nothin. to gain by union with the An
| ii Monapollsts. We did our best to
drag these unwilling parties into we'd
.ock bu. each pulled back and the re-
suit was that the conventions were held
| on different days, no union was effected,
and two tickets We're put in he field
| We had been nominated by the Anti
Monopoly party Tor State Senator, and
two days afterwards, without any solci-
| tatIon on our part. without even being
present. We were also nominated BY the
Democratlc-Liberal convention. The
| same ear Hon. John 5. Pillsbury was
nominated Tor State Senator by both the
Republicans and Democrats. This wear
Hon. JAS Smith. jr., OF St. Paul, gas
horored in the same way No man ex-
pested either OF these gentlemen to
take the stump and denounce either
OF the political parties that were
honorlng .hem with their votes. al
tnougn these parties were, and are, di
ametricaIly opposed to each other. In
eur case We were nominated BIZ two polit
icAi parties that were acting together in
the state, supporting the same state
ticket On the same platform of princi
pies, and nevertheless we were told
that We must attack and denounce one
party on the other, one member Of the
alliance Of the otner, or we would be
false TO 10TH The knavish Republican
leaders OF the county went to the Demo
cratic pEty aad said: lyon mas,
; make Do1neIly denounce the Anti.
Monopoly ticket; il he does. you can al
be elected And then they went n the
ANTI 0nop1lists and said ..Donnellr
has great inference in the county: If h.
will attnck the Democracy Won will al
win beyond . DOUBT, Make him do !, ;
In this way they hoped to create sucb
dissensions that their own ticket mich,
win.
And now, bec1n3e We have remained
faithful amid much abuse and ill-trea-
ment. to the alliance formed in Is-a no
tween the different elements Of the On.
position, '.Barr-Oak,s fron the bosom =,
the Republic>n parry, rebukes q, far
trying to lead - AnELMoaopolists in,a
!. the Democrats camP From under the
shadow Of John Kenne<ly's coat-sail be
reads US lecture On iidelifr 4 the Ant.
Monopoly party. And - he knows