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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-07-01
WIDEN The PLATFORM.

By the action of the last County Council Of
the r of H it will be seen that the doors have
been opened and the Farmers Clubs been in
invited to come in and unite with the Oranges
in the council. The meetings will BE- public.
The move is judicious one.-S. Cloud Jour-
nal.
Good. Let the example be initiated.
The Grange is simply piece Of me-
chanism to improve the condition Of the
farmers, and it has no claims to consid-
Grafton save as it fulfills that end. II
any farmers are withheld from it by its
secret character, meet them outside the
Grange and cooperate together for the
same objects, to-wit high prices for
what they sell; low prices for what they
buy; social intercourse; intellectual i'm
proyement, and political progress.
The secret of all secret societies
amounts to little They possess no oc-
cult learning; no hidden fact in science.
morals or thought. which the outside
world does not know. Their grips
and passwords are simply aprotectien
against interlopers and enemies, and
that is all there is Of them Hence, it
must not be supposed, because the
Grange is secret, that it Is engaged in
some profound conspiracy against socie-
ty. Its beautiful ritual cannot but have
. refining and beneficial influence on
every one that listens to it.
Whenever the Oranges hold . meet
ing for discussion, or festival for pleas
ure. throw open the doors. and invite in
your fellow-citizens. Whenever the
whole agricultural population comes to
clearly understand their wants and their
rights, the battle il half won.
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HOW WOULD THIS WORK IN MIN
NESOTA,

The Executive Committee OF the De-
mocratic Association of the 2Oth Ward,
of Philadelphia, have begun very
necessary work of purga,ion, which
should be initiated in Minnesota; they
have taken to expelling from the fold
the treacherous scoundrels who have
made living by betraying the party
while pretending to be devoted to it..
We quote:
Much evidence was taken, and about a
month ago the committe made rel crt as to
expelled from tue party, and was at the time
reported in this journal. Sin. e th;t time ad .
ditional testimony has been taker against
election officers and others in the Seventh.
Tenth, Thirtieth and Thirty fourth Divisions.
The main charges were made against Will
lam L. Manson, present member of the city
executive committee from that ward. He, q
Democrat, was first charged with signing a
card recommending the Republican candidate,
William Baldwin, for Council, the ca,d beng
in the Mercury Of January "a, 1876. He vas
also charged with giving the tickets received
at headquarters to parties not authorized by
the war.t committee, notably in the Fifteenth
and Twentieth divisions. He was accused
also Of substituting Republican for ! DEM
ocratic overseer in the Tenth divi ion, and
refused to ch ,nge the name, although his at
tention was called to the fact. Il Was alleged
that he allowed, without protest, q Republican
to act as an election officer in the Seventh and
Tenth divisions, who lived in neither. He
was charged with q close intimacy with the
men who perpetrated the frauds j, st before
the election. John w. Boileau, chairman Of
the investigating committee, dumped" the
charges asairst Manson and the others, and
recommended the exon0ratiOn OF Manson, and
sustaining the charges against some OF the
others. The committee refused to receive the
report as q whole by vote of 20 against 4
The report was then divided and each name
voted upon separately, and Manson was re-
fused to be exonorated by vote Of l6 to II.
Subsequently the secretary was notified to in
form him Of this action, and give him until
next meeting to answer. The Democratic
party in this ward are determined to weed on,
these false Democrats from their midst, and
prevent the recurrence Of such infdeity to
tie party in tbs future.
This is splendid. Now let the next
State Convention which meets on the
7th July, appoint committee, and we
will furnish them with the names Of q
score Of pretended Democrats who
worked for Bill King last fall, and fol
Alexander Ramsey, last winter; and
who are now working for Louis Z
Fisher, for Governor, and denouncine
US because we will not follow theil
lead.
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THE TWO PARTIES.

Will the ANTI -MoNoroLIsr please tell us
which is the party .'that works for the Patron ]
advantages" II we believe the organs of either
party. that one which each paper represents is
the party to support and the party which will
do Justice to the Patrons, and the other party.
whichever it happens to be, is full Of rotten.
ness and corruption, the sink of iniquity, and
the slough in which the Patrons will BE- inevi-
tably lost.-Patron's Helper, Des Moinss.
Io,co.
We do not mean to say that either
political party in its personslls is alto
gether perfect; there are excellent men
in both the great parties.
Upon the all important question Of the
Tariff the Democratic party as clearly
right, and the Republican party is clear
~ wrong.
Upon the question of railroads the
masses Of both parties are Anti-monopo-
lists, and the leaders of both largely in
the interest of the corporations.
The Democratic party, prior to the slav-
cry agitation, was, unquestionably, the
party of the common people; the party
of progress. While its opponent. the
old Wing party. was as unquestionably
the party of the manufacturers. the cap
italists and the aristocrats OF the coun-
try. Whenever the Democracy can con-
vince the people that 1t has resumed its
old Jeffersonian position At the head OF
the great column Of human progress. it
win resume once more the control Of the
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NUMBER 51IM

the Republicans nothing. In 1875 tho]
nuhl;cana a,actad, ono Sar.to, .,,1 &hrae
pa,-asan..t;ras .nd - n.,.o.,.... ~...
Do.,,.aaa.,,.,;a.
~, n..
-. n;ntor tho Ioc;s,.tr.a =. pa.,-n,;..
by a considerable majority. The membsrs
spent n;td sa1s States - s. snn.. time ma ~ ~
elected man whom neither they nor the reo-
PIE wanted; put n 50 , ao'nS .hey mane. e.
that has resulted in the most bitter hosaility
between Two IL factions Ihey 4hsn aRPPlopsseo P
vious Legislature, and what measures d any
par.ls4alar a merit or Importance 'ney passes -
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temporary coalition of two distinct ele-
ments-the old Democrats and the ex-
Republicans. Should either conclude
to withdraw from the coalition there
can be no ground for a charge of bad
faith or lack Of party fealty. Each ele-
ment will remain faithful to its own
party; will erect its own banners in its
own camp; and go its own way.
If we, the Anti-Monopolists. had.
long in advance OF the convention.
designated candidate for Governor.
with the declaration that no other cam
didate could or would have our support.
we might justly be charged with intol-
erance and arrogance. On the contrary
we have expressed ourselves willing to
support any candidate fully IN sympa-
thu Nth our principles, and we have de-
clared against Mr.. Fisher because he
was not; and because his life record was
such as we could not endorse. The
Pine City News, Liberal paper, ex-
presses the feeling of thousands when it
says:
The old Pioneer advocated, sustained and
defended the old Chatield ballot-b swindle,
and the Pembina frauds.
Will Louis E Fisher state whether he was
the editor at that time, and ii SO, whether he
wrote or did not write those articles; and if he
did. II them'S his SentimentS2
The old Pioneer was the able defender of
thief Floyd, Frank Steele, and the Fort Smell
ling steal.
Was Louis E. Fisher then editor, and if So,
Just state to the people if he wrote any, and
how many of those articles, which sugar
coated job that took over 81 100000 from
the treasury of the United Statesl
The old Pioneer did its full share in fasten-
ing the old S., 900, 900 railroad loan bill on the
State
Will Fisher, who was then in the prime of
life, deny having hand in that infamy?
The Pioneer has since maintained its con-
sistency upon that question through all its vi
cissitudes.
Did Fisher endorse that unmltigated rob-
berry! and if SO, will he not frankly state that
his interest was more patent as hireling,
than as taxpayer
Nor will it do to say that the editorials
he, Fisher, wrote for that old Pioneer
did not express his own views. A man
may. under stress OF poverty, hire out
his pen and brains, to carry through
the schemes of set of corrupt knaves,
and charitable world may pardon him
therefor; but surely that manner Of man
is not fit for the office of Governor OF a
young and vigorous State. We might
pity the virtuous woman who, sore
pressed by want. hired out to do the
manual labors in house Of assignation.
But even though she preserved her vir-
tue, who would want to take her to
wife, or to set her up as model for the
admiration Of the young women of the
age? And, in lesser sense, has not
Mr.. Fisher been polluted and contamin.
ated. by the service of a lifetime in that
political brothel. the old Pioneer? And
if ne has remained. through all. unspot
ted as the virgin snow, can you get the
people of Minnesota to believe ito Are
not all the probabilities against it9
We trust the coming convention will
be actuated by the highest motives. and
that harmony and concord may prevail,
Ii it presents ticket satisfactory to
all members Of the party. we can 90
into battle with a reasonable hope o.
victory.
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THE PENNSYLVANIA MINERS.

Our experience Of lite has been such
that whenever the masses of the peos
pie are arrayed against the few, we
naturally conclude that the former are
in the right. Hence our sympathies
have been instinctively upon the side OF
the striking miners" in the mountains
Of Pennsylvania. It is true that the
newspaper accounts have all been
against them, and the reason to US was
plain the owners of the mines and
railroads were cunning and able men !;
they knew how to present their case IN
its best light and to misrepresent their
opponents; they owned newspapers
and editors; aAl to the average mind it
was self evident that in an issue be-
tween the wealthy, weil-dressed and re-
fined employers, and the dirty, ragged,
sweaty and begrilned employees, that
necessarily the men in broadcloth, with
big bank accounts, must be right.
At length we have some reliable in
formation on the subject. S. NJ. Smith.
Esq, the eloquent old farmer of Illinois,
the orator of the Oranges of that State,
has visited the Pennsylvania miners in
their miserable homes. We quote as
follows from the Chicago Industrial
dge:
Our associate, s. NJ. Smith, was recently in
Philadelphia, and took q trip Of IS miles
among the miners, to learn and see for him.
self, and he reports their condition as most ter
rible, and equals the horrors of the English
coal miners Is developed in the reports to the
British Parliament. Among other disgusting
sights be encountered was Is persons, men.
women and children-hving in pen or tent,
l9 feet square, with fire in the middle, and q
hole in the roof for the smoke to escape. These
lS persons were living like hogs in pen. The
monopoly that controls the mines only paws
able bodied men 50 cents day for their labor.
and women and children in proportion.
Other things equally horrible were Observable
on every side. The number Of hands thrown
out Of employment BY the monopoly owners,
endeavorins to still further reduce their
wages. runs up into the Thousands.
Reader, these things are in the very centre of
enliehbened and taxid-protected Pennsyi-
vania, and in the frst century Of the existence
OF thH kepuouc. AnA0y us monoPOiy-ne
power Of incorporated capinl-mads spch ad-
v.nces that it holds in its mefcilezs g{lsp the
lives and labor Of thousands Of human beings.
to whom il doles out an existence but little
above that allowed to hogs on well regulated
Illinois farm.
And these miserable starving wretches,
spending their lives deep in the dark in
terio. of the earth. or returning to the
surface to encounter only penuy and
wretchedness. are American citizens
II the cry of the black slave Of the
South called up out of the earth vast
and powerful political party to defend
and liberate them, do mot these white
slaves, men Of our own blood and race,
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-07-01
THE FINANCIAL ISSUE.

We tust the G ming Opposition con-
vention will second the protest Of the
Democracy Of Ohio against any further
contraction Of the currency. Contrae-
ton Of the currency means contraction
OF business, and this means misery for
the laboring classes, and suffering Tor
the mercantile classes
The more we study this question do,
more We eel that the whole attempt u
IN the interest of capital. Money, which
is only one form Of property, bec0nao
more valuable, while everything else d.
preciates in value.
Suppose that, instead of gold and pa
per-money, wheat was the currency Of
the country, the test to which AL ex-
changes must be bought. Would not
those who held wheat be glad 10 SOC its
further production stopped? Would that
stoppage not enhance the vAlue -
that which they held? And wo1h nots
that enhancement be accompanied By ;.
corresponding decrease in the value Of
everything else?
The ostensible purpose eofcurrcncy cor
traction is to reach specie basis that,
ISs W kACCuU0IA6 ~ t4O OtbSHJO v0g@
ue as gold. But instead OF cf6ecting
this purpose gold has steadily risen i
price, or rather greenbacks have steadily
deprecated as compared with gold;
while at the same time all trade lam
guishes and currency is scarce and COM
mands better securities and higher in
tcrest.
The Pioneer-Press takes the WONG,
side as usual, and says:
There are various influences at work 70 ErfAw
about the reversal of the policy Of gradual
return 10 specie payments. In the frst place.
the col traction now going on, with its concur-
rent depreciation OF property and merehan-
disc, is hard on the debt0r-class, who wOul6
he glad to see the imitation policy adopted in
the hope that it would enable them TO tiae even.
their difficulties, and in the next place H.
Democracy will BE strongly tempted g adnin-
the laDguid business Of the nstiUn, in order -
excite q temporary and iIlusory busiaeas actiy-
ity next year, which will be credited 70 thu
democracy and serve O. political capital IN tn
presidential election.
We would ask in reply, i mot tho
West the debter-section Of the nationk
Is it our interest to see property Of AL
kinds deprecated in value, in ffaitlesG.
effort to wipe out the margin betWee1
gold and greenoacks7 Would II sot b
better to give the present geDsr11ten
chance Ito tide over their dimc111fe1s1
They fought through tho wsr, posEinG
ont their blood and treasure like wa1er:
why should they now be plunged in1o
univ ersal bankruptcy for . theOFyp
And the Pied-Press endOf1eo tEfe
nlank 0f acme self.e0nsfifnfnd r~Hsn~
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ACT ALLOWING GRASSHOP-
PER: SUFFERERS no BE
&.ABSENT FROM THEIR

:. .-. CLA1MS.
BE It. enarteo BY the Senate and House
Of Representatives. Of tie United States
Of Amer;co ~ C"ny1esx assembled, That
it shall N. lawful for homestead and
presumption settlers on the public lands.
whose crops were destroyed or seriously
Injured by grasslloppers in the year
eighteen hundred and seventy -four to
leave and he absent from said lands
until July first, eighteen hundred and
seventy-five, under such regulations rs
to proof IF the same as the Commits
siolIer Of the General Land Office may
prescribe and where such gras hop
pers shall re-appear in eighteen hundred
and seventy-five, to the like destruction
OF the crops Of settlers, the right to
leave and lie absent as aforesaid shall
continue to July first, eighteen hundred
and seventy six.
SECTION 2. That during such absence
no adverse rights shall attach to said
lands such settlers being allowed to
resume and perfect their settlement as
though no such absence had been ell
joyed or allowed.
SECTION 3. That the time for max
ing final proof and payment by pre-
emptors whose crops have been de-
stroyed or injured rs aforesaid, is
hereby extended for one year after the
expiration IF the term Of absence pro-
vided for III the first section of this act.
Approved, December %, 1874.
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IMPORTANT 10 HUAESTEADERa
Il II: ln consequence Of the delay Of many
homesteaders to make their final proof
OF NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. urdett
has directed the United States Land
Officers to make public the following
circular: 49, :~->:-5, ...~.# :.
.Sir.-Your homestead entry No.;
section ses1n - township range was
which residence and cultivation were
required by law expired, 1877. The
law provides that patent shall issue up
on the presentation of proper proof of
residence and cultivation within two
years after the expiration Of the five
years referred to. If this final proof il
not presented within the time prescrib-
ed, this office will be warranted in treat
ing the. entry as voluntarily abandoned
OIL. your part.
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st. Nicholas for 1875.

The prospectus Of the second volume shows
that there Is to be no falling or but an increase
III Its literary and pictorial attractions. Among
other attractions are two splendid serial stories,
"1ne Young Surueyor,''
by j: T. Trowbridge, author of the. Jack Hazard
Stories, etc.
=" ''Eiyht Cbusiqs,"
iy Louisa NJ. Alcott. author Of Little Women"
ctr.
The peculiar features Of St. Nicholas. which
have conduceh SO largely to its popularity, will
I've kept up With spirit.
New writer's, IN addition to onr present large
corps Of contributors; will give young people of
papers on history. biography, travel. adventure,
natural history. door. and indoor sp,rts,
boys'a and girls handicraft,' kindergarten games,
literature. popular science, witt! = hearty
epr1nkling Of fun throughout the volume.
send the twelve numbers for the year just closed
(Vol. D tor only e o. The same, elegantly
bound IN red and gold. will bs sent charges
One years subscription and twelve back num-
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80, eound q above, sent. charges rald, fef ~.
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MOORE l. SMITH.
SCRIBNER'S MONTHLY,
THE Great National Maqazine. y
March q. 1874.


EhtefS upon new year tltS ninth vOune) with
the November humber. with broader plans and
iatEer enterprise than ever before, and with the
ambition It has maintained from the first. to
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est, the most beautiful, and In every way the hest
!p;M ;tsaz" ' III .ne WORLD. nK me year
craving AZ no popular n,araz,nc has evrr bes,,
able 10 pub!iSh it's writer's viii be- Az they la W
been, the choice and chosen literary mel, and
women of America Among tie attractive ie;,.
lures Of the year will he i New Serial Novel.
"1hr S,oru If .S.ro,, 0orx,,
1"e "'o'y " ooee'e O1~*'
ny J. g. Holland series Of papers from var!-
Gus pens on
"American Life amt Scenery"
,nc,,d;,o descr;,,t;, -, ,,or. ~, Ar,.s, .,.;.x
VII! "ae ~ xxx tRe.1 VI. ~: u. @
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DEPARTM ENTS.
FARMERS DEPARTMENT

FARMERS DEPARTMENT.
Special prominence will be given to All oues.
lions affecting the interests Of the farmers. and
to Agricultural topics. An account OF every farm
in the county will be given. Correspondence
solicited from farmers. Write facts and obssr
vatons upon farming matters, and tho editor
Will put them In shape for the press Particular
attention will be given to the subject Of Tree
Culture, rs one Of vital importance to this part Of
the West.
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LAND DEPARTMENT..

LAND DEPARTMENT.
Reliable Information will be given concerning
the securing Of Government Land Letters Of
inquiry as to the homestead and tree claim law,
Will be promptly and correctly answered through
the paper, and all the decisions of tho Genera,
Land Once which can be obtained will be pub.
i$led.
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=. OUR LINE OF ..:,.s'
Notions and Trimmings
Is the best West Of Chicago.

Guipurr laces. Beaded Fringes.
Black Thread Laces. Silk Fringes,
Black YAK Laces. Beaded Buttons.
Beaded Yak Laces. Beaded Belts.
Beaded Silk Laces. Leather Belts.
White Laces, all kinds Elastic Belts. L.
Beaded Gimps Reversible Belts,
i -. Ladies' and Gents Silk Ties. 49,.
All New Styles Linen and Silk Hand.
5 =. kerchiefs, Collars and Cuffs ;.
Collarette Rulings. Velvet Ribbons.
Sash Ribbons. 1T Silk Ribbons. -,
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A. WEEKLY NEWSPAPER PUB
LISHED EVERY SATURDAY
Wortlhliin'gton, Minnesota:
! ! - Sf1s r. l ~

Tho ADVANCE u the rssalarly.issuel seuney
payer. anl the only nsvspapsr pab,iasea IN Ne
s'ss county. To eersons aSroad whe esatsa
plate coming TO the National Colony, IL Al
VANCE will prove Of great value, as It will ehron
tcle from week toweek every step In the proxres.
OF the Colony, and will give besides great guam
tity Of valuable Information concerning NJ
pfairies OF the West,
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The books Of the Ex-
press companies Of this
city will show that we
send more packages by
express than ALI other
Retail Stores in this CT
ty com bined.
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COLONY DEPARTMENT.
The ADVANCE, rs intinlated above, will he 4
map and history of the National Colony. All
questions relating to the soil, climate, and other
natural advantages, and to the development Of
Southwestern Minnesota, will be faithfully an
swered.
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Mrs.. Moulton, in 'he',r; testimony,
says she told Tilton that he7as vii
lain and that he would bctray Beech
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THE NATIONAL COLONY.


Colony cen.
DEPTH twenty township.
Mobiles
called the cHEA@ P*Ara
Ellington there
STOCK-GROWING
RAILROADS.
The Sioux City ST. Paul Railroad
will be extended across the State from east to west wn A @
Founding Of The Colony.
Company
Ohio The town wtho" laid
1871 Tie
in
Towns and Villages.
county, si viz Wotbuaou px
WORTHINGTON
Is the and
otaoou six miles and presenting
d
confectionery
clothing store millinery store Harness Livery
physicians
in
Block
are the okao FIGURING Mills erected at from
run o''t"s; the wonstn Hotel built
ting about
the grashepper
he
generally
traffic. attracted the
BGElOW
Isl thriving village located
lisa railroad station and otaa hardware
and
epromies ito abrikt
HERSEY.
o
and
Temperance and Education
The National
tered A
worhi"g prohibits
the
and they
PROGRESS Or THE COLONY.
efarmers
Ito aid this
: CIIM ATE.
mountains ana the 81" OF the river bottoms
d
e1herns q. gives
The Astounding good health
ulaton
:-.:>> AuvANTAGE
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Information for Homesteaders.
70. ,GRAsSHOPPER SURFER.

u ss x 60 ERa.-a H. " . ssssssse.~
q HomesteadersS}wishings TO takeS5ad-
vantage Of the Law allowing those
Whose croln have been destroyed by
grasshoppers to be absent from Their
claims, must file B statement with the
Land Office to the effect that they wisl,
to take the benefits of the law. Give
description of claim. Affidavit not
necessary.
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COp persons who .cannOty1s-
it this city, we say send
us your orders, and we =
warrant sat isfactiOn. j.
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ID .,','-' a;.'sl: e. = '+A+ 4-::--. ri
T.. TER1rS-$e 4 year; 81 for SIX
months SO cents for three months, III
advance. t@@>.zs 2>: ss5<z1sszs@s s,:;s }s.5 -.
~ y Address, st ...ssy. ss.s ". ~.
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