The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-06-03
rrrE oPPesur1or CONVENTION.

TIVE OPPOSITION CONVENTION.
The call for an Opposition convention =
ill be found in another column The 2
ommittec discarded the advice OF the 2
,ad.caps who insisted that the call must
e for Democratic Convention pure and
nipple. They invite all the elements o.
he Opposition to unite in electing dele
,ates.
The Democracy, Of course, constitute
Of the Opposition; and i
;hey will control the convention. vel
rust their action will be wise and liberal; |
md that they may select ticket that
The Liberals aud Anti-Monopohsts can
and earnestly support. It IS
yery evident that it will take the great
est 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 daily
receipt Of letters to the
same effect. One gentleman, eminent
and universally respected, writes US:
ssThe Devil has gotten into the leaders OF
the Old Democracy, and they imagine that
their resurrection day is at hand. our eHorts
last fall have given them encouragement 70
believe that they have swallowed our followers,
if not ourselves. A good castigatlon OF THIS
nreposterous element would do them good
and am not clear yet as to what course shall
take. II the Republicans put up hrst class
men shall not canvass against them, IN favor
OF some old superanuated FOSSIL. This Fisher
movement is an imposition upon every reli-
able working man OF the coalition OF LAST year
parture as the devil has with holy water. 4
don't tcady to any such breed. have swal-
lowed all my stomach viii bear"
Hon. Ebenezer Ayres, Of Cottage
Grove, Worthy Lecturer Of the State
Grange Of the Patrons of Husbandry.
and the candidate Of the Owatonna party
in 1873 for Lieutenant Governor was a
| 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
pee, but what are they going to do about
it! No process has yet been patented II
J, this country to make man vote for
man or party if he does not wish to
And the crack Of the whip of a politica
organization 10000 in the minority ha
very few tsrrors even for the weakest
y nerves.
If we were reduced to the sore strait
, taking Fisher or nothing, there might b
some excuse for rending the Oppositio
into fragments by nominating him; bu
! we have number Of excellent men in til
: State we'll fitted to fill the place Of Go
! ernor.t as
q There, for instance, is the, Hon. D. |
BUELL., of Houston county j an old DEM
0 crat, but man Of progressive ideas, an
of the highest personal character. He
: the Dalrymple Of Southern Minnesot
running the largest farm in Housts
: county; and he is in full sympathy vii
the farmers ideas. With Buell at Il
head Of our ticket we could 60 to Il
people with some hope ofmaking CONVEX
a and sweeping the State.
VI In the next county, Fillmore, we ha'
v Ex-LrEur. GOVERNOR SHERWOOD. He v
ST formerly q Republican, but has of la
oil years been a Democrat; he is an e
US quent speaker and a prominent memt
of the Grange organization. He wou
make popular candidate for Govern'
and would bring to our cause thousan
>. Of new votes.
>" In the county Of Olmsted there are s
n eral men who would fill the place Of G.
ernor with credit. There is DICK JoS
nd . hearty. genial, iioyial and able m
'or There is SENATOR I. NJ. WEsrTALL,
rs, Granger, farmer, an eloquent speal
he and man Of unexceptionable charact
~, nd There is also our glorious old friend, G
M JAMES GEORGE, : veteran Of the Mexi
nd war and hero Of the war Of the rebelli
red He would make vigorous and able .
DIS vass Of the State, and would not fear
nv meet even Cush. Davis
lies In Steele county is the old war-ho
nv Axos CoGGswKI.L, an ''off-ox," rs DR.
OILS, called him, but m able lawyer, b
! q = class stump-speaaer, and identified
are the Anti-Monopoly cause from the
the first.
i'm In Blue Earth county is Hon. MOI
; he S. Wilkinson, = very able man. witt
, 'o;s splendid political record. He would 9
0rm lengs Davis to ; JOINT discussion
,sve make the dry bones Of Republican
d Be rattle. In the same county IS Hon. :
inly r. MeAghsr, genial. capable and pop'
m The bulk q the Democratic vote = u
wsve but the Irish have been persistenfiy
'''' nored BY the Democratic party. 4
deemed wise m the new day coming