The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-06-22
DESERVING THEIR OWN BASTARD.

The Democrats OF Minnesota were |
afraid to dehland the repeal of the re-
sumption act, and would not even insert |
the word Financial" before certain leg
islation to which they objected, lest it
might be supposed that they were hos
tile to the act which declares that specie
payments must be resumed in January
1879.
And now the Republican party meets
in national convention in Cincinnati, and
they, the authors OF the bill, refuse to
sustain it, they deny their own bantling,
they repudiate their own offspring.
This is all they have to say on the
| financial question:
| Fourth. In the first act of Congress signed
| by President Grant the national government
assumed, to remove any doubts of It's duties, to
discharge all just obligations to public creditors
and s0lemnly pledged its faith to make
provision at the earliest practicable period for
the redemption OF United States notes in coin.
Commercial prosperity, public morals and ma
tional credit demand that this promise be full
filed by continuous and steady progress to
specie payments.
And thereupon occurred the tollow>
ing -
The Chair-The question now recurs on the
1uOptlOu OI Tie uIldIlClA IcsOIutlOUs W WHICH
the minority Of the committee, the Hon. Edwin
Jones, Of Texas, offers a substitute.
Gov. Davis then read the following:
To the President Of the Republican National
Convention:
The undersigned, one Of the committee on
resolutions, dssents from the majority in re-
gard to the fourth resolution-that bearing on
the question OF the resumption OF specie pay
ments. He considers said resolution improper
in this, among other respects, that it Is unc.r-
tain and vague in its purposes, leaving the
time for resumption unsettled and being there
by calculated to rather disturb the public con-
: fdence. The undersigned, therefore, submits
! the following, and ndrecommends that it be taken
a. substitute for said resolution.
Kesolued That it is the duty Of Congress to
]. provide measures for carrying out the provis-
, ions Of what is termed the resumption act Of
Congress, to the end that the resumption Of
specie payments At the time fixed by said act
cannot b. further delayed.
do not propose To make a speech, but as a
test move that the resolution b. substituted
!. in place Of the + urth resolution-the financial
resolution reported by the majority Of the COM
mittee In that resolution the gentlemen refer
to declaration made by the Republican Con-
sress some eight years ago. that We would 80
on without any unnecessary delay to redeem
our promise by redeeming specie payments.
We have gone on year after year, Congress after
Congress, convention after convention, and
early part Of last year, our Republican friends
: in Congress, having there a majority of tn.
3 votes, finally nerved themselves np to the pas.
!, sage of resolution or an act providing for re-
Z sumption-not to-day, Or to-morTow, a. they
/, should have done, - think, but three year!
n hence, in January, 1879, think, gentlemen
. that when you scrutiniz- the resolution as ad-
! opted by the committee and reported here THU
morning, you will find that it Il nothing NOR
. than . step backwards, and return to prom
ises again. For one hope ths majority of ths
> convention will sustain me. | am opposed u
taking any steps backward.
After further discussion, the report
1 says:
( The question was then taken on the adop-
: tion d the substitute, and It was rejected by
e decided majority.
Think Of that, Democrats Of Mime 30
E t.! The Republican party Of the nation
: refuse .'by decided majority" to declare
in favor Of carrying ont the resumption
: act. their own act; and yet you wer,
1 afraid to declare in favor OF its repeal.
Take from your state seal. Minneso
tians, the boastful motto: 1.-The Star o
+ the North" for you point TO nothing ant
. lead nothing; and substitute In place o
= it dogs tail, shaved clean. With Ia
q modest inscription: Il vag - the dol
g pleases."
!. Democrats and Republicans hsye bot
+ lAbored 70 make Minnesota the humblea
b end Of the tail Of the Union - poor. lii
/ lie. Insignificant staae, regarded BY fe,
. and respected By none. TWAS NOT Of .
much importance in the laas Republica,
II national Convention . New Mexico o
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