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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-12-21
4 BIT or HISTORY.

We would not insinuate that prominent
democrat can be an ass, especially if he lives in
the same county with turkey -buzzard Green
of the lie Sueur Sentinel, but at the risk Of
hurting the feelings of the ass we will call at
tenton to the fact that the secretary Of the
treasury in his recent report admitted that,
doxnt, April /, 1878, the silver dollar:
"Was unit of value, having the quality of
legal tender Tor all sums ard i'll all cases, and
that the terms of the United States obligations
do not exclude payment therein, and that the
act Of 1869 in which is the pledge Of payment
in coin, does not, III terms, discriminate
against silver.
Now it will be remembered that the tempo
rary chairman of the democratic convention,
which met ut Hastings Sept Is gave rs his
frequent and profound reason for not desiring
to co-op. late with the greenbackers, that "sil-
yer never had been money in the United
Sta.es.'
There ought to be some standard Of intelli-
gence prescribed by law, and if a man fell
greatly lelow it he ought not to be allowed to
vote or to preside at democratic conventions,
outside of Jim Green's county.
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DEMOCRATIC OPINION
GRANT.

The Democrats used to declare that
Grant was 9 fool, that his victories were
accidents. that he was stupid and scdden.
We never took any stock in such doc
trines. We agreed with Genl Frank
Blair that he was the ablest and most
dangerous military man this country
has yet produced; and we feared that
there was good deal OF probability in
Franks prophecy, that"Grant never
would go out of the White House until
he was carried out feet foremost"
The Democrats are beginning to con-
clude that Grant is not fool or an ac-
cident. A correspondent of the New
York World says
I'VE had fresh arrival OF troops here
the other day, and l suppose reinforce
ments will continue to pour in every
week until. long before tho day in
February appointed for counting the cleo
toral vote shall arrive. President Grant
will be ready for his coup detat
Whether he or Hayes will be the benefic-
iary the Republican leaders cannot tell.
even Grant himself does not now know
He holds strong hand already; he
viii draw to himself all tue additional
cards he can get, and as fortune favors
him he viii play it. He Is . bold and
yet w'thal very cautious player. Cum
ming. ambitious, secretive, with. . face
and eye that betray nothing TO the most
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-12-21

Judge Miller, of the United States
Supreme Court, and one of the aDlest
men in the nation, had an interview the
other day with a correspondent of the
Chicago Times. in which this occurred /:
Reporter: "Do you anticipate the possibility
of the paople forgetting the results OF the late
civil war 50 speedily as might be implied If
they allowed themselves to be hurried into
another trouble by the temperance Of politi-
cians?'
Judge NJ: The people may be led astray to-
day as easily rs they We're Is years ago. Com
munities are governed more by the impulse
given their sentiments by men who lead pub
lie opinion than by common sense"
Reporter: "You think. then, there is dis
position on the part OF the men you term lead
ers to mold public opinion Improperly"
Judge NJ: "Assuredly do. | can repeat that
the Democrats mean IIden or mischief"
This is not rating public intelligence
very highly, but many will agree with
the Judge.
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4 SENSIBLE VIEW.

The Rochester Record and Union, a
very able paper, by the way, has this
excellent article:
1T cannot be denied by the friends O,
the Resumption Act, that the policy O.
contracting the currency at time when
a large class of people are heavily in
debt is a system of injustice agains,
which they may very properly urge their
earnest and hearty protest. A system
which causes the shrinking of the value
Of all real estate to such an extent that
it cannot be sold, or mortgages obtained
for more than one-half the amount which
the property would have brought five
years age, may well cause serious alarm.
While the currency has been contracted
by the acts of the government there has
been no corresponding shrinkage of the
debts contracted in its use at time OF
unexampled prosperity. Those who
bought real estate, farm implements,
horses, ETC., or contracted debts of any
kind, when there was an abundance OF
money in circulation, have found to
their sorrow and dismay that the con-
traction policy has left them without adj
equate means to meet and cancel their
obligations. In 1865. at time of our
greatest national prosperity. statistics
show that there were in the hands of the
people SIS per head, while ten years later
the currency was Sl7.33 per capita. wit,
failures amounting to two hundred mill
lions OF dollars in year.
The contraction policy OF the govern
ment has not only caused the financial
ruin OF many honest and Industrious men
through the country, but it has destroyed
public confidence and caused capitalists
TO withdraw their means largely from
he legitimate business of the country
The consequence is that several million
persons have been thrown out OF employ.
ment, immigration has we'll nigh ceased
altogether, and the manufacturing inter.
ests of the country are in paralyzsd
condition.
The question naturally presented BY
these considerations is, what advantage
is derived from such system, or who i:
to be benefited thereby? We have seer
the disastrous results to the debtor anC
laboring classes. We find that nearly
every commodity has shrunk in value
fifty per cent. with single exception
and that is gold. The purchasing pow
er OF this commodity has been largely
increased, and, hence it will be seen thu
legislation of tho past few years ha!
been in the interest OF the capitalists ane
the money power. Ii the Resumption
Act is enforced, every man who is ii
debt will be liable to have his propert,
sold out tor what it will bring in gold
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-12-21
GEORGE FRANCIS TRAIN on THE
SITUATION.

This curious and eccentric character,
who is not without his st reaks of tact
and sense. has been interviewed, by u
correspondent OF the N. Y Graphic and
and gets off the following:
"Cor. You have intima:ed, Mr..
Train, tina. the finance question would
soon absorb the Presidential imbroglio.
In what waya
Mr.. Train By crash that will
throw the 1925, 1887. 1Si7, 1857. 1866,
1873 panics all in the shade. The Hol-
land tulip mania. the French Mississippi
land scheme, the English South Sea
bubble. all told, would not equal week s
transactions in Wall street. Ten saw
ings banks already. out OF forty in this
city have succumbed. and the other
thirty are swamped in real estate and
unproductive property How many
of them can stand \ iorty~eight hours
rum When the 100000 depositors call
tor their $500 900 900 at sight the streets
will be blocked with an army Of wild
mena The life and FIRE insurance COM
panies have $50 .0O0, 600 out on bond
and mortgage. that would not bring
$50. 0OO. 900 under the sheriff-s hammer
Ask Ludlow, Muller, Morgan. Stephen>
son. The entire Tammany Ring outfit
is cleaned out on this real estate trouble.
Idont believe Tweed has . dollar to
his uame left. Astor has been cut down
from 600, 900 900 to $l5. 900. 900. The
Surrogate will tell you that allttese rich
estates scarcely realize enough to pay
expenses. kernochan paid Ludlow
$4,000 tor the Leupe- Ronalds- Bsrreda-
Delaney Kane Athenaum Club "Ghos,
Mansion in Madison Square, which cos,
$3.50, 600, and he has not found ten
ant or purchaser since the sale last
spring. The 4l0. 000. 900 Furness estate
scarcely produces enough to pay the
family bills. Cooke, Clews, Duncan
Ralston. Woodward. lockwood. Shep
herd. Dlmmock, and Spragus are only I
few Of the representative wrecks. The
1873 panic was postponed, you remem-
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The Anti-AfOnopO1ist.

astute observer, he is puzzle to the
politicians OF both parties for whom he
has the contempt SO often felt by profess
sional soldiers. His policy can only be
inferred from his acts. Words to him
are like men-only instruments, and he
uses phrase just as he would employ
Spencer or Patterson, meaning
nothing by it except to gain his end.
His faculty OF deception is apparently
infinite. With such a cold, impressive
and subtle character an upright and in
genuous man like Mr.. Hewitt stands no
chance whatever. Tojudge of Grant by
single interview is like guessing at
the size and style of house by br lex.
The only safe way to Infer his character
and purposes from his past career. He
has said 'sLet US have peace; !" he prom
Used President johnson that he would
hold on to the War Department and
force Mr.. Stanton to appea! to the courts;
he declared but the other day his desire
for fair count in South Carolina and
Louisiana. and am not sure but that,
like dream, the shrewdest way is to
interpret him by contraries. In short
regard him as most dangerous when
he makes the most fair and friendly
professions. His recent avowals cost
him nothing. His acts, you will please
observe, are all in one direction. The
man is dangerous. Everything indi>
Gates that we are entering upon crisis
which will be his grand opportunity.
Those who despise him because he can
not write message or make speech
have not read history. Military dyn-
asties according to my reading, have
never been founded in that sort of way,
but by bold men who knew how to take
advantage ofthe chapter OF accidents.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-12-21

The New York Herald publishes table
showing that 45,375 men of different trades are
now out of work i'll that city, and those figures
are said to be below rather than above the
reality. Mechanics are so hard pressed that
thousands Of their families are on the verge Of
restitution, with the idle winter before them.
Multiply 1875 by four, the estimated
number dependent upon each workman,
and we have $4,000 persons con the
verge OF restitution And all from a
pernicious financial policy!
Here are 1915 men ready to enlist
under Hayes or Tilden, or to go to burn
ing and robbing on their own hook.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-12-21

Der. The coming crash will produce a
hundred Black Fridays in ono. Business
men are laying the present stagnation
to the Presidential fasco, but the real
trouble is the currency.
G. And this, you say, will disorgan-
lze all governments?
Mr.. I. Yes. The breakdown of
corporation monopoly, the crash in real
estate. the dissolution of private fortunes
the corruption of public men, the in~
crease OF crime, all mark the decadence
of the old systems of government based
on the unholy alliance of priest and
politician. Tacitus describes the downs
tall ct the American Republic when he
pictures the disease that destroyed Rome
Almost his exact words apply to our
present rottenness, and we have no St.
Augustine to make an argument as to
the why and the wherefore. Tweed
planted, Grant watered, and Beecher
gave the increase
c. We certainly arc not quite as bad
as Rome on its decline
Mr.. L. Worse. Our freedom .eunuchs.
and slaves go by their names. Our par
tricians are corporation directors. Our
popes are christian impostors. Did
Rome average a cold>blooded murder a
day as we do in New York? Two hun
dred and eighty-one last year, and only
thirty-one convictions and seven hung:
Was every tenth man in Rome a con-
vict? New York arrests 100. 900 annually
out OF its 100000 population. Can the
Roman republic beat that?
G. Taxed to death! Why do you say
we are taxed to death, Mr.. Train?
Mr.. i. A country that raiEes in taxes
in fifteen years "a sum larger than the
debt that it took England thousand
years to accumulate, is certainly in a
bad way. Over $4,000, 100000 have been
spent since they shot into Sumter, and
counting city, county, State, and nationa,
bonds We owe some $4,000, 900, 900 more.
Nearly $40. 900, 100000 in three presi-
dental terms squandered in war, blood
shed, bribery, and the loss of personal
and national honor and manhood.
c. Will congress do anything on the
resumption act?
Mr.. I. Who knows what congress
will do? A bone tide repeal is to indorse
the Peter Cooper platform. To legislate
on the Grant -Bristow-H Hayes plan of de-
priving greenbacks of their egal tender
is to lay sinking fish on what little cur
rency there is. To do nothing is to float
into universal bankruptcy"
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-12-21

A St. Paul friend hands US the follow
ing:
last week, unused within himself after this
fashion: ''Now the important question with
me is, whether to go to the bank and borrow,
as know shall have to do, or to try to squeeze
through WITHOUT borrowing,-which know l
can't do.
For the honor Of the race we wish to
add that the proprietor Of this bull was
not an Irishman.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-12-21

STATE or M1NNESOTA-COUNT or
RAMSEY. District Court-Second Judicial
District.
T. K. stateler, Pitt
vs.. Summons.
James FLOYD. Def.
THE STATE OF MINNESOTA to the above
named Defendant;
You arehereby summoned and required to
answer the complaint in this action which Is
filed 10 the ONCE Of the Clerk lsaid Court, in
the City Of St. Paul, Ramsey County, Mime
sofa, and 70 serve copy Of your answer to the
sald complaint on the subscribers, ct tb~ir
once in MoClung's Block in The City Of St.
Paul, County 81 Ramsey, State Of Minnesota,
within twenty days afier the services Of this
summons upon you, exclusive ofthe day Of
such service, and II You fail 10 answer the said
complaint within the time Aforesaid. the Plain
tin in this action win take judgment against
you for the sum Of six hundred and seventy
six dollars and ~ 100 dollars, with interest Il
Sven per cent pr annum on The sum Of
ss76 42-I00 from Nay 7sh 1916, and Interest
upon the sum II eco from NOvembsY 9TH
1875, q The rste II sven PER CENT. besides the
costs and Disbursements II this action.
Dsted EovembsT "a, 1915.
ERwu 4 GuvJ1y.
Plaintiffs AiiosDey, St. Rhal, 1fnp.
131.5t.
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STEEENS COUNTY.

We hear great many who propose 10
migrate to Stevens county in the spring.
The pressure of hard>times will drive
tens of thousands to the fertile lands OF
the west. They find they can better de-
pend upon the bounty Of God then the
bounty of man. The grasshoppers are
not as bad rs the tax-eaters.
AS many of our readers are interested
in Stevens county we quote the following
letter from Morris to the Grange 4d>
rance -
MORRIS. Dec. I'd, 1876.
F',rend Yuong:-I send you copy OF
our paper. which alter long sickness and
almost death. has revived and come GU,
with new coat, and we hope will have
vigorous and healthy lite hereafter
Business here is still fair. and there is a
good deal of trading going on.
AmusementS are now in order, and
almost every evening we have parties,
sociables, Good Temp!ars' meeting, oil
some Kind OF entertainment There is
a good school here with fifty scholars at
tending.
We have had verv little snow here
and no sleigh;ng. The weather is line
and the health generally good through,
out this country. Claim making is still
in progress and new corners are con.
stan,ly arriving.
Ever an anon We have visits from the
aborigines. who come here to procure
supplies. and y great many mink ans
muskra, ?cl,s are brought here and sold
and the fur trade many called active
Deer are said to be plenty in the vicinity
OF Alexandria and some Of Our hunter.
are getting ready to 60 out there afte1
venison
A short time ago Eve of our citizen!
went to the river one evening to get I
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-12-21

mess of fish. They took spears and a
light. and, in about four hours, returned
with upwards OF three hundred pound OF
fish in their wagon These comprised
pickerel, pike, bass, suckers, bstfalo.
red horse and some other varieties, all
fat and good. Yours, &c.
T. NJ. LOwATER.
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Wheat is advancing in this market. and No.
l is worth $l.16. There are more mortgages
being recorded in this county than during any
previous year since the winter of 1857 -S.-Has-
tirg's Gazette.
This is sad story. The short crops
is answerable for part OF it, the financial
policy of the government for good deal
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THURSDAY DECEMBER 81. 1876.

LOUISVILLE, Dec. lit. J. Fitzgerald, ex-
editor of The Catholic Advocate and late au-
ditor of the l.. P. S. W. railway suicided this
afternoon with strychnine. Cause-no work,
Another victim to contraction.
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KnoWest thou not in fair summer mornings
(The dawn of golden days that follow spring, J
The lark shoots upward from its grassy cover,
With lifted head, and sure, unerring wing;
And leaves behind, sweet truant of the sky,
The happy rest wherein its dear ones lie!
Silent and swift it goeth, as an arrow
Shot into space; tine bird no more we see,
But, from the clouds that curtain in the singer,
There falls a burst of rapturous melody
A gust of sweet exstatic song down-ringing,
1t is the lark its lay of freedom singing!
III.
Why shouldst thou grove, then, that in Life's
fair morning
Thy little Lark should take her happy flight
To speed alcft on sure and steady pinions
Into the realms OF eternal light.
The dear home nest the truant bird may miss,
But she shall find a sweeter nest than this,
w.
Silent and swift her passage thro' the ether,
Straight to the sunny portals OF the skies.
Hearst thou, U mother heart! from out the
sadness,
The burst of song that drops from Paradise?
That new, glad song! Oh! list,-the harps are
ringing
1t is thy bird amid the angels singing!
PHILADELPHIA, Dec 9Th, 1876.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-12-21

Lines Addressed with the Sincerest Symoa-
thy to Mrs. John S. Prince, on the Death
Of her Little Dau9hter Laura, whose
pet.name was Lark
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lOtal lOI
Or for the entire four years Of ample volume
Of currency 2S3 fewer failures for the last three
months, which are so enthusiastically cited ON
being radiant with promise for the future!
One mercantile agency summarizes the gen.
eral position throughout the commercial world
thus.
Excepting France and Belgium, almost in
every other commercial country the failures
have been quite as numerous in proportion to
the number engaged in business as in the
United States"
Which might truthfully be stated thus:
every largely productive nation which has
forcibl y reduced its currency. either by adopt
ing the single metallic standard for the same,
or otherwise, thus giving control Of the circu-
lating medium to priveledged rings and max
ing thereby corner in the same possible, with
larger interest or rent than producing would
esen, share with us in the evils Of such class
legislation. France and Belgium preserve the
''double standard, and by legislating for the
whole body of their people, stimulating in
dustry, and insuriug ample monetary re-
sources at small cost, constitute marked ex-
ception to the general rule Of industrial and
commercial prostitution"
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Good For Hastings.

Prof. Campbellhas done great deal to build
up and perfect the High School Of Hastings.
He has time and again given exhibitions and
with the proceeds purchased philosophical
apparatus, for the use of the pupils, until now
the Hastings School is far better equipped in
this particular than any other school in the
State. The following figures are drawn from
the report of Prof Burt, Superintendent of
Public instruction of the State, and show the
cost of APPARATUS in the cities named:
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WHAT PAYS.

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chanic. inventor, FARMER, or Professional
= man, to keep informed on all the improve
ments and discoveries of the age
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BY ELEANOR c. DOSNELLY.