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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-05-04

OF S79, 900; and the Missouri, Kansas
and Texas, Ii ! remember correctly,
took half the amount at the same rate.
This was done not for the corporation
itself, but for an interest largely epgag-
ed in the construction of the road.
With the circumstances attending the
negotiation with the Atlantic and Pa
cific road / was entirely familiar and
with several of its officers have long
been well acquainted. also knew all
about the negotiations with the Mis-
seuri, Kansas and Texas road, though
| never to my knowledge saw any of
its officers and never had An interview
with any of them on any subject. But
in the case of both roads, i desire to say
that the bonds sold to them did not be-
long to me, nor did have one dollars
pecuniary interest in the whole trans
action with either company.
The infamous insinuatiOn made in
certain quarters that 1 engaged to use
my influence In Congress for The Attain
tic and Pacific road and also for the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas in con-
sideration of their purchasing these
securities hardly merits notice. The
officers and directors of both companies,
so iar AS l have known the one and
heard of the other, are iight-minded,
honorable gentlemen, and they would
have justly spurned me from their
presence had ! been willing to submit
an offer SO dishonorable and mutually
degrading. had no pecunisry stake
in the negotiation and / should have
loved infamy for infamy's sake, had 1
bartered my personal and official honor
in the transaction. And lam sure that
every man connected with either COM
pany would repel the dishonoring sug-
gestion as warmly as do myself. The
whole affair had no more connection
with Congressional legislation than any
one of the ten thousand similar trans
actions that are constantly occurring in
the business world.
OF like character with the insinua-
ton just answered is that which. in an
irresponsible and anonymous way, at
tenpts to connect the ownership of
Little Rock and Fort Smith bonds with
the legislation of last winter respecting
the State government Of Arkansas.
There are some accusations which 1t is
difficult to repel with sufficient force
because of their mixture of absurdity,
depravity, and falsehood. / never
heard this stupid SANDER until within
few days, and venture to say there is
not responsible man in the country of
the slightest sense who can discern the
remotest connection between the two
things that are alledged to have an in
tinate and infamous relation.
The concluding remarks of Mr..
Blaine were published in our last issue.
hence they are omitted from this re-
DOrt,-Ed
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-05-04
MASONIC DIRECTORY, 1874.

s.,uont Lodge, No. l6, F A. NJ: meets ,, eyi
- Wednesdsy night on or preeeding NJ inc .uii
- ycr q. R. BUMGARNEk, W. nj.
Z. H FKRRKLL, Sec'y.
n. Cisirsvtl,e Chapter. No. IL RoyaI Arc, =,
sssons. meets Sd Friday might each m month unth =,
a tlsirsviile and the LIST Eriday tan ~ u
81 Bridgeport. JAMES N'1En
r. II. FERkBLL- Secy.
Bsl,nont Council, No. 81 koyaI ,en nSscond
xzper IL ceIlent Masters, meets Oh the "e0oA1
r~rsda uixl,t Of every month";. , NJ
C. w. CARROLL, I L. y. NJ
d. BAILY, Rec.
Hope CommandeTy No. 20 OF knlSen's kei, ., sysiy
srs. ineets On the hfst Tuesda! nIgn1 o., " Con5
month. a > n~A ,oarIi72I
- D. BAILEY. Rec.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-05-04
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY,
BosToN, March 81, 1876.

Dear Sir: In response to your inquiry,
beg leave to state that have been treasurer
of the Union Pacific Railroad Company since
April IS, 1871, and have necessarily known of
ali disbursements made since that date. Dur
ing that entire period, up to the present time,
/ am sure that no money has been paid in any
way or to any person by the company in which
you were interested in any manner whatever.
| make this statement in justice to the CON-
pany, to you, and to myself. f. II. ROLLINS.
Hon. JAMES g. BLAINE.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-05-04
Mr.. BLAlNE'S DENIAL.
The Bond Scandal Completely
Disposed OF.

Mr.. Speaker, l thank the gentleman
from Missouri Mr.. Buckner for his
courtesy, and with the leave of the
House 50 kindly granted, | shall pro-
ceed to snbmit certain facts and correct
certain errors personal to myself. The
dates of the correspondence embraced
in my statement will show that 1t was
impossible for me to make it earlier.
shall be as brief as the circumstances
will permit. For some months past
a charge against me has been circulat-
ing in private and WAS recently made
Notwithstanding to show that l had
iirsome indirect manner received the
large sum of s64 900 from the Union
Pacific Railroad Company in 1S7l-tor
what services or for what purpose has
never been stated. The alleged proof
Of this serious accusation was based, ac-
cording to the original story,
upon the authority of r.
H. Rolling, treasurer of the Union
Pacific Company, who it was averred
had full knowledge that Igot the mon-
ey, and also upon the authority of
Morton, Bliss & Co., bankers of New
York, through whom tho draft for
s64, 900 was said to have been negotiated
for my benefit as they cOntidentially
knew. Hearing the charge some weeks
in advance of its Publication, procur-
ed the following statements from the
two principal witnesses who were
quoted as having such definite knowl-
edge against me:
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-06-15
THE SUBSIDIZED PRESS OF THE
UNITED STATES.

One of the worst features Of our pres
ent sad political situation is the manner
in which the leading newspapers have
been subsidized. A Democratic friend
in this city tells US that he was present in
the office Of an Iowa editor the other day
when he received an elaborate puff of
Iilden, accompanied by draft Tor $25.
The editor showed it to him and laughed
and said, eof course he would publish
it,"
We clip the following report OF con-
versation with Hon. Peter Cooper from q
late issue OF the New York Irish World:
1--WE look too much at men," observed the
philanthropist, ''and forget the necessity Of
looking at principles. The Constitution shows
us what to do Nowadays people. know very
little about the Constitution, and care less.
Reserring to the foreign press OF New York, he
said: II sat next to Jonas, Of the Times; at the
Chamber OF Commerce dinner the other day ,
and went all over this question with him. He
assented as went along, and then said: "You
are correct, Mr.. !. ooPER; this is all As you say;
but we cannot say so in the Times. The fact Is,
the papers are subsidized without knowing it
absolutely overshadOwed by the power and
wealth Of our great corporations" What Mr.
COOPER says OF the Times may with equal truth
b- said OF almost every daily journal in this
city They are directly under foreign control,
or else under tn. influence Of those who are la
boring for foreign interests. The sooner the
people come to understand this, the better fol
the people. They have been led on blindly too
long by q hirellng foreign press, sailing under
tAlse coOrs.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-06-15

sumption of specie payments at time when
resumption will be practically impossible, and
that true financial policy would induce Con-
gress to set apart portion of the specie de-
rived from import duties for the gradual re
demption Of greenbacks.
s. The separation of the money or the gov
ernment from all banking institutions The
national government only should exercise the
high prerogative Of issuing paper money, and
that should be subject to prompt redemption
on demand, in gold and silver. the only
equal standards Of value recognized by the
civilized world.
How handsomely this 'ontrasts with
the disn-watery utterances OF the Repuo-
licans aud Democrats on the same
subject. 1t is in the main, incontrovert-
ible truth, handsomely expressed. We
do not quite agree with the closing words
OF the last resolution. We do not be-
lieve that this debtor nation can per-
manently retain within its own borders
enough gold and silver to redeem the
greenbacks required by the business OF
the country, but it they were fundable
in bond worth par in gold it would
answer the same purpose.
We congratulate the Temperance-Re
formers on the boldness and good sense
they have manifested in this matter.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-06-15
CASE OF VIOLENCE.

Our old friend, Judge smith, OF Litch-
field, offered series Of resolutions.
semi humorous in their character, at the
democratic county convention OF Meeker
county (and which was incontinently laid
ON tho table,) embracing the following
proposition:-
Resolved, That the State Convention to bs
held in Saint Paul on the first OF June next,
be requested to invite the Hon. lgnatius Dom
nelly TO make homestead at the Reform
School, and that he cease all further fruit
less efforts to violate the chastity Of the good
old Democratic. Republican party OF tn" state.
"Violate the chastity of the good old
Democratic partym Why We should rs
soon think OF violating the Judges chas-
tity. He is u much more tempting NOR
sci.
The Judge in his youth played with
the megatherium and gambolled with
the iethyosawrus and in middle age he
read the resolutions OF '9S from the
poop of the ark. W hen Ham aud Shem
were fishing tor gudgeons with spoon
hook. He struck out for Meeker county
rs soon as the flood subsidized and has
been running for Office in that vicinity
ever since.
Aud yet in spite OF all this he is very
worthy old gentleman and universally
respected.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-06-15
proving the condition OF the people? Are
not human beings Of more account than
gold aid silver?
WHATDOES IT MEAN?
The Faribault Republican says:

Inc FHTlDdult hcpuUAACnu says.
DEMOCRACY AS ARrFUL DODGERS
Democrat from this city, in telegraphing to the
Pioneer Press the proceedings Of the Rice
county Democratic County Convention, adds,
s.the delegation is strong one, and unit for
hard money and for Samuel Tilden for Pres
ident." This will be news to the greenback
element in this section, to whom the Democrat
ic managers have been whispering. tam lnot
tondly thine own?" 1t is notorious that two OF
the delegates, Hon. j. NJ. Archibald aud Shcr-
iff Barton, are members OF the Greenback club
and all the members of the delegation are un-
dnerstood to be opposed to the resumption act.
There is good authority ior the statement that
resolutions that would have brought the con-
vention to the test ii placing itself fairly on
record upo. the hard money issue would have
been offered by the secretary, OF the Greenback
Club, who was one of the delegates, but as the
result uf earnest assurances that the delegation
was all right, they were suppressed. After the
delegates were chosen, the ludicrous haste
with which motion to adjourn was made and
carried showed the mortal fear that possessed
the convention, lest the greenback spectre
should again come to the 'front.'
1t appears by the report OF the pro
ceedings printed last week that Rice
county cast her ten votes solidly tor Til-
den, the embodiment and advocate Of
hard money and specie resumption.
Ifthese gentlemen think that they Can
serve God and Mammon after thai
fashion they will find themselves mis-
taken.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-06-15
THE TRUE DOCTRINE.

Icount.every attempt to rake up the old
nation nation and our great Anglo-Saxon family, and
am ashamed Of the men Of my own state, who
could say the things that has just been said in
our own State Capitol. that they might add
woemwood to gall We are one family North
and South We can only work out that des-
tiny through peace and good will. ROBERT
CoiLYsR, At raK DECORATION OF THE soLDIkRs
0RAv ss IN CHICAGO.
So speaks the great preacher OF the
West, himself Republican. And vet
the Republicans are proud OF Blaine, be-
cause in this Centennial year he sprang
into the congressional arena. and before
the whole world, tore open the hall
healed wounds of the civil war, and
dragged the mouldering dead from their
shallow graves and Haunted their bones
in the face of the civilized world. And
they are proud of this latest specimen OF
American statemanship and compare
him to Webster.
God help the Republic.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-06-15
ANOTHER CONVERSION.

The Pioneer Press Tribune, If the
truth must br spoken. dues not love us !;
aud vel it should. We have been for
years its exemplar, it, model, and its
tutor. We converted it from it, heret-
ical views in reference to tree-Dlanting !;
we led it up BY slow steps from the Ser
bonian bog Of Protection on to the high,
dry. prairie lind Of Free Trade; and
now,-ssrang-ss Of ALIVE have con-
verted it from the abominable, damna-
BILE, and destructive doctrine Of "Imme-
diatc Resumption. into an advocate Of
the repeal OF the law Of Jannary. 1874
To be sure the p. P. T does not come
forward, like ths prodigal son in the par
able. and cry out 70 %. with tears IN its
eyes. ..FashoE, hgve sinnedbefore heav-
en- and against dee, and am no more
worthy 70 b called thy son." II + had,
we should have received Il with opeE
arms and killed the intted calf for il -
and If We bad hadno verieahle calf 70 Ill
! We should have killed Bill Tod, - beinl
! fat enough and calf enough Tor all pg1o
dcal purposes. Hut instead d tt r.
Pr. 4. rs.nes home n = golden cEl
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-06-15
THE FRUITS OF CONTRACTION.

The FRUITS Of CON lhdCllON.
There are terrible times coming.
The Hoosier Patron Of indianapolis,
says:
The Hon. VIM. d. Kelly, Of Pennsylvania,
was laughed at and de enounced as demAgogue
when in his speech ut Ironton, Ohio, during
the campaign last fall, he warned the capt. lists
Of the country that unless the wheels Of indus
try were set in motion, "labor would in less
than year take capital by the throat" The
year has not rolled around yet, but on Wednes-
day night last mass meeting OF unemployed
men, MANY OF WHOSE PAMrLlEs wHRK STARVING,
was held at indianapolis AMI passed resolutions
plainly threatening to do this very thing; and
unless the threats are needed, We tear they will
turn out not to be idle ones. l. it wise to shut
our eyes to the fact that state Of affairs now
exist that unless speedily remedied will lead to
sCrarian outraSes and political anarchyi These
unemployed people will not so en- mass. to
the poor house: they viii not see their families
famisned and then turned into the streets. The
cry OF communism has no ssrrors for them; but
the hare possibility Of its advocates carrying its
principles into practice, ought to have terror
country.
Men will cry communism; but he is
the true communist who by cruel and
unjust attempts to increase the purchas-
ing power OF money drives thousands OF
starving workmen.-men willing 70
work ii they can get work,-to desrer.
alton. On his head be- the consequca>
ces.
Is it not time TO stop discussing Ny.
and means Of in,.reasin. the value al
Ooley and give sosuc attention 10 i'm
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-06-15
THE WHITE WILLOW.

An Iowa paper publishes the follow
ing blast against the White Willow, II
tavorite tree for tree planting in Iowa.
WHITE W1LLow.-It is strange that, after
the repeated failure of the willow for fencing,
farmers should still be willil z and anxious to
try the experiment. 1t has been my lot to
travel through some Of the counties where will
low has been on trial for mauy years, and that
quite extensively, and have the first complete
willow fence yet to see. l have talked with
scores Of farmers who have their farms SIT (not
fenced) with it, who would give almost any
price ii the willow was away. They have but
one apology for it, that it makes good wind
break But farmers must learn that wind
break and fence are two different things. The
objections are: First, That it does not make
good fence. Alta certain stage, If properly
treated, say at three or four years old. it seems
70 look like fence; but soon the trees enlarge,
many of them dieand your fence is ruined.
Second, 1t damages farm more than it would
board fence and cedar posts. Farmers tell me
that for two rods, and often more, on each side
of their willow hedges the land is worthless
Third, The size and vigorous growth Of the
willow trees forbid their being raised SO close
together as is necessary to make fence, or
being dwarfed. and kept down like some 9TH
er kinds of hedging.
EOHytn, III the last lew years, Sulall para
site in innumerrble hosts, has attacked it and
killed much of it. The subject of fencing is
one which Affects the interests Of the farmers
more than any other, and should be consider.
ed with care and attention. Good fences make
good neighbors; good neighbors make gooc
communities Bad fences. next to intemper
ence, are one of the most fruitful sources o
trouble and crime II is subject which vi
should consiuer. both finacislly and morally
and it might well claim the attention of tn
Polk County Farmers Club, and every othe
clubs and grange in the state. +. f. BLYLER.
Mitchelrille, March 4, 1876.
We will have to call on brother Hod
ges tor his experience. Another write
says you cannot raise an orchard insid
an enclosure of white willow that moth
iny will grow within twenty feet of them
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-06-15
THE FINANCIAL SITUATION.

We do no. regard Gen. Butler as be-
longing to the higher type OF the genus
homo, but he sees good deal with those
strabismic eyes and he is bold in speak
Ing out his conclusions For 80 much we
honor him.
The other day NV York Herald re-
porter interviewed MN and, among 9TH
her things, Ben said
The fact is tn. people ara in trouble and We
arr not vet at the BORON point We arr not
spending any more, consider, after careful
thought, that an rae -achu-nt for man
woman and child i, 500. A.i .siias t,tf-nchnent
by 4O,OVV,OO0 Il ireepst t-a.s -. 'si.u u,.tJ
out OF the ger. =. p.ck.t .saa. axes and
You make prints Ny uitl- stop aid my hands
can't buy your ciosh.> Tfei. Your mill up,
throughout the whole country. W-'re ali
mortgaged up to our eyes. IL the property III
New York city from the Fifth Avenue hotel up
to Central Park was sold to-day it wouldn't be
able TO discharge its mortgage. Its the same
way in Boston. Its the same way everywhere.
Three years ago q client Of mine buiit two
stores; one cost CSC, 900, the otl.er lOO, 900
erty in the town was, BY the death ofiw. old
maids, thrown suddenly on the market Nv
client purchased it and borrowed S9u,Uc uil
his stores ior that purpose. keDt> s~2. -, til j
he WAS able to get only 3i2 90 Oh IL. IN
teres, and taxes made big hole In his r..es IL.
Presently he couldn't pay the ins-r.-;, and b.
came to me to know If there was any aw hy
which he could compel the savings bank thai
made the loan TO take the whole Of the estatt
| on which the loan was made and discharge him
| from debt. told him knew Of none. Well
he struggled along for six months longer, and
then said the hank people we're pressing hin
for the interest, and he feared he would have 4
sell ail he had to get out of the scrape II va
. hard case, aud told him a. last resort /.
say to the hank for NE that they must sive hin
time, and. ifnot, to sell the property, and
would 60 before the people with tie provahi
statement that they had been leaning the ,--o
pies savings on insufficient security. The
haven't cold MIN out yet.
We learn that eastern saving com
panies now refuse tu l,.,.. money ON cit
real estate.
/ Think q: policy wnica mas rendere
houses. lots, stores. ETC.. practicasi
valuelese,
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-06-15
WHAT THE EASTIS COMING TO.

The Union, OF New Haven, Conn,
(lndependncD said the other day
We hazard nothing in saying that in the
States Of Massachusetts,, Rhode Island and Con-
necticut there are, at the lowest calculation,
twenty thousand children between the ages OF
five and fourteen who work in factories all the
year round and never get glimpse Of q school
book. The parents Of these children ARE either
indifferent or so poor that the small stipend
earned by the little ones is necessity for their
support. The children grow up in Ignorance,
ings, and the community suffers in conse-
quenee. So long public opinion tolerates
such state Of affairs and manufacturers find It
profitable to employ children, the present evil
will continue.
In New England the laboring classes ARE
GROWING MORA sUBsERvIRNr ZACH YyAR, which
is q sure sign OF spreading ignorance. In very
many misunderstanding towns the mill owners
claim to not oply own the LABOR, but the vorss
Of their male operatives, and tits . common
thing for men to BE- driven to the polls like 20
many sheep, to ob~y lhe commands Of the
driver.
ln the west there is nothing Of this kind.
There is no snch ablect dependence. The pub
lie spirit is more iiberaA more tolerant
people arr untrammeled and free. This is sign
Of intelligence and bears out the claims Of ocr
Western contemporary.
This is strong testimony. coming from
Connecticut paper. published in the
midst Of the things OF which it speaks.
Has not the Republic already ceased
to exist in regions where capital con-
trols the ballot box and "men are driven
to the polls like 50 many sheep?- Add
this horde Of slaves to the purchasahls
voters Of the cities and towns and one
has indeed cause TO tear. that we are cele
brating the first and the last centennia
/ OF Republican institutions in this nation
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-06-15
Amti- -9};onopolist.
lcNATlUS DONNELLY. Editor
FOR PRESIDENT,
Peter Cooper,
OF NEW YORK.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT.
Ne~ton S.Booth.
OF CALIFORNIA.
HOT WEATHER.

A correspondent OF the Inter-Ocean
writing from Philadelphia under date OF
June Sd says
To-day for the first time since the opening,
we have had what might be termed a hot day.
The mercury assembled to 95 in theshade, but IN
the glare of the sunlight, on the asphalt pave
ments or beneath the reflected warmth from the
sides of the buildings, thu scale marked 40.
This gave US foretaste Of what is to come dur
ing the warm days Of midsummer, and the
prospect is not refreshing. Inside the build
fngs the atmosphere was stagnant, outside the
breezes were changed with holiness, aud there
was no comfort anywhere.
Read this, Minnesotians, and thank
God for YOUR cool and bracing climate.
Who would not rather endure a little
more cold in winter if he can escape
such toried heats in summer? You can
fence out the cold; you cannot fence Out
the heat; while the cold is invigoratlnS
and the heat debilitating.