The anti-monopolist., 1876-06-22
DESERVING THEIR OWN BASTARD

The Democrats OF Minnesota were
afraid to denland the repeal OF the re-
sumption act, and would not even insert
the word financial" before certain leg
lslation 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 sOlemnly 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
filled by continuous and steady progress to
specie payments.
And thereupon occurred the follows
ing -
The Chair-The question now recurs on the
the minority Of the committee, the Hon. Edwin
Jones, OF Texas, offers substitute.
Gov. Davis then read the following:
To the President Of the Republican National
Convention:
Tie undersigned, one Of the committee on
resolutions, diasents from the majority in re-
gard 10 the fourth resolution bearing on
the question OF tll. resumption OF specie pay
m.nts. He considers said resolution improper
in this, among other respects, that il is unc.r-
tain and vague IN its purposes, leaving the
time Tor resumption unsettled and being there
| by calculated to rather disturb th- pubic con-
hience. The undersigned, Therefore, submits
! the following and recommends that il be taken
a. substtut. for said resolution.
Resoired. That II il the duty Of Congress 70
. provide measures for carrying out the provis-
, IONS oi what Is termed the resumption act ii
Congress, t. the end tha. the resumption ct
specie payments at the time fixed by said act
cannot r. further delayed.
do not propose to make a -p.--ch, but a. a
test NOV. that the resolution b- substituted
!. id place of the I urth r.7-olution-th. financial
resolution reported hy the majority Of the com
Tnitte.e. In that resolution the gentlemen refei
toa declaration made BY the Republican Con-
yrcs- some eight v.s.rs ago, that would II
on without any Unnecessary delay to redeem
1 our promise by rasi-srning specie payments
{ W. have gon. year alter year Lougrrs, afte
Congress, convention after convention, anG
have REPEATED those promises, till finally in ths
early part Of last year, our Republican friends
in Congress. having thsr. majority II th-
votes, finally n.rved themselves up - the pas
!, sage ~ resolution or an act providing for n.
7 suInption-not to-day, Or to-Inorrow, as the,
!, should have done, a. think, but thrs- year
Y hence, in January, 1879, think, gentlemen
! that when you scrutnlz- the resolution ad-
q opted by the committee and reported here th
Z morning, ron will find that it Ii nothing NOR
: than a step backwards, and return TO prom
i ises again. For one hope the majority of tn
3 convention will sustain | am opposed Il
b taking any steps backward.
!, After further discussion, the repor
/, SAYS:
< The question was then taken On the adop
/ ton Of the Substitute, and IT was rejected by
= decided majority
i Think Of that Democrats Of Mime 80
: IA. The Republican party Of the natior
y refuse "by decided majority to declar,
in iavor of carrying out the resumption
; act. their own act; and yet you wer,
i afraid to declare in favor OF its repeal.
d Take from your state seal. Minneso
= tians, the boastful motto: ..The Star O
.r the North, for you point TO nothing an.
= lead nothing; and substitute in place o
= it dogs tail. shaved clean, with tn
n modest inscription: Il wag as the do
e pleases.
+ Democrats and Republicans have bot
Z labored to make Minnesota the humble.
b end Of the tail Of the Union "a poor, lii
l. tie, Insignificant state, regarded by fe,
is and respected By none. Il vas not OF /.
much importance in the late Republics
Df national convention = New Mexico Q
% Arizona.