The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-09-21
HOW THE GREAT RETOLU1ION
SPREADS.

The Chicago Times. hard>mOney Ills
den organ, is sorely troubled. 1t says
A letter from Clinton, in this state Ullinoisl
represent, tnat the political fight in D. VIII
county Is between the republicans and th-
greenbackers, ith The odds decidedly i'll favor
vi the latter, while the Tlldenites the only
hard money mei-aIe badly discouraged
The writer sa, that "tle great majority of the
democrats and many republicans have tor
saken their Old party idols, and take up the
Il, ,ctri,i-s Of the new financial dispensatlon.
He further says that lie "would not be SUR
prsed to see old Peter Cooper st as many
votes i'll De Wit as Hayes and IIlden CON-
biued." Why Is it that so many moe dtmu-
Gratis than republicans have taken up these
doctrines! Is it because Of th- natural prone
II IS Ol democrats lnstnctively to advocate ever,
measure that involves repudlatlon and nation-
| al disilonor? Probably not. More nkeiy It Is
| b Gauss the party s,cLelns Ill the ,st have
been srduiousy incultatlng these doctrines
for the past nine or ten years. PendictOn,
Bill Alien, Tom Ewing, Dan VOORHEES,, Tom
Hendricks, ana many others Of those who sit
| in tue Sanlledriln OF western democracy, tor
getting the hard money traditions OF thrlr
| party, have been clamoiing for green acks
ever sln.e Pendetonism was invented.
And now they are reApiny their reward. In-
deed, they have been reaping 1t ever since.
PenuletOnislM was overwhelmed in 1868. In
candidate for president, and now, though thry
flourish their trulAcheOnS never so furlOusly
s,ley cannot keep their troops from drs~rtins
from Tilden to Cooper. They have been teach.
.ng their sodiery that the war was one fu
mo,e greenbacks, and that the greenbacki
were about the only thing ~orth f -htiny for
And now the sOldiery pro- pose to ii 1ht for mol
greenbacks. no matter what their commander
may do. 1t is embarrassing. Tie western
party chieflains find that, III attemptilg < /
rule tlieir party OH the gre-nback issue, the,
have only succeeded in dividing and weaken
ing 1t The discovery can hardly b- graft, in
to them, but they deserve no pity They hav
, destroyed themselves. Ii they Ii ID not taLgIl
what they knew to be false d,,ctr,ne, The
would have been happier II in conscious
misleading the people they have conpAs-e,
their own destruction all reasonable men Wi
say that they have met with their just desrr,
While the Times thus grieves over tn
deser,ion OF Democrats from Tiiden t
Copper, Gen. Fitzpatrick writes from In
dlana that the Republicans are leavln
H.yes, in great numbers, and 20
ing ever 10 Cooper.
The failure OF the Democrats to de
crease the republican maj ,rity in We,
r mou. will lead the Democrats to thin
that Tiiden's defeat i, already ioregun
| conclusion, and they will enler the II
dependent party in great masses.
In Mlnne.o the new p,rty Is grow
: ing at i wonderful rate. We made
/. speech on the 2i inst, 1T Mortified
4 We find Ri q county already converted
= the greeniiick doctrine. hanks To III
: I,.oors OF Joseph Goar, Frank 4. DAsi
;. &. l.. Smith. AIR. LINDSAY aud other
II On the oth lust. we spoke 10 very lar.
q II Ii. ic $ ~ Ltt:li: III 1t : p. III
and ut Swede Grave ~ s p. m. II
>. eenbackers have undoubtedly q m;
:, l,rilv at The whole vote OF M~ek-r cou
, ". n G. Martin. DR.. Y. +. Kennel
e Norris T. Ia, ior, Il v. McDonald al
, others hav. been making speeches
over tine country until they have co
: vert-d ai,un=t the entire penp.e. Y
} are glad u learn that '.the hrr-sy,"
III. Il .pu ,!ic.ns call IL. hts spread in
ie Mcleod. r nviile, Wright aud Kan,
70 yohl .unii-s. Inc old pa ties are d.ea
uily afraid ui il; and each is anxious
\ know which it vii hurt most. Ii loo
T. uuw IS ii it would swallow 10th.
II Let the good work proceed.