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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-11-02
GOOD

A COOP NOMINATION. Hon. II. w. Hill, OF
st. Charles, has been nominated Tor state sen
ator bv the democracy Of the Seventh district
fWinona west Mr.. Hill i5a gentleman OF
fine ability, vino for the last two sessions rved
his constituents faithfully and well As senator,
and we hope he will be reelected ~Chatheld
Democrat.
A good nomination! Senator Hill
made n fine record in the Senate for abll>
ity and fidelity, and we hope he will be
elected His sympathics. moreover, are
on the Grcenback side of the financial
issue
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-11-02
pECTTLI4R SILENCE.

What silence the subsidized press Of
the country maintains in reference TO
the independent party. They dare
not attack its principles, for fear that 1t
will advertise the organization ana
open the eyes of the blind to facts that
the old parties are tools in the hands OF
Wall street. The silence OF purchased
press will not stop the popular wave
now sweeping over the land in favor OF
Cooper and Cary Truth is mighty
and must prevail.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-11-02
READ. READ. READ!
Startling Disclosure of the Rea1
Purpose Of the Conspirators.
The Democratic Party Of the I'd District
Handed ouer to The Control of
the Money PoUer.
READ! READ! READ.

We could not at first, understand why
it was that the Democracy Of the I'd
District refused, bluntly and discour>
teously, all the offers OF the Independ>
ents to unite in favor OF some candidate
equally Satisfactory to both.
The Democracy knew that they were
and arc in the minority in the District.
-Four years ago. when the presidential
election called out the full vote, Strait
had 4.0A majority. why then did 4
minority party, constantly defeated fol
tssentg years, refuse alliance with : now.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-11-02

clared that no man could hold Office un>
less he had been 'born, bred lived and
died Democrat" the use of the "Re-
publican 10 their title is swindle. Or
perhaps it means that they are Demo-
Gratis when they make nominations and
Republicans when they want votes.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-11-02
SMALL BUSINEST.

Our opponent in Hastings, expecting
that we would speak there the Monday
night before election, engaged both the
court house and Teutonia Hall, tor that
NIGHT. so that we should not have hear
ing.
This is "small>potato" business and
will react on its author.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-11-02
VOTE FOR JOEL BASSETI.

We hope the Independents of Henne-
pin county will all vote tor Hon. Joel b.
Bassett. He is very able man and a
sound Greenbacker. He was one OF the
first in the State to protest against the
ruinous influences of the contraction
policy.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-11-02
Ant!-5Monupolist.
IclATtJ5 OOlN-LY Editor.
NOTICE..

Election tickets for Cooper and Cary
can be obtained at the of1ice OF LIE ANIL
MONOPOLIST.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-07-29

A well-known conductor on the Chi
cago, Rock Island and Pacific railroad
went to the depot one morning recent
ly to take his train, as usual, and an
officer of the road and an officer of the
law arrested him. On his shirt front
was 1000 diamond pin, and in his
pocket was valuable gold watch and
chain. In his trunk the officers found
$50, 900 in government bonds. An east
ern bank was telegraphed to, and the
response was that bail could be furnish
ed in 500, 900, if necessary, as that was
the amount deposited to the conductors
credit there. This settled, it was next
the conductors turn. A lawyer was
called, and he politely informed the
officers that the diamond pin they had
illegally taken had been worn by the
conductor twenty years; the watch was
carried by him years before he went in
to the employ Of the company; that the
United States government bonds they
had taken were the property of his
wife, as the proceeds of her share in an
estate as heir, and so was the money in
the bank, and that the best thing the
company could do would be to return
what they had stolen and with it S4O,-
600, and no further questions would be
asked The company accepted the at
torney's terms.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-07-29
LOUISIANA TILDENiSM.
Wholesale Murders Committed by Demo
cratic Confederates in Louisana-H0w
the Republican Vote in the South is to
be Cut Down.

So complete is the reign of terror ere
ated by the bull:dogging regulators of
East Feliciana and East Baton Rouge
that half of the inhuman brutalit les
practiced on innocent colored men will
never be told. There is a spirit of law
lessness abroad, encouraged by Demo-
cratic politicians of the worst sort for
selfish ends, devilishness SO terrible
that it cannot be put down by well-dis-
posed citizens and worse is to come
The hanging of five colored men at
Mount Pleasant, near Port Hudson, a
week since, is but sample. Except
for self-defense, there can be no excuse
for murder. The white regulators do
murder with the greatest relish, and
der has been committed. They killed
John Gair, and they hanged his sister
while in the custody of the Sheriff, be-
cause these two persons were suspected
of poisoning white citizen. The white
citizen is alive and well enough to-day,
but it is not well enough with the dead
victims of the madmen, and it is not
well enough with the bull-dogging COM
munity, whose stained and bloody hands
will never be clean, and which hands
are yet ready to do further deeds of
violence. 1t is time for Democrats even
to pause and try to think how all these
disturbances will end. The colored
planters of Mount Pleasant are among
the most industrious men and valuable
citizens of the State. They have excel
lent crops growing; they make business
and enrich the country in which they
live. Their votes, unfortunately, make
a Republican ward, and the white bull
dogging, shot gun riders from afar are
ordered to disturb, to kill, to make in hell
a peaceful neighborhood,a and the citizens
are powerless to oprotect their neighbors,
being themselves intinidated to such an
extent that they dart not give the names
of the Democratic committee having
charge of the killing.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-07-29
CHEYENNE. WYOMING. SATURDAY MORNING JULY 2e 1876

comrades take upon themselves the
pleasant duty of cutting off his head
When, at the attack of Clobuck small
detachment of Russian troops was obli-
ged to retreat, an officer of stout make
and no longer young, fell ON the ground
from exhaustion. A Montenegrin per-
ceiying it ran Immediately to him, and,
having drawn his yatagan, said, "You
are very brave and must wish that /
should cut off your head. Say a prayer
and make sign of the cross" The
officer was Mortified at the proposition,
made an effort to rise and rejoin his
comrades with the assistance of the
friendly Montenegrin. They consider all
those taken by the enemy as killed.
They carry out of the battle their
wounded comrades on their shoulders.
Arms, a small loaf of bread, cheese,
some garlic, little brandy, an old gar
ment and two pair of sandals made of
raw hide, form all the equipage of the
Monteneg rims. 1t is impossible to re-
tain them in the reserve, and it seems
that they cannot calmly bear the view
of the enemy. The tactics of the Mon
tenegrins are confined to being skill
ed marksmen- A stone, a hole, a tree
ofter them a cover from the enemy.
Firing usually in PROSTATE position on
the ground, they are not easily hit, while
their rapid and sure shots carry destruc-
tion into close ranks of a regular army.
They have besides a well practiced eye
for judging of distance, and thoroughly
understand how to take advantage of
the ground. OF course it will always
be difficult to employ such warriors
against regular toops.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-07-29
A horrible story comes from ]

A horrible story comes from Pitts
burg, Pa. A young lady school teacher
who had occasion to go to her school
house at an early hour in the morning
to write copies for her pupils, was, while
writing, caught by three men, who in
turn outraged her, cut her tongue out
to prevent telling, and left her lying on
the floor. She dragged herself to the
blackboard to write the affair upon it,
and was found dead by the pupils. By
the means of the information on the
blackboard, Immediately most vigorous
pursuit was instituted and all three of
the miscreants were captured before they
reached their homes, though less than
three miles from the scene of the out
rage.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-07-29

Says the Commonwealth, of Fond du
Lac, Wis:
A tall man, stranger in the city,
entered the American House the other
day, with a grip-sack in one hand and a
staff in the other, and coming to halt
in the middle of the office, said to the
landlord: SIS liquor sold in connection
with this house?'' Eyes sir,n was the
reply, ''right down in the basement
there you'll find sample room.' 'sSir,"
exclaimed the tall man, in severe tone,
81 am not looking for saloon; 1 am
seeking public house where liquor is
not soldl'' ssOh!u said the landlord i,
leaning rehectively on the counter:
james, show the gentleman to the sta
tion house on First street,
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-07-29

Farmer boys have their little jokes as
well as other people, and the Faribault
(Minn.) Republican relates one of their
kind by telling how "a prominent rail-
road man up there tried to show the
honest hands and some spectators that
he knew a thing or two about farming
as well as railroading. So he bound a
sheaf of wheat, but the band was a
failure and didn't work worth a cent,
and after being laughed at for his awk-
wardness till he wished he had not at
tempted the difficult feat, he moved un-
der the shade of tree, and excused
himself by saying that he did not con-
slider the grain fit, and that he was used
to working in rye little ripper.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-07-29
Ayenging Custer's Death-0ffer Of an Ex-
Confederate Regiment.

Representative Thos. L. Jones Of
Kentucky has received the following
letter, dated Louisville, July 8:
DEAR SIR: As this is the centen-
NAL year of American independence I
desire to let the world see that we who
were once soldiers of the lost cause are
not deficient in patriotism. Will you be
kind enough to intimate to the Presi-
dent that offer him the services of a
full regiment, composed exclusively of
ex-confederates, to avenge Custer's
death? 1 have crossed swords frequent
ly with his command in the past. You
know me and know my ancestry, and
this is the reason apply to you for this
favor.
Believe me truly yours to command
(Signed,) WILLIAM II. ROWAN"
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-07-29

1t is the Pennington (Minn.) Press
that says: ''It is certainly serious
misfortune for a farmer to lose his
crops, but we notice that those who are
the worst off in this respect make the
less fuss about it. Those who are the
best off generally Iwhine the most. A
good heart and a steady arm are match
for all the mischances of fortune.''
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-07-29
Montenegrin Modes Of Warfare.

Now that the Montenegrins are in the
heat Of warlike operations, it is interest,"
ing to know their method Of making
war, which is very primitive. A Mon
tenegrin never sues for mercy, and when
one Is so severely wounded that he can
not be saved from the enemy, his own
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-07-29

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Rates of Advertising,

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The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-07-29

A Dubuque Times reporter talks of
the ''Angle of Mercy
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-08-08

The BLAINE AMENDMENr-We ara clad
that Congress seems disposed. to pcss the
Blaine amendment to the constitution. This
measure is so called because it is in sub.
stance what Mr. Blaine proposed in letter
to an Ohio friend as the true way of settling
the Church and school question Blaine's
idea in proposing the amendment was to
throw a firebrand into the Ohio canvass md
win votes for the Presidency from the Prot
estants. His idea was that the democrats
would heedlessly rush their heads against it,
like n bull charging locomotive because it
came from republican. The HERALD adj
vsed the democrats TO take Blaine at his word
and pass his amendment, and in so doing
accomplish two results. The first would be
to disarm an adroit partisan of dangerous
weapon; the other would be to remove the
question of religion forever from our poll
tics. The House has passed the amend
ment, and we trust to see it pass the Senate.
There will be no trouble in its receiving the
Endorsement of the requisite number of
States. The passage Of the Blaine amend
ment will be an important triumph for civil
and religious freedom.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-08-08

and have military divisions, with captains
and colonies, and so on. At the head of the
movement is our venerable and illustrious
fellow citizen, General Dix. We can well
believe, however, that General Dix does
nothing more than give his name to such
movement. He has too much to do down in
his summer house on the Hampton beaches,
shooting snipe and preparing to shoot ducks
when the season comes, to take a foolish
errand to indianapolis, with torch, as
Boy in Blue. We wish that the Governor
would throw his great influence against this
or any similar organization for political
ends. 1t prostitutes the sacred name of SOL
dier. 1t drags the army down to the level of
partisan politics. 1t is an imposture. There
are thousands of Boys in Blue who will vote
for Uncle Sammy Tilden, and any republican
convention that proposes to represent them
is necessarily fraud.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-08-08

WHAT SHERIDAN WANTED.-We now learn
that General Sheridan applied to the govern
ment last year to be put in charge of the
Standing Rock, Red Cloud and Spotted Tail
agencies. This request was not granted be-
cause, as we suppose, Belknap and his cro-
MES were having too good thing out Of trad
ing stores to allow an honest soldier to in.
terfere. If Sheridan's request had been
granted there would have been no sending
out of guns and ammunition to Sitting Bull.
Nor would they be used as they are now-as
hospitals for the wounded and as bases OF
supplies for the Sioux chief. Sheridan knew
perfectly we'll that in the event of trouble
with the Sioux these agencies would be used
against the government. Events have justi-
fed his fears. We now know that the arms
which have killed our brave soldiers were
sold to the Sioux by American agencies. We
now know that Belknap, Dclano and the In
dian Ring scoundrels have been making
money by organizing an Indian war. The
time hos come to turn out the whole crowd
and give absolute control of the Indians to
Sherman and Sheridan.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-08-08

TYRANNY IN A SMALL WAY. We are q law
abiding Christian people, and the spirit of
our laws is in favor of due respect for the
Christian Sabbath. AS general thing the
Sabbath is observed in New York. Even if
it is not day Ct worship it is a day of rest.
Experience shows the value of the Sabbath
from this secular point of view. At the same
time the Sabbath can only be held sacred by
public opinion. The attempt to enforce it
by statute is tyrannical. More than all, it
will never succeed. No law can make peo-
pie Christians, and when the Sabbath de-
ponds upon law for it's protection it rests
upon slender foundation. The raid upon
Gilmore's Garden is case in point. Here
we have the police arresting thirty people for
selling beer, and yet there were n hundred
places all over New York where beer was
sold without molestation. To apply one
law to Gilmore and another law to tho corner
grocery ia tyranny. So long as there is no
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-08-08

Northern man run for Office in the South ?"
and the question is thought to demonstrate
Southern intolerance" But suppose
Massachusetts, had q majority of citizens,
but lately slaves, ignorant, without prop
erty, with little moral sense and less value
for that which we call character and reputa-
ton. Suppose Louisianian should there
upon remove to Massachusetts, and at once
control this ignorant and debased majority
for his own political ambition; suppose he
should do this by appealing now to their
fears of reinstatement, now to their cupid
ity; should unscrupulously arouse their
unworthiest ambitions; teach them that lack
of character and capacity need not keep
them from taking the most important offices !;
should divide the plumber of the State with
them and when he had attracted to himself
md to them also the suspicion, fear and
hatred of tho old citizens should then APP
peal to the omnipotent and dreaded federal
power for support and get it, what would be
the condition Of public opinion in Massa-
chusetts? Would not society be shaken to
the core? Would not respectable and other
wise virtuous citizens be embittered to the
point where they would shut their eyes to
violence?
We do not excuse violence. Nothing ex-
cuses murder or lawlessness. But these
crimes which happen in the South, and of
which, just now, the President and the repub-
lican organs and politicians give such hor-
rifying accounts, are not without cause.
They are the results of a long course of abuse
begun and continued by INSCRIPTIONS and
selfish Northern adventures, who have,
with the help of the federal governments
preyed upon Southern society, and who have
not even had the courage and energy to pun
ish these crimes of which their conduct has
been the main cause. Let non-interference
have n trial. Let us see what will happen if
these adventurers can no longer call upon
the federal power to maintain them. That
is the only cure.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-08-08
Reno and Custer.

| The details of General Clusters last battle
have been repeated in SO many forms, and
have come from so many sources, that it is
only natural they should give pain to the
officers of the Seventh cavalry who were
| with Reno while the gallant Custer was
meeting his fate on the other side of the
Rosebud So little is really known Of Gus
ters purposes in his death struggle with the
savages that the endeavor to do him justice
is only too apt to lead to injustice to the sur
viving officers of the regiment, and among
these Major Reno has, perhaps, the most
reason to complain. The charge which has
often been made against Reno is that of fail
ing to join Custer in his battle with Sitting
Bull, so as to prevent the Wholesale saugh-
ter which took place. This charge was pub
lshed by General Rosser, who added to it
the belief that Custer had arranged place
of junction with Reno before the battle A
warm response from Reno is the conse-
quence. We print his answer to Rosser this
morning, together with narrative of the
encounter of his command with the Indians
and his relations with Custer and knowledge
of Clusters movements at the time of the bat
tie. Colonel Benteen also favors the HERALD
with an interview, in which he tells part Of
the same history and sustains and corrob-
crates Reno. The Importance of these state
ments cannot be overestimated, and we are
almost glad that Reno was goaded into max
ing them, else we might have missed valu-
able part of this history No official report
could have been sufficiently complete to tell
the story, while the attitude in which Reno
was placed by these accusations has drawn
from him the very things the public wanted
to know. 1t is now clear that Reno had no
knowledge of Clusters movements on the
day of the fatal battle and that he was guilty
of no fault in failing to succor his gallant
companion in arms. His own apparent sue
cesses in driving the savages, it seems clear
enough, we're only feint to entrap Custer,
and the story of the battle, as it was told by
the appearance of the fatal field, is proof
how well it succeeded. The only wonder
is that Reno escaped the fate which was re-
served for Custer OF that he or any of his
command should be left to give US a hint of
the cause of Clusters disasters. The story
which Reno and Benteen relate is thrilling
one in every aspect, and their statements are
fit supplement to the accounts which pre-
coded them.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-08-08
Cham berlain.

The Governor of South Carolina would
stand better before the country if it could
be shown that before writing his able and
passionate letter to the President he had
used all his civil powers as Governor to ar
rest and punish the leaders of the Hamburg
massacre. According to his own statement,
citizens were shot down in cold blood for no
offence in the world. A coroner's jury has
confirmed his statements and has named the
men who are supposed to have committed
these murders. Why have they not been ar
rested? General Butler, the leader of the
riot, has said over his signature in the pub
lie prints that he is anxious to be arrested
and have the whole matter investigated.
With the evidence of the coroner's jury as
his warrant Governor Chamberlain should
60 down to Hamburg and see that every ac-
cused criminal was in prison. If any have
fled to Georgia he should demand
them from the Governor of that
State When he finds he cannot en-
force the laws it will be time for
him to call on the President But where is
the evidence that he has tried to enforce
them? The country is disposed to think
we'll of the Governor for his war on men like
Moses and Whipper. But when it sees
murders unavenged, when it sees Cover
nor of State whose duty it is to enforce
the law, hurrying to Washington and writ
ing infammatory letters to the President,
the inference will be drawn that the HAM
burg massacre is only political massacre
after all, and that beyond using it as am
munition for the canvass the Governor will
do nothing about it.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-08-08

EXCEPT IN CuDA war tax upon foreigners
doing business in the country would be
right, but in the Ever Faithful Isle" nobody
except good Spaniards is allowed any in
terest in public affairs, and so it is proper
that good Spaniards only should pay for the
luxury of instruction. The German resi-
dents have already been exempted from the
payment of the tax, the English soon will
be and in the end it will be imposed only
upon the Americans.