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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-04-27
THE PETORY COURTEOUS.

Brother Hall, Of the St. Paul Dispatch.
is !acetious He calls us the '.Col. Sci
lers OF Minnesotl politics" Thank you,
II. r., for comparing US to that earnest,
honest. energetic and enterprising phi
lauthropist.
Now we don't propose to be outdone
in maynanimity or complimentary Ian
guage by brother Hall or any other man.
and we have accordingly cast our mind
over Mark Twain's writings to find some
high toned and gallant character to
whom. in return, we might compare
brother Hall And we have found him.
It's "Markiss.' whom Mark met in one
Of the Sandwich Islands. His death is
thus pathetically described. and it throws
light on his whole character:
This man Markiss was found one morning
hanging to \ beam Of his own bedroom. tfhe
doors and windows securely fastened on the
inside dead; and on his breast was pinned .
paper in his own handwriting, begging his
friends to suspect no iEnceen person of hay
| ing anything to do with his death, for that il
| was the work of his own hands entirely. Yet
/ the jury brought in the astounding verdict that
deceased cam. to his death. by the hands Of
| some person or persons unknown. They ex-
/
tency Of Markissf- character Tor thirty yam
| toward aloft As colossal and indss:ructble tes-
.imony, that whatever statement be chosc t.
make was entitled - instant and unaues;ion
Ing acce psanoe AZ a lie. And they iuths-nIor
stated their belief that he was not dead, AM
| ins.auced the strong circums.aiisial evidence
of his own WORT that he trss dead and b.
souch. the coroner % islav the funeral a. Ions
As possible. which was done. And 30 in IN
tropical climate OF Lahaina the coffin s.oo,
open for seven days, and then even the Iowa
jury gaze him up. BIT they sat on him again
and changed their verdict 20 suicide init.ce
by mental alteration. '-bacausa, said hey. wit
penetration, ne said hs was dead and be ,ca
dead. and would he have tod the truth If h
hsd been in his right uainds No. Sir "
/ God forbid that Minnesota journalism
should lose cur valued brother, Hall. fol
many years 10 come; and when he doe
pass away maythe Al. Merc;iul proven
. him from making any ante-mortuar,
statements to perplex and bewilder 20:
ter!ty.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-04-27
BEGINNING TO SEE II.

After a time Constantine accepted the
Christian doctrines which had been
preached for generations in the humble
homes OF the poor; in the catacombs and
in the places OF torture. He took the
most degrading implement OF death
known to the ancient world, and painted
it on his imperial banner. and IN that
sign he conquered.
One of the coolest booded tools Of the
moneyed aristocracy Of this country is
Senator John Sherman OF Ohio. Able,
adroit, shrewd and inscriptions, he has
done the bidding Of Wall street, until, it
report speaks true he hasaccumulated an
immense fortune. He has Knocked at the
financial theories of the yeomen Of the
west and CALLED them madmen, infla-
,ionists, communists, and what not.
But at last he begins to see that the des'
pissed doctrines are certain to triumph
and so, the other day in debate, in the
senate, he said, speaking upon the
specie resumption bill:
In his opinion there were but two things
more needed to make this perfect financial
measure. They ought to authorize any holder
of creenbacks to convert them into per cent
40 gear gotd-bonds ana 10 efcHdnge our PEI
cent bouds for four per cent ones, and then
specie Payments uouid come withoat ripple II
the current.
Now why is this not done? Why are
specie payments not achieved ''wlthou
a ripple in the current instead OF per
sistlng in y useless, cruel. impractlcabl'
plan which is destroying our people?
| He who fails to know the remedy Is t.
be pitied but he who knows it and vii
not use it is criminal.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-04-27
EVEN THE MONEY-LENDER PAYS
INTEREST.

We have before shown how the curse
OF high rates OF interest is eating like
canSer into the prosperity OF this great
country; and we demonstrated tina. 1t
not only affects those who pay the inter-
ests. but every other class IN the COM
munty.
Tina, able journrl. TheChicago Indus
trial Age, demonstrated the other day
that even the money lender suffers from
the high rates Of interest prevalent IN
the community We quote
An honest friend, in fact lady. who has
studied the question but little, Il any. said 10
the wrier lew days since, that she Was sorry
TO see the Age advocated = low rate OF interest
because she had small sum invested IN
mortgage. OF course the lowering OF the rate
OF interest seemed to this lady TO promise her
injury. This is not an uncommon error. and
is worthy of passing notice.
Perhaps this lady has ten thousand dollars
invested at ten per ct interest which would
amount TO one thousand dollars annually.
Now, how much interest does the lady pay'
Perhaps she would answer. 'Nons-l OWE
nothing But this Is = mistake. She does
nav interest = Everybody pays interest The
| shoe manufacturer has employed in his husi-
| n.,s number of thousands OF dollars on which
| h. rnys ten per cent interest. How IS he &c
nav INTEREST," BY adding it. Of course, to tbs
pr.ce Of his shoes and compelling the whole
| salet to pay it. The SHOES are now in the hand
! Of the wholesaler, who also has thousands 0
dollars Of borrowed money in his business, IN
interest Of which he Adds 10 the price OF III
shoes. aud the retailer : compelled 20 pa
twenty per cent more for the shoes than d
would II the manufacturer and wholesale
were not paying Ten pr csnt inieres'
And nov the retailer 5 Compelled % add =
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-04-27
CONDITION or THE WINTER
WHEAT CROP.

Our veracious contemporary. The ST.
Paul Pioneer-Press. said the other day !:
Advices from the principal viu.ar whsa.
sections OF nliuei<. Michigan, Ohio ard Penn
sviyania are unusually encouraging
Knowing ;hzt if this vas true It would
have the effect to depreeiase the value OF
the millions of bushels OF wheat heId in
Minaesota. and thus seriously affect the
prosperity OF al classes of cur people.
except few "sca.pers.~ we turned with
solici.ude 20 the selegrams oa which this
editorial Judgment vs based. Here
they are:
CHICAGO. April % -Tas Ia.ar-1esau hi.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-04-27
DOTRL Y WELCOME.

Our old and honored friend II. a.
Tenney, together with S d. Carpenter.
have established a new paper. The
Weekly Patriot at Madison, Wisconsin.
to represent the grecnback party OF that
great state. The Patriot is large.
eight page, handsomely printed. ably
edited journal; and it will make things
lively before November next Tor the tos-
sils of both the old parties. \ cordial
and earnest welcome to the work. gen
tlemen.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-04-27
Y CONTRACTION AFFECTS
THE DEBTOR CLASS.
HOW

1t is conceded thatthe national currency
is being withdrawn at the rate OF $lOo,
OUO, 800 per annum. How does this
affect the debtor class. The lndianapoi-
is Sun answers the question:
Suppose that farmer A had been owing Sl7,-
854 secured BY mortgage upon his farm, draw
lug ten per cent. interest. With the legal
t. nder money he realized for that Il. v0obu,h.ls
Of wheat he,cou!dpay 0fthat mortgagr but W nat
" ould have been the result II the gold iiac
been at par with the greenbacks, or had been
the only legal tender tor the discharge OF tnat
mortgage ~ the Journal ana tue connscaslon-
isis seek to make it SIanifestly he could only
have paid Sl5, 800 Of the debt. and ~, Oo4 would
have still remained to eat into the next years
esrnipgs In other words, under the policy 50
zaAousIy advocated by the Journal, It would
take / 500 bushels Of wheat to pay debt that
1000 will now pay. Can ths farmers OF In
dhna be Indifferent to this matterE Is not the
State literally plastered with mortgages. DEBTS
| do not shrink as prices 60 down. Ten per
cent. interest is the same, and gnaws into the
earnings 0flabOr with remorSeleSS greed Whetn-
| er wheat is worth two dollars y bushel or ten
| cents bushe.
| Ii the creditor class get back what they
| lent and their interest they should oe
satisfied. Why Cypress the burdened
ass? Napoleon stepped aside ana gave
the path to . poor negro who had on his
l,ack all he could carry. saying to his
surprised companions, respect the bur
den" Why legislate to add to the debts
Of country "plastered with mortgages:'
Is that craftsmanship Is it honesR Is il
taire
Anew York paper says:
The "hard times have now continued o
long that every day more and more men begii
to realize that they are fused up" financially
The absence Of any speculative demand TO
property, together with the decline OF rents
has caused shrinkage in the value Of oil rea
estate. But there Is no shrinkagein the vAiu
Of mortgages; there the loss in real estate TALL
mainly on mat large class who are in debt
J There is consequently an increased desire o.
the part OF this class of property holders TO OK
) change their equities for something OF less val
ue that is unincumber-d.
Il A New York correspondent OF tn
National Labor Tribune says:
Wages are still on the decline. Laborers 81
being paid go cents PER day BY contractors
Westminster county. Men having property Al
seeing it ieprecia.s 80 Per cent. Business me
J have given up all OF hope, and ara bszia
/. ing to think there is . screw loose someSiier
, Many say I've can't expect to do bnsines
when half the workingmen OF the colntT
2 have no I'm ploytneat. AMI taoss who have, g
1 hardly enough to bay 1read." Tais ive!in
g will begin to grow, and no. until then ca
ne expsc. labor organizations to prosper
reaction must - in, Or elsa tins country WI
9 be III 4 condition Of slavery IN feg years.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-04-27
ROLOTVA S4USAGES IND TIKI
;oROTErTiDV OF AMERICAN
TyDUSTRY
The New York World says:

lle New 1 DIX w CIltl says.
Here is another petition from several hum
dred Western meat packers, who pray for
duty on pauper Bologna sausages OF Germany.
They say:
That your 1nemoraists and petitioners deem
it not only for the best interests OF the Govern
ment and people at large to foster and encour-
age this growing and important branch OF the
manufacturing industry OF the West, but alb
solutely essential TO its continuation, that they
be projected in its manufacture and sale by re-
enacting the law, recently repealed. imposing
duty OF IS per cent. on Bologna sausages.
Then there is added a delicious and piq-
uant ingredient in the PETITION They say:
That said manufacturing business is yet Ill its
infancy in this country, &c.
What a remarkable country this Is, where
every industry is in its infancy believe the
United States invented the sausa,e-meat ma
chine, which will hash up meat by the million
pounds. The art of making Bologna sausage
seems at least to be simple, and feel certain
the art is known to every thrifty housewife at a
| farmhouse and is as old as the city Of Bologna;
| yet find it solemnly stated that Bologna
| sausage III this country is III a state OF infancy
and requires a guardianship.
The Ilumor of Dickens, even when ne
discussed, in the person OF Sam Weller,
the occult virtues OF those mysterious do
nestle pies when cuts is in and dogs Is
out" never reached SO high flight O
fancy rs to demand governmental pro
lection tor said dog and cat pies.
The next thing the sows OF the United
states will demand protection from com
petition with foreign sows. and declar'
tina: they cannot breed their filters uules
American nome industry is protected
And why nota Ii protection is neede'
tor the sausage. why is it not needed fol
the pig on. OF which the sausage i
made
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-04-27
RED HOT.

just as we toresaw the people OF MINI
neapolis are redhot over the attempt OF
the Pioneer Press Co. to monopolize
their newspapers. The P. r. will be
driven out simply through the impossl-
bility of publishing newspaper IN Il
community which is arrayed sniidly
against it. Fred Driscoli should remem
Der that the great Napoleon laid it down
as amilitary axiom, never to SO extend
vOur line as to weaken YOUR center"
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-04-27
RESUMPTION.

The city National Bank OF Chicago has
failed; its debts are nearly million dol
lars. Cause OF failure inability OF mer-
chants to meet their paper; cause OF this,
hard times; cause of hard times. con.
traction; cause Of contraction, efforts OF
a few to increase the purchasing power
of money and thus increase their tor
times,
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-04-27
PROSPERING.

An examination Of our advertising
columns will show that the ANTI MON
oPoLlsr is the most prosperous weekly
paper in the state, Our subscription list
is also steadily increasing. AND all tins
in the midst Of the hardest times the CIT
les OF Minnesota have known since 1891 +.
It is because we prod up the children OF
Israel and keep them on the trot. were
awake and alive.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-04-27

the probability whether or rot the United
States government will endure tor an
other hundred years. He would take a
piece of leather for five cents If he knew
that everybody else would have to take it
from him for five cents. That is the ess-
ence of money.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-04-27

Indiana, unfauOrable for soSnter 'Cl5edt.
Illinois, in few counties failure.
but majority of reports encouraging.
Ohio, ''badly damaged except in we'll
drained bottom lands"
And this is what the Pioneer-PresS
calls unusually encouraging!'
What does the great consolidated
mean? Whose interest is It working IN?
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-04-27
Auti- Mlonopnlist.
IcNATiUS DONNELLY. EDITOR.
WELCOME.

We welcome to our exchange list a
new paper, published in Faribault,
called s.The Greenback Herald" 1t is
poorly printed but full Of able and unan-
swerable arguments against contraction.
There is as much 'smeat" in it rs in a
dozen ordinary Republican papers with
infinitely more pretension.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1876-08-24
What Spiritualist Told Lawyer House.

A marvellous string of incidents, in
the career of Orson A. House, the, di-
vorce lawyer, who was killed by his
wife some time ago, are finding their
way into print. Among the most note
worthy is one relative to a visit made
by House, in company with a client, to
Charley Foster, the spiritual medium.
who undertakes, for ducats to him ,du.
ly delivered. to call spirits from the
vastly deep, and reveal past, present,
and future. After the usual prelimi-
naries. House Ito satisfy his client, who
was himself a Spiritualist,) asked Eos.
ter to inquire Of the spirits how he
could prove the infidelity of the clients
wife, for whom he was trying to oh.
tain divorce. The Medium turned
savapely on House, and denounced. him
las everything vile. "Why." "!said he.
..at this moment above your. head
hangs the spirit Of destruction. From
q divorce suit Of your planning will
come to you a violent and dreadful
death. The wretchethless you have
|planted in so many hearts is growing
like a rank weed in your own,".' HOUSE
was much incensed by this affair, and
never omitted an opportunity after"
ward to denounce Spiritualfsn as a
fraud and humbug. But his tragic
death by the hand Of the woman :ifor
whom he had procured q divorce. from
lanother husband proves the fulh1lment
lof Fosters prophecy. r.. .sse
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A Captain that was Mistaken in His Man.

The late Thomas Powell, Of New
burgh, the large steamboat owner,
banker and millionaire, was very in.
different about his dress, and ap-
peared to the eye Of stranger more
like a workingman than. q banker.
When repairs were needed on his
boats or wharf, he was always ready
to lend helping hand in handling a
log or otherwise assisting the work
men.
The captain Of ,fshing.smack
brought to Newburgh load Of hard
clans to tempt the palates Of his peo1
pie. He had with him a man to help
in disposing of the clans. The cap
.tain's man got on spree and was
promptly discharged by his employer.
For many years. it was Mr.. PoweA>s
habit to come down to the United
States Hotel, at the head OF the steam
boat dock which he owned. Meeting
a friend, Col. r., they walked down to
the wharf together, each to purchase
Ia mess of CLAIMS. It was quite q treat
to the people, and crowd of CUSTOM
ers were waiting to be served.
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GREELY TO TlLDEN.
Tilden Opposes Registration. and is Patrol
of Repeaters and Ballot.BOx Suffers.

Tilden Opposes Registration. and Is Patron
of Kepeaters and Ballot.Box Suffers.
In 1869, Horace Greeiy, afterwards
Democratic candidate for President,
addressed two open letters to. Samuel
j. Tilden, the present Democratic can.
didate for President. AS nearly three
million Democrats declared Greedy to
be honest, and voted for him in 1872,
they will be interested in what he said
about Mlden:. -
SHOW, Mr.. Tlden, call on you to put a
stop to this business. You have but to walk
into the she1igs: the mayer; and the super
must be none Of it-say it 50 that there shall
be no doubt that you mean ft-and We shall
have a tolerably fair election once more.
Probably good part Of the 10000 supplied
last fall with bogus naturalization certificates
will offer to register and to vote; some of them
Pretending not 70 know that they are no more
Dahomey is, but very few will vote repeated
~ unless paid tor it, and we shall not be
cheated more than ID, 600 if you simply tell
the boss w0rkmen that there must be no more
illegal voting instigated and paid for: Will
you do it? Your reputation is at stake. The
cowardly craft which
Would not play false. and ret woulS> wrongly win,
WILL 0Ot aVdll. II VIC ncpuDllc&1S arc SWIM"
died again as we were sw1ndledN last fall, you
and such as you will be responsible to. God
and man torthe outrage, ="
repuban "..~'
The following is a previous letter
written to Tilden by Horace ;Greely
on the same subject: ":' - '',.."'
"You were at least passive accomplice in
the giant frauds Of November. Your name
was used, without public protest on your
part; in circulars sowed broadcast r0v1f the
6tate;t whereof the manifest intent Wis to
make assurance doubly sure that the frauds
there perpetrated should not be over-borne
by the honest vote of the rural districts.
And you;; not merely by your silence but by
passive assumptions, covered their frauds by
the mantle Of your respectability. On the
principle that the receiver is Is bad as the
thief, you are as deeply implicated in them to-
or Oakley Hall" "'''' ::
He then gives the following speci-
men of the .'gigantic frauds Of NJ.
vember, 1868, for which he says Til.
den was as responsible as Tweed,
@ Brien or Hail.; ''''. ,";''1
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swelled out of all proportions: There are not
i, ,QoQ legal voters living in these wards to-
aay, t4o9gR they gaYej Hoffman IS i ~ major.
would adnbf hive befn sWelled to itleast
There W&4 nothing but time 'li6eded
10 nuke It; 100000; nieo lmeny5saads ibee1
~antedIaad' paie0i. 2NoH; M MldsnI call
~ 'pe" ny r 'i& iSta ssR>|aSff
!, 0neo term n6ffyTitden.would be- the
first term Of the G6hfede faeJyt with its
AeadquSrtets AZ ". shfngtt ton instead Of
RickRoud!,; ,niEna 1rj7 hiIll E''' -.
ore tertlm ttl Of Of ridden would 'i5; feyiye the
palmy days -r;of, Buchanan, Floyd,
Thompson, and Jeff Davis at.:the, Cap
Iital. 49,. 80 i,:7 ~;
One term of Tilden >would transfer
Tammanyto Washington City - ~
One term Of ,Tilden would be one
term Of Morrisey ct al, = ;; ;:''
Tlden's, first term would be Buch-
snan's second term. ;., :.
+ One term Of, tTilden would be one
term of TWeedism. 1877 i
! Nine times out of ten if you ask a
Democrat what he thinks Of Gov: Til.
den'S letter the answer will be !:
Jewell, the fact is, have not had time
to read it carefully yet
The Cincinnati Commercial thinks
there was nothing more than mild in
|timidation in Alabama at the recent
|selectioh, and gives the ,following,as an
example,: ,: sat one places a negro
fplanted: his brogan accidentally on the
sacred foot Of one of the superior race
and was shot for it. "''. ;~:'fNis
The New York Tribune ,ad1nits that
Iwith. Senator Newton Booth. on the
stump for Hayes and Wheeler, Cali.
fornia must be conceded to the Repub.
licans. -
The second month of the campaign
is nearly gone, and not the shadow of
blot has been discovered in Gov.
Hayes record. A little mud has been
thrown, but not a particle of it has
stuck, and the: MUD machines have
been permanently retired. This makes
a dull :campaign,. but itsmakes a decent
one, which makes refreshing change.
Governor Hayes said recently, in an.
swering all urgent appeal that he
should appear at some great political
gathering: ''The first of Republican
President1 was the greatest of Amer.
lean orators before a popular assem-.
blage, yet from the moment he was
nominated in 1850 he was dumb and
stayed at home. I think in that Lin:
coin showed the high appreciation of
public trusts which so distinguished
him."
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WHAT HAS TT DONE

The Record Of the Democratic Confederate
Congress-.
From the Chicago Tribune.
The cratic.Confederate House
of Representatives has closed its nine
months session, and what has it done
1t must be remembered that this party
is now asking that it be .intrusted
with the full control Of the govern.
nt,-the executive and legislative
branches,-that it may govern the
whole country according to it's policy.
For fifteen years it was excluded, and
when it got control of tho House of
Representatives it promised that the
House would show the country what
the party would do if it had the full
power. The country will be curious
to know what the House has done dur.
ing the nine months it has been in ses-
sion.
It has had thirty or more partisan
investigating committees at work
scraping the kennels of politics, seek.
ing the material for campaign docu.
ment against the Republican party or
some Of its members. In that series
of investigations it brought to light
that the deceased wife of Secretary
Belknap had received money from an
office-holder, and that, upon her de-
cease, the corrupt contract was con.
tinued for her child, and that after
wards, it was continued to her sister.
who also became the wife of the
Secretary. They discovered this fact.
and warned Belknap that If he did not
resign he would be impeached, and,
when he did resign, impeached him
that he might be acquitted because lie
had resigned! But in the hunt for
Belknap they brought to light another
distinguished gentleman,-George H.
Pendelton, of Democratic fame, ,-and
besmirched him in some respects as
badly as they did :Belknap.
For nine continuous months two sep.
arate committees houndid Secretary
Robson, and inquired on every matter
public and private in which he had
ever been concerned. AS result,
after taking evidence equal to athous.
and printed papers, the committees,
mainly composed of lawyers, were un.
able to state that he had done anything
criminal, and they recommended that
another committee inquire if he had
committed any offense, and what !; and
whether his offense, if any, was i'm.
|peachable Or not. :
While these investigations have been
going on in the name Of reform, the
House has from time to time been com
PEELED to investigate itself. Its own
officers, chosen by itself, have one
after another proved faithless,, incom'
|petent and have required to be dismiss
ed, showing that If the Democratic
House Of Representatives, in the ap
|pointment Of comparatively small