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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-07-27
KNOW NOIUINGISN AGAIN.

The following special from Philadel-
phia to the New York Herald deserves
careful perusal -
PHILADELPHIA, July 5.-An important secret
politico-reiislous convention was held in this
city to-day. 1t was called the grand council
| of the American alliance, and two delegates
were present troni twenty nllie states, iii COM
pliance with call issued on the 9th Of June by
the executive committee OF the grand national
couiIcll. Tue alliance is the result of the un-
ion of all the native American orders, con-
summated on the 10Th OF May last. 1t EN-
braces the o. a. T., the Patriotic Order of
American Mechanics and all similar secret or
ders. The alliance has already oU0,V coo MEN,
bers IN tine United States lOO, ,UOO in New York
alone and is rapidly spreading, every state in
the Union having many councils. The motto
Is Americans and Protestants to rule America.
The inembeEs are known only TO each other
| and are sworn 10 secrecy.
The meeting was held at the rooms Of Frank
lin Council, No 93l, OF Pennsylvania, on Arch
street, which was crowded with members OF
the order. distinguished Major General, Il
prominent Democrat, presided, he being the
rirst Vice Grand Commander of the Grand
Council OF the United States. Twenty more
States Were represented. A long list Of New
councils, formed during June last, was read.
1t showed an average OF ten councils day in
ali the states from Maine to California.
The convention unanimously adopted
Il resolution instructing all its members
to vote for Hayes and Wheeler.
What does Carl Schurz say to thats
Ii Americans are 10 rule America"
where VIII Carl and his countrymen be?
And how can any foreigner, Irish, Ger
man or Scandinavian, vote Tor ticket
which will receive 100000 Know Moth
ing votes? For this secret order is really
the natural successor OF tine original
Know Nothing party. whose motto was.
"none but Americans shall rule Ameri-
Ca and who labored to SO amend our
naturalization laws tina: u foreigner
would have to be tweuty-one years in
this country before he could vote.
None but Americans shall rxle AM
erica 1t that is so Sitting Bull should
be president. tor he is an American in
the truest sense ci the word his an.
cestors dwclt on this soil thousand
years before The progenitors Of the de-
generate q. 4. T. had left Ireland Scot
land or Holland.
But ii you take out Of the present Re-
publican party its race. sectarian and
sectional bigotries, how much would be
lett?
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STEVENS COUNTY.

The grasshoppers. in flying over this
,ction. stopped for dinner, and did i
nall amount of damage; and then up
ing and away. a large number OF
heat fields were not touched ut all
)me lost five or ten per ct. and u lew
ne half. But q Stevens county wheat
eld half-eaten by the hoppers will yield
ore this year then any other wheat
I'D in any other part OF the State. not
uched by them. We have seen fields
Stevens county that will this year
eld twenty five. thirty and even thirty
re bushels to the acre.
Judge Deakin writes to the Pioneers
-ess- Tribune from Morris, that the
oppers have dcpe but little damage in
at vicinity that immi grafton still pours
and that houses are going up in all
rts Of the town.
The country around Douglas is filing
rapidly. James McGowea Esq. for
Eerly Of Lake City. Wabashs county.
Is broken $50 acres within one mile
pm the depot; he has now purchased
b lumber to erect . handsome house in
d village. T. Stout Esq. OF Lake City
vi open = store at Douglas in two
keks. David Huddleston Esq. also Of
Ike City proceeds at once to erect .
1ndsome hotel, 4Ox50. with brick front.
tfh store on fir>t floor. The country
bund Douglas is the richest in Mime
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to-day ''tramping7 it through the coun-'
try, half-fed. half-clothed, demcralized,
disheartened while a parcel OF scoun-
drels who gave neither money. labor nor
blood to the cause of the republic, are
stealing the land naked. TAX
s.It is the old fight again." says Dix.
No; it isn't. That old fight was to free
the slave, lift up the lowly, preserve
liberty and maintain the Union. The is
sue to-day is whether the Belknaps, ,Bab-
cocks, Robesons, Joyces, McDonalds,
McKees, ETC., shall roll in ill-gotten
wealth while the laboring people starve !;
whether the peoples greenbacks shall
be withdrawn to give place to ma
tional bank notes; whether all prosper
ity and enterprise shall be crushed out
Of the country, in order to swell the
treasures OF the capitalists; in short,
whether the republic shall or shall not
give way to an oligarchy or despotism.
And now old Dix toots his little horn
and seeks to rally the ragged, neglected
soldiers to perpetuate the very system OF
things which has plundered them. And
very appropriately his illumination is
signeu by General James H. Baker,
whose only military feat was his bril-
liant charge on Miss Sweets money box.
He is one of the "boys in blue" He
ought to be in black and blue, especially
around the eyes.
Itwon't do, Johnny. That kind of ad
captdntleaa stuff would have served itst
purpose well enough four years ago bu
hungry bellies and bare backs cry ou,
against it.
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TROUBLE IN THE CAMP.

Grant grows ugly. He is mad all
over. mad because the Republicans did
not renominate him for 4 third term
mad because his name was not even
mentioned in the Cincinnati convention
as candidate mad because the rats are
leaving the sinking ship and the horde
of courtiers are transferring their batteries
and their salaams to Hayes; mad because
the 4th OF March draws near when he
will step from his imperial position into
nothingness and obscurity. The more
he thinks over it the madder he gets.
Sul!en, obstinate, malignant and bold,
ne proposes to wreck the party which
has refused to follow his standard; and
so he is removing every man from fficc
who was known as a reformer, and will
probably end by pardoning Joyce, Nc
Donald and Mckee. WeQuote:
wAsz,sGroS, July ll.-Taft has had an
open row with the president to day, so that
his head rill he the next to fall into Grants
little basket From a person who is a friend
Of Grant and was at the W hite House to-day,
it is learned that the President has become very
much dissatisfied with Taft, and they had a
quarrel to day sprlnglng out Of the st. Louis
pardons. After the meeting Grants friends
the legitimate duties of his office and convert
ing it into an instrument for Hayes election;
that he was looking forward to the mission to
st. James, and was in many ways interfering
with Grant wishes. 1t is known that TAT,
does not give very willing ear to these appli
cations for pardon, while the President is an
xlOus to issue papers.
Ther- is CONSERVATION everywhere at the re-
mark:shle conduct Of Grant. He Is ugly and
pig headed with his most trusted cronies. H.
appears TO have gore insane upon the subject
OF being iniiuenc.u by any one in anything he
may Do. He seains TO he as near a king ~ cir
cumstances will permit until the end OF his
term. He has to- night actually 4uarreled with
Zach Chandler. After this the deIuge," say
all of the tsrror-stricken Republicans Tn.
trouble between the President and Chandler
arose from the latter trying to impress upon
Grant that he (Chandler) as the chairman of the
Republican national committee should have
general direction OF things, appointments and
the like, 50 as To promote the best interests ID
the plrtr. To this Grant has rebelled Ii ,sh-
terf-res with his rev policy. No human being
shall interfere with any proposed plan Of his.
Chandler after trying his hand at bullying
Grant, will have to give in or II. dismissed.
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THE HOG BOrNCER.
The Scientific American ssys :

The Abeve Is the name Of a simple device
invented iy the cattle yard men at West Al
bany, n. u, TO induce hogs to move from the
cars in which they are transported into the
yard. Pigs a> a rule, are not Of accommoda-
ting dispositions; and when it comes 10 pre-
vailing upon car load Of them to mo.e along
upon narrow gapgway, the first ones that
start upon the plank are apt to decline 10 pro-
ceeed further, aud 80 block the esr.ss Of the
rest. This neeeSsitates an astonishing amount
OF patience AID beating, besides unlimited
strong language, for SOME time. The new in
vention for peTsnadiDs the animal to pass on
is the hog bouncer. made by bringing one end
Of the gangwSy plank TO Z irm support: then
under the other end, two double car springs
are placed. A powerful lever and spring
catch complete the device. Before the car door
Is opened, the platform is carried down 50 A
to compress the springs by the lever. and the
catch il hooked. The hogs are then allowed
to pass along the platform, and, so long a
they move along properly. the plank is nm
and vocifercusly objects to going further. the
catch is sprung. One end Of the platform fiss
about three feet upward, and the result is
shower Of living pokers. shot over the heads
and upon the soft bodies of tn. drove. Thsv
are seldom injured, but vastly astonishsd. and
it Is needless 70 add that the blookade ia AZ
once dhpelled.
We could not help thinking while We
read the foregoing that it was fair il
lussration OF the domination Of political
parties over their followers. A large
mass Of the voters Of both the old parties
refuse to move forward on the partv
Platform; they eongregate and obiect
" ciferonaly; but Tie lsader springs the
catch and The crowd ar0 thrown had
ever heals into tAe vehicle. and are then
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-07-27
THE "OLU NAM

Our poor, old. would-be emperor is
unhappy. And he is growing ugly. A
special to the Chicago Tribune. (Rep. }
says:
NAsaNcroS, D. c., July 1.-THE President
one d.y last week gav- All audien,. to an Ohio
private citizen, in NO way connected with pub
lie life, and voluntarily oonver>ed very freely
with him upon the pubic situs,iou. Among
other things. the President criticised very Sc
in extremely had taste. and thought that Il re-
hected upon the present Administration. Tue
President further said to this gentleman that be
hoped the time would come when the Ameri-
can people would BE- Permitted TO elect Prssi-
dent tos - long tlr1e IS they Close. The in
ference lefs upon this g-ntieM.n's mind was
very strong that thu President wM grievously
annoyed that M consideration whstever had
bss.n given u the QUESTION of the third term.
The Presidents entire n amer indicated cum-
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THE CHINESE QUESTION.

To make party capital on the Pacific coast.
it proposes to bar out certain immigrations
from its shores, concealing the fact from its
eastern supports that the same principle carried
out to its legitimate end, would cut off the
English, Irish, German and Scandinavian
eInigrants from the eastern as we'll as the Mon
golian race from the western coast.-Faribault
Republican.
Indeed! Do you mean to say that the
English. Irish. German and Scandina>
vians are to be compared as citizens with
the Chinese? The former came here as
freemen to settle permanently; they are
of our own race, of our own kith and
kin; they buy land, open farms, raise
crops, and add to the wealth OF the coun-
try. They marry and raise children,
support churches, and schools, and in a
generation or two are merged into the
common stock of the great American
race. But the Chinaman comes to collect
wages and leave he is not freeman
but semi-serf, coolie; his wife or
daughter is pledged into slavery at home
to raise the money that brings him here !;
he buys no land, he pays no taxes, he
supports no schools or churches; even
his bones are shipped to China when he
dies. He comes simply to take the bread
out OF the mouth of some poor English
man, Iri>hman, German or Scandina-
Wan, and reduce our voters, on whose
integrity and intelligence our republic
depends for its prosperity, to condi-
tion as miserable as his own. No white
laborer who attempts to diicharge the
duties Of a man, a citizen, a father and
a husband can compete with one who
lives on a few pounds of rice per week,
1t may be said that we should be gen.
erous TO the poor, overcrowded, ancient
Mongoian race. True; but not at the
expense Of our own people. For if we
even allo we'd ten or twenty millions OF
them to enter this country and reduce
to pauperism every white laborer in it.
what relief would that be to that vast
population OF over four hundred millions
still in China The humanitarian might
just as we'll argue that the farmers OF
our frontier should submit with patience
to see their crops destroyed by grass
hoppers, because it would afford the
grasshoppers SO much comfort. Every
iarm in Minnesota might be swept bare
and the uncountable billions between
here and the Rocky Mountains still 60
hungry.
1t must never be forgotten that this
Republic rests on the intelligence, the
virtue and the patriotism Of the msjori-
ty;-and that the majority is and must
always be those who earn their bread in
the sweat Of their brow To degrade or
impoverish them is to destroy the very
foundations of liberty and society: and
we have no sympathy with the man or
the party who would sacrifice them to
any vaporo0s principle, or any heart
less theory, or any selfish in tcrest.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-07-27
THE REPEAL OF THE RESUMPTION
1CT.

The Madison Patriot, (Greenback
Ind.) discussing this matter says
The Democratic party have it in their power
to secure a large po rtion, if not all the green
back vote, without stepping one inch of the
to be seen whether it will do what it is pledged
to do. The st. Louis platform very properly
denounces the financial legislation of the Re
publican party, as ~hindrances in the way OF
resumption, and it declares:
"As such hindrances, we denounce the re-
sumption clause OF the act of 1875, and we de-
mand its repeal"
Well, repeal it, then. The banking and cur
rency committee OF the house is composed OF
four Republicans and seven Democrats. Mr..
Gibson, Democrat, being absent on the New
Orleans investigation, and Scott Mike, Dem
Ocrat, voting with the Republicans, the vote in
committee Oh the bill to repeal the resumption
act, stands five 70 five. Gibson having return
ed, announces his determination to vote with
the Republicans, thus giving the bill mega
tive send-Of when reported to the House.
Ii this be indicative OF the course to be pur-
sued by the Democrats, it cannot fail to dissi-
pate all confidence in the st. Louis declaration,
at the very threshold of the campaign, and cam
not fail 10 procure the most disastrous results
to the cause OF Mr.. Tllden.
The Patriot cannot believe fer moment, that
there are sufficient number OF fools in the
House to commit patricide III such silly
manner, especially since we see it stated that
Gov. Tilden has sent his confidential adviser
to Mr.. Hendricks, plcdging the eastern Demo-
Gratis to repeal OF the resumption act, etc
Now, just see how easy it is for the Demo-
Gratis to put themselves strong on that plat
form, and to make the Republicans weak on
theirs, or to drive them to open hostility, in
which case the whole greenback element W ould
T. nd M ,nYt fl,.,
Let US see whether the Democrats OF
the House vote to repeal that act whose
repeal the party demanded" in nation
al convention. 1.-The proof OF the pad-
ding is in the eating OF it,
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sofa, and although it cannot expect to
compete with Morris, which is the coun-
ty seat, it will nevertheless in time de-
velope into a good sized town. 1t will
draw it's trade from region fifty mile s
wide by ten miles broad; a region, too.
where the average crop of wheat is
twenty five bushels to the acre.
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Amti-Mlunupolist.
ICNATlUS DONNELLY. Editor.
FOR PRESIDENT,
Peter Cooper.
OF NEW YORK.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
Ne"ton Booth.
OF CALIFORNIA.
TO SUBSCRIBERS.

Remember that it is an invariable
rule to discontinue sending the ANy1-
MoNoPoL1sT at the end the period paid
for. We have no right to presume that
subscriber desires his paper continued
if he does not renew and remit; and we
are not willing to force it on him.
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4 TEN STRIKE.

From all we can learn Minnesota has
made ten strike in the new threshing
machine, the Minnesota Chief. .manufac-
tured at Saltwater. Everywhere we
hear its praises. 1t SO shakes and agi-
tates the straw, after it is threshed, that
every grain of wheat is saved instead of
being carried out into the straw stack.
Farmers with short srops this year should
thresh with the Chief.
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4 worh 81 cts. and who desire 70
ef their roperty decrease by contrac-
ion 80 per ct. while their debts increase
8 per Ct, will vote tor Hayes and
Wheeler. Those who do not, will vote
L)r PETER COOPER
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-07-27
THE DIFFERENCE

The spectacle " hich the Democracy has pre-
hented To the country for the past two months
10y its efforts to compel its representatives to
ay aside their principal opinions and join in a
compact raid upon the offices of the country,
would indeed be ludicrous could we forget,
What never should be forgotten, the danger to
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pit which necessarily attends
= Minneapolis Tribune.
IS it is true advanced SO
and right as to recog-
nee and seek to placate
opubllcans have ridden
NICE over the financial
eople. The Democrats
hicks because he was Il
and resolved against
In favor of the repeal OF
let; the Republicans Sc
hard men as
aud those gentlemen
ntraction and resump-
| those who are in debt
of paying gold worth
hey borrowed rreen-
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1876-07-20

figure fixed on was fifteen thousand
The:uext magping, however Evans
said i'll a.fiewtpaper that stime troops
were removed from the post and fe
Etoid Marsh be could no, pay the sum
agreed upon. rbev finally comprised
On twelve th,usaud
Mr. Sargent d krd u Marsh told
him what he inictnhsd 10 d., with the
money. Tie wi!nysS Itpl!s,.t that he
did not s~~~ @
Cross examined by Carpenter
Belknap never requested theI witness
10 see Marshs 1t was in reply 10 the
statement OF witness AS 10 the amount
he had invested at TT. Sill that Belk
nap said he could see Marsh who WAS
to be in The city soon.
Qucs,ion-Did Marsh SAY TO you
I Hat laasf.s he AttA .u divide with anybody I
Ans-lle never breathed anything
Of the kind. | ne yer heard any talk
about money being PAID TO the see
Iretary OF war until tue publication ol
an articie in The New York Tribune
in ~, never had any indnlgenc,
from he secretary Of war not com
mon to@other post traders. ! never
paid the secretary OF war fer my ap
polntment. ! did not tel the seefc'
tary he made contract with Marsh
and could have reduced my prices FOR
goods more ha.Lit not been Tor the
paymen, 10. the position. | knew
nothing Of anybody advising the sec
rotary OF war in regard 10 the agree
uncut between Marsh aid himself. :
Impeachment proceedings were
temporarily suspended and legisla-
tive business Was resumed.
House.
Mr., Jones, from the Committee on
railroads reported bill-ineerporating
the T.. $. Central railroad company
for the construction OF passengei
aud freight railroad through from
| Chicago, indianapolis and Nashville
10 Charleston, S G., with branch Il
| ST. Louis. Referred
| The senate bill extending the time
of the duration Of the court of com
missioners ON the AIabama claims IN
II The first day OF January neAi pass pass
ed.
Tie house then considered H..
Sonth Carolina contested election case
and unanimous report Of the. com
lmitfee agreed that neither the sitting
member, Mackey, nor tie contestant
Butts, is en,i,led TO the seat.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1876-07-20
A SHOCKING TRsespY

DuBuquE, la, July 10 The mosts shock,
ing tragedy ever enacted IN Dubuque oc-
CURED this afternoon Thos. Laaton, post
master at Kings. = miles from Dabupne,
CAME into tom 10 day with his family
Lawton stopped at Moser's store i,9s7
Main street Fro,nlbe the old tnan and
son Went across the street 10 the conftc-
toners On their return the son fell step
or two behind, and as bis father raini,a his
foot fori the curbihg NJ the sidewalk, be
drew n revolver and sho; him twice in he
back. The old man Tell into the gutter.
" hen bis son instantly put two more balls
inte his abdomen, By this iime a crowd
had Tushrd 10 the rescue, and the son was
taken IN jaIl. The old man Is stfIl alive.
bu, he cannot ike many hours He is 81
years OF age The snnss age is 90. TIE
family are prominent citizens of this coun-
/ ty~4 rhe crime Is thought to have been the
result Il au insane moment, as there had
h1en no lfoahle between them.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1876-07-20
Associated Fpess<M Mceting.

DHRotT, July 10 The regular an,
nual meeting Of the Western Associ-
ated Press Was held hero to-day.
sPsesiden, Halstead 10 the chair. A
report in behalf Of the board Of direc,
tors was read by Hon, JOS. Medil,
showing the affairs Of the association
10 be HI q prosperous cgnditiou. The
foHowing directors we're elected: Jos.
Medill, of the Chicago Tribune, Rich
ard smith, OF the Cincinnati Gazette
W.O Haldertmah,aM the Louisville
Courier Journal; Joseph q. 7Seiber
neck, OF the Pittsburg Chronicle
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1876-07-20
Congressional.
scnate.

WAsnISsros, July 10 Mr.. An-
thony Submitted resolution instruct
ing the committee on library to in-
quire into the expedicncv Of obtalu-
iug from the sou of Count de Ro-
chambeau, Marquis de Rochambear,
who visited the exposition, the papers
of his father, the count, relating 10
our war for independence. Agreed
10.
Mr.. Allison, from the conference
commitec- on the army appropriation
bill, made report, which was agreed
to. Mr.. Allison explained that the
bill came to the senate appropriating
$2, ,435, 600, which the senate increas-
ed to 1891 900. The conference
committee reduced the amendments
Of the senate 81 .492, 1913, leaving the
.otal amount appropriated The bill,
if it should be passed, would be ~,
COG, ,966 or 81 ,S64, 500 less than ap.
propriated By the army bill of last
year. The consideration of the arti-
cles Of impeachment was then resum-
ed.
John S. Evans sworn, and an order
4 adopted that the managers examine
the witness, or should they decline to
do 80 the respondent might do sc
with right lie The managers 10 cross
examine him like othe, witnesses.
The conference on the sundry civil
bill to-day re ached q final agreement
that the house eenferers acquiescing
in the senate amendment, striking oui
the clause proposing the repeal Of the
national registration law.
Mr.. Mcmahon examined Evans
who recoun1ed the circumstances un
der which he got the appointment
He FIRST saw Bellnap in Dubuque
Iowa, then here in Washington. Ht
was introduced to Belknap-the seconc
time by Gen. K W Rice, Gen, Bel
knap told him tho appointment wa.
already promised, afterward, howev
er, he made contract with Marsh
He received the appointment in con
sideration Of paying $4,000 per year
| The person to whom Belknsp has
/ promised the appointment was Marsh
He paid Marsh various sums, accord
Il ing TO contract, aggregating over
$4,000. He never had any conver
satioa with the secretary Of war i.
relation to payments of money Marsi
had ns money .insested in the busi
ness.
! Mr.. Sargent asked If the manager
{ did not intend to question the wi,nes
about conversations .rtween Evan
5 and Marsh
Mr.. McMahon said he was wiling
Evans then related in. substapce til,
< conversations between himself am
! MsrshsS Marsh, l, appears, wantes
. twenty thousand : year, but Evan
!. said he could not pay that. Th