The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-04-20

ficers, and perhaps have spiced it little
with woman's rights
Hoping ere long the disaffected ele-
ments in this part Of the state will organ
ize tor efectual work, remain,
Fraternally yours.
"BlTTERswEEr
A SHOCKING AND TERRIBLE CON
SPIRACY.
You, good friend, who read this, you
are probably an honest farmer, perhaps
something Of a politician, perhaps an
economist in public affairs. Suppose You
had reason to believe, and did believe,
that your county affairs were misman-
aged, that you and your fellow-tax-pay-
ers were being systematically robbed by
a ring" and your county hopelessly in
volved in debt. Suppose you called
meetings, made speeches, circulated pc
titions to the legislature, ETC., to arrest
tho evil and expose the evil.doers and
save yourselves from ruin. And suppose
that the ''ring" proceeded to ''put up a
job on YOU" They send man to you
who offers, for q sum named. to deliver
to YOU. on certain night. certain docu-
me nts which he possesses that will ex
pose the ring" and drive them cut Ct
Office. You and your friends agree to
pay the sum named, at the time agreed
u Oh. Then the ring secure the services
OF two professional burglars to break
open safe belonging to one Of their
number and extract therefrom certain
papers; the agent then takes the papers
to you, and, just as you are paying him
the money for them, the police enter
and arrest you and your friends for par
ticipation in burglary, and you are at
one blow dashed down from high and
honorable positions to the level Of feloDs,
and consigned to end your days in the
penitentiary while the "ring" continue
to plunder the community.
| This reads like romance like one OF
those yellow-covered novels, the 0istort-
ed outgrowth of . dyspeptic stomach and
y diseased mind. And yet just such a
game as this was put up" on Columbus
Alexander. and the other reformers OF
the District Of Columbia. by Boss Shep-
herds ring. Ii failed in its dramatic de-
nouement through stupid policeman ar
resting the go-between on the street, in.
stead Of waiting until he had made his
way to Columbus Alexander's presence,
as at first agreed. Then there were some
witnesses who saw Harrin gton, the dis
trict attorney, the party whose safe had
been robbed, quietly watching the whole
performance; and an exposure followed.
This whole scheme OF putting the hon
est men into the position Of robbing the
rogues, and taking the rogues' deserts,
was horrible and devilish enough; but
now it transpires tnat the inception Of
the villany was in the White House and
that i!s chief naorer ,cos President GraN".
Iprivdte secret0rys
sent to New York for Whiteley. 1t tha,
time an officer Of thd government secret
police, to come to Washington. White
ley went there. We quote:
He then gave Whitley ons Of Babsock',
cards, with direction on Il in Bsbcock's hand
writing, and he went At once to Babcock'!
house and then to the Executive Mansion
] where he found him. At that interview Bah
cock told him that the memoral;sts Who at
. that time we're fighting the ring-were trump
|, ing up evidence against them and tbs admin
istration; that they were in trouble; and thai
they wanted him to carry through plan which
would blow them (the ms morialists) out Of th
water. The particulars Of that plan, Babcocl
.sid. .oald y unio.asd y Harrington. .h.r
the assistant district attorney, whom be VOC K
: meet ~ O'Clock that day, e the Washington
Club House. Aftsr leaving Babcock he me
: Ban6eld, to whom he reported what Wa to b
done. BanAeld said be would 60 with him !.
the club-house. did 60 with him, and waite'
inside till Harrington went apart with him an,
uniolded the plan for the blowing MP Of u
district attorney 3 safe and the fastening Of th
crime of burglary on Columbus Alexander, h
head a the msmoFialists. Whitley promise.
. send N abav man who would do The Job. IN,
> went 70 New York and sent on Neetleship. q
? the secs.A service. Prom that time on the iol
: v.s in Nettlship's charge, under Harrington
( oon thfve or four days after ths afs explosion
9 vhsn Babcock sid thas the job had besn bun
/ Glingly managed and regretted that White
ID not besn Prsssn: 70 soPe1inssnd 4
81 The mos utterly unansverable teseimony
: hoWsver, i lettt1 written b. BAboock |
Whiaey Who was then ont * ofIoe and i
and Whiteley informed BAhboek or this faea
said they wers getting uneasy, and expnss
some fears himself 9 TO the. ultimate resus
: To this, on the l7th Of September, 1874, Bat
cock sont the following answer written in lid
pereil and undated:
DRAa CoroxsL: Your isst~r from Boston hs
Il bsen received. aatsndsd to the mater yes
men win be paid. They have sent M
: to my thsm- foo may bide ycar tims %
Wit In conBdsnce the result Your eeSvic(
laee bound to b appsciated.
II Yours, &C., o. = BAscocx-
II Ths..yournona who were to Be nj
= 3Msre tie 60 Geksmen Of New Yori
Of couan 0G&GGuk denies eyeryfhino