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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-06-08
AND NOW RASHBURNE.

Washburne, since Blaine went down,
begins to loom up as candidate for
President, whersupoo the dark sides OF
,is character are coming u The light. A
" y sshiugton correspondent OF the Chica-
70 NsnEs says;
ne details Of this presidential plot involve
90 oarious Journalistic and cabinet :n n%i6c.-
: - interesting than the recent Cameron
Aanse. Il is even asserted by strong friends Of
1rnnt that his strongest prefsssncss are
FOR wASHRURNEs
nd thas his open favor Of Conkiins = only .
lind, Grant % not blind to tho bsd odo. Ct his
sAministYation He Knows now perfectly veil
~ the republican rarity are unwilling TO risk
zen the sembarce Of third term y accept
- candidate supposed to redfs's the poaics
this past administration. Hsrce, these friends
,,im dat he will throw his most decisive in
ais OLD 8ALRNA FRIkND
- A;esoverrr. Tie Formidable propeGtico d
SSSl~rne's candidacy i bese shown IN -
~ tHsk sarong urdsshAnd mevs1sn3 n
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STEVENS COUNTY

So many of our readers are Interested
in the region tributary to the main line
of the St Paul and Pacific Railroad, that
we trust those who are no. will pardon
the space We take 10 chronicling its
growth and prosperity.
We quote some items from the St.
Paul Dispatch:
The county surveyor of Swift county can
scarcely lay out land fast enough for the in
coming settlers.
The government and railroad lands OF Ste
veiis county having been taken up so rapidly,
inquiries are now being made for improved
farms, more especially in the vicinity Of Nor
ris
As mar as can be estimated, the area Of grain
sown this spring in Stevens county will exceed
that Of last year by over 300 per cent, and
within the past three wears the amount Of
wheat forwarded from Morris has increased
from less than 900 to 100, 900 bushels.
The Grange Advance details convcr-
sation with Mr.. Lowater, late Of Good
hue Center, now of Morris. and says:
Mr. Lowater says that farming is progressing
rapidly in Stevens county. A large area Of new
ground is being put in wheat. Mr.. Robert
Ueakln has put in 300 acres, and Geo. L. Beck
er 700 acres Morris is said to be growing rap
ldlY. 1t now has seven stores, two haCkSHlt I
shops, ard one repair shop; and the establish
ment Of a wagon shop is expected in few
| days
The Wright county Eagle saws
! The country along the line Of the st. Paul &
| Pacific railroad, from west OF the big woods to
I si,e Red River, presents an animated scene al
tha present time very large number Of new
/ settlers are opening fartns. particularly in the
counties Of 'Kandiyohi, Swift and Stevens
! New houses are rising in every direction, and
breaking t1ow . are tearing up the virgin prai-
rie in lively style gentleman who came
| over the line short time since, gave 1t as his
opinion that 10000 acres have been broker
this spring i'll Swift county alone
The Pioneer Press-Tribunc of the 30
inst. says:
A considerable demand for stock cas- ,s ex
perIeIced by the St. Paul & Pacific com pany
for the transportation Of stock to the new y
opened farms on the main line, or from th'
! old farms to the markets oY Miuneap ,is St
Paul or Chicago.
The Glencoe Register says.
The tide of emigration moving westward
this spring, is immense. Not day passes tha
We do not STE long strings Of covered wagon!
passing through town. some going as far west
! rs Stevens county, others to Swift county, anc
| many to make homes in Renville. Nothing
| like this NOV ement has been witnessed durini
| the last ten years. The ''world beyond" is b.
ing rapidly filed up, and Mcleod is no longe
| . frontier county. Glencoe will soon be th
heart and center of the populous portion Of tn
yate.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-06-08
4 7'REACHEROUS LEADER.

The democrats OF Minnesota followed
the lead of the treacherous Pioneer-Press
Tribune and endorsed Tilden tor Presl
dent, and two days afterwards that de
lectable sheet proceeds to assaIl Illden
through the thin disguise Of some iictl-
tiOus democrat VINO IS supposed to plk In
this wise to the editor;
Why, don't you know he wa' chairman OF
theidemocratie state centr:l committee during
tl,e whole time when Tweed was running the
democratic party Of New York, and that he was
= Silent accessory to all the gigantic robberies,
tho election frauds and the corruption OF the
RI 7Sc that he supported the candidates noInl
A M in the interest # their villanies, waich
were notorious to all men and to none so niuch
aaTildenP There is not another man in the
sta&e outside Of the ring Of thieves themselves
Who knew 80 much about their infamous go
f,Ats on as Tilden, and yet he rot only d.d mol
otSi,Ose them, but drilled and organized the
r7fty in their support, ant helped them nor
hxn apy other man in the state. Honest Why
ha stols himself rich 10y just such rascaly ope.
rations as that by whicn he skinned the Terr;
Hsnts railroad. An able lawyer No, sir III
hns no reputation OF that sott IL New York. he
in shrewd detective. sp culator ana manipu
lator, who knows how to use ether people:
broins for his own advantage
Shame on you, Joseph, 20 furnish int
Democracy with little plaster god ior
them to worship. and ere they arr
fairly on their knees before it, smash 1t II
that cruel fashion,
Where is the enthusiastic Wilson:
Where is the contiding Buchard. .--wht
has, as Aremus Ward says, "a vel
balanced mindp"
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-06-08
BLATNES FAIL.

Il grows darker and darker Tor Blaine
From the climax of poIitica, greatness
he seems to be tumbling to destruction.
The committee Of the judiciary has been
for some time past investigating his con-
nection with certain bonds OF an Arkan-
sas railroad, sold By Tom Scott 70 the
Union Pabinc Railroad. and little has been
proven againa him. On Wednesday the
81 ult . witness named James Mul!izan,
the treasurer If the Globe Theatre, Bos-
ton, WAS under examination. His tes-
tiuony implicated Blaine somewhat but
mot materially. The committee adjourn
ed until the next day when the following 2
Startling testimony was given.
The sab judiciary eommittes met asa;n this
morning. and couiinued tie examination al
Jamss MuIliGan. The vitnes sid he v,nNed
60 make sGa1enenl belors continuing kis ex-
Summation. He sid WIEN he axffvsd hesu
ne1e cnme down from BlAine, requeseine Wit
~ and RSsAr 10 eall q his hoese. Wftnsr
Ase1hed Oee, ~ RizA1 w.. ,Af9 N.
-. - yssasE. -. 80 sDa.ie
- II
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-06-08
THE GOLD PREMIUM A BONUS ON
WHEAT RAISING.

The Monsicello Times. T. A. Perrine,
editor. takes issue with us on the follow
ing proposition contained in our columns
some weeks since
Let US suppose shat gold is worth 100 per
cent premium A b. an Importer in New
York, has TO pay sl00,U0o III England. He
has to pay it either in gold, bonds or produce
which he can ship 70 England and draw against
Now as wheat is such An article Of produce and
export. it is as valuable a. gold. and rs the
premium Of gold rises the price Of vhea: rises.
One hundred thousand dollars worth, gold
standard. Of wheat in England, is worth one
hundred thousand dollars Of gold in New York
less cost Of ocean transportation; and assgold in
New York Is worth 100 per ct. premium, wheat
in New York is worth loo pr ct. premium.
Hence during the war when gold was 9 80
wheat solid fer as per bushel.
Hence the present premium Of i3pr Ct on
snx. Il IS our bonus Without It wheat that
is now worth 81 90 would be worth only s.
cenu. 1--we multiply thirteen million bushels
Of wheat By thirteen CENTS on every bushel W
have . srand total Of nearly four million dol
Lam annually added to the wealth Of Minnesota
BY rsason a The premium on gold
There are some minds 50 obtuse that i,
| Is difficult tor them to understand the
simple proposition. and Perrine is ont
Of them.
Let u ask him few questions2
l. Il not gold worth iS per ct. NOR,
than greenback@
Ii. Is not wheat equally An article o
export with gold and used like gold il
! paying our fereigu Indebtedness?
III. Is not wheat therefore worth 1,
pr. ct. more than other articles of hom
production. not exportable, but who's
i price is determined By the home market
Let Us illustrate.
Suppose Perrine raises this fall 100
bushels Of oats ard we raised 1000 bush
els Of wheat and 10 takes his oats a
W our WAsat . New York. Ratine
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-06-08
ANOTHER FILSEHOOD REFCTED.

ANOTHER FALSEHOOD REFCTED.
As soon as it vas announced that the
Independents had Tolninated Hon. Peter
Cooper for the Presidency. our lying en-,
emies sent out the statement that he had
decl med our nominatiou-0f course he
had!-declined it witt contempt, &C.
The following letter exptodes this
cheeky falsehood:
New Yo2K, May j Peter Cooper. r''pIJ IJins
70 the letter informing him Of his numiiNt,on n
for the presidency by the greenback convNn-
tiOn, says
While most heartily thank the convention
for the great honor they have conferred on me,
possibility, if wise counsel prevail, that the
sorely needed relief from the h!ighting effects
Of past unwise legislation relative to the tinau-
,es which the people so earnestly seek, may
yet be had through either the republican or
Democratic party, both OF them meeting IN ma
sjonal convention at an early day tits unnec-
ex,ssry for me to assure You tha' While have
no As spiratons for the position cf chief magis-
tr.te. / viii most cheeifully do what can to
| forward the interests OF my country. there
fore accept your nomination condis,onally, ex-
PRESSING the earnest hope that the independent
serty may vet attain its exalted aims, while
permitting me to step aside and remain IN tina,
,suiek which is most eongenial to my nature and
Sme of life"
ISiguedl P.rsR Coorss.
Which meaus that it the Democrats
and Republicans Soth adopt contractor
lnlakforms. or nominate contraction can
sdidates, Peter Cooper will run. and the
IndependeAts vii. csrry Ohio, Indian
md illinois. and :hrow the selection o
Preaident into the House OF Represents
Svea. ION with the dance"
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-06-08
QUICK UOCTOE'S REMEDY

The Republican, papers admit that the
nation is sick sick nigh unto death but
they insist that it can only be cured
with republican medicine that it must
take hair Of the dog ia It DIT it.
The Faribault Republican steps to tie
front with its galIipots and boluses. each
with the trademark OF 'Irant & Bel
knapr upon the vial, and aols,ss uoicns
will insert them INTO the jaws Of tae dying
patient. 1t remarks
But, says Mr.. Donnelly, England and France
are boarding. the gold, consequently 1t can not
be retained in sufficient quantity for circulation
How do thcy sc! it from Us, instead Of we f:oln
.laiui Manif-stly, because we are the doctor
party The remedy is obvious; keep the tarlf
at rate tnat will stop ove--tradiny.
We will suppose merchant in Fari-
bault to send for McKnstry. the editor
ofthe Republican; and ,e.l him that he
is on the eve Of bankruptcy and that ht
wants his advice.
You are suffering from over.trading,
says McKinstry.
You are an ass" says the merchant
would you have me shut up my shoE
and expect to get rich by keeping m.
QOOOS on the SnclFeSs
!! And vet this Is Mes advice to the ma
ton.
| Does he not know that the thedt; tha
| nation should export more than it in
| ports has been exploded Thousand
times? Does he not know that Englan
exports are constantly less than her i'm
ports and vet she has been steadily in
creasng in wealth and is now the wealth
lest nation in the world?
| Mr.. Morrison Of Illinois gave. an II
lustration OF this truth the other day i
congress. Hon. Mr. Hooper OF Mass.
an ex-m c.. seLt ont $40 600 o America
goods to England; he sold them theT
tor t25 900 he bought English goods an
shipped them to China and exchanges
them for Chinese goods which sold !
New York for 100000 imported. TO wit
SOC. 900; while in truth the nation wa
SEQ, ,00o richer by the transaction.
But our quack has another bolus. II
says.
| Pa.rouize home manufactures; pay of II
bonded Indebtedness Of the government A. raj
idly Is possible
.Patronize home manufactures How
By paying from 40 to l20 pr. CT NOR
TOR home made goods than we could bu
foreign goods tor!
ROB the people" says Mac ''tak
their money and put it in the pockets
few wealthy manufacturers. and the
they the plundered people will be 80 ric
that they can pay oftheir bonded indeb
uees!"
Bah. It rs shocking to see such stu
paraded as arguments and swallowed b
thousands Of men who are ranked as il
telligeut beings.
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WHOLE NO. 100.
CATION to vote as unit in accordance with the
will of the majority.

CATION to vote as unit in accordance with the
will of the majority
SCENE or EXCITEMENT AND coxFUgoy.
up 70 this point the convention had been
entirely unequal to the emergency. m .''>1 .'o
when Mr. Gilman made his last motion to
amend the uproar commenced in earnest. Sly
or seven members were on the floor at the saune
time, apd each talking, while two or three
dozen persons were rushing around. the preei-
for "Order."
vol 'e-"Put the resolution to VOTE"
member demanded the ayes and noes"
Another wanted the roll called by counties.
), The confusion then became inextricable, and
the president put the vote, which was taken
amid great tumuk.
Mr.; W. 2. Murray said he lad demanded =
vote by counties; it was right he nossessed
ton >>S >'''' a"e'
,.N9i Voices all aronnd--"Pyt the vote againl''
About dozen persons focked around the
chairman, to whisper to him, ana instruct him
Gen. Sibley insisted upon preservation Of
H., The s president tried to calm the excitement
Here the editor of The Volksb)at handed 4
huge cane to the president of the convention.
ever -
Finally the noise subsided, aud the counties
were called on the Tilden resolution which was
adopted-yeas 1875, nays ~. The leading
counties &C, voting no, were Ramsey %; Scott 8:
sllmore M O. Wabasha s., Wright s; Mcleod 4;
The following is the vote by counties
as reported by the Dispatch: =.
Inc roll call resulted ayes lc5, nays ~, as
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-06-08
THE DEATH or GENFRAL COR
MAN,

Our absence on the frontier prev ented
us from noticing ere this the death OF our
highly valued friend, General Willis A.
German. He was true. good, honest,
able man courageous soldier skill>
ful commander and a devoted patriot.
All the emotions OF his heart were honor
able and generous. lie loved his coun-
try and his fellow men.
Such men are becoming rare IN these
degenerate days. and when one OF them
leaves us it is a loss to the entire state.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-06-08

The Pioneer-Press- Tribune, the Re-
publican State organ, is immensely
pleased with the platform. It says.
Except the last resolution, which pitches I'M
to the republican party right and left there Il
nothing distinctively democratic about the
platform, and with the additional exception Of
the revenue tariff principle on which the 70.
publican party IL divided there is nothing In Il
which would not command the cordial assent
Of republican convention.
The Republican state organ is right.
The platform, il all essential particulars,
is a Republican platform It will bring
delight to the soul of Grant and Jay
Gould.
Joe Wheelock pats the convention a
the back and says with grin:
The Minnesota democracy did well yestse-
day. As was forcslladowed In these columns,
the voice Of the Minnesota democracy IL fof
Tilden, and resolution warmly endossing
Tilden, as 1.-THE representative wf0rmer Of the
times WAS adopted by vote Of l25 to ~.
The Minnesota Democracy did well
yesterday" And their course was fore
shadowed in these columns!r That 10.
the Republican State organ told them
what to do and they did il!
We are glad to have the Pioneer -PresS-
Tribune say -
We cannot compliment the dsmocraey on 8
very discriminating selection Of delegates b
| the -. Louis convention. Here thsy are: n
HugeDe Wilson, It large.
Flint ntDigtrict-8amusl Buck, H Blue Earth
J; = ncKsnny, n Chsdsld, md G. 2. Boek,
Second District -lGicAssl Dosan. Of le6osus:
John =. Nonkh, II Dakota; Geo. =. Skinaas
| Third Distsict-William Les, 81. PAL; I. g.
| lessley, of Wright J. N. Caslls, Of Wohing-
ton.
There ~ some fair msn in this delagsGien;
butoa - Nh0le, II 10 not crsdilAbls 70 ~
dsmocsssy d fMinnsols.
This. il terrible. Hsbows how fooi-
ish tAepgntention were not to ak i.
Wheelock and Alsek. Ramsey to give
them, in advance. . list OF the men they
wonld prs(ar - delegates mo woadsr
Bill Murray said ''thres times The Re-
pub,icaos had succeeded IN getting .
candidate to suit them noainated r
democratic national Conversions. II
begins to look - u they woald do Il .
fourth ime.
! But it may be that the PionecT>Proa1-
Tribunes disgust with ths delegates +
because majority of them are MOI -
4 liable for Tllden.
u Let u wait sad see II ths natiOua1
i Dsnocratic convsnGioA. which meooD
| Jone 2lsh, viii equal - De0ocEsGG
4 G1o1e Cooyoq1lnQ a. 10nneoc1a = aa16np
II - nrl& s3ss
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-06-08

TH1 DEMOCRACY or MINNESOTA
lis with profound sorFow that - are
cal1od upaa - o.11Eoaisls H. fAee TT -
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-06-08

POOR Blaine. Asa Presidential candi-
dais be has departed this liie-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-05-24
The Indian Bureau Bill.

The bill passed by the United States
House, transferring the Indian bureau
to the War department, by vote OF l39
yeas to "a nays, provides that after the
first of July next the secretary OF war
shall exercise the supervisory and appel
late powers, and possess the jurisdiction
now exercised and possessed by the
secretary Of the interior in relation to
Indian affairs; that he shall, from time
to time, make details of army officers to
administer the affairs Of the Indian
branch of the War department that the
commanding officers Of geographical de.
partlnents shall be er oticio in charge OF
Indian affairs in their departments, and
shall make details of officers, including
officers on the retired list, to administer
the affairs of the Indian service, and that
the inspector general of the army shall
discharge the duties OF inspector OF In
dian affairs. The act is not to be con-
strued to authorize an Increase in the
number, rank, pay, or allowances OF
army officers. All contracts for Indian
supplies and transportation are to be
made in the same manner and at the
same time, where practicable, as those
for the army. All religious denomina-
tions are to enjoy frcs and equal right
TO erect and maintain church and school
buildings on Indian reservations. Indi-
yidual Indians who have adopted the
habits of civilized life may become citi-
zens of the United States without for
feiting their right to their share OF the
tribal property.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-05-24
Effects of Business Depression.

One of New York's eminent physi-
clans said to friend OF the Ezpress that
the very worst cases among his male
patients we're men of business with no
other physical illness than mental suffer-
ing. The past was full of losses, the
present not encouraging, the future all
uncertain, and the effect had 30 preyed
upon them that they could not find rest
of body or peace of mind. Many have
lost ali their earnings for ten and twenty
years in the shrinkage of values and the
expenses of business. The labors and
aocumulations of years had all gone to-
eether, and resulted either in real or
threatened bankruptcy, and with only
the most gloomy forebodings for the
time to come. While the general in
crease of wealth from 1850 to 1870 was
very great, and in the latter year was
more by 233 per cent. than twenty years
before, no man can begin to realize what
the depreciations have been since 1877.
But it is the effect upon peculiar persons,
especially upon those of a sensitive
nature. whose credits have been impaired
and who can neither hope nor rally,
which is so alarming. When physicians
report 80 many Of their cases to be the
result of nervous depression, occasioned
by business, the record is sad one for
both the country and mankind.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-05-24
It Was He.

A man forty years old, and as long as
a rail, went into one of the banks OF
Detroit to get the cash on thirteen-dol-
lar check, drawn by party living In
Nankin township. .,
"You will have to be Identified" said
the cashier, as he looked at the check.
"I'm the man," was the reply.
"But I don't know who you are"
"But I do"
"You must bring some one here who
knows you"
"Don't know myself ?" exclaimed
the check tenderer.
"But must know you. You may be
Tom Jones for all that know"
"You must be consumed fool to
think I'm some one elsef" growled the
man in response.
"You must be identified" observed
the cashier.
"That's my name, I tell ye, and this
is me, and if this bank gets me rl!ed IL
lick the whole crowd OF you over behnd
the railing !"
The cashier wouldn't pay, and the man
couldn't find any one who knew him,
and at noon he was waiting "fOr the
feller who sassed him to come out"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-05-24
. Value of Discipline.

Gen. Geo. A. Custer, in his war
memories, thus describes the confusion
at the first battle of Bull Run:
The value Of discipline was clearly
shown in this crisis by observing the
manner of the few regular troops, as
contrasted with the raw and undisci-
plined three months men. The regular
soldiers never for a moment ceased to
look to their officers for orders and in
structions, and in retiring from the
field, even amid the greatest disorder
and confusion of the organizations near
them, they preserved their formation,
and marched only as they were directed
to do.
The long lines of soldiery, which q
few minutes before had been bravely
confronting and driving the enemy, sud
denly lost their cohesion and became
one Immense mass of fleeing, frightened
creatures. Artillery horses were cut
fiom their traces, and it was no unusual
sight to see three men, perhaps belong
ing to different regiments, riding the
same horse, and making their way to
the rear as fast as the dense mass of men
moving with them would permit. The
direction of the retreat was toward
Centreville, by way of the Stone bridge
crossing, and other fords above that
point. An occasional shot from the
enemy's artillery, or the cry that the
Black Horse cavalry, 30 dreaded in the
first months of the war in Virginia, were
coming, kept the fleeing crowd of SOL
diers at their best speed. Arms were
thrown away as being no longer of ser
vice in warding of the enemy. Here and
there the State colors of regiment, or
perhaps the national standard, would be
seen lying on the ground along the line
of retreat, no one venturing to reclaim
or preserve them, while more than one
full set of band instruments could be
observed, dropped under the shade Of
some tree in rear of the line of battle,
and where their late owners had prob
ably been resting from the fatigues oi
the fight when the panic seized them
and forced them to join their comrades
| ~ Hioht