The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-11-01
BAKER versus BAKER.

When the Republican party, in THU
State is hard pressed, the managers
seek the aid of the weapon used by
Sampson with some good effect ant
send Genl. Jim Baker forth, --armed
by nature with the necessary nipple
ment--to do battle for the wrong.
The instructions of the managers
are simple and consise.
''Lie jim, lie
But Genl. Baker scorns the bald
lie although expression might had
him to suppose that it would pass cur
rent in Minnesota; so he adopts what
Bob Acres would call ssthe lie circum-
Stantial' or argumentative lie.
But such lies are as eccentric as a
comet and far more likely to come in
contact. When they do there is an
explosion and a very bad smell fol-
lows. But the General has been too
long an office holder in the Republican
party to care for bad smells, they are
as the OdOr Of thousand flowers to
him.
Here is an extract from Genera1
Bakers speech, whereIn-as the Re-
publican papers state--he demolished
Nh. Banning s argument in favor of
greenback circulation:
The constitutiOnality Of the green
back was challenged from the begin
3 ming, and the supreme court decided
that they were issued as an exigency
of war, and only on that theory
could their issuance be justified.
They are war-greenbacks. Issue one
single greenback, under q new law, in
time OF peace, and the supreme court
OF the United States is bound unami-
mously, to denOunce such an issue as
unconstitutional. The present issue
OF greenbackS is under the old law,
they have been renewed by the virtue {
OF n section of that law authorizing t
the secretary of tide treasury SO to do I
Inc supreme court stands as an inSu- [
perable barrier to the accomplishment
or Mr.. Bannlng'S financial scheme 1
Then what is the use Of his wasting .
breath over it and trying to deceive -
the people! 4
Very good indeed, the money aris- Il
tocracy that rule this country for the
time being and make paupers of it's o
citizens, could not ask for anything s
better in the way of sophistry. st
Had the General stopped just here he - :;
would have been success. But no, s,
ne goes tioundering on until--in proof tt
hat in time of peace it is unconsti- p'
'utlonal to make new issue of by
,reenbacks-he quotes letter from
John Sherman, which states that Ca
here can be such an issue. HI
Here is the letter: m
"TREAsURY DEPARTMENT, su
WAsHINGroN, August 81, 1877.
Mr. Albert w s., Des MONIES Iowa: ia'
DEAR SlR-ln response to your note of the GO
20 INST. | reply that the resumption OF CO
pecie payment does not mean the cancella- da
on OF any greenback circulation, but in my of
plnlon, the $500 900 900 of greenbacks spok an
n OF IN the resumption act ca mot be reduced ste
crow that sum prior to January l, 1879; that to
nder the general law as it now stands, after ~
lat date they can be reissued
Very respectfully, ov'
JOHN SHERMAN" we
1t is proposed then by the Republi- Iru
IN party to call in the $500. 900 900 r W..
reenbackS. redeem them in coin and wrt
len as 1T is termed REISSUE them" out
Fray what is this but a new issue ;o;e
greenbacks in time of peace If the
III have note due in the bank of con
awson e Co., here in st. Paul and S o.a'
III go down and pay it over the conn. THU
T. and the following week you pres OF
It another note for the same amount .nel
get caShed, will Mr.. Dawson saw to ..Ts
u, why do you bring back this old cut
tie here9 BY no means he will ing &
eat 1t as new note,a land no sane man his
'uld look upon it as anything else. cou
lus guiless jim Baker argues against a'i ~
neiai naher ana summons the higl
cretary of the Treasury to confute elev
+, General. hap
gHn
'ald speaker at a meeting in New II
TX: The doctrine of the Green. 50 o
k party is all wrong!" But he d tne
Mt undertake to prove it. It's a rea,,
Un, i"liiiiS WIFI most OF our MOD Won
Solomons that. while very glib in dren
'rtlng, they regard proving as un- paid
tny thelr brilliant minds. for
MUCH Too STRONG. The New his
Times speaks of 1.-The Green gers
movements ca c,Ilod,, =, -; worE
eauy much too strong in some of S N.Y. :
firmly aSrao;.'Ws 10 very pieco- two
he Other nro,'s "S Tue Times are o
time since I h i.laue IL out dead strug