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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-12-27

There are two or three Democratic
editors who have been trying to make
capital out of the fact that the Green
hackers were not able to elect Mr..
Banning governor this fall. in this
Republican state, although they adj
NIT that he did not receive thousands
of Democratic votes, simply because
of his Greenback doctrines. That able
gentleman, the Hon. H. w. Hill of st.
Charles, recently candidate for
Railroad Commissioner. on the Demo-
cratic ticket, is broad enough in the
frontal regions to appreciate the stu
alton. and he rebukes one of his I'M
progressive brethren as follows:
By saying nothing and refusing to
advocate the claims of q sDemOcratic
nominee for Democratic support. you
indirectly advocated the claims of
John :. Pillsbury. Such Democracy
if it can rise to the dignity emitting
it to that name. will always be in the
minority. Rational Democracy al
ways submits to the will of the MAORI.
| ty when fairly and honestly expressed,
and no one certainly, who was present
at the late Democratic State cOnven-
ton will pretend, honestly. to affirm
that any undue OF improper influence
was brought to fbear to secure the
nomination OF Mr.. Banning. He re-
| ceived nearly Il unanimous vote of the
| delegates representing nearly every
| section of his state. The excuse. fol-
it does not reach the plane Of argn
ment. That he was not always Dem
ocrat is no excuse at all. such {
proposition being unworthy of consid
Grafton. How in the name of common
sense can II minority party expect tC
become Il majority party unless the,
will receive converts from some othel
party! He who never changes This
mind never confesses an error.
And he replies to another sheet II
follows:
The fact of the matter is, there ar
a few old bourbon Democrats, who, n
matter how all other things may prog
ress and improve. will still discuss tn
slavery question, and can no NOR
change their stereotype views t
meet the accepted conditions of tn
present time, than q jackass ca
change the length of his ears. TIL
"ideas of their daddies. is their sh
boleth: and if it wasn't for the fac
that the school boys would laugh a
them they would still be going to mi
with a grist in one end of the bag an
a stone in the other.
But the fact is. these newspaper
are simply the organs OF few amb
tious politicians, who fear the possibl
success of other men more than the
fear the Republican party.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-12-27

1t has been the reproach or the
churches. whether deserved or not,
that they are oftentlmes silent upon
those great reforms which concern
the welfare OF mankind. In Maine
they 20 even further than this. We
find in the Labor idraace he follow
ing reference to an able and worthy
man who recently ran for governor on
the Greenback ticket:
Rev. III. G.. Munson, of Skowhegan.
Maine. who was forced to resign his
pa,torate. because he allowed the use
of his name as candidate for governor
OH the Independent ticket, had grand
send off previous to his departure.
The Skowhegan reform club, assisted
NV members of the Universalist Soci-
ty and other citizens, gave him Il
: farewell sociable and benefit. \ num-
Dor of resolutions were adopted and
speeches were made, at the conclusion
Of which Mr.. Munson was presented
with an envelope, containing a hand
some sum of money, rs token of the
esteem OF his friends. That's how
they treat reformerS in Maine. If he
had lived in any other part of the
union. he would have been allowed to
starve TO death.
If he had lived in the west we don't
think he would have been driven out
Of the ministry for simply lending hi:
name and influence to the cause of ;
vrpat reform.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-12-27

Observation-Disclosures his publishers
will not trust him l cannot say
Then why allude Ito it at all? Why
seek to damn man with an inuendo
in that foul fashion?
1.-The contractor, says Burt, s.has
not books on hand of the other kinds
to fill ORDERS And yet Burt knew
very we'll that Mr.. Merrill had for
weeks been offering to furnish these
books directly to the districts for cash,
being unable by!reason of his, Burt s.
tricks and bubbles to furnish them
under the law.
We have great respect for religion
and for clergymen.sbut it is II terrible
thing to see an ex-minister Of Gods
gospel resorting to snch falsehoods and
subterfuges, and for WHAT To pre-.
vent the carrying out of law to give
the people cheap books; a law which
he himself had recommended before
he became state superintendent.
What does it all mean! Why is he
unwilling to see the cormorants driv.
en- away from the doors Of the school
houses, and universal education
cheapened to the people. many OF
whom are poor and struggling, eaten
out by grasshoppers and borne down
by debt and taxes, Have not the
booksellers taken enough out of TIL,
.tatea In the ten years last past
they have robbed us Of ut least two
million dollars! Is not that enough
Does Burt want the process to con
tinue indefinitely, Does he think tn
people, who "pay the piper vii
stand by and see him tie up thei
limbs with his green withes of tech
nicalities, while the Book Ring div
down deep into their pockets for NOR
millions
We will see.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-12-27

President Hayes says the policy OF
contraction and resumption produces
some cases of ''occasionab Distress
Here is Il list from q Chicago paper of
Dec. 3d.; illustrating the truth Of the
remark. Remember it contains the
gleanings of only one day
BUSHNELL, H., Dec. 2.--Y esterday
morning business men were shocked
to find that the old firm of Shreyes &
Parks. dealers in dry goods and
groceries at this place. had made an
assignment. There are many wild ru-
mors concerning the financial status of
the firm. but it is believed the liabili-
ties are not over SO, 900. and assets,
if judiciously handled. will pay at
least IS cents on the dollar. Mr..
Shreves has been in in business here
for twenty years, and has always been
one Of the leading men of the town.
The principal creditors live here.
The affair has created great excite
ment. and east gloom over the entire
community. Messrs. Shreves and
Parks were highly esteemed citizens.
esterdav morning the creditors OF
j. II. Cress, dealer in groceries, boots,
shoes. etc., seized the stock. and closed
the doors permanently. 1t is said tina,
Mr.. Cress cannot pay 5O cents on the
dollar. This is the fourth failure
within six weeks. all of which are
largely due to the fall rains. which
prevented farmers from marketing
their crops.!.
ELLSWORTH. Me-. Dec. III. d.
Hopkins & Co., lumber dealers. have
suspended. Their liabilities are about
100000. one-half unsecured. The
cause is repeated and heavy losses by
fire. added TO business depression.
SPRINGFIELD. H.. Dec. 1.-Orrir
E. Moore. of this city. has filed vol
untary petition in banl { lptcy. He
stated his liabilities at about SIPS 900
and the principal creditors are the
haywood Company. of haywood
Cook county, $4,000. and W. n
Ovingion, or Chicago. S16,50O. His
assets are nil. The petition is referr
ed for adjustication to w. B. Con
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-12-27

The celebrated railroad magnate,
Franklin B. Gowan, is not having
rosy time just now. Charles +.
Smith, who was president of the Read
ing railroad for number of years,
and was succeeded by GOwen in 1859,
has made report on the recent man
agement of that company, signed con-
currently by two other directors.
Mr.. Smith made his report to the
managers about u year ago, but it was
suppressed by Mr.. Gowen. He now
publishes it for the benefit of the
stockholders and bondholders. He
shows that the real earnings of the
Reading railroad and it's branches had
produced surplus for the five years
of 1918 of only $2,347 900; but in
those five years the railroad had Sl8-
600 900 in dividends. Thus over SIS
coo. 900 must have been borrowed to
paw dividends with. 1t is charged
that the managers on the day for
making the annual balance sheet, on
two occasions transferred large float
ing debts from the railroad to the coal
company, SO rs not to appear in the
report Of the former. 1t is also stated
that the company has lost over - ,050,-
900 in the operation of the colllerles,
which it has run itself. while it has
made 81 10000 on those which it has
leased: net loss on the collieries alone
$500, 900
This Franklin b. Gowen is one of the
worst pills in the box. He was the
man who was SO persistent in having
the Molly Maguires hung. We do not
defend the crimes of the Molly Ma
CURES, but they were simply the re
suit of Ignorance and misgovernmen'
| by Mc.Gowan and his associates
And now it turns out that Nc. Gowar
was himself guilty of grave crimes
He lied about the condition of hi
railroad company, and made fraudu
lent reports to induce people to inves
their money in it, roping them il
with bogus dividends. He ought t
60 to the penetentiary, but he vii
not. Law, as the old adage has it. II
a web where the great flies brea
through and the little ones ar
caught"
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-12-27

The LABOR AdrdNce LOledO. onAo'
has this significant utterance;
slowly, but all the more surely, Is
the fact developing itself, that the
great republic is rapidly drifting INTO
aimonarchical SyStem.Or into Il system
somewhat worse, u country ruled by
it's money aristocracy. The time has
already arrived when the right OF
voting has in many instances become
i farce. VS. have had experience or
the hulldoZing Of voters in our own
city. In New York city at the last
election. nearly every street railroad
company openly instructed ltsemploy-
es to vote for certain candidates, ana
when two conductors refused to obey.
they were promptly discharged.
In Ohio, few years ago, the lie
publican papers stated unblushlngly,
that If Allen and Cary, the Democrat
ic nominees for the two highest state
Offices. should be elected. and the IN
nation." heresy prevail, the banks
would ut once call in al outstanding
loans What else was this hut an I'M
hhlshing attempt to bulldoZe men
who had borrowed money from the
banks land their name is leglon) into
voting the Republican ticket! 1t was
ONLY too successful. The money pow
ar controls the business men, the
manufacturers and the merchants,
and through them is enabled to exert
it's baneful influence on the working
man
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-12-27

The prince imperial of France is
ont OF power and he is talking sweet
to the people, to persuade them TO let
him come inside the bars. But out
of the necessities of his position he
utterS some truths that will bear rep
etition to-day even in America. the
land of the common people. He says;
Taxes profit only the privileged
classes; | wish them to be proportion
ate, progressive, and falling heavily
upon supertluous articles; because it
is monstrous to take never so little
from him who has next to nothing.
The poor man owes only his blood to
his country; that is why desire the
abolition of indirect taxes and of the
octroi. In Democratic society the
State should constantly heap the heav.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-12-27

Ter burdens on the rich, always solace
the poor with the most abundant sue
cor. and continually level down for
tunes by the rights Of succession.
The Pioneer Press heads this
.sTHE PRINCE IMPERIAL A CoMMC-
MIST" If this be communism in
Gods name let us have more of 1T!
This was the communism" of jeff
erson and Franklin. It is the "com-
munism" which underlies our free
government and makes a republic pos
sible in the United States. How
true it is, as Horace White remarked,
that Europe is to-day tending towards
republicanism. while America is
tending towards imperialism.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-12-27
-erse. Register of this CITY.

NEWARK. n. j., Dec 2.-The Re.
public Trust Company have decided to
discontinue business Dec. Is. Deposi-
tors have been notified to draw their
balances in full. The reason for this
action is the difficulty in making safe
and profitable investments.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-Otis 4. Clio.
yer was to-day appointed receiver of
the Central National Bank, of Chica-
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-12-27

This is specimen Of the infamous
letters State Supt. Burt has been
writing to county superintendents:
STATE OF MINNESOTA,
DEpARr'r PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.
ST. PAUL. Nov 80, 1877.
Superintendent 4. T.. Haren. Fari-
bduH.
DEAR SRI send you the blanks
which you order. The people OF your
county should know that the readers
have not Yet been submitted to the
commission. The last announcement
of the contractor WAS that he should
have something to submit in Deem
Der. Our winter schools will be half
through By that time. and / have no
assurance that the readers will be
ready then. in view of the fact that
they were promised in September.
One failure leadsus to expect another.
The contractor has not books on
hand OF the other kinds to fill orders.
Whether his publishers will not trust
him. or whether he dares not risk the
ordering of books in advance of actual
requisition on him. I cannot tell. Re-
spectfully yours.
ID. BURT.
Note this:
He sends the blanks for the order
and 1t the same time notifies superin-
tendent Haven that the readers are
not ready.so as 70 give him an excuse
for not sending the order. And sub
sequently. when Mr.. Merrill presents
two readers for approval. by the COM
missioners he Burt, votes against
them. because he has not the other
two ready alsoi Is this the course
that an honest man would have pur.
/ sued who really wanted to execute the
law and give the people cheap books
And then see his dastordly attempt
to destroy Mr.. Merrilrs business rep.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-12-27

This is a specimen Of the Infamous
letters State Supt. Burt has been
writing to county superintendent:
The daily gazette., 1877-05-02
NEW1CasT6E-LEFFER.a


Correspondence Of the GAaE.fr. !. g. ssS
2 NEW CASTLE, May Q.
City Council met last evening and ad-
jourDed until Thursday evening-no bus
iness was transacted. il"t. i'-'-'t7 n',7fi 'f
Sanford's entertainment in the City
Hall was success, the audience was
large and their applause unbouhded. II
will be repeated this evening at the ear
nest request of q large number of citizens,
= Our fishermen are meeting with fair
specess; the catch dhring the past week
was fully up 70 the average and the prices
/, In and about the Mayors Office, all is
quiet; the brisk state OF affairs during the
past few days has been taken as hint by
the boys that bis Honor intends to bring
all evil doers cup to the rack fodder or no
FODDER" The habit INDUCED In by a
great number Of congreeating ON The
street corners to tIe great Inconvenience
Of the public is to be stopped, or at least
the police have received orders to make
arrests, and an example is to be made oi
"a few in order to see if touching the
"pocketD will have any effect. =. : r j
The daily gazette., 1877-05-02
FIRST EDITION.
THE TIoK ET rHIFrhs,,. :,
TWO MORE ArTEsTEp IN R.,r,.onr
A NUMBER OF TICKETS sp,zr-

TWO MORE ARRESTED IN BALTIMORE
A NUMBER OF TICKETS SEIZED.
|. The two ticket thieves that were ar
|restea at the Clayton House inthis citv.
on Monday evening, a full account ~
which was given in yesterdays GAZETTE
We're taken TO Baltimore YESTERDAY morn
ing, where the detectives succeeded in
esptnnng two Others, and also 1 LARGE
number of tickets, '"so
The Baltimore Sun of TO-DAY gives tho
following account of the arrest of tho
parties In that city: '"e
aesserday morning Detectives Ren;a. .
MN Erankho, ofPinkerton,s .Aoencv IN
New YORK; james 'Giichfist and ii. En-
mons mayer, came to BALTIMORE and
tocIIeu search warrants from ,JIisti 90
Graff to look for. tickets Supposed to have
pesn stolen from the Penbsvlvania Rail
roau CoInsany. The detectives with the
search warrants went to the Office Of n
s,;,,I ;;,D,oIsey, IN the ST, Clair Hotel and
VIII l.iamE. a1 bloomer, No. 127 West Balti-
m noro s.rset, where they took from Mr.,
Dorsoy aoong u 200 worth of Pepnsylya-
er about $1,000 worth of tickets Tbesa
seizures comprised nearly the whole of
MT; bioomer's stock though Mr.. Dorsey
had besides tickets valued at az .O0C n
not disturbed. ""'n were
Both these dealers in railroad tiekets
are known as "scalpers,v who buv afsiis,
count and sell again to travellers at n
prom. During the late railroad war they
Purcnased very largely at the low rates
tnen prevailing for the tickets of the
e,hn othan INES m engagedin underselling each
osner. Ine detectives state that lately
an extensive conspiracy has, existed
among Pennsylvania railway emnlovses
py which tickets were not punched and
were stolen and resold. Seizures similar
10 the one in baltimore were made in
New York and elsewhere, showing that
tIe raiiroad company was at work all
along the line. Messrs, Dorsey and
bioomer, withthefr titkets, were taken
peIore y ustice Graft, where there was 4
parnai examination. Mr., Dorsey stated
tnat the Pennsylvania railroad tickets in
5is possession were purchased by him
u.lect from the companys ohicein New
1oLk, ior which he held receipts. He
aenled the rightof the detectives to seize
his property, and win procure a writ of
+repfevin to-day. He also stated that the
uckets were not the property of the rail-
Loaq company, as stated In the warrant,
Dut his own. Mr.. Bloomer said he had
also purchased tickets in the same way,
apd could account for nine-tefiths, of his
stock, though there may have been q few
that he could not trace.
MT! w hfte who was arrested in this
city disclaimed any intention to defraud
Jne company. He bought them, as he
tnought, from a legitimate owner, not
knowing that they had been yrongfully
procured, Mr.. Dorsey and Mr.. Bloomer
admitted having purchased tickets from
White from time, to time. The justice
released the accused on their own recog-
rlzance for a hearing on Friday morning
ana the tickets were held in custody by
Inc PONCE - sftfT r - ~ ~
The daily gazette., 1877-05-02
Loan sAssOckntiOns.,
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE DELAWARE
H. f~- SALES OF MONEY

ANNUAL MEETING OF THE DELAWARE
r. SALES OF MONEY.
= The fourteenth annual meeting of the
Delaware Loan Association, was held
last evening, and the following officers
were elected;
President, Joshua Maris; Vice. .Presi,
dent. ID. 81. Kent; Secretary and Treasur-
er, Geo. G. Maris; Directors, Geo. HYATT !.
Edgar q. Pierce. Allen Smith, Lindley
Q. Kent, Edward B. Mode, Daniel
Schafer, Joseph A. Bond, Michael Bow
land and William Wood. The receipts dur
ing the year from all the series nave been
S1270l.S8, and the expenditures, $13, 3,4l6.-
%, leaving balance in the Treasury of
S2,45 The assets Of the Association includ-
ing real estate and shares, are $50, ,414,-
At the regular monthly meeting of the
same Loan held last evening the follow
ing sales of money were consummated
S40O at 26 per cent. 500 at 36!; S4O0 at
254 -t-'l.- -, =
The 50th monthly meeting of the Ex
.celsior Loan Association, was held last
evening, and the following amounts
were sold; $500 at 27l; S1OO at 275; $4OO
at 26; 100 at 25t; and $500 at 23!.
The daily gazette., 1877-05-02
!. STREET MARKETS

Butter, pnnt, 3Sa40 per pound: rou On
bradford County 30 do;teges. n i6cis nzr'
doz chickens $100a1 80 cabbage Sc a head
celery, Gallo per bunch. apples. 12a2b
per half peck sweet potatoes, I5a25 do
white potatoes, ,25as0 do, and i.aSf76
per bu. pork 12a15 q Ib., or $40 Der hid.
cheese. 1sa20 . lb,; lemons, 2oa26 Der Der
doz.; oranges 25aA0 perdoz.; pumpkins
6a25 piece; cider, 15a18 gal; turnips.
Sal0 hf. PIX; sweet potatoes, ,8Oa9O has !,
walnuts, 10a12 q hf. PIX !; sausage, f4ai8 4
ID; scrapple, .7a8 do; mince meat, 2lbs'
for 25cts,; corn, b6a5S a bushef oats'
50cts do, /; beef steak, 12a20 per pound,
stewing pieces, Sale do. (; roast, I2a20 do
nam, q; mutton chops, s16a2O; legs, 15a2o,
racks, 10a18; lard, f3a14, Q for 25c; veal,
lOa25 cat fish, 12a15; rock, IS; hadtfock;
y; yellow neads, 15az5 per bunch, hal,
ibut, 20 pike 16cjperjlb Delaware shad,
2Oa6O. mackerel, 15a26 a piece herring
iAeents per doz.; white perch, 15a25 per
bunch; onions, 8 lunches for 5 cents,
lima 'beaDs, d10a15; bologna sausage,
10; shellbarks. 81 per dt., squads,
SOAPS rhubarb 10 cents per bunch
perpalr; squashes, 4a5 piece; beets, o cts
onions, 10 half peck; honey, 25a36 Der
pound; pigs S5a$8 a pair sauerkraut, ia
per quart; salad, 3aS. per head: spinacb,
IL hf. PIX. .sradishes 1Octs per bunch, aspar
agus al520: rhubarb5 per bunch radish
ts oc per DunCn. ? f Ht tI, ~
The daily gazette., 1877-05-02
Temperance.

The Temperance meeting at the
City Hall last evening under the man
agement of the Moral Suasion club,
was well attended, the Hall being
packed and many were turned away
In consequence thereof, The exercises
were the same that have taken hereto
fore. Speeches were made by Messrs.
butcher Rice,t and others who had
signed the pledge. AT the conclusion
OF the exercises large number OF
persons stepped forward and added
their namesto the pl dge book. which
now contains over 1000 names.
Owing to large numbers of persons
having been. turned away from the
meetings, the meeting this evening
will be held in the Institute Hall.
The daily gazette., 1877-05-02
A SHARP TR1cK.-Yesterday afte

A SHARP TRIcK.-Yesterday after
noon a young woman Of respectable
went into t. B. Killiam's
shoe store, on East Second street, and
took away four pairs of ladies' shoes,
SAYING that she would take them to her
mother, who would select a pair, after
which she would return and pay for the
pair selected.
Alter waiting in vain for her reappear-
ance, Mr.. Killiam went on the search,
and found her at the depot, when she
very innocently informed him that she
was waiting for her sister, "who was
going away on the next train," and that
she would "be at the store in few min
utes." Mr.. Killiam returned to his store
but has not seen the young woman since,
and now the police are looking for her.
|, She gave the name of Rigeby, and was
arrayed in a black dress, covered with
waterproof cloak. The stolen shoes were
valued at $14.75.
The daily gazette., 1877-05-02

! SPECIAL TAxEs.--The receipts tor
special taxes at the Office Of the q. 3.
internal Revenue Office in this city,
since April Both have been as follows:
Monday April 30th, $4,000; Tuesday
May lst, $2,97a;' Wednesday May, 8, up
to IL o'clock ST, ,9l6; making a total
OF 81 ,S92. Most of the above receipts
have been from this city, . very few
from the county being inc luded.
LATER NEws.-The. steamer Col,ma.
bia, from Pusey, Jones & Co, for Para,
Brazil, arrived off St. Thomas on the
2sth inst: She was at the Bermudas on
the 13bh instant. 5o erl rgel b.,
The daily gazette., 1877-05-02
/ PROGRESS OFTHE VAR.
RUSSIA RropEN1Ne THE. DANUBE,

RUSSIA REoPENING THE. DANUBE.
A special dispatch1to the London STAN
dard, from Vienna, says thes Roumanian
government will announce that Ibrail
and Galatz will be spared from bonn bard
ment. -Theipowers will endeavor to in
apce the Forte not to employ 5irregulars
in entering Roumanian territory. Rus
siA, at the request of Roumania, has de-
claaed navigation of the Danube reopen-
ed. subject to certain local restrictions
The Times correspondent at Vienna
says within the past few days news. has
spread that a convention has been con-
elnded between Rtssia and Austria rela
tive to occupation OF Turkey. The re
port hnds no credence here. so entirely
rs 1t opposed to the whole line of the
governments policy. Every one is SO
convinced Of The falsity, sf the rumors
that they do not cause the slightest
misgiying. e" III ''''7 & " =, . :
The daily gazette., 1877-05-02
MovEMEMENTS OF THE PREsT.
& --lf DENTlaFf 'ii z

WAsHINGToN, May 1.-The President
stated to-day that he will leave here by
special train on "Wednesday; May 8, for
the Permanent Exhibition. Z
He will be accompanied by all the high
officers of the Government whose public
duties will permit them to attend. He
wall return here on Friday, May IL, and
on the following Monday, May Id, he
will leave the capital for New York; On
the 10th he will be received by the New
York Chamber of Commerce, and re-,
ceive other. courtesies. :. 'h' FT'|'