The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-11-29

I. ;. 1t might be proper for me to
remark that | will be 4 candidate for
senator next year. Charley Baker
| VIII Of course want it. He has a ma
ma Tor running for office. but Won
Know Charley. We will nominate
MN Tor the house and thus get him
OUT OF the way; unless he hangs on as
ne dld THIS year-in which event /
VIII bolt Of course.
ours again,
j. T. Nh.
Z. $. No. ?. 4 new element has
risen up in this county. called the
"Greenback party" One of its can
didates polled 554 votes. I think if 7
had a chance to make a few speeches
to these lunatics and Communists
could convince them that the dearer
money IS the cheaper it is;-that the
scarcer it is the plentier it is; my DO
sition is:
Here follows ten pages of hard
money argument, but as it is princi-
pally re-hash Of the editorials of the
Ploneer-Press we omit it out OF re-
spect Tor the feeling of our readers
ED. ANTIMoNoPOLIsT.1
sEAGRAyE's REPLY.
BUNGTOWN, Missouri,
Nov. 18th. 1877.
My DEAR Nh: Your kind let
ter Of the 10th inst. is received. |
read it with mingled feelings:-with
JOY at hearing that the old Court
House clique (O'Leary | see spells it
click but then O'Leary never did
know anything;) is cleaned out and a
new one formed; but with profound
sorrow at learning that id Don
nelly was reelected. When is this
thing to endl Is there no balm in
Gilead! Why don't the earth open and
swallow himl Why don t
BrNGToWN, Nov. Il, 1877.
Ny DEAR Nh: At this point.
the other day, my feelings overcome
me. stepped out to quench my burn
ing thirst and | - well; 1 had to
get bail this morning, and my nerves
are little unstrung yet. I thought
l saw half-a-dozen snakes with heads
on them that resembled Newell and
Kelly and Duffy and Crowley, etc; and
one big bod-constrlctor, about 200 feet
long, with the smiling countenance of
that ID Donnelly at one end and q
general collection Of fireworks at the
other.
But | must quit this theme or
will go out again! There are chords
in the human heart, my near Nh:
there are feelings-ther are senti-
ments--but | forbear. Excuse the
tears which blot this fair page.
The world has gone badly with me
since | saw you last. | tried to run
for congress here, but the RepubIi
can convention, in order to get the COL
ored vote. nominated u niger. with
head like tub and lips like q quar-
ter of beef, and / bolted as YOU say
s'of course; and | rehearsed nv
speeches against DOnnelly all over the
district; but the Democracy started a
report that | was Petroleum v. Mas
by in disguise, and that / had come
down there to get the post office; and
the result was | was badly beaten.
Then | rushed for Minneapolis. and
tried to run for the judgeship on the
Democratic ticket; but when INV name
was presented III the convention there
was general roar of laughter and
one delegate got up and asked me
where had left my dry goods boxl 7
looked around for Mike Lynch
10 get nim to punch his head, but
Nike, alas. had gone to the Black
Hills. Inc fates are against me.
linen | went down to Pennington
to prevent the Democracy from nom
mating DOnnelly for senator:-the
school book publishers sent me. and
furnished Inc with $500 to buy nm
the conventions; but found the con-
II
turned to BIIngtOwn and brought the
S2oOO with me for safety. I have no
faltn Ill post offices or express men.
At Pennington some of the rude crea-
lures who attended that Irish mob
as You very properly call it: insulted
me grossly. One man. named Man.
| gan told me Ito 90 back to Rnng.
town; another named Murphy snub-
| bed me III an outrageous manner.
which | forbear to repeat. What
could dol Patt Davitt was dead and
| Mike Lynch in the Black Hills. Alaai
alas!
But my dear Nh. / will trv and
be with you at the time you indicate
and / will prepare some resoIntions
| that will. think harmonize the dis.
cordant clements Of the Peonle's
Party.
ours till death,
/ SEAGRAyE.
Z. ,. Tell Steb. to brine hottie tn
lile conference. | get thirsty when
ever | think of that ID lint
Iorpear. As | said before there are
cnords. In the human heart--but
enough. Yours, s. s.
L. - No. 2. Wouldn't it be better
Tor You to rcn for the house yourself
next year--I had made up my mind to
run for the senate myself. Baker is
an ass, as yon will cheerfnliy admit.
You run for the house and I will On
: for the senate. Yours. SIS.