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dency Armageddon is not far off.

The Observation-Disclosures vote of New
York State was very heavy. Here
are some items;-
The Elmira idrertiser of Wednes-
day says;
~ esterday was great day for the
new party. and the Greenback-Labor
men had reason to feel good over the
result. And they did feel good, and
they let it out. They secured En-
NETT Band and marched about town,
about II o'clock 2. NJ, 1000 or 1.5OO
strong, the band playing and the pro-
cession singing Hold the fort and
The Sweet BY and Bye. Arriving
in front of the BaZoo Office a halt was
made, where speeches were listened
to from Mr.. Beaumont. the Senatorial
candidate. Mr.. Wright, the candi-
date for District Attorney, Mr..
Kirsch, Mr.. Cooper. Mr. Gilmore, and
Mr.. Cowen. On the whole the dem
onstration was a very orderly and
creditable one, and very iubilant.
No one could blame them. Any one
would have done the same.
"The Elmira Gazette comedies that
IS per cent of the Greenback vote in
Chemung county came from the Dem
ocratic party.
The vote Of Greenbackers and
Workingmen in Onondaga county was
1880. This is the home Of the
Greenback candidate for State Treas
urer. \ Tribune dispatch says:
"SYRACUsE, Nov. 6.-The vote poll.
ed by workingmen surprises them
selves. and interferes greatly with the
count.
In Monroe, county, Elias Mapes.
Workingman, has been elected to the
Assembly. AS Mr.. Apes is a well.
known Greenbacker he can be count.
ed safely on our side. and it is possible
that he and Beard of Chemung may
hold the balance of power i'll that
body. Mapes had $3.50 majority
Chemung county gave us a vote OF
$50. Chemung alone gave a greater
vote than the whole state gave to Pc
ter Cooper.
We say to our bretheren in Mime
sofa to stand firm. ''The Slight is
breaking in the east that prophets
have foretold.
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The Anti-Monopolist.

Even the shadow of Grant seems to
fall athwart the ocean upon the hearts
OF some Of our American statesmen
with an ominous blackness. Mr..
Watterson, the famous editor Of the
Louisville (Ky.) Courier-Journal, said
the other day:
General Grant, as long as he lives. and the
republican party, as long as it is exposed to
the Vaccinations OF the Grant set, headed bv
Senator Conkling-himself a strong. though
not great party LEADERS, perpetual men
ace TO simple home-bred Republican ideas of
sell government look upon Gen. Grant,
and the people OF the South look upon him
with superstitious affection and dread. We
remember him as a magnanimous conqueror
and generous enemy. We behold him an
ambitious, ill-advised, ill-taught politician
The man no thinks we are done with him
IS short-sighted. The country is full of adj
yenturers-and 10 part OF it fuller than the
South-who are ready to rally to his standard.
He is atthis moment the stron gest personality
III America. Why. his reception abroad-a
| tribute simply TO CHsarism and the military
sharacter-has been gobbled up and gulped
down by that large class of Americans who
think that the villainous English system is
the best government in The world, and regard
Paris as good enough heaven for them, par
ticularlya under the last Napoleon-has been
| accepted by these fiunkeys as an argument
and reason for the renewal of his political
vitality at home. ! thousand uncOn jectu-
rable things may come about; to begin on,
Grant may die; but if he lives, he Will be the
Republican Wallenstein, assembling forces in
the desolate camps, and lnarshaling the hosts
Morton is dead, and Blaine-the Henry Clay
of his party-will be upset in 80 just his
great predecessor was upset in 1910. The
country may as well make up its mind now
| a death struggle with Grant and Grantism
three years hence. Those who discourage the
suggestion will be either interested promoters
the scheme, or else that class OF unimagina-
tive drivers, who see nothing until it has
come to pass.
If Grant comes back to the presi-
dency Armageddon is not far off.
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The Indianapolis San we'll say:

The Greenback men hold the bal
ance Of power in the populous vote OF
seven of the largest and most popular
states, as demonstrated by the last
elections. These are New York,
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
Wisconsin and Iowa, and possibly
New Jersey.
The governors Of five states were
elected by minority Of the votes
cast, viz; Indiana, Ohio, Iowa, Wis
consin and Massachusetts; and the
same is true of the other latest elect
ed state officers in Pennsylvania and
New York. Two of these governors
are Democrats and three Republl-
cans. In all of these states except
Massachusetts the Greenbackers hold
the balance of power. In Massachu-
sets it is the Greenback men and
prohibitionists. 1t will thus be OBJ
served that the Independent Green
back party occupies Il commanding
position. 1t has about got over the
rifle.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-11-29

It would be nice thing to set the minority
party of Dakota county 10y the ears over ma
tional issues, and let the old ring goDbie up
the offices as they have done for the past
fifteen wears, wouldn't it, To use his own
quotation, ait can't be did. "-Hastings Gazette.
Shame, shame on you Steb. to thus
boldly acknowledge that you have got
no principles except to get the offices
and live off the plumber Of the people.
See how much more honest the
''old Ring as you call them. were.
They never attempted to carry the
county except on clearly defined
platform Of principles.
We blush for you, Steb. because we
know you are incapable Of blushing
for yourself.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-11-29

Here is an interesting extract as to
England's wheat crop. 1t is from the
Red Wing Republican.
Prof. II. i. Wilson hands us letter
from his brother. the Cincinnati book
publisher. now in Europe. part of
which is devoted to the prospective
demand for American. wheat. We
quote from the letter, dated London.
September so:
~ on write me that crops are good
in America this year. | hope you
will in so far as you are able, let the
hard-working farmers of Your section
know that there is sure 20 be large
European demand for their surplus
grain this year. ! have travelled
hundreds and hundreds of miles
during the past ten weeks. through all
parts of England and Wales. and |
know from personal observation that
the harvest everywhere has been very
seriously damaged by the almost
mcessant rains that have prevailed.
Thousands OF acres Of garin have beer:
cut and rOtted on the ground, and
thousands have become worthless
before being cut. 1t has been one of
the hardest years ever known for the
English farmer. The crop raised will
fall more than 30 per cent. below the
average yield. This. taken in con-
nection with the fact that Russia and
Turkey. usually heavy producers and
exporters. are this year destroyers
rather than suppliers. shows that the
only country to which the western
nations of Europe can look for bread
/ is the United States. | think there
will be call within the next twelve
months for all the grain and -four
America can spare.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-11-29

Common sense and honest senators, VINO
are friends to legitimate reconciliation OF
silver, are beginning to fight shy OF the
swindling Bland bill.-Pioneer-Press.
The ''swindling Bland bill simply
proposes to restore silver to it's old
place, as if it never had been demone-
tized. Its decentralization reduced
the value of silver; it's reconciliation
will restore it to it's old iNalue. And
the p. 7. thinks it is a ''sWindle'' to
compel the bondholders to take the
yeryskind of pay they agreed to take
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-11-29

Liberty Hall, editor of the Glencoe Register,
was defeated for the state senate. He an
nounces now that San editor who has opin-
ions OF his own and dares to express them
never ought TO run for office How about
Donnelly? We know OF no editor in this
state any more outSpoken IN his opinions
than he; and he has has been elected 10 the
Senate.-Stllwater Messenger.
Yes and by an increased majority
in the face of terrific opposition. from
wheat rings, usurer rings and school
book rings. The people stand by
their friends.
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menced? The people are evidently in
the dark.
sThat revival of prosperity which
has already commenced.
Platform of Republican Party of
n 1917

L
Minnesota Sept. 1877.
Yes; here is specimen Of it:
Among the latest noticeable points IN this
connection is the failure of General Durvea
who is one of the veteran business men OF
the city. He had invested the rut of a long
life of traffic in real estate, which has been
annihilated by the shrinkage. To give details
it NAV be said that he owns property which
was estimated at Sl25, O00, which he mortgaged
for $40, 00o This property is on Fifth avenue
and vicinity, and yet it is said that it Will not
bring more than the amount Of the mortgage.
The failure of Francis Tones is another in
stance. This man is an Old merchant, his
name having been fixture in Maiden Lane
for thirty wears. He had made a fortune and
invested it in real estate AS the latter paid
handsomely he extended the operations,
giving mortgages tor purchasing money,
and the shrinkage now leaves no margin
above the latter. This was precisely
Edward Matthews fate In 1859 he was a
millionaire, bnt in 1875 he was a bankrupt,
and yet during the entire transaction he held
| the same amount OF real estate. The decline
in Eighth avenue property is such that were
the Stewart palace put into the market It
would not bring more than the cost otthe lot.
But have we got down to the hard pan yet
This is difficult question to answer.
It is a national and normal state of
affairs when palace, costing millions,
situated in the most valuable part OF
the commercial metropolis of a nation
of more than forty million people, is
not worth one cent! Is this getting
clear of imitation :!
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-11-29

Peter Cooper expresses the Green
back idea thus: Il think Republic
like ours. with its enormous extent Of
unoccupied lands. its wonderful re-
sources. and its forty millions or
enteTprising people-equally marvel
lous Tor their growth and the increase
of their wealth within the century
has no need to borrow from anybody.
Why should this people borrow as
private debtor II, in their soyer-
eign capacity through the government
and under constitutional and legal
forms. they cannot lay under contri-
button the whole property and the
services Of every man in protecting
the lives and property Of all. they
certainly can issue tokens of this un-
doubted fact in the shape of legal
tenders: and these become, by this
fact of sovereignty. the money OF
the country. the measure and means
Of exchange
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-11-29
The New York Tribune thus re-
ferred to the WOrkingmen OF America:

These brutal creatures can understand no
other reasoning than that of force. That
they know as little of humanity as OF law
their cruel and cowardly deeds have proved !;
and their own habitual appeal to violence in
every dispute shows that common sense and
majesty OF the law are wasted upon them.
What they need is force and enough of it to
be remembered among them for many genera
tons.
Think of it That is the journal
Horace Greeley founded, and during
his life used it as great machine to
elevate the workingmen of America !.
ooh What a fall was there, my countrymen"'
Now Jay Gould stands i'll Horace
Greeley'S empty shoes.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-11-29

y month or two ago the Republican
party Of Minnesota. in convention
assembled. solemnly resolved that the
"revival of business had commenced. :
We expected OF course that that
would settle it. But evidently, from
the following. they have not yet heard
of that resolution of the Republicans
of Minnesota in some parts of the
country:
READING, Pa, Nov. l6-The Reading
Savings bank.the leading banking institution
. the county, suspended this afternoon
Deposits nearly one million dollars Liabili-
ties are not stated The officers announce
that the assets will be sufficient to pay all
claims The shrinkage of values, depreciation
of property. depressed condition OF business
and general diStrust and want Of confidence
are gwen as the causes which led to the sus-
pension. Deposits have fallen of 800 90.
during the last twoyears. Immediately upon
the announcement that the Reading Saving ::
bank had Stis pended. the banking house o
Bushong 4 Bro, having deposits between
S30a. 900 and $4,000. closed It's doors, anC
also the Dime Savings bank. Bsve7 4 Sellers
proprietors.
Wouldn' it be well for the Pioneer
Press TO send a circular letter ali over
the United States. giving notice that
the revival of business" had com
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-11-29
The New Haven Conn. Union gives
us the following:


us the following:
The Workingmen of Naugatuck
have resolved to cut aloof from the old
parties. and they will enter the field
next year with considerable strength.
At the recent election the Democrats
presented as their candidate tor
Representative capable young man
by the name of Kennedy. He was
born and educated in this country, but
he is of Irish descent. In the caucus
he was nominated by a twO-third vote.
Naugatuck is a stiff Democratic town,
but Mr.. Kennedy was defeated by his
Republican opponent by considerable
majority, and Kennedy competitor
in the Democratic caucus, man
named Treat, did all in his power to
defeat his rival. y large number of
Yankee Democrats refused to vote
for Kennedy, not because he was
incapable, but solely on account of
his nationality. This insult to the
Irish voters of Naugatuck has caused
wide breach, and almost to a man
have they resolved to sustain the
Decentralization party in future
contests. \ similar result is likely to
happen in Wallingford and other
towns. where men of Irish descent
were slaughtered.
That's the way it is in Dakota
county:-men who have grown rich
off the Irish and Germans have
nothing but abuse for them whenever
they presume to NEEDLE with politics.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-11-29

There seems to be but one remedy. x y
1t is Il change OF ownership OF the soil, and
the creation of class of land owners on the
one hand and Of tenant farmers on the other
N. \. Times, rep
That would fit beautifully into Jay
Gould's empire. The great land
owners would of course take proper
titles. such as duke or count or baron;
and they would have their House of
Lords,-the Senate is little better
than that now.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-11-29

The American laborer must make up his
mind hencetorth not to be 50 much better of
than the European laborer Men must be
content to work for less wages y
In this way the workingman will be nearer
that station OF life to W hch it has pleased God
to call HMM. y World, tDem.l
This would suit JAY Gould's empire
exactly. Grant on top; Il class of
land owners in the middle and tenant
farmers and half-fed workingmen ut
the bottom. What a noble prospect
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-11-29

The silver bill will pass the Senate by, a
tolerablv close vote, and it will be vetoed by
the President Then the people will rise
upon their wrath and howl. WeIare risklng
a dearly prized reputation as a prophet on ms
prediction -Terre Haute Express.
All very well; but will Pope county
know anything about it Not much.
You might abolish all money and 1T
would take Pope county six years to
find it out.
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AS many former Republicans voted
the Greenback Labor Reform ticket
as Democrats. This answers the
nambv pamby assertion that the new
party is interested in any way in
either of the old organizations. 1t is
a party of and for itself. In two years
it will have distanced both of the old
corrupt parties.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-11-29

The feeling is growing in Washington and
The resn1nr,fion act will not he repealed, but
that possibly the time may be extended year.
That's it II it hnrts the dog too
much to cut his tail off at one full
swoop. take it off an inch at the time.
The dog will enjoy it.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-11-29

Ii is estimated that the candidates Of the
Workingmen's party il New York received
upward Of 10000 votes n Rochester alone
they pollea At least 1900, and II the county
q Chemung, which one year ago gave GOV
ernor Rohin~oaa majority Of SSl, the York
mgmen : candidate for Secretary OF State
received i plurality Of 300 over both the
Democrats and Republican nominees. Chi
cago lAter-Ocean
The Workingmen are al Green
packers. They have done enough to
teach them their own strength. Next
TIME they will make the fur tlY.
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he hard-money Democratic papers

The hard-money Democratic papers
have great deal to say about the
losses sustained by the Democracy
through adopting the Greenback plat
form. They omit to state the fact
that last year when the Democracy
ran on hard-money platform the
republican majority in the Legislature
was doubled, while this year it is
reduced from 50 to 43.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-11-29

Bank failures are ol such common occur
renee in Chicago that they fail to produce a
ripple. Minneapolis Tribune.
Why don't You send them 4 copy Of
the last Republican State platform,
David
They certainly havn't heard that
1.-The revival Of prosperity has com
menced, or they never would 90 to
smashing that way. Send them the
platform. by all means.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-11-29

TIE farmers OF northern Pennsylvania have
been driven to take up arms against the
myriad Of tramps who are stealing them poor
Several sllirmishes have taken place, and
there has been what is called "a desperate
coniiict" in the limc-kin near Coopersburg.
Three of the tramps were wounded, and two
captured, and necitizen slightly wounded.-
Pioneer Press.
What What And that too after
ssthe revival Of prosperity has com
menced z" What does it mean
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-11-29

CHICAGO, Nov. 22.-Sountag Co., import
Liabilities all unsecured, s55, 600; assets, little
better than nothing.
All that comes from not reading
the Pioneer-P Press. If Chicago was i'll
the intellectual condition of Pope
county there would be no failures
there.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-11-29

That long-legged son Of gall
bladder. Brown OF the Lake City
>eTffnet. has recovered sufficiently
from his tiger hunt to pitch into Us
again; and echoes the Pioneer Press
cry tha, the Democracy suffered this
year by adopting the Greenback plat
form. Last year the republicans car
ried Wabasha county by big
majority: this year three out of the
four representatives elected are Dem
ocrats. And this victory was achieved
under the lead of man that Brown
had labored for years to crush ont.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-11-29

The United States government last
month. paid off S4.000,000 of the
national debt. all of which was raised
by taxation. was unnecessary an d
uncalled for. Would not any wise
and humane government have pre-
ferred to make use Of the money to
give employment Of poor starving
laborers II was cruel cold blooded.
inhuman act. at such time as this.
to use it for paying the national debt.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-11-29

Another national bank gone to
smash III Chicago. "The revival Oh
prosperity is doing it.
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We will shortly find ourselves living under
monarchy. would give million dollars
to see Grant bacl. in the White House-JAf
GOULD.
Jay Gould is bold enough to utter
what tens Of thousands think.
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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-02-07

WELLS says that MADDOX was sent to
Washington to communicate freely "the
mental condition Of the people," and to-
ask for troops. Thus it has been for years.
Whenever the wretches who were worry
ing and robbfng the people were fearful
that the victims would endure it no longer
they hurried to Washington to communi-
cate the q mentaI condition OF the, people,"
and ask for troops. ANY of the dogs who
feared the sheep went barking to Washing
ton, and immediately notice came from the
good President to the barassed and wearied
people that they must be quiet; that the
Federal Executive meant to maintain order
and preserve peace even If he were re-
CURED to let loose the troops. The dogs
must not be interrupted in. their ravages.
What happy land we have had! .
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-02-07

THE WAY IN WHICH MR. Faulkner Cook
ED HIS GOOSE Extract from Wheeling
letter to the Greenbrier Independent Dem.).l
The Republicans could have elected Faulk-
ner, Price, Davis, or Hereford. About this
there is and can be no doubt. The effort on
the part Of Mr.. Faulkner's friends to unite
the Confederate members upon him because
he aoas rebel, and the belief (no doubt
without any sufficient proof that Mr.
Faulkner and Mr.. Price had united their for
tunes (as had Davis and Hereford), had the
effect to defeat both. The Republicans
were dead-set against both Price and
Faulkner. and am firmly per-
suaded this opposition was, in a
great measure, II not entirely, at
tributable to the fact that an effort was made
to elect Mr.. Faulkner for his fidelity, or sup
posed fidelity, to the "lost cause" and that
Mr.. Price was supposed to be in the same
boat with him. The many letters in the
public prints assailing Henry G. Davis for
his Objectionable votes in the Legislature in
1S65-'6-'7 reacted, and really strengthened
him with Union Democrats and Republic
cans, and hence his election by Republican
votes. The truth is, Mr.. Editor, the time
has passed when you can run political
campaign in this State Especially one in
which the Radicals have voice. upon the
exclusive idea OF fidelity to Stonewall jack
son. . .-... ...s.