The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-11-29
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along without you.
Yours affectiOnately.

along without you.
Yours affectionately.
J. +. Nh.
T. $. 1t might be proper for me to
remark that | will be a candidate for
senator next year. Charley Baker
VIII OF course want it. He has ma
ma Tor running for. office, but YOU
Know Charley. We will nominate
him Tor the house and thus get him
out OF the way; unless he hangs on as
ne did this year-in which event |
will bolt of course.
Yours again,
p. S. No. 2. A new element has
risen up in this county, called the
'Greenback party One Of its can
didates polled 564 votes! I think if
had a chance to make a few snpeches
to these lunatics and Communists T
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: 5.3NH.
Here follows ten pages of hard
money argument,-but as it is princi-
pally re-hash of the editorials of the
Pioneer-Press we omit it out of re-
spect for the feeling Of our readers
ED. ANTI-MONOPOLIsT.1
sEAGRAvE's REPLY
BUNGTowN, Missouri,
Nov. 18th, 1877.
Ny DEAR Nh: Your kind let
ter OF the 10th inst, is received. 1
read it with mingled .feelings:-with
JOY at hearing that the old Court
House clique (O'Leary l see spells it
''click' but then O'Learryy never did
know anything;) is cleaned out and a
new one formed; hut with profound
sorrow at learning that id DON
nelly was reelected. When is this
thing to end! Is there no balm in
Gllead! Why don't the earth open and
swallow him! Why don t.
BUNGToWN, Nov. II, 1877.
MY DEAR MI: At this point,
the other day, my feelings overcome
me. stepped out to quench my burn
ing thirst and I we'll; I had to
get bail this morning, and my nerves
are little unstrnng yet. I thought
saw half-a-dOZen snakes with heads
on them that resembled Newell and
Kelly and Duffy and Crowley, etc: and
one big bon-cOnstrictor, about 200 feet
long, with the smiling countenance of
that ID Donnelly at one end and a
general collection of fireworks at the
other.
But l must quit this theme or
will go out again! There are chords
in the human heart, my near Nh:
there are feelings there are senti-
ments--but I 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 Republi-
can convention, in order to get the COL
ored vote. nominated a nigger, with
a head like a tub and lips like a quar-
ter of beef, and l bolted as You saw.
'of course and / rehearsed nv
speeches against Donnelly all over the
district; but the Democracy started
report that I was Petroleum ". Mas.
by in disguise, and that / had come
down there to get the post office; and
the result was 1 was badly beaten.
Then rushed for Minneapolis. and
tried to run for the jndgeship on the
Democratic ticket; but when nv name
was presented in the convention there
was q general roar Of laugh ter and
one delegate got up and asked me
where had left my dry goods box! /
looked around !. for Mike LYNCH
to get him to punch his head. but
Nike, alas. had gone to the Black
Hills. The fates are against me.
Then / went down to Farminoton
to prevent the Democracy from nom.
mating Donnelly for senator;--the
school book publishers sent me. and
furnished me with $500. to buy IN
the convention; butt found the con.
ventlOn was not for sale, and so I re-
turned to tBungtOwn and brought the
S25O0 with me for safety. I have no
faith i'll post Offices or express men.
At Pennington some Of the rude crea.
lures who attended that s.Irish mOb.''
as yon very properly call it; insulted
me grossly. One man, named Man
gan told me Ito go back to Bung-
town. another named Murphy snub-
bed me in an outrageous manner
which forbear to repeat. What
could dog Patt Davitt was dead and
Mike Lynch in the Black Hills. AIaai
alas! III ag is3aN FIJI s4
But my dear Nh, will try and
be with You at the time you indicate
and / will prepare some resolntions -
that will. think harmonize the dis.
cordant elements of the Peoples
Party. tcaE <FHFff 44E
M \ ours till death.
1911 sa fs34f SEAGRAyE.
e. Tell Steb. to bring bottle to
the conference.igI get thirsty when
ever think OF that ID ;.but I
forbear. As Z said before there are
chords. in the human heart--but
enough. Yours, s. s. NJ
4. - No. 2. Wouldn't it be better
Tor you to rcn for the house yourself
next year-I had made mp my mind to
run for the senate myself. Baker is
an ass, as yon will cheerfn1iy admit.
You run for the house and will "a
\ Tor the senate. Yours. SIS.