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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-03-29
THE END OF a BLATANT DEMA-
GOHTTE

If there is dead demagogue in
America to day it is Elihu Washburne.
His Unsuitable craving for Office has met
with unceasing rebuffs. He aspired to
be governor of Illinois; his organ, the
Chicago Tribune, sounded his praises,
but he had but one or two votes in the
republican state convention. Then he
cropped up as a candidate for president
il the Cincinnati convention, and he
received one vete,-a delegate from
Minneapolis. Then he came on the
boards,a month or two ago,as "the dark
horse" in the fierce senatorial fight in
Illinois; but critical inspection revealed
the fact that, despite all the grooming
of the Tribune, and the doping" of the
horse doctors, he was spawned, and
ring.boned and glandered ;and so he war
put back in the stable, after vote of
two, darker than ever. Then Hayes came
in as president and Elihu saw that his
place as minister to France was in jeop.
ardy, and the first ship brought him over
to the United States. 1t was announced
that his purpose was "to visit his aged
relatives in Maine )" and it was regarded
as touching illustration of the finer
qualities OF the human heart that he should
think of those venerable individuals al
such time. But the next days telegram
announced that he had turned up in
Washington. and had called upon presi
dent Hayes. Possibly that venerable
relative, Of whom he was in search, was
his "Uncle Samuel" who had supported
him for the last twenty-five years.
Well, the prospect looked little du
bious, and SO Elihu resorted to his OLE
demagogic tricks. He hired q delega
ton of Germans to call upon him to thanl
him for his protection of the Germans il
Paris eight years ago. He was trying t,
bull-doze Hayes with the German vote
But it was too thin. And besides Have
had appointed Carl Schurz as Secretar,
of the Interior!
And what was left for Elihuo He wa
ct The end of his rope. But the geniu.
of effrontery did not desert him. H
got up on high horse and made
stump speech at Hayes. in letter, an
resign his Office, declaring that he ha'
made up his mind long before to resig
it., And so be goes out with bad smel
and flourish Of trumpcts.
And in all this he proved that Sole
mon was 3 liar: that great an
good man said that there was notLin
new under the sun. and 10! "a Wash5ur
has resigned an office!
It was one OF the worst symptoms Of
calamitous era that such an empty
/ headed, corrupt, overbearing. insolen
rapacious breed az the Washburr
could come to the front all over q
country. But time has made its usu
) appeal ssfcom Philip drunk to Phil
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-03-29
4 HINT TO THE PEOPLE,

Simon Cameron, United States Sens
ator from Pennsylvania, "old Wig
Wag," one Of the strongest characters
and most corrupt men of the country,
the other day resigned his position as
Senator and had the State Legislature
elcct his son, Don,as his successor. Don
took it by Inheritance. The old man
probably perceived that if Hayes per-
sisted in his ideas of civil-service reform
the days of Clan Cameron were uum-
bered, and so he stepped aside and gave
his place to his son.
But the point we desired to call atten-
ton to was this: He was interviewed
by some industriouslreporter and in the
conversation this TRANSFERRED:
The conversation glided into his beating
Col. Forney for the Senate, who was pushed
by Buchanan in Democratic Legislature, but
he touched very lightly on the fact that he got
some of the Democrats to vote for him, and
told how he came to go to the Senate the first
time:
''They sent for me to come in from my place
in the country, and wanted me to 90. | was
worth hundred thousand dollars then. and
was president of bank which had capital of
one hundred thousand dollars, with privi-
lege of making as much paper money as we
pleased. was making fifty thousand dollars
year out of this"
Observe this: He had bank with
one hundred thousand dollars, with the
privilege of making as much paper
money as he pleased" and out of this
100000 he was making $50, 1000 year
This was fifty per cent. per annum profit
and this in State where the legal in.
terest was six per cent. per annum
How did he do it?
But now Simon is a "hard-money
man." He has made his pile. And he
thinks the government ought not t.
have the privilege OF making as mucl
paper money as it pleases." It was al
right for Simon to do it with his littl,
one horse bank but for the nation to d,
it would be "infation," and it woul,
produce the most disastrous conse-
quences.
But how did Simon make 500, OO
yield $4,000 per year? Would it no
be we'll for humble industry to take it
nose off the grindstone for few minute
and study that problem? That $50 90
must have been made at the expense G
the producers how was it done?
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-03-29
Anti- aflouopollst.
ca
lcNATluS DONNELLY Editor.
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.
Really if this kind of thing IS to con-
81, boro RI sunoort HAYES:

Really il this kind OF thing is to con
,inue we will have to support Hayes:
tits stated that the President announ>
rod to-day to Representative Jorgense n
ISnccassor Of w. II. II. StowelD the Re
nnhlican Congressman from PETERSBURG
IVA District. that he had decided TO
d;sreoard his recommendation OF can
,i;date for postmaster at Petersburg, and
should appoint Colonel u. y. W aus, d
Conservative. Jorgenson ASKED 10 nave
an active Republican named Dung ap-
nointed. on account OF the assistance ne
had rendered in the political campaign.
Colonel Watts is an eminent man. fof
MANY wears treasurer of the PETERSBURG
Railroad Company, he was endorsed on
other than political grounds by the lead 5a
mo business men OF the town. Inc
Virginia Republican politicians are mucn
disnleased at this affair. A story IS gong
about that President Hayes sald' IN re,
snonse to Jorgensen'S remonstrance'tnal
he should give as much weight 70 lne
recommendations Of Congressman els ~
those of other respectable gentlemen.
Good for Hayes. We sincerely trust
he will persevere. What grand revolu-
tion it will make in politics Il the ola
shameful system which surrounded con-
gressmen with an army OF servlle siach'
eys is abolished.
But the reformation ought to rest upon
,ome fundamental law, not on the ca
price of president. The next president
may plunge us back again into the dirty
pool from which Hayes is trying to lift us
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-03-29
THE NEW MORTGAGE LAW.

The law, passed at the recent session
of the Legislature, in reference to the
foreclosure of mortgages, provokes con-
siderable comment in the newspapers of
Of the State, especially in some Of those
sheets that have mainly existed hereto.
fore by publishing notices of mortgage
foreclosures. "Othello's occupation is
gons," and hence they are vociferous.
The PioneerPress says:
The new law in reference to the
foreclosures OF mortgages does not meet
with much favor where its provisions
are understood. The principal objections
urged by tina state press is the increased
cost: but there is another objection OF
greater weight. It restricts the loaninp
of money on bond and mortgage, espe,
cialIy for small amounts, BY making the
collection subject to lawsuits. not At the
instance of the mortgagor. whose rights
were amply protected under the old law.
but in every case, even where there II
no contest whatever. There are no,
many men who will be willing to lent
one, two or three hundred dollars. witt
the certainty Of being forced into thu
courts whenever there is default in paw
ment. The new law, like usury laws
and other legislation intended for tn,
special benefit of the borrower, in it
practical working will be detrimental t.
the interests of that class, by increasing
the difficulties Of obtaining money. ant
it will not be surprising the Changers
clamsr fer its repeal as soon as the
have, had opportunities of testing it
operation. y
| Whereupon the Grange Advance, o
Red Wing, says:
Tho .Grangers'' had nothing to d
with procuring the passage OF this Law
1t is one of the products Of that class VIII
glory in calling themselves Performers.
The Dakota county senator was, we be
lieve, its originator. That it is an ur
wise law and one calculated to deepl
injure such farmers as are poor and
need Of assistance in the way of sma
. loans, no ono can doubt, but it is hardl
fair for the Press to taunt them with il
, enactment, because it was introduce
. BY man wha claims to be their chan
pion."
p' L Is sufficient to say that the ssDako
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-03-29
4 HIGH COMPLIMENT.

Henry Ward Beecher writes to an east
ern journal:
The whole region is full of New Eng
land men. The schools are good !;
churches flourishing, and the audiences
are made up of as fine heads and faces
AZ one need desire On the whole, am
Impressed with the superiority OF the
average audiences of the Northwest
over New England audiences. And the
hest CITY assemblies in Boston, Philadel>
phia. or New York would find little in
their favor as compared with the crowds
which assemble in Wisconsin and Mimi
esota.
We have had the pleasure of address
sing a good many eastern audiences,
and we know that they will not compare
for quickness OF appreciation, sense Of
humor and sound judgment with the
audiences OF thel Northwest. We will
undertake to find more' able men in ;
frontier settlement in Minnesota than Cal
be found in five times the same numbe
of people anywhere east of the Allegha
MES. For herein is the doctrine 0
natural selection exempliied tn,
Seenest, the boldest, the most adven
furious have emigrated; while the slow
he cautious and the stupid have yer,
properly stayed at home. Home keeping
rouths," says Shakespeare. "have eve
lonely thoughts"
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-03-29
THE USURE LAW.

There is an evident purpose as to
rea}e such a clamor as will lead to the
.epeal of the usury law next winter.
he Owatonna Journal says:
The effect of the new usury law is already
cit in this place. Money loaners refuse to lend
money, and capitalists in the East who have
cen sending money here for investment with
odd further supplies. 1t promises to be not
My radical cure for usury but also an anti
.ote for the credit system.
This is all bosh. The money sent,from
he East to loan out has been nearly all
ent by insurance companies, and they
re glad to lend it at from eight to
welve per cent. per annum. No eastern
aoney-lender would ask more than IL
,er cent. We heard the other day of a
Minnesota merchant who recently Dor.
owed in Boston 100000 at fire pei
snt. per annum.
But if the three~per.cent.> per.month
aaps won't lend their money at II pc,
snt. what will they do with it? Where
ill they take it where they will ge,
-ore? Or will they put it into farming
i'd take the chances OF short crops ant
rasshoppersa
We warn our readers that this Who'll,
ltcry is meant to render the usury law
apopular; and we call upon them to Sc,
at no man goes to the Legislature mex
inter who will vote for its repeal.
No people in the world can pay two
,ree or five per cent. per month TO
@ use Of money, even when,blessed witt
osperity. But when this scourge j
,plied to al already impoverished PEG
q il is slaue hterous, murderous.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-03-29

the Introduction Of the bill in question,
1t originated in the House. He support
ed it in the Senate for these reasons:
l. NJ other State in the Union permits
mortgages to be foreclosed, and the title
OF real estate to be transferred, by an
advertisement in an obscure local paper.
IL. If under the old system a creditor
chose to claim in his advertisement more
than was legally due on the mortgage,
the debtor had no remedy save to tender
the amount legally due and procure an
injunction to restrain the sheriff from
selling the property, and this is an ex.
pensive and tedious process.
III. It is against the spirit of all law
that the debtor should lose his prop
erty without having ''his day in court. !"
". If the creditor has taken usurious
interest the debtor can, under the new
law, plead that tact, on any other de-
fence, when the case goes into court.
V. If the proceedings in court give
the debtor few months more delay than
he would have had under the old sys>
tenn, so much the better tor the debtor
and the State. Tho commonwealth has
no interest in seeing the property Of the
producing class pass into the hands of
non-producers. All the money-lenders
in the State, however worthy and re.
spectacle they may be. do not add as
much to the States growth, as single
farmer who raises annually one hundred
bushels of wheat!
VI. If this new law gives the debtor a
chance to raise another crop and thus
save his homestead who has any right to
complaint? Surely not the creditor, for
he gets backs his principal with twelve
per cent. interest on it, and that is all he
bargained for.
But there are "shysters." like the
editor of the Advance, no would will.
ingly see whole county sold out and
sent to the poor house,it they could only
have the printing of the mortgage fore
closures. Shame on such fellows! Anl
yet some of them pretend to be the
friends of the people! Yes they hold the
same relation to the farmers that the
grasshoppers do:-taey lice Off them.
Another paper refers to the law a:
one of Donnelly's poor mans plasters.
And does not the poor man neet
"plasters" -"strengthening plasters"-
now-a-days9 Heretofore the plaster
have all been put on the back of tn,
capitalists. Our doctrine is.that the law
should take care of the poor, for the ricl
can take care of themselves. For fit,
years the whole course of legislatio,
and judicial Interpretation in this coun
try, has been against the producer and il
favor Of the non-producer against tn
working bees and in favor of the drones
and the result is that we have land to
day clothed in bankruptcy, distress an
ruin as in garment.
1t is time to call a halt. We don
propose to do anything to injure the ric
man, but we demand, in the interest {
J justice, fair play and the prosperity {
! the commonwealth, that the ..under do
, in the fight" have fair chance to get u,
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-03-29
1T DIES HARD.

The School Book Ring undergoes ter
rible contortions as it expires.
They have now employed some man
in Blue Earth county to apply for an
injunction to prevent Merrill furnishing
equally good school.tex books with
those now in use 1t halt price. He say.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-03-29

sober" and now, from Maine to Oregon,
the Washburns are obliterated, annihil-
ated-in other words they are all out OF
office.
"Oh speak not their name, let it sleep in
the shade,
Where cold and unhonored their relics are
laid -
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-03-29
AN INTERESTING CHRISTOPHER
fTABLE

We find the following interesting ia
BILE in the st. Charles Times, as to the
years in which the grasshoppers have
appeared in the several states named,
from 1918 to 1876:
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-03-29

If we arrange this table in chronicle
gical order wefind that the grasshoppers
appeared in the localities named az fol.
lows:
1878, 1819-Manitoba, Minnesota and Iowa.
l89O-Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska and
Missouri. -
1871, 1872, 1879, 1924, 1926. I676-Unknavu
1877, 1928 Washington Ter. and Oregon.
1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1899 unknown.
1885, l637-Unknown.
1638,-Calif0rnia.
1879, 1870, 1874, lsla, 1s4s, Isz4-Unknovn
Westliche blaÌˆtter. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1865-1919, 1877-05-13
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unfetboltinsss sepsAmet unS seinen 9 baipt
id@Ii3 sr9 bic Gssilt&tsis Der BARN UerSiienti9tsr
erdbIausen aus.
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tortoirsi.
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isfert wiSh.
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FF'stsn Srssf nuf nniG RiiifO semadt psrSsn.
Die Cincinnati Volksblatt Compagnie,
B OK 1414,
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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-09
MATRIMONIAL CELEBRATIONS.
The Tin, Wood, Leather, Cloth, silver
and Gold weddings.

Fashion has established the custom
OF late years Of celebrating certain an
niyersaries OF the marriage, these being
| named as follows: The celebration at
the expiration of the first year is called
the cotton wedding at two wears comes
the paper; at three, the leather; at the
| close OF i've years comes the wooden !;
at the seventh anniversary the friends
assemble at the wooden, and at ten
comes the tin; at twelve years the silk
and fine linen; at fifteen the crystal
wedding: at twenty the friends gather
with their china, and at twenty five the
married/couple that have been true to
their vows for quarter Of q century are
rewarded with silver. gifts. From this
time forward the tokens OF esteem be-
come rapidly more valuable. When the
thfrtleth anniversary Is reached they
are presented with pearls; at the for
tieth come the rubies, and at the fiftieth
occurs the glorious golden wedding.
Beyond that time the aged coupls are
allowed to enjoy their many gifts in
peace. II, however, by any possibility
they reach the seventy-fifth anni7er-
sary, they are presented with the rarest
gifts to be obtained at the celebration
Of their diamond wedding. In issuing
the invitations for celebrating these an
niversaries, it is customary to print
them on a material emblematical OF the
occasion. Thus, tin, wood, leather,
cloth, tinfoil, silver and gold paper are
brought into use. Those who accept
such invitations and partake of the
Inequalities OF host and hostess are ex-
pected to contribute to the collections |
Of gifts that will grace the occasion.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-09
The Porte" Triurn phant.
TTou1on standard

The representatives Of the great pow
ers who went to Constantinople to die
tate she has compelled to become suit
ers, and she is rapidly rehabilitating
herself in European opinion. She has
got rid Of the profigate Sultan who was
running her and the corrupt politicians
with whom he surrounded himself, and
in raising Midhat 2asha to power she
has given earnest eff her desire to re-
form the old, bad system that alienated
the sympathies Of Europe. In the
she is pushing on her prepa-
rations for defense, and every day which
passes is making her more formidable
as an antagonist.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-09
Some Japanese Usages.
from F. ?. Anderson's "Round tho World
Riy Montbs"1

from F. P. Anderson's Ground tho World in
Six Montbs."1
The sovereign remedy for all ailments
is shampooing, and he who inherits the
trade is blinded In his childhood for the
sake Of modesty. Shampooers are in
constant demand; OF almost every cor
ner one is met, feeling, his way by the
aid of long staff and blowing the whis-
tie that designates his avocation. The
women have graceful, modest bearing ;
In public never forward. In marriage
they shave the eyebrows and stain the
teeth as a tribute to the husband
honor. Notwithstanding, in all towns,
except at seaports frequented by for
the public baths are used by
both sexes in common; and when dis
tress comes upon family, the daughter
who aids toward their support by making
use Of her allurements is com amended as
iutiful, and without reproach may after
ward be sought in marriage.
Among the better classes great care is
AIKEN In the education OF women, and
line, pains and patience are expended
Upon music. History, romance and in
'tructive facts are impaired by tradi-
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-09

tionary poetry that liz sung to the 40
compartment OF the saDa5ss1t, an instru
ment not unlike the banjo. The vocal
zation is harsh and disagreeable.
Crime 10 speedily and severely re
buked. The capital punishments ar
har1t-kifi, beheading, and, for parricidl
and the gravest offenses, erucifixion
The hd7u-hiri has been much modifie,
OF late; 1t is reserved for State offend
ers, to whom some consideration isdue
but death demanded. Ordinarily til
execution takes place in q temple or q
the palace of some Daimio, who
ordered to superintend the ceremony
A friend or second ID selected, Wb
stands by the offender with q draw
sword, the kdtdna;: u salver 10 the
offered the principalsin which Lies. tb
knife for disemboweling, and as b
selzes 1t the second cleaves off his he'd
at blow. This is humane modificF
tlon OF the method requiring TIP
principal to cut into his abdomaa
before decapitation. This forr,
without Interrogation of a seconlr
IS quite popular as q methd
OF seeking death when overpowered "
grlef Tor lost friend or patron, or b
oppose q sea Of troubles. Beheadifg
malefactors Is done by State ageu,
who has distinguished himself In mill
ttary life. The victim Is bound In -
kneeling posture, and the execltiona,
standing behind, delivers q blow with
the sword that sewers the head. This 8
then exposed on cross-beam by tho
roadside. In cruclfixion, the culprft 5
bound to cross with Thongs. and. afffr
Q prescribed time Of agonized exposurs.
life is tapped with spears The Tokaid9,
the great thofoughfare u Japan. Is then
ornamented with trophies OF Justice to
terrlty the ill-disposed and to assure
the upright.
Sword-making is considered an hon
efable occupation, and connoisseur of
blades can identify the handiwork ofa
celebrated maker with the certainty
some Of US recognize the painting Of An
old master. TO fashion clothes, mske
sandals and household utensils is igno-
Die aud confined TO the Etas, d pro-
scribed class.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-09
American Enterprise.


A communication from one Of the
representatives in Canada of leading
firm of hardware merchants in Stafford
shire contains the following: IT have
just returned from q trip through the
lower provinces. find that the whole
country is overrun by American travel
ers soliciting orders for their manufac-
turers at almost any price to secure a
sale. I feel sure in my own mind that
a very large proportion of the hardware
trade is altogether lost to England.
From all / can learn they are in a posi-
ton to retain the hold they have got"
Wants, for rent, for sale advertisements insert
ed Ia this nar1ar az TEN CENTS rar Iina
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suuanas,. l-mo. q ma. spo. oskl2sqs

Monthly advertisements, haying The run OF
the paper, inserted every other day. to DO
charged two-thiFds the above rates.
Editorial page monthly advertisements. each
square, $40 per month,
Rates for Advertising I'm the Weekly New
Orleans Democrat
Transient and general rates tho same no for
Daily.
Advertisements for tho period Of one month
and longer az followS
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ADVERTIsTNa REALISTICALLY.

Transient advertisements 81 per square item
ines Of solid agats1 first insertion: 30 cents
aoh subsequent consecutive insertion.
Wants. TO Rent, For Sales and Boarding I'D
yertisements. 10 cents d line net cash. solid mea-
sure. None taken mt less than 40 cents.
Advertisements for the period OF ono month
nd longer. as follows:
Local or Business Notices 30 cents line. net
Editorial Notices, in Editorial type. 80 cents
If,,., ~