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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-03-15

discussion in the hotels and other public. places
this evening and many people predict break
ing up OF party lines and the formation OF new ,
political combinations: The democrats are
bro zen and divided, and many OF them, espe-
cially from the South, would be glad OF an ex-
cuse to leave their old associations. and form
new ones. The breach made during the flll-
ustering has not healed, and many Democrats
who fore we're intimately cordial are not on
sp aking terms now.
The Democratic Senators have resolved
to support President Hayes nominations
in opposition to Blaine. Morton, Cam
eron, etc. who insist that the Republican
state government in South Carolina and
Loni: ma shall be recognized and main
tanned by the genera. government. II
looks as if startling Developments await
ed the country in the near future.
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4 LOT1I M TIER.

We are sorry to announce that our bill
to make each town in D lkota county
support its own poor. failed to become a
law. We believe it would have saved
the people of the county many thousands
of dollars annually, while no really de-
serving poor person would have suff-r
ed.
Our bill fer that purpose passed the
Senate twice and was on both occasions
defeate in the House. A compromise
was at one time agreed upon, by which
the law would not go into effect for one
year after its passage, 80 as to allow the
county authorities time to prepare for the
change. But even this would not save
the bill. 1t was doomed. Some of onr
Hastings friends seemed to think that
such change would be jnimcal TO
their interests. We cannot see it in that
light. We are confident that a close
scrutiny of the expenditures of the poor
money by the local authorities of Has
tings would be us advantageous to them
as similar policy would be to the Gill
zens of Mendoza or Empire.
We are informed that it was the almost
unanimous desire of the last Grand Jury
that the law should be changed so as tc
enable each township TO take care of it:
own poor.
We trust that the people of Dakota ane
other counties will look into this matter
and instruct their delegations to the mex
Legislature to work for this de- irabl,
reform. The times are such that nj
leaks must be stopped; and his is on.
of the biggest.
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Anti- aluuopollst.
& ~
lCNATlUS 0NN:LLY 6iitof.
a GREAT work.

Among the many good deeds OF the
last Legislature may be enumerated
Senator Stacey's bill to reduce the sala-
ries of county officers. 1t cuts down
their salaries an average Of twenty-five
per cent. and will save the taxpayers
of the State over 100000 annually.
It was reasonable and just. inasmuch
as the incomes of the taxpayers nave
been reduced much more than 70 per
cent. dueing the past two or three years
The office holders may growl but none
of them will resign. They Will am"se
their leisure in whiting cluos Wild
which to crack the political heads OF al
who dared TO vote for the reduction OF
their salaries. But very little or thar
kind of thing would take Oft another q
per cent. next winter.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-03-15
CORN SUGAR.

The Indiana Farmer suggests a new
source of wealth for the west. and a new
use to which to apply its illimitable
crops of corn. 1t says:
Ithas been demonstrated by repeated
experiments lately. that excellent sugar
can be made out vi the cnmmon field corn
Thirty pounds of raw sugar aud twenty
seven pounds OF corn. which at the pres
en- price OF sugar, would make the corn
We'd product worth over 81 per bushel.
The only obstacle. to this new source oil
wealth and industry, is the tax ON alcohol
The manufacture requires the use OIL
alcohol in the refining process. and,the tn
is so great on it lhst it makes the man
uiact1re improbable. II the tax could
be % adjusted as to make alcohol free O
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CkUEL.

Blaine goes for our democratic friends
after this style, speaking of the Electoral
Commission:
1t was decided so by the tribunal
created by that side OF chamber. The
Senator ON Connecticut (Eaton) bows
to me. He and are gulltless OF that
tribunal. Cauekter) but with the single
exception of the Senator from Connects
lieut., every gentleman on that SIDE OF
the chamber in the Congress Just closed
voted TO establish that tribunal. md it
came in with pa,ns and congratulations,
that the day OF the political millennium
had at last dawned. and that we had now
established a tribunal DISTINGUISHED
above all human instrumentalltles Tor
impartiality. and to whose decision we
would all bow in the most ready spirit
of cordial acquiescence. They took the
question into consideration, and here II
was claborately argued, md decided.as
bel ieve, truthtully, that the electoral vote
of Louisina belonged to Hayes ant
Wheeler.
1t is now shrewdly surmised by some
that Morton's opposition to the Electora
Commission was all Il sham that hs
was kind of .'5unko -steerer," to bor-
row Chicago slang word, to lead the
gullible Tildenites into the trap. Ant
thew wa ked into it, in Indian file, sin 9
ing hosannas.
The fact seems to be that the natiOna
democracy are badly in need offenders
Even where the facts are on their sid
they permit themselves to be bamboo
Zled and sod out.
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A Republican correspondent of the
Chicago Inter Ocean (Rep.) says:
There has been great deal of private can
cusing among Republic MS all day, ant this
evening there are mysterious laying together
of heads at the residences OF prominent po!iti-
clans. This afternoon when the Senate adj
iourned. Messrs. Conkling, Howe, amt Jones,
Of Nevada, were clossled in committees room
for an hour or more, with the door double
locked ami sentinel paced on guard The
appointment of Sehu,zls the special grievance,
and may CO so far as 10 assert tina his cou6r-
nation will be defeated. prominent R.pub-
lican Senator, who has several Years yet 10
serve, said to-day that Schnrz would not Be
Q nfi.med. exec pt by Democratic votes Ifa
party fight is made a. soon in President Hayes
administration, it will rive an early opportun-
itv for the country 10 discover what kind Of z
man they have for President and Of what sort
Of stuff he is made.
The impending conflict is the sole topic Of
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AMOVE IN IIuE htGuI Dl-'E C11OH'
Hon. John M.sWaldron, Senator from
Meeker county, introduced Dill "h'ch
has passed both houses and Is no" Il
law. providing for the appointment OF Il
commission of three to enquire as TO the
expediency OF changing one OF the NOT
NAL Schools of the State into an Insane
ASYLUM, and to report to the next Leg
islature.
This is sensible. Granting to the
Normal Schools all their friends claim tor
them, and nevertheless it will be con-
ceded that Minnesota has too much o.
them. Even blessing may be too big
This was demonstrated in the case OIL
the national debt Jay Cooke proved
that it was national blessing; and ye'
both the political pir.es have been try
inc ever since to reduce It's magntlcen
nroportions. So with the Norma
Schools. They are doubtless blessing
in disguise, thoroughly disguised,-hu
the fewer there are of them the NOR
I. nnparont willth blessing become. l
! foct we could be happy with eltuer
beth the ether dear charmers were away
Let lus dilute our blessing. And It
~ do ii before that magnificent an
aCrid old hunlb1g, Prof. Phelps.returns
to trouble US once more. AS llamlt
says so'say we to Phelpss-
s,paet ,,erturbad spirif rest -
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THE SWlFT COUNTY COLONY.
crest, perturbed spirit, rest"

THE SWlFf COUNTY COLONY
We are Il I'd to have this encouraging
report from the n ,rthwestern Chronicle
~ reference to the Catholic colony in
Swift county
Extensive preparations are being made for
the proper celebration OF lreland'S National
Festival IN the above place One ofthe chl-f
f atnras OF the evenings entertainments Will be
an address by the pastor, K v. tr. Swift, on
'The question OF the day tor the Irish people In
America securing homes.' The same Kew.
gentleman will del yer a panegyiic Of st. Pat
rick immediately after the conclusion OF the
morning mass This will b, the first ceebra-
lion OF St. Patrick's Day bv the coonists ot
Swift county and it recall the fact that what one
year ago WAS a wild. trackless prairie where not
even a og-house could be Seen; towns and
villages have sprung, rs II by magic, into ex-
iStence
Thousands Of acres are under cultivation;
churches ard school have been built; every
where in the colony can I've seen evidences OF
the prosperity and content dness OF the fortu-
nate oues W. 0 have made 1t their permanent
and future home.
And in this brief period temperance society
has been formed numbering over seventy five
members. 1t is in most tiourlshing condition
and could not b. otherwise under the wise and
temperate direction of the Spiritual Director
Father Swift.
If the grasshoppcrs permit the colo
nists to raise a fair crop this summer, the
growth of the colony will far surpass The
hopes even Of It's most sanguine friends
In any event it will do good By drawing
Irishmen away from the temptations an,
poverty OF the great cities to life upol
the healthful and fertile plains Of Min
nesota.
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SHALL A STATE CONTENTION BE
CALLED?

We have received the following letter
from one of the leading Independents Of
Minnesota, and although it is private
letter we cannot refrain from publishing
it:
PLEASANT GROVE, March 1, 1877.
Editor Anti Monopoiist
Is it about time that we begin to talk
about having State Convention say in
June. for the purpose Of putting State
ticket in the field. under the auspices of
the Independent Party3 / am gratified
to find that the advocates OF our cause
everywhere without an exception are
full Of zeal and determination not to
cease agitation till the American people
shall stand forth disenthralled from a
bondage. nearly as bad as the Israel
ties were bound by in Egypt.
I am in receipt of letters and papers
from all parts of the Union, filled with
admonitions to strengthen. each other
from men who were enlisted for eman-
eipation. There are also MANY evidences
of the fact that the army of .sGreenback
lunatics"i is being constantly recruited :
and that as fast as sad experience oil
the evils Of contraction add increased
taxation teach their lesson. And the
eyes of the people are opened as soon as
they learn from whence comes these
"hard times" and constantly increasing
public and private obligations.
Shall paivate fortunes be quadrupled
and the nation for ourselves and on,
children be ruined I cannot believe
the people OF this great Republic. slow
and patient - they ars. will Continuously
submit to and Be the perpetual victim,
New-York tribune., 1877-06-12

sions The committee directed to wait upon
President Sloan and remonstrate against the proposed
order. but az he had been unwell for some time
they unable TO meet him until yesterday Eariyyes
teray morning the rumor. which had lacked official
roboratiou, became certainty notice then posted
upon the blackboard in the round-house in Hoboken
that and after June Is there would be reduction OF
10 per cent in the Of remen and ngneers The
meeting OF the committee and President Sloan very
brief, and Mr. Sloan Immediately returned 10 Gar
risons, where he IA spending the Summer What
CURED at the interview has been kept secret The
division committees returned to their homes immedl
aely aferward and future action will depend upon tie
report they make. Up to last evening the trains
were running usual. and trouble seemed threat
ened. The employees naturally complain OF the reduc
tion especially because upon this road allowance
made for extra work. aud because IN of sickness
necessary detention from duty deduction made. IL is
probable that the greatest opposition 10 the reduction
will be from the further end ~ the lne but II the
opinion of all whom IRE TRIBUNE reporter met last
ng-ncluding some members of the Engineers Brother
hOod-that all would submit. II wis the understand
ing that the reduction would only he temporary. Dvi
sion meetings will BE- heidi early practicable, when
some action will De determined upon.
New-York tribune., 1877-06-12
soME PAINEuL INJrsrLcE To MR. sToUGHTON.


There is 10 he more Emma Nine llugatloh,
Tlis time Mr. James +. Lyon brings SAT- aghst n o
$500 600. Oi which ne alleges tiht Park ceidi'iod
linn in sale of the mine II Is believed mere la' tis
serious Tor PARK 10 Hoet ana li't ne
uusr take his choice between co9tB comp anu
AN excellent cnancc OF an miaNortblg verdict WIN
Mr Lvou m assault Park joined one 0l FrEs
own witnesses the English suit some 81 INC fatts
have lately come with respect 10 the verdict OF
virtual gcquittai which Park obtained III the lhg su -
which make IL seem liitc less iihr NlhulcdNoh. II
seems now that Mr. -tOughtOn, VINO hSd charge oi Ic
English fOr some lneNncaDie reason
took 10 care about the jury Parks lawyers oJecJeu 20
three OF the Jurors, but satisfied WIFE IN" rest MI
SiOUghtOn was satisfied 100, ana @ccelleu nSi" " ,
resort to any OF usual expedienIs for discovering
characters, their standing III inc co~iu"i''
,c After trial over ana the horse ahI pi''t!
much the whole barn hal been Stolen h was Io"u lf'
he iUrv was composed largely Of poor aud pr""a-
hlv ,DDrcacbab!e mon. On" was found To zee "a s'h-
,n,nltr-Dnt man who XOrsed regularly az the tsr,
but one who got only odd jobs even at lll' ANU
held some position, think, Oh Hudson RIVER "'at'' y
number cOu not be found IN the ditcc CRY az al ana
were not known to have any legitimate means m SUD
yort Add these Interesting ticts IN" tac tldt ft
yprsatou with Jurors and tn, steTy oi MS F"cdiOi
l. less mysterious. The fact that MI St0GShoh ht u>t'I
sucl an tricate and Important case 10 any jury "'hou
making careful scrutiny * u has caused MN q Eoou
deal of sbarp criticism In the Tweed trials, you VII c
member, there OF detectives blsy iuOAlhs
ana the English would EladI htNc hlit l
army, too, rather tah nave Ost thcr Gse. lis III ,'
recalls tnat witty sa inE Oi certain dsuh ulSheu 'o
.eior about MIR stOugntOns haIkrang alter ioic.sh
mission. that the only clause OF the constitution ihhl
StouchOn anything about was tldt NHIch cIH
memory Of this saying was revived uurhs lc eicctou
wien Mr.. Stouehtou d-Qhycu shch uii y
pectec constitutional learning ana aurh feidr "a
miarlty with the purposes Oi the latieis D'7e
Emma Mine people OF a Democratic stripe are ASKING
now whether no any tnlnE more about culdo'IH-
a case than lie does about interpreting the CONSTITUTIONS
New-York tribune., 1877-06-12
TIE DRAMA.
WAVES AT wALLACK'S.


The Summer season at Wallack's Theater
opened under the management Of Mr.. J. B. Atwater last
night with fair company fair audience, very strik-
ing scenic effect, and and original comedy
IN four acis,' written by Major Charles g. Mayers and
entitled Waves" IL is understood to be product OF
the great II il concerned with shiFwreck, forgery
hild-steaing hidden jewels fluctuations Of fortune,
cruel andady frantic mother, proud but tattered old
grandpa detectives, handouts the dead alive again,
me cheeld" "me Wife !" and other stirring in-
cidents aud properties, which seem still 70
have welcome on the stage abbott TO the
steady observer OK dramatic fashions they have
become a trife mOnOtOnous. The text which Major
Mayors prepared for this theatrical apparatus is not
brilliant II meanders suggishy through the four acts,
and has the negative merit Of rarely attracting attention
There is good deal about The patriotism of building
railroads and there are some amusing MalaprOpisfls,
very clevery delivered by Mrs 4 F Baker, but on the
whole there is altogether too much talk, sententous
without being smart, and IL does not pay TO mind It,
Neither has much ingenuity been exhibited in the con-
strucOn OF plot The whole story Is told N the first
Act and the OF the evening characters come and
without sufficient reason, and scenes are tackled on
% another without apprec8be effect upon the de-
veiopment Of drama which only comes 70 an end at
last because Major Mayers-Or perhaps 1t is Mr.. At
water-very properly IL of at II o'clock The prin-
cipal parsonage Edna Gordon the Young Wife OF the
Long Lost and In this part Miss Lete Allen great
deal OF popular favor by pretty and expressive face
and prepOssessing demeanor We could not discern in
her Interpretation OF the cOmmOuplaees allotted to her
any evidence Of very extraordinary talent, but
she Is refined and pleasant actress, and
may be credited with fair measure OF sue
cess. Mr. ]. L. Atwater moved pondeTously
through the the character OF The POrentous
Bore styled in the playbl Mr arthur Leslie, senle
and preachy person. whose gray hairs are but poor ex-
his nsuferable prosiDess. Mr. Atwater Is the
manager Of this summer season why hos lie deliberately
presented himself this odOus old dufer! Surely he
might have given the part 10 come of the company
against whom he had grudge and disposed forever
Of q hated rival Nr. Theodore Hamilton, who was the
vlauOus Captain Walton, seemed to have perpeually
lust bad something % eat, and not to
have quite swallowed It, and 1t was impOs-
sible to avoid the impression that he was thinking
more OF his interrupted bread aud butter than perse
eutug Miss Lettie Allen. which OF the bust
ness Of the moment for him. Mr. Floyd, Miss GermOn
and Nine Pouisi were afflicted with weak parts but IL
IL always pleasant them.t may be Inferred that
do ,ot regard the play as altogether good one.
Nevertheless many people will follow il with interest 1t
like novels by Miss Braddon, clumslly constructed and
III written yet one devOurs them sometimes, and Is pro
voked afterward at such an unaccOuntable waste OF
rrna
New-York tribune., 1877-06-12
OCTDOOR SPORTS.
TIE ATLANTIC CLUBS REGATTA.

TIE ATLANTIC CLUBS REGAlIA.
DRIFTING RACE-rnE GENA THE WINNER OF THE
sECOND-CLAS5 SLOOPS
The insufficient breeze was the principal fea-
tura OF the twelh annual regatta Of Ae Atlantic Iacht
club Of Brooklyn yesterday. The early morning did not
bid fair for race. Tor tho yachtmen have learned 10
wish for what they call spanking breeze" sufficiently
strong 70 spread all canvas. The yachts assembled
~ Goanus Bay and the arrival of the Judges sailed
out toward the starting point on Fay Ridge. When the
starting signal given for the schooners,
the Peerless was the hrst TO cross the line.
followed closely by the Triton and Agnes.
OF the s,ops the Genia took the lead, followed by the
Lizzie l.. Hope, Mantle. Orion Nlmous' and Kaiser
Wilhelm The two rouble boats, John Gilpin and
A,n,rvui-. bui,, by the blind builder Herreschof, NJ
bristol r. T. also rested their speed by sailing around
be course The course for the sch0oners and hrsteass
oops extended the ghtship, distance OF 40 miles
r sacon i-- .lbons it was 70 stakebOat near haoy
in 5tsIncy's Channel distancoot 81 miles me prizes
N silver one iCf edclt vd - - e., ~ -. r.
Memorial prize TO DE awarded % t1e hft yacht o thr
irst-class sOops in at home stdkeooat' without time
The wind at the start was light from the southeast.
and the yachts went OF hauled sharp on the wind WIN
ali MAN als set The Peerless rounded the spit buoy
nj ilj3I5 followed by the Triton and Agnes. OF tue
soop the Mantle irst to round the buoy A. lOi,
lolowed in order by the Orion Gcna. Kaiser Wilhelm,
Lizzie L., Hope, and Nimnls Af'er rounding the opt
buoy the yachts stood of 70 the eastward on te star
board tack. Hight breeze came ironi tne aIu
AMI the yachts simply Crlfted The sailors Whlued ahd
stuck knives in tine mast Dut thc oiu 'uPel.u iieu
IN this Instance ana tic "!hu 5ieW ~ ot h1l
Tbe sh for first position from the spit % the Lghtshp
as contested sharply between the Peerless and Triton
he former not only maintaining lead but increasing
n The first OF the second class 30 round G,dneys
Chanuel buoy the GeuiA nc i5o3O followed Dy the
Ntu,bu. Lizzie l., and Kaiser wilhelm The Peerless
binding that she could make the race within the
necessary time Of eight hours returned home ut 5i3,
,lowd v the Agnes 10 minutes later and the Mantle
~ Sos The Triton, which had gained on the Peerless
Kent on az rounded tho ghtship at 6:O6:l2. followed
nv the orion at 6.l63O The Genia arrived home first
al O6 and was declared the winner in her class. The
race FOR all but the secOndsass sOOps declared on
me following ID the table Of thOs which made the
A-5-L
New-York tribune., 1877-06-12
publican, Of this section so esteem Rochester Demo-

publicars of this section esteem -Rocheser Demo-
crat and Chronicle (RepJ
We of the United States cannot alone set up
a standard of money for the world That Ia done by ems
tom apd legislation combined, aud must be participated
by all trading nations We 20 for the silver dollar
much ever hut the thing is to have worth an honest
dollar Boston Post Deml
The President has only to stand as he stands
now He has only he lutte and undaunted he has
only continue defy the false friends have con
spred against him, and aIl viii he well. The South is
not ungratefu. she viii stand by him as he stands by
her to the last-[RichmOnd WIKI Deml
The South still holds her own in the cOun-
nation, Judging from the jealousy mani' s'ed
toward representative Congress. In the com
bat between intellectual giants the United States =
ate the South, the future in the past, VIII carry
away the laureis.- Memphis AppeG! Dem)
just when everybody thought the Presidents
policy would elect Democrat In Ohio this Iai, along
comes great temperance mOvcment III that STATE
which Is causing thousands to abandon rum and Delaoc
racv for sobrcty and Repubcaisn. temperance move
Is Democracy what grosshOpper plague Is 10
corn-held.-fSt. Louis Gcbe- Democrat (RepD
If Mr.. w. w. Phelps were in the field for
Governor. We should look upon his name as carrying
greater weight with the popular heart than even Mr.
PaIkcrs; for the former would doubt gfher 10 ms
support large number Of independent voters VINO
might BE- casting their lot with the Republican
cause I'D by the latter Bergen County IN 81 ke-
public (RnYJ