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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-08-30
THE INEVITA-
Bile.

We have said that the bloody shirt
is played out. The great republican
leader of Ohio, General Garfield, is
recognizing that fact. We quote:
Cincinnati Telegram to Chicago Times.
The Gazette will print tomorrow an
interview with Gen. Garfield, in which
that statesman delivers himself Of his
ideas of political matters in Ohio. Mr..
Garfield says that the issue is to be
finance, and that, very properly, hav-
ing had our war president for eight
years,it is time to put away the issues
of the war. He recalled the incon-
sistency of both parties in Ohio on the
subject Of finance. He thinks now
the people are sound on the subject,
and there should be no letting down
by the republican party. BY letting
down he means repeating the resump-
ton. He argues that we shouldmove
on as fast as possible toward a specie
basis, and if, when the day draws
near, we are not prepared, We can do
as other debtors do-take short extern
sions. He isopposed to accommodating
coin. AS to silver, he would coin
$50, ,O00,O but no more. A limited
coinage he regards as essential. To
do otherwise would make this dump
ing-ground for all the surplus silver in
the world. He had no idea that Hayes
policy would be made an issue. FL
nance was the overwhelming question.
The general disapproved strongly the
running of the Ohio campaign for any
senatorial candidate. The thing to
do is to carry the state, and then deal
with the senatorial matter as an Origi.
nalquestion.
Finance is the overwhelming ques'
tion.'' The Democrats of Chic had
sense enough to recognize that fact
and hence they have fair prospect OF
carrying the state.
But see the subterfuges to which
the Republicans are driven:-they art
in favor of resumption, and at the
same time in favor of postponing re
sumption. If it hurts the dog tot
much to cut his tail off at once the1
they are in favor of cutting it off al
inch at time!
Shame on such shallow trickery.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-08-30
OTR OWN LIZ DUO.

= One of the leading agricultural pa
pers of our country, The Husband
man, says:
When the announcement was made
that the one place in the general gov
ernment devoted to the promotion of
agriculture was filled by the appoint
ment of General VIM. G. LeDuc, of
Minnesota. we had a strong desire to
know something of the man selected
to represent the greatest industry of
the country. The telegraph brought
the news that he had been quarter
master in the army, a railway con-
tractor, and persistent seeker for
office; none Of these biographical hints
being very assuring to farmers who
have long waited to have the agricul-
tural bureau at Washington transmit
ted into something which it's name
implies; or abolished. With the de-
sire to learn if the appointee really
had any qualifications for the place,
we addressed letters to several gentle
men in Minnesota asking for informa-
tion. The replies are before us and it
gives pleasure to record this one fact,
"Gen. LeDuc is gentleman" We
make this statement without reserve,
for it is supported by the concurrent
testimony of the letters received. We
know the writer's personally and we
are pleased to add they are gentlemen.
We shall be quite satisfied now if con-
gress will change the name Of Gen.
LeDuc's bureau. so that his title
shall be commissioner of gentlemen.
Agriculture will not suffer by the
change, and gentlemen will be much
gratitied by such recognition. It will
tend to obliterate class distinction and
reduce gentlemen to common level.
We shall have done with such desig.
nations as military. railroad and agri.
cultural, to show the different kind of
gentlemen. We should meet on the
level and part on the square gentle.
men all. As chief of the bureau OF
course gentlemen LeDuc will be chief
gentleman.
We learn that the General having
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-08-30

production, band themselves together
and strike. OF course, ,as these troub-
les increase, everything in the coal
country becomes inextricably con-
fused; and the grand finale is murder,
rapine, and incendiarism in the law
less districts.'
Is it not altogether wrong for a
railroad corporation to own one-third
of all the coal lands of middle Penn
splvania, with the power to consign
% 900 men and their families to star
vation, whenever they think they can
make money by the operation
If the great revolution only cor.
reefs some of these gigantic evils its
excesses may be pardoned.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-08-30

furnished cut-fowers to all his clerks,
has now opened kind of general
agency where every one is to sell
everything to eSerybody;-a kind of
universal junk shop.
The General has gone up like a
rocket;-we sadly fear he will come
down like the stick.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-08-30
PROPOSED PLATFORM OF THE PEOPLES PART,
OF MINNESOTA.

OF MINNESOTA.
lst. The powers of government shall not
be used to enrich the few and impoverish the
many, but to arrest the aggressions and cum
ming Of the few.
End. We are in favor ofsuch wise policy as
will ensure employment to labor, prosperity
to the whole people, and the crushing out Of
class legislation.
3rd. We are in favor of the re-monetiza
ton of silver and return to the silver dollars
Of our fathers
paper currency by the government and the
establishment Of the greenback as = permanent
currency.
6th. We are opposed to and deny the
charge, that Minnesota is rcpudiating State,
we arcin favor Of paying every dollar Of the
State debt, but that debt must be what the
State is bound in honor topay and when that
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-04-11

RHODE ISLAND does not seem to be so
thoroughly enamored with radicalism as in
days of yore. The democratic candidate for
governor was defeated only by few hundred
votes at the election held there last week.
The state has been an out and out radical
state for years-so much that its constitu-
ton prescribes property qualification for
all foreigners Our German and Irish friends
should make note of all such instances of
radical prescription. Such features are not
found in the constitutions of democratic
states. They are the legitimate fruits of
radicalism.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-04-11
BUStN ESS.
Past Disasters aad the Present Out-
look.
ALBANY IN. " August

AlDany IN. ~ ArguS.t
The London Telegraph reviews the con-
dition and prospects of business in the
United States In 1876" it says, Thirty
American railways, covering 3s46 miles in
length and representing S2l7, SIS, 900 of in
vested capital, were sold under foreclosure
of mortgages; receivers in bankruptcy were
appointed or foreclosures determined upon
in the case of 46 other lines extending
over Z $40 miles and involving a total
expenditure in construction and mainteD-
ance of 1896 600 900; 10 railway companies
figure in the list of defaulters for the same
year whose aggregate lines measure 2,75z
miles and show $l56 66l ,0O0 to have been
invested in them, making total OF Sc rail-
ways, consisting of IA l79 mileage and ex-
hibiting a loss TO the shareholders OF 1912
500 900. The list, therefore. as far as it has
been made up, discloses the painful fact
that during the past year one-fifth of the
entire railway mileage OF the United States,
representing a similar proportion Of the
total railway capital of the country, was
brought FROM various causes into state of
Insolvency"
Passing to the mercantile classes Ii says
that "out of $50. 099 nen in the Union re-
ported to be engaged in business in 1870 no
fewer than 092 became bankrupt and the
gross amount of their Liabilities reached
the sum of $19l, III 1856 The inerease in
the number OF failures compared with 1875
was !. $50, while the latter year showed the
number TO be 2 600 more than in 1874. The
total Indebtedness of insolvents in 1876,
however, Notwithstanding the augmented
number of failures, was less than in 1873,
by nearly $4,000, 0O0; hut the description
of firms which collapsed last year. com
binrd with the reduced average liabilities
chargeable upon the previous year, plainly
indicates that the wave of financial enibar
rassnent is not yet spent. and that after
enguiiing the mammoth houses it has been
gradually swallowing up the smaller traders
=, II is, moreover. significant OF the manner
in which business has been conducted III
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-04-11

the several divisions of the Union that the
failures IN the middle states are one IN
every o. trading firms, and in the
western states one IN every seventy-two In
the eastern states notwith landing their
reputation for wealth and stability, one in
every hIty-nine hrms has succumbed while
In the southern states, which have been de-
populated and exhausted by the civil war
and are still laboring under heavy political
disabilities, the percentage of failures is
only one In every sixty-four"
The cause OF these failures should be m
te,iigently considered. Many of them are
believed to be owing 10 "a departure from
the principles OF Legitimate trading During
period OF prosperity not a few merchants
invested their surplus earnings in specula-
tive operations. They bought land or be-
came interested In mining and railway nm
dertaklngs, without fOrecasting the possibil-
lty OF commercial reverses: and when the
crisis came and strained their resources.
they found the additional capital they re-
qulred to meet urgent obligations locked up
IN investments which they were unable to
realize.
Discussing the outlook, the telegraph
says that 1T is TO be presumed that the bit
ter experience they have undergone in the
past may impose check upon reckless ten
uencies In the future. Again, in proof that
trade is returning TO a normal state. mo
duction has of late been more strictly limit
ed than before to the requirements of regu-
lar consumption, and universal disposition
prevails in the community to economic
expenditure to the utmost. Happily, too,
the potential riches lying in the soil of the
American continent are practically bound
less, and every year profits derived from the
cultivation of cotton, grain, sugar and
tobacco steadily increase. Gold, silver and
petroleum also will continue for an indef-
mite period to be an exhaustless source of
profit to the United States"
A definite policy on the part of the gov
eminent, stubbornly adhered to, is of great
consequence TO the revival of business. Ii
IS time such policy was inaugurated.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-04-11
HAYES INDICTED.

We are informed that criminal proceed
ings have been commenced in Greene coun-
ty, this state, against r. b. Hayes, the fraud
ulent president of the United States. Last
week, while the grand jury of Greene coun-
ty were in session, conscientious citizen
was summoned before that august
body and asked il he knew of
any violations of law. After some
hesitation the fearless citizen replied
affirmatively. Being required to state what
he knew of such violations, the witness
stated that one Rutherford d. Hayes had
committed grand larceny by stealing the
office of president. The testimony was of a
character to demand the serious considera-
ton of the charge, and after mature DELHI
Grafton bill of indictment was found and
presented TO the court. When the papers will
be served is not stated. But il Hayes can be
found within the jurisdiction of the court
he will he compelled to answer. The trial
will be one of the most exciting in the
annals of crime, and Bloomfield will be
brought into historical prominence. That
Hayes is guilty there is not shadow OF
doubt, and IL pressed, he may, like Boss
Tweed and Oakley Hall, seek for repose In q
foreign land.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-04-11

No woman should allow herself to become
mere household drudge. Even if perfect
neatness from cellar to garret-foors clean,
enough for dining tables, etc, can be main
tanned by the devotion OF all her time and
strength TO the work, the sacrifice is far too
great. We all have variety Of duties, and
if their nurlber be too great for our powers
of accomplishment, we must lay them all
out before us and decide reasonably which
are most Important, and then cross of from
the list thSse which are least essential, until
we bring the number within our ability. 1t
is as wicked to waste labor to waste any
thing else; and it is ouly reasonable and
righteous to perfoFRs our necessary meehani-
cal tasks with the least possible exDendi-
ture Of time and strength required to do
them well-to call in the aid of chemistry
and natural philosophy, whenever We can,
to save time Sor reading and stady, and
social enjoyment and deeds of charity.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-04-11

WADE HAMPTON somehow or other did not
heed the radical press in the large amount
of good advice IL rendered him. He is as
naughty as ever. On his return trip he
made little speech at Charlotte, North
Carolina, and it sounded as bad and indis-
Greet and 'rebelliOus' as ever. He said
that ''he was glad TO tell the people who
crowded about him that Mr. Hayes had
respect enough for his country, the consti-
tuition, South Carolina and himself and my
self not 10 even speak Of compromises, but
in manly, independent way, ordered the
troops away Ipledged myself in the cam
'paign that the people of South Carolina
should enjoy equal rights before the law,
regardless of race, party or class, and by the
eternal God these pledges shall be re-
deemed" The Methodist conference at
Boston should now take him in hand.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-04-11

BUSINESS was suspended in New Orleans
again on Friday for the purpose of holding
a meeting by its leading business men to
strengthen the hands of the Nichols gov
eminent We hope they can stand such
frequent interruptions. Not northern
city would submit quietly to so many and
frequent interruptions in her business, yet
New Orleans has been leading for years a
business life in which serious and frequent
interruptions have been the general rule,
The city and the people. receive very little
sympathy. Radical organs aud Dir. Hayes
says the southern people have stood trouble
and bad government for 16 years, and they
can certainly stand them awhile longer.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-04-11
ATE SENTINEL WEDNESDAY MORNING. APRIL 1 /. 1871

have been married enter into that relation
and the laws should be so framed that when
the mistake is found out the separation may
take place with the least possible delay. The
divorce laws do not stand so much In need
of revision as the statutes regulating mar
rage. If God, the teachings of the Bible
and religion are 10 have no voice in consum-
mating the marriage contract, it is supreme
folly to appeal to such considerations when
divorces are demanded
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-04-11

,ISsTEAD Of reform within the radical party
the probabilities favor a fight. The first
thing in order, says Washington special to
the Cincinnati Commercial. lis, tits reported
TO stiffen up Chamberlain and bring on a
fight, or pFolong the contest in South Caro-
lima. II is said that when Chamberlain was
in New York last week he received not
only encouragement to resist Hampton, but
was persirfentIy urged to do so by some Of
the prominent leaders of the extreme wing
of the republican party; and that whereas
ne i=it :, .s..instoE with lis m;ad quite
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-04-11

made up to submit to the supremacy of the
Hampton government, he came back per-
'suaded that he ought to show fight, and
that he has gone home filed with that
determination. His friends claim that by
shrewdly using the laws as forms for de-
lays. he can remain in the state house at
least eighteen months"
Ben Butler and Blaine will be associated
in the business OF making it hot for Hayes
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-04-11

The state house at Columbia, South Caro-
lima. is said to be one vast mess of filth and
vermin. Hampton proposes to begin his
administration by taking the convicts from
the peniten'iary and steam fire engine and
giving 1t good cleaning out
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-04-11

GENERAL ROGER A. PRYOR will address
the Brooklyn grand army of the republic on
May 80 Decoration day. The Methodist
conference now in session at Boston, which
has been calling Hayes TO account lately,
must denounce this idea OF having "red
handed rebel talking to the grand army.
Everything sc ms to be going to ruin. Sad.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-04-11

The colored brother is learning rapidly
He has just been detected in swindle
worthy of his white brother: selling tickets
in New York to a concert that was not to be-
Awful! He was arrested, of course. 1t
would not do TO allow small fraud loose
very long. 1t Is demoralizing. The big
fellows, that steal presidencies run loose.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-04-11

THE mystery continues in the New York
explosion case. That it was the result of
design is now scarcely doubtful, but as to
the events that led up to the tragedy there is
little evidence. The suggestion of the cor
oner that Dean, the surviving partner,
knows more than he will tell. is probably
we'll fortified
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-04-11

Common sense tells Us the way TO cure
Lung diseases is ny direct application. This
new principle. DR.. ] III McClean's Cough
and Lung Healing Globules, they form q
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cures thr,a at and lung diseas s. coughs, colds
consumption bronchitis e,c. Trial boxes.
by mail 25 CENTS. DIR J. II. Mclean, 2ls
Chestnut street, 81. Louis.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-04-11

A new method that cures coughs, colds,
bronchitis aud consumption, ID. J. II. Nc
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they dissolve in your mouth. a healing gas
is generated and inhaled, permeates and
comes in direct contact, will cure throat and
lung diseases. Trial boxes. by mail. 25c.
DIR. J. III. Mclean. 3l4 Chestnut st ST. Louis.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-04-11

The investigation into the st. Johns
Guild scandal in New York reveals lax meth
DDS of bookkeeping that would cast grave
suspicion on any merely secular enterprise.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-04-11

PEOPLE who write to the Sentinel or TO
the Sentinel should give their real names
or save themselves the trouble.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-04-11

The Mexican westhercock is turning.
Late advices to the Rio Grande indicate that
the country is on the brink Of another revo-
luton
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-04-11

4. GRANT will finally make Galens his head
quarters The smell of the old lanyard la.
not lost its attractions.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-04-11

THE Louisiana commission has held ses-
sien in New Orleans, which was chiefly de-
voted to the manufacture of conundrums.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-04-11

TWEED has got to talk as we'll a. pay, OF
remain in the Tombs
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-04-11

Ppsimaster-Genersl Key has discovered q
ring for the furnishing of new postal cards
ard refuses 10 open the bids.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-04-11

NEw YoRK is agitating swill milk once
more
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-04-11

THE Dom Piatt case has been nslIcd.
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Uhe SemtimsI.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL IL.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-07-10
Proposals for the Erection of Build
tngs on the Missouri River for
Spotted Tall and Med
Cloud Agencies.
OFFICE OF TIE urrnrsrrSDns OF INDIAN

OFFICE OF TIE urERIsrENDENr OF INDIAN
AFFAIRS, DAKOTA SUPERINTENDENT,
Yankton Dakots, July 8, 1877.
PROPOSALS will be received al this office un-
The Junction OF WhetstoneC Creek with the Mis-.
souri, River, and near the junction of yellow
Medicine River with the Missouri River, the fol-
lowing buildings ma enclosures, to-wit:
AT eacn location aboye named
One AGENTS house; One warehouses; One
stable with stable yard; One receiving and
Weighing corral, with cattle scales and scale
house; one slaughter house with corral attached.
Yankton, aud Yellow Medicine River about 270
miles above Yankton. All material, labor and
transportation to be furnished by the contractor.
Buildings and enclosures to be constructed in the
order prescribed by the Superintendent, and
completed on or before th c first day OF October
next.
Each proposal must be in duplicate, must have
8 copy of this advertisement attached, and be
accompanied by a guarantee, signed by two good
and sufficient s%urelies, approved by a Judge or
Clerk of the United States Court; guaranteeing
that in case a contract is awarded TO the party
making the proposal. said contract will be ac-
cepted and entered into, and good and sufficient
bonds Immediately furnished for the faithful
performance of the contract, and in a sum
double the amount bid.
The plans, specifications and drawings, in ac.
cordance with which the work is to be done, may
be seen in this office in Yankton, at Chicago, and
ST. Paul.
Contracts win be subject to the approval of the
Commissioner of Indian affairs, Washington.
Bidders are invited TO be- present at the opening
of the bids, at 2'oclock p. m, Wednesday, August
LIST pr0Ximo.
The Government reserves the right to reject any
or all bids.
Bids are to be distinctly marked on the envel-
opes Proposals to Erect Agency Buildings, I" and
addressed to the undersigned,
j. il. HAMMOND,
supt. OF Indian Affairs, Yankton, Dakota.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-07-10
Proposals Tor Building sidewalks

YANKToN, d. T., July 9th, 1877.
SEALED PROPOSALS will be received by the
- city council Of the city of Yankton, d. T., for
furnishing the material and constructing side
walks in said city, as herein described. Walks to
be constructed on the north side of Third street,
between Pine and Pearl streets, on south side of
lots q Il III, lower of Yankion. said walks to be
4 feet wide, and to be laid SO that the outer line
OF said walks shall be upon the curb line Of the
street, said curb line being ten feet from the line
of The lots, to bo made of pine plank, not less
than , inches in thickness, and laid crosswiseand
spiked TO and supported by timber at least inch
es In thickness and 4 inches deep, placed not
more than . feet apart, and shall slope towards
the street al the rate of Il of an inch 10 the foot,
and shall be so constructed as 10 present a
smooth and regular surface, without obstruction
to passag
The plalks and timber must all be good sound
pine, and must be spiked and constructed in all
respects, so as to comply with he city ordinance
SAID walks are o be paid for rs soon as the city
shall receive pay from the owners of the lots
where said walks are %oonStTuc ed, and not before
that time. Contractors must furnish good and
sufficient bonds. II bids arc accepted.
All proposals Will lie deposited with K. 7.
White, Esq. city clerk, on OF before the Esd day
of July, A. u. 1877. The right is reserved to re-
ject any or all bids,
G.. w. DELAMATER,
july514d STREET COMMISSIONER.