The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-01-31

Dakota county one of thy crowning
mercies. Thou dids't set the heath
en-, (the Irish and Dutch.) raging, one
against another, until the hosts Of
Belial were Overthrown and the cause
of religion had triumphed. Keep the
heattlen still at war with each other,
o Lord ~
'sAmen Amen!'' shouted Heath
and johnny Newton and Charley
Baker.
''Put honest men in office, O Lard;"
s'Amen - cried the whole conven-
ton, enthusiastically.
''And advance above all things, Oh
Lord, the cause Of temperance
(SensatiOn.)
Here Peter Flicker stopped washing
the beer glasses.
1--WE recognize all the blessings thou
hast bestowed upon us, especially the
county offices.
''Amen!" shouted the oflice-hold-
ers.
.'But this great work is incomplete,
oh Lord until intemperance has dis
appeared from our midst; and the bad
men who live by selling poison to their
fellow men are punished as they de-
serve.''
Peter Flicker drew near the speaker.
''BehOld our country, Oh Lord Be-
hold Douglas and New Trier. Too
long, too long. Oh Lord ,have the poll
tics of Dakota county been ruled by a
lot Of beer-guZZling Dutch
The words were scarcely uttered
ere Peter drew off and .crying, stake
dat he smote the preacher under
the left ear, and he fell,
'As falls or Mount Avernus
The thunder smitten oak -
Then Mr.. Editor Bedlam broke loose
again. The Irish and English conflict
was nothing to it.
Peter got up on the counter among
the beer glasses and made a speech:
sOh yaW,' he cried shaking his fists
and growing very red in the face, ..oh
yaw, ven you want our votes den We
is s.your Sherman yellow citizens;''
and ven you haf got de Offices den We
] is ode peer-guZzlin Dutch, ''by CT!
Oh yaw, knows you. You gets me
to run for county treasurer, oh yaw,
and you say Go in Peter unit vin;--
/
Marshan unit Hampton unit Douglas
unit We will get you de Repnblicaner
votes in Castle Rock unit Waterford
unit so veiter." Unit goes in to vim
and gets my Sherman frients to vote
for Johnny Newton unit Sharley Baker
unit de whole I'd cumbOOdle. and !
don't win. No; not much not by a
long sight. You republickaners vote
for O'Brien and you gives him vor
tousand majority, because l am a
I'd Dutchman--a peer-guzzline
Dutchman. How high is dot!
''Y OIL calls dis party! 1t is {
schwindle. And then I tries to sell {
leetle peer to the convention, to ger
pack de money vot lost in de election
unit dot Jim Morse he tries to haf me
put out; unit dot I'd Steb he runs
away with vun of my peer kegs; ant
} lots Of you fellers thinks my peer ant
J don't pays me for it,lby g-t. Yo,
. calls dis party. tells you it is
schwindle. 1t isn't Peoples Part!
, at all, it is Goot Templars Lodge :
, How much farther the indlgnan
, Peter would have proceeded it is hare
} to say; but at this point Jim Mors,
flung boot at his head and O'Leary
, got hold Of his legs and down he came
: There was rush and the crowd wer,
| piled on each other five deep and tn,
J uproar was dreadful. 1t was, as tn,
poet says:
As il men fought upon the earth,
: And fiends in upper air.
. In vain Charley Baker pounded tn
; counter and shouted '.order!" In vail
! lie Due called "Time." John Kenne
! dy stood overt he struggling. snrging
mass, with his hands behind his bac
! and delighted smile OH his face, CRY
! ing "Be Cad. this is beautiful! this
! magnificent
! There was an alarm at the door
: and the police and posse Of citizen
/ rushed in, followed by the fire depart
/ ment. In little while the combat
/, ants were separated. The police pre
3 posed to arrest all hands. lie Due oil
+ jected. Searles said they conldn
q constitHtionally do sO;-.sthat tn
r people had right to meet in polit
: cal conventions and discuss que
e tions.''
n do you call that discussion" el
r qnired the chief of police.
! Certainly" said Searles, lit ";
a q quiet settlement of a mooted que
l. ton; and for his part he thought
T. all wrong for the police to interrul
4 the discussion before the question W;
y decided
ID Precisely said Charley Bake
..how are we ever to get platfor
TO for the Peoples Party il these outsi,
., influences are to interfere with O.
a. perfect action. This is some Of Do
I'd nelly's work.
n The police withdrew. The FIRE d
~ partment wanted to know IL the
he would be any objection to playing
nd the convention. This propositi
nc however did not seem to meet vi
general acceptance.
re- Hero Judge Sullivan rose 70 . POI