The anti-monopolist., 1878-05-02
is no spot where force is not perpetu-
ally existing and exercised.
Hon. Ignatius Donnelly says he is

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a reformer, and against some errors
he strikes vigorous blows. Once he
defended the people of Minnesota
against the unjust. unlawful and i'm
moral claims of the holders of the old
bogus state-credit-lOan railroad bonds.
but now he supports these claims.
Once he was an earnest granger and
opposed all monopolies. Now he op-
poses some monopolies and supports
others. The Merrill school book no.
nopoly Mr.. DOnnelly fathers and de-
fends at the expense of education and
the sacred rights of the people. This
is lamentable. 1t is sad to see intel
lect and manhood prostrate before
speculation and avarice. We had
hoped better things Of THE ANTI-MO
NoPoLIST, which is only half right.
On the financial question it is aggres-
sively right, but upon matters per-
tanning exclusively to Minnesota it
vascilate. We should like to see the
weak place in Mr.. Donnelly's spinal
column strengthened SO that the peO-
pie can rely upon him i'll their fight
with the sharks. What will do it.
brother Donnelly !--Mower Co. Re
publican.
We shall try to answer Major
Hotchkiss's unjust criticisms with pa
tience and good temper:
l. We defended the people of
Minnesota from former proposed
plans of settlement of the old railroad
bonds because those propositions
We're. in every case. cunningly devils
ed, SO that, (as we showed, at the
time,) under them the taxpayers
would have had to pay the whole
debt principal and interest, in money.
We approved of the propositionWade
by the Legislature Of 1879 because it
cut the debt down one-hay and set
aside the proceeds Of the internal
Improvement lands to pay it. With
the present land-fever those lands
would have more than paid the bonds.
II. Our position has always been,
that the state was deceived and de-
frauded into voting to issue those old
| bonds, but she did SO vote, by an
overwhelming majority; she made a
| fool of herself with her eyes open and
ought to pay something for her folly.
! She owes to herself to scale the debt
if possible. to plead her equities and
make the best bargain she can; but
she also owes it to her character as
an honorable community to wipe out
those bonds. The people will proba
bly, adopt the pending proposition to
pay the bonds with the 100000 acres
of land; and this will substantially
amount to the same thing as the prop
osition of 1877.
III. We leave it to the people tc
say whether or not we were right il
resisting the aggressions of the >choo
Book Ring and their annual robbery
of the people to the extent Of ,OOt
or 100000. If we have committed ;
crime in giving the people chance
to buy school book for ten cents fol
, which heretofore they paid twent,
cents; or one for forty cents which
hitherto cost them eighty cents, O
one for sixty cents which prior to thi
time had cost them Sl.75, then indeed
is white black and black white.
such a contract as the state has mad
with Mr.. Merrill is monopoly thel
is public education itself a monopoly
for the cheap free schools proven
private parties from opening high
priced schools, then indeed is tn
mail service Of the United States
monopoly for it prevents Tom-Dick
and Harry from carrying our CORE:
pondence at express rates; then in
deed is the Erie Canal or the Grea
Lakes monopoly for without ther
railroads would carry our grain a
double prices.
We cannot understand how ger
tleman of Major Hotchkin's fairnes
{ and good sense can defend the abom
nable School Book King of the Unite
States. 1t has plundered the peopl
of millions of dollars annually; it ha
! kept the children of the poor out O
| the school houses through their in;
bility to buy the high-priced schoe
!. books; it has corrupted school boardi
v10rn11nt officers, teachers and legisl;
it has marched from Maine I
mia with rottenness in on
md robbery in the other, wit
ny of Boycers. Cheneys, Tukey
alls following in its filthy foo
We rejoice to think that it
led and pulverized in Ninnesot
Ut we have helped to do it.