The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-10-17
completely destroyed all calculations.

None of the commercial and finan.
clal disasters which have overtaken
the business community in this coun-
try were due to the presence OF use
OF paper money. but wholly to the de-
structlon of paper money.
A New York Times correspondent
in Indianapolis writes: s'throughout
the Nationals have been live and
active; their meetings have been
much larger than either of the two
old parties, and were one to Judge bv
ordinary signs. the vote of the
Nationals wotld be placed larger than
any one expects to calculate"
Nearlysfi the Dem ocratic papers in
Maine, With the exception of the Bel
fast journal. Lewiston Gaze tie and
Machias Union, do not care whether
the df0ezlbsck Smith or the Demo.
cratic G8foelNn is electea Governor.
Even thu Maine standard remarks
that it may h0sflf tho 6esVsinterests
of the Democratic party to Aelect Mr..
Smith. sss4sA 20
There is broad didersncs hsisween
the specie system and The specie hosis
SYSTEM. The specie Syst4dn. m1jiAs
metallic money; the specie hliois
TEN means three dollars, 0r more M
paper based on ono in cOiIi. T&&
specie basis really consistSs 0f itwd eE
thirds credit and onelthird coin -
Jerre Haute Erpress. sssss
AS an instance of the effect which
the Greenback victory in Maine has
had upon the Republican party, we
give the following from the Labor
Gazette of Syracuse:--"The flag
which has been floating for several
months at the headquarters of the
Republican organization on f street,
Washington, was hauled in after The
receipt of the Republican defeat in
Maine. and it has not been seen since,
nor IS 1T likely to be very soon.
A Cincinnati dispatch to the New
Y ork Times says: "A canvass of one
of the wards of the city which was lot
thought to be particularly strong Tor
craze. (Greenback) revealed the start
ling fact that out of | 400 voters az
most 1000 were pronounced advO-
Gates OF fiat money. Their candidate
for congress said TODAY that he will
be elected; that most enthusiasm is
manifested by his party. and that the
people VIII be more astonished at the
result III the state than they were with
Maine.
The Greenback-Labo organs are
everywhere jubilant and confident of
| polling u heavy vote in all the west
ern states. The eastern papers no
longer scott at the "craZe,' but, ac-
knoWledging It's great strength, say it
must be fought. and that there is no
other issue before the American PEG.
pie. The Democrats and Greenback.
ers are of the same opinion, and
propose to do the fighting for their
side. The rag baby has cut it's teeth.
and wants no more spoonfood. 1t de.
mands the next President. and will be
likely to choose that oflcer.-Cin.
Enquirer.
Since the Maine election the old
party managers have redoubled their
effortsto maintain their old grasp upon
the people by every means in their
power, but to no effect. The follow
ing, from the Washington Post, shows
how the new party is feared in New
hire:-"Congressman Blair. Of
New Hampshire, is in the city after
funds to help the Republican canvass
IN his State. He is reported to have
said that it is quite probable New
Hampshire will follow in the wake
Of Maine, and elect at least one Green.
back candidate to congress. Mr..
Blair was not renOmiI.ated for con.
gress."
| The New York Sun has five columns
and half about Greenback con.
gresham Murch, of Maine. Murch
says that he spent 500 in the cam.
pign, and that men employed on
| government works, who voted for
hun. have been discharged. He says:
blaine and Hale are politically dead
in this state. They never can get
back to power after their present
/ terms expire, and from the cores.
pondence L receive / believe the
movement here will run through the
country to a greater or less extent,
and for the same reasons 1t is the
stepping stone to great change.
One that viii wind up Tom Scott and
Jay Gould's powers with legislation:
one that Will restrict government
Z - Ci7IitioiI "ibltifI CONSTITUTIONAL lin
/ its; one that will make it impossible
+ Tor men to go to congress poor ard
come out III a few years million.
aires
4 From Richmond, Va. letter to
the New York Times: The division
Of parties in the south which presi.
dent Hayes' reconstruction policy
was to have accomplished. but did
not. is now to a certain extent being
brought about by the Greenback
movement and number of minor
natural causes The letter also says
some OF the most influential men in
Virginia are at the head IF the Green.
back movement. men who cannot he
bHll-doZed. bullied or put down: that
the old party congressional nominees
are so alarmed ut the headwav tha
new movement is making, that they
are nearly All bnsily engaged in irving
TO convince their constituents that
they are quite AS good ~ any Green.
hacker. The correspondents cave.