The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-10-31
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owed $4,000 to national bank, and they
were carrying it along, and if the screw was
turned like the garote used in Cuba, out would
60 life. Hence those long-winded financial
articles, word after word and column after
column. diluted that they reminded one of
chicken soup. Naughter.)
Some people urged that Congress ought not
to to legisi ;s on the currency question.
Congress ought not That Congress
which has the power of life and death. 1t de-
clares war; and can draft every man in this au-
dience to serve and fight its battles; it regu-
lates commerce. Its powers are unlimited. yet
it ought not to legislate on currency; that
hould be left to the big Drained, generous
hearted banker. The speaker then described .
typical banker to be who, if his brother asked
fur SIC. 900 and threatened to commit suicide,
would ask, where's you collateral (Laughter.)
To leave the people to the mercy of such an
1ron-bound system was preposterous
The speaker now paid his respects to Judge
Reuben Reynolds. He said the gentleman
was profound thinker and was doing some
speaking just now throughout the country.
He holds upa silver dollar, and says. I'VE are
the hard money party He forgets that if
the Republican party had obtained their way,
silver would not be money any longer. Silver
which had been money since Abraham's day.
He is forgetful of the fact that the Republican
party demonetized silver and in secret, COW
ertly way, that for two years the people were
not aware that it was not receivable for more
than S5. And only become aware of it by the
depreciation of the market quota
was discovered to be hid away in voluminous
act of Congress, they, like Pontius Plate,
washed their hands Of it. When they were
compelled to repeal it, the President vetoed the
will of the people, and a twO-thirds vote was
necessary to pass it over his head. The gather
ing storm of popular demand compelled it. yet
the Republicans, having power in the Senate,
made it only partial reconciliation, because
they limited its coinage to $4,000,O00 per
month. During all this silver was decried;
it was declared a nuisance cumbersome
money. The Pioneer Press and the national
bank papers declared we should have only a
metallic basis, and not bi-metalic.
Whenever there's big fraud to be perpetrated
it is concealed by big word, and Latin one
answers all the better.
NO DANGER OF TOO MUCH HARD MONEY.
The people conceded that some people might
fear the issue of too much paper, but who ever
heard of too much hard money Yet the Re-
publican party had restricted it to $4,000, 900
per month, and drove from the
doors of the government mint,
the country's bullion to other shores.
He said there couldn't be enough of it. and
drew very laughabe picture of procession
going to La Crosse to get the cumbersome and
weighty money, if John Sherman we're to adj
vertise on such day that grand distribution
of the bulky money was to take place. It is
not distributed to suit and meet the demands
of the people, $55, 600, 900 of silver were locked
up in the United States treasury. John Sher-
had avertised that it would be exchanged
for greenbacks on Sept 9Th.
But before the day arrived, the
order rescinded. What the
purr--.2 All this did not occur by
accident. 1t was a welldevlsed AUG SUM
mated scheme to make the rich man richer and
the poor man poorer.
AN ILLUSTRATION.
The speaker then made apt and beautiful
illustration. He stood at great railway centre
in New York and with his thumb covered the
divergng point of the railroad tracks. one
leading to the fields of ice-covered
Manitoba, the other to the luxur-
iOus wealth of the eternal summer
of Mexico. Thus it with nations. Their
divergence eth r to ruin or prosperity started
from small and insignificant point Our ma
tion had arrived at this point of departure
We had before us the road to communism and
ruin. To avoid this, there those who
urged a strong government, and saw in Grant
the symbol of stability and strength of govern
ment. When the labor riots occurred year
ago, Jay Gould. the owner of the Republican
Tribune, capitalist, said he would give thou
sands were Grant in the white house
for forty-eight hours. And where is
Grant now? Wandering about Europe
In more style and state than even Barnum's
menagerie. daughter What is he doing? Is
he studying the workings of the monarchial
governments, forming alliances? Many may
ahrug their shoulders and cry out bosh
at any such inference, but recall to memory
that these same doubts were expressed when
civil war was threatened by the South. Presi-
dent Lincoln thought to have overesti
mated the duration of the war when he called
out $4,000 men, and Sherman was almost in
carcerated in an insane asylum as lunatit
when he said 100000 men woulc
be required to oper out the Mississippi river.
A MENACE TO THRONES.
He then called to mind the action of Franc,
and England during the civil war in regard /.
Mexico; reminded his hearers that the arts
tocracy of England armed and equipped tn,
Alabama to prey upon our commerce. Thei
motive was plain. So long as a republic EN-
dured IN America as \ monument of man
capacity to govern himself, SO long is the ma
ton standing menace to every thron,
in the old world. Lord Byron
wrote the history of nations in his soliloqu,
on the coliseum of Rome. His was the mora
tanned glory. acquired wealth. adopted corrup
ton and vice. 1t was left to the American
people if in the end they would fall into des-
potism. tApplause-)
SOME QUERIES.
Mr.. Donnelly asked if he had ever heel
known to be false to pledge he had ever give
during election: Was he ever known to hav
stolen anything while in Congress? The
the speaker related that Parson Brownlow. whe
he first came to Warrington. fel
very queer. thought he WAS sick. and retired
his room. There he found he had b en- seize
with an almost uncomfortable desire to stea
UAughter) The atmosphere of Washingto
had so affected him He pointed to his cares
in Washington and dehed his most malignar
enemy to bring such = charge against him. III
only charge is that was offered 100000
stock of the Southern Pacific road and Il
promise of $50. 0OO in money. and l decline
them. A woful charge to bring. But theI
though they charge me with declining both. vi
not give me credit, but say / declined thel
because they were worthless. daughter
A heinous offense. surely, to decline WORT
less thing. (Laughtsr.l II had been stats
that four days before the expiration of b
term of service in Congress, he was asked
help the road. and was made the above offe
No legislation had occurred previously. 50
could not have been for past services- But
didn't accept.
n CONCLUSION.
Mr.. Donnclly concluded BY saying his pro
pects for election were never brighter ~
surer At any time in the hissoxy of u