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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-10-10

in business upon cash basis! Bust
ness done with ready pay grows but
never initiates. Imitation is the product
Of credit and Of credit alone. There
fore the true infationists are the
upholders of the banks, and of that
system which makes credit necessi-
| ty.
In the Greenback system no person
would get any of them but those to
whom they were due; and if these
persons could not advantageously use
them in the transactions of business,
they would deposite them in Postal
Savings Banks.
Ii you say that the presence of
Greenbacks might initiate business;
we reply so much the better. The
more business is inflated the better
for the people, provided that every
one pays as he goes. 1t is not Green
back pay, it is the credit system which
is the bane of the business world
And the less money there is, and the
harder the times are. the more will
credit initiate. When Greenbacks
were plenty, there was no infia. ion.
or very little at least. But when
they were contracted and disappeared
from the field of usefulness, then
credit was obliged to supply their
place, and credit being imitation
multiplied bankruptcies all over our
land.
Is this not SO When do people fail
in business when money is plenty,
or when money is scarce! When we
ascribe the ten thousand failures
which have occurred within a few
past years to the retirement Of green
backs from circulation. we place it
where it belongs to the expansion, of
of bank credit. We close in the
language of an exchange:
The two old parties are the advo-
Gates of imitation. and the Nationals,
are the enemies of imitation.
We challenge any and all of the
| loudest hoWlers of imitation from the
ranks of either of the Old parties to
prove that they are not the imitation
lists Of the period.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-10-10
UHEIT AND POLfTTCS

Under the above heading the
Northeastern Chronicle. the Catholic
paper OF St. Paul. makes good re-
mark, which we append for the con-
sideration OF our readers.
Men of both parties do bad things.
and enter into unlawful combinations
by which they often transfer without
a valuable consideration the property
of their neighbo.- from his pockets TO
theirs. But there should be. and are
enough good men in both parties To
punish these workers of evil-lf the
old hugbear, injury TO party. was
Ignored. Indeed. when the leaders
OF party become corrupt and yenal
i. Is = :. nFa'N letTictic dr. hgg :
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-10-10

is party duty for all good men to
put them down. And to put them
down with the strong hand.
This ques ton of frauds in the
grading Of wheat has nothing to do
with the politics of the st te. unless
the frauds be brought home to some
candidate. So let this investigation
90 on. If st. Pad men are guilty,
punish them; if Minneapolis men are
guilty. punish them. If Mr.. Donnelly
Is defrauding his farmer friends by
buying their wheat at false measure
Of value, vote him down. II Mr..
Washburn is'a member of the Min
neapolis Millers' association. or in
terested in it, and that association
has been defrauding the farmers by
taking their wheat at false standard,
vote him down. "'Let justice be
done. though the heavens fall.
Strike the blow where it is deserved.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-10-10

Is easily compreheaded ana under
stood by every one. 1t has only three
planks, and their soundness is as
evident rs the sun at midday.
:. Pay all the government bonds
and stop the tremendous drain of
Slo0. 10000 yearly for the pockets of
the people.
,. The bonds paid off. the base of
the national banks is gone. Wipe
them out. we don't need them. they
are an incubus upon our Industries.
3. For the money create a govern
ment (Greenbackl currency, making
it perfect and only legal tender.
The advantages to the pockets of
the people and the prosperity of the
county. are incalculable. 1t would
open up every industry. start the
wheels Of every enterprise. give
labor full employment. and bring
comforts and enjoyments to every
home.
The amount of Greenbacks needed
to pay the national debt is about $50
per capita and this is just the sum
the people need for u circulating
medium.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-10-10

Greenback will want something for
his trouble. The grocer will not be
willing to give as much for it. for the
same reason-the trouble and cost of
exchange. The collector when offered
the gold would shove it from him,
and nobody but a poor printer would
be likely to take it at par.
Such is the reign we ask for the
Greenback. No divided throne-we
do not intend she shall have any part
ners-the tOpmost seat we ask for her.
Having for the base of her empire
the granite hills Of our country, and
the affections of our people, let the
silver and gold glis.en at her feet,
while ''Heaven's eternal sunshine
mantleS o Ell her head
Now tell us how it can ever be pos
slble she can depreciate, or lose that
sceptre of value which the strong
arm of government places in her
hands!
The above is especially commended
to the careful consideration of Hon.
r. X. Burrows, of Pine City. When
he has solved the problems we should
be pleased to hear from him. His
questiOn-How is coin to be obtained
by the Treasury!-is answered by
saying, the same way that coin can
always be obtained by every one-by
purchase. But when all government
bonds are paid and destroyed, the
Treasury will need no coin. 1t can
then all go into the channels Of use.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-10-10

The secretary of the treasury di-
reefs that on and after the 10Th
instant, the treasury in Washington
and the several sub-trcaSuries will eX-
change standard silver dollars for
United States notes. Does the secre
tary think that all the people in the
country are foolsl Does he not know
that the notes are lighter. can be
placed in Il smaller compass. and more
easily carried about than the silver.
and that every common sense man
would ,alle them in preference unless
he is compelled to take the silver
But there are two other important
objections 10 forcing the silver dollar
upon the people As money. The first
Is, the paper IS inexpensive and costs
us nothing; while the silver costs us
the interests on the bonds which were
given 10 purchase it. The second is.
by using paper instead of silver.
leaves the silver 10 perform its mis-
sion in other ways, thus virtually
doubling the working capital Of the
country. This is u consideration
more important than most people
think
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-10-10
THE T'R E.NCX 4 RE INSI Ne.

Mr.. v. II. Ne5ey, our consul at
Nice, France, writes: Paper money
in France has the same ratue as goid
con-. It consists of Bank of France
notes of The denomination Of 50, 100,
800, and 900 francs. The current
gold coin consists of five, ten and
twenty frame pieces. During the
French empire, large gold pieces Of
forty, and fifty one hundred francs
were issued but the present govern
ment has discontinued them.
1t must he remembered that this
Bank OF France note is fiat money
it IS nor redeemable by law in gold.
France has not resumed specie pay
ments. although she could retire all
her Tat money. and yet have 500 .000.-
900 .! specie; but IN the language of
the Republican party organs. she is
insane. and prefers the benefit of fiat
money to the ruin which contraction
brings a out.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-10-10

ment of the Greenback cause. They
think this favored time to en-
courage women to take part in the
primary meetings as we'll as to make
herself eligible for the important
offices held by man. 1t is also an i'm
portant object to furnish women
speakers to enter the campaign for
the deliverance of the country in
this hour Of peril. One lecturers
name is already enrolled-Miss c. A.
Blodgett Of New York City, and is
said to be All able and efficient lee
turer in the Greenback cause.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-10-10

Do the bankers--called the syndi-
cate make any money in selling the
bonds Of the government Yea, a
large profit. The Pioneer Press Of
July 10. says 1925 900 will be their
commission AMI in addition, probable
interest onSl 300 ,000in gold deposited
And out of whose pockets does this
money come Out of the laboring
men-yours and mine, reader Had
we not better try to stop this leak out
of our pockets with oar ballots
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-10-10
EDITORIAL NO IES.
irculatp orr DaUprS,

Circulate our papers.
More Greenbacks wanted.
The Greenback is mighty and will
prevail.
Sickness comes unexpected as well
as unlimited.
Meeker is out with full Greebback
county ticket.
The st. Paul young men Donnelly
club are organized, up and doing.
Labor proposes to put the inter
est item in its own pocket hereafter.
Ramsey county has flung out a full
National Greenback ticket, See cam
paign page.
The n. Y. idoocate has now raised
its Subscription price to one dollar a
year for single subscribers.
In Michigan the Democrats and
Republicans are for hard money, and
combine to fight the Greenback ers.
Mr.. z. O. Chilstrom OF Minneapolis
proposes the starting of Donnelly
club in that city. Let the suggestion
be carried out.
II is proposed to call Greenback
county convention for Anoka county
for the nomination of county officers
at an early day.
The Democrats of Texas are for
hard money, and bitterly oppose the
greenbacks: but the Republicans af
fiiate with them.
All over the country the fire blaZes
Bright beacon lights The people
shall see eye to eye when the Lord
shall bring again Zion.
Ex-Gov. Curtain of Pa. has been
nominated for congress by the Green
hackers and Democrats in the 18th
district Of that state.
The Savannah (Ga.) Daily Evening
Recorder. new paper from the
Sunny South, well printed, has just
appeared. 1t is Greenback.
The Greenbackers Of Texas claim
to have already 500 clubs in the
state. 10 Of which are colored. and
expect to poll 30.000 votes.
The NeU Era, of Vevav. Ind. ) is a
new Greenback paper just started at
that place. respectable in size and APP
pearance. Success attend 1t.
The idea Of gold or silver basis
for money is a splendid humbng Of
the olden time. Whenever the basis
Is wanted it il always missing.
The Workman is the name Of the
Gree nback Labor paper. the organ Of
the councils of st. Pail and Minneap-
oils. May its rays never grow less.
No paper can live without the
support of the woTkingnen. says
Kearnev: yet many workingmen sup
port the papers that lie and deceive
them.
The Pennsylvania Republicans in
several of the congressional districts
are endorsing the Greenback nomi-
nees. and repudiating the hard mon
ey platform.
Our Democratic friends are doing
nobly for the Greenback in Minneso-
Ia this season, though they are but
half converted and stand only on the
ragged egge.''
The National council, No. 2. of st.
Paul workingmen meet every Friday
evening at O'Clock. at the n. f.
corner Of eth ard Jackson streets, 81.
iorr. .oor1 No 3.
We aAve D-eH nnca blessed cy the
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-10-10

The National Bankers Association
have receeely had Il meeting to devise
means whereby they can secure more
legislation in favor Of banks. They
do not make quite money enough yet
to suit them. But if unemployed
laborers meet together and pass
resolutions to petition congress for
legislation in their behalf, all the
bankers VIII denounce them as Com
nMNiSkS
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-10-10

The total coinage Of gold and silver
since the formation Of the government
is-gold, 983. $50 G95; silver. 208, S72.-
pol. See American Almanac for 1877
page 3O7. How absurd for the hard
money party to talk Of paying the
national debt in gold aud silver, when
for the 100 past years we have not
coined enough Of both metals to pay u
tenth part Of it yet these years in
clude the great god and silver era Of
the world
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-10-10

Our people are in debt twelve bill
ions Of dollars for governments indi-
vidual, and corporate obligations.
These debts represent an annual in
terest charge of eight or nine hun
dred millions year, our govern
ment taxes, national municipal. ana
State, are about seven hundred and
fifty millions annually. Excluding
the taxes for the interest on bonds,
the two sums together represent an
animal charge of nearly fifteen hun
dred millions u year. This sum is
about twice the amount of the annual
increase of wealth IN the United
States, after deducting expenses and
ii equivalent to an interest of six per
on sum greater than the present
selling value Of all the property, real
and personal, in the United States
ct there are people who are afraid
we shall have some greenbacks with
which to pay debts and buy what we
want. Now we want all beople who
oppose what they call the imitation of
greenbackS, to SHOW ii they can how
our debts can ever be paid without.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-10-10
INFLiTiON.

Can Greenhack be money inflated I
Does it not when used in its legiti-
mate field as money. end every
transaction. how then can the ex-
~a-s've rh.la-.ar Cf :n.a--..n exi--..
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-10-10
AL4DihS unhkNb4CKC CLUB

Such an organization has been eff
fected in New York City for the
purpose of bringing together the
elements Of power il woGan. and
r-iliyiTr .rcp FIR he bette. advance
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-10-10
5.$l's&- ee,oa1ol)olI5t.
IGNATIUS DONNELLY. PROP r
r. THORNTON. EDITOR.

Post Office box Fl. Office No. 10 East Third
Street, where h will b. glad to make the ac-
quaintance OF any Gre nbtckers no may be
in the city at any time, and htvea little par
time.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-08-23
WHO IS HEP
A Bold, Bad Nan In Cheyenne.

There is residing in Cheyenne at the
present time a man. who, If the Dead
wood Times states the case fairly, is a
murderer, and has also committed sew
eral other crimes of a less grade. That
paper describes him as q long-haired
man, with the prefix Of "Prof.n to bis
name. He is represented as having a
couple of wives in the Black Hills, and
n of them, the Times says sis at
present living at Rapid City, sewing on
buttons for another man. She tells
some pretty hard stories on the PROBES
sor. She says that whenever he com
mits a crime he skips out and changes
his name. After she married him he
left her and tramped around under an
assumed name. She says in his younger
days he practiced medicine and poison
ed more than one person. 1t is said,
as coming from this woman, that the
Professor had poisoned several persons
in order to get possession of their
wealth, and that he is an escaped peni.
Tertiary convict"
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-08-23
MILITARY MATTERS.

Colonel John E. Smith, Fourteenth
infantry, commanding Camp Douglas,
Utah, Is appointed q special inspector,
to inspect at his post, such unservice-
able quartermasters' stores, for which
Lieut.. George T. T. Patterson, r. @.
NJ, is responsible, as are now reported
to require the action of an inspector.
Major George A. Gordon, Fifth cav
airy, commanding Sidney barracks,
Neb., is appointed a special inspector,
to inspect at his post, such serviceable
subsistence stores, for which Lieut..
John A. Baldwin, Ninth infantry. A.
c. s., is responsible, as are now report
ed to require the action of an inspec-
tor.
Lieut.. Lewis Merriam, Fourth infan-
ry, Fort Laramie, and Lieut.. James E.
II. Foster, Third cavalry, Fort Fetter-
man, will proceed, without delay, to
Camp Robinson, Nebraska, and report
for temporary garrison court martial
duty at that post, on completion OF
which they will return to their proper
stations.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-08-23
HOTEL ARRIVALS.

DELMoNICo-S. W. Thompson, Wis.
j.. Thompson, ILL.,; George Worthing-
ton, Rock Creek; S. B. Hall, Green
River. ID hla
RAILRoAD-L. Gibson, Deadwood;
W. s. Clark, Washington d. c.; ]. H.
McPynchon, Laramie; A. A. Seagrave,
Ogden; E. F. Hooker and Miss Lizzie
Hooker, Des Moines.
DyER's.-G. Bloss, San Francisco
Hugh Barton and daughter, Colo; N.
G. Patterson, George Brice and H. D.
Beemer, Laramie; N. G. Orr, Monta-
ma; G. Hunter, Chimney Rock, Wyo.
INTER OcEAN-H. U. Redington,
Sidney; ]. W. Wood and J. 8. Hoke,
Chicago; G. Kohrs, Montana; j. H.
Martz, Denverl J. W. Lowers, Mil
waukee; W. ]. Phillips, Golden W. L.
Leonard, Santa Fe, N. M.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-08-23

A cowardly, malicious and unpro-
voked assault was made upon W. A.
Reid, Esq, at Dyer's hotel yesterday
afternoon by a worthless beggar, with
both limbs off below the knees. Mr..
Reid was standing at the office coun-
ter, having just settled his bill prepar-
atory to leaving, when this fellow
crouched up from behind and struck
him a severe blow with his cane, nearly
knocking him known, and cutting quite
a cash over his left eye. The blow was
wholly unexpected and given without
the slightest provocation. What mo-
tive the fellow had in making the as
sault is q query to all.
On Wednesday Mr.. Reid gave the
beggar fifty cents with which to pur-
chase his supper, as he said, and no
further words ever passed between
them. Prior to this assault, however,
this fellow had been in the hotel de-
manding q drink and his dinner. The
former was refused him, but was told
by Mr.. Dyer that he could have his
dinner when he returned sober. he
used very abusive language about the
hotel, and attempted to enter the
dining room several times. A great
deal of license was granted him, owing
to his crippled condition, and it was
while meandering about that he made
the attack upon Mr.. Reid, who had
befriended him the day before. i.
He was lodged in the cooler after his
assault, and a county charge will be
made against him to-day. Several
months in the county jail will proba-
bly, be the result.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-08-23
PERSONAL.

Mr.. James A. Brennan is seriously
i'll.
Mr.. A. Stevens, of Rawlins, is in the
city.
N. R. Davis, Owl creek, was in the
city yesterday.
Mrs. J. H. Bowman left for Hat
Creek yesterday.
H. H. Mudd, Esq, and wife, of
Deadwood, are at the Inter Ocean.
Coroner G. P. Goldacker has returned
flom his recent visit to Laramie City.
Sheriff D. J. Cook, of Denver, came
up on the Colorado Central yester-
day.
Major c. S. Abbott, of the Colorado
Central road, came up from Golden
yesterday and stopped at the Railroad
House.
Among the recent arrivals from the
Black Hills we notice @. II. Lightner,
L. Gibson, P. Bohlman, A. A. Sawyer
and L. ]. Webb.
The departures for Deadwood yester-
day morning were G. H. Brown, E. B.
Coleman, c. S. Childs, M. E. Tracey
and Thomas Bronson.
Thomas NJ. Fisher, Esq. has departed
for Indianapolis, and will be gone about
a week. The object of his visit to that
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-08-23
Hanging q HAMMOCK.

Swinging in a hammock Is the very
luxury Of repose, and we are pleased to
note that some of our citizens have in
troduced and made fashionable these
arial couches. The general idea is that
hammocks are only for the wealthy, or
professional time-killers. 1t is a great
mistake. Everybody who commands a
spot big enough to swing one, should
have a hammock. A very good one
may be bought for 81. 90 to $500; Of
course you may buy a costlier one, il
you choose. 1t should be hung in the
shade, and, If intended in part for
children's use, SO low that small chill
dren can get into 1t by the aid of a box
or low stool. If no other spot is avail.
able, it may be hung between the pill
lars of a shady verandah, and should
be so suspended that the head will
be considerably higher than the feet,
and much of the comfort of one who
uses it depends upon a proper observ.
ance Of the fact. The hook which
supports the head end should be 81 feei
from the floor, and that for the foo,
end 81 feet, and these proportions
should be observed wherever it may b
hung, to secure the most desirabl,
curve for the ease of the occupant.
Another point to be observed; thu
head end should be fastened to tn,
hook by a rope less than a foot long
just enough to properly attach it, Will,
at the foot is a rope four and one hal
feet long. This gives the greatest free
dom for swinging the lower part of tn
body, while the head moves but little
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-08-23
An Embryo Fire.

A fire broke out yesterday about
10 O'Clock in the ell of NJ. o. Healy's
grout house, just east of the "Y," &C.
casioned by an overheated fiue, which
passed through the roof without the
proper protector against fire. The fire
was discovered by the occupants in its
incipiency and quickly extinguishei
without any material damage. The
house was occupied by Mr. J. D. Ben
ming, a saddler in the employ of Gal
latin & Co., and his family.
The alarm caused considerable ex-
element in the city, and all the fire
companies were soon flying towards the
scene Of action. The prompt manner
in which our fire companies turn out at
the first alarm of fire, ought to give to
our citizens, who have thousands of
dollars invested in buildings and goods,
a feeling Of security against the de-
vouring flames. All honor to our fire.
man
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-08-23

The Balm ~wagon-shop, in the rear Of
N. Robertson's carriage works, be-
tween Eighteenth and Nineteenth
streets, was struck by lightning during
the great thunder storm Of Wednesday
night. The lightning struck the west
end of the sign-board on top of the
ridge-pole and ran down upon the rooi
continuing down until within about
four feet Of the caves of the roof, when
it passed through into the building and
out again to the ground, burying itsell
in the EARTH
1t did very little damage to the build.
ing besides tearing q hole in the roo
and throwing the ~splinters fully forty
feet. The flash set the roof on fire, but
the torrent of rain falling then quickly
extinguished it.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-08-23
SPOTTED TAILS
Indians Deserving the Agency.


Ysnkton, D.. T., Aug. 22.-An arri-
val from Spotted Tail agency yesterday
morning, says that just previous to his
departure a half-breed came in from
the moving Indians, who were then one
hundred and twenty-five miles out, and
reported that a serious trouble had
brokenyput among them, and they had
commenced exchanging shots. Two
Indians had been killed when the run
ner left. He also reported that about
eight hundred young Indians had left
the main body and were travelling
north.
Major Pollock hurried to the scene
Of trouble, but the Indians Indignantly
declined to receive any counsel from
him, and plainly told him to let them
alone.ts
The cause Of the trouble is not given,
but may have grown out Of q differ
ence of opinion existing AMONG the In
dams in regard to the move.
A large number were in favor OF re-
naming on the river, but through the
efforts of leading chiefs, were compell-
ed to submit to the decision of the mi
nority. This, together with trouble
about rations, is supposed to have been
the cause Of the outbreak.
Moses M'Gurk, who was confined in
the United States Jail in this city on
the charge Of having been unlawfully
in the Indian country, and who escaped
from that bastile, was detected in q
horse stealing scrape in Bonhomme
county and captured by Sheriff Bene-
dict. Last night a squad of indignant
citizens took him away from the Officer
and hung him to Snatch creek bridge,
Before life was extinct he confessed
and begged for mercy. He was lei
down and will recover.