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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-02-28
WHOLE NO. 100

OF Cooper and Carey in 1876, although
professedly working for them. It
met with considerable. disfavor and
was tabled. All further resolutions
partaking of the nature Of the plat
form was shut off by 4 vote Of the
convention.
Hon. s. S. Carey. then made an
eloquent and minute speech, in which
ne argued an active, aggressive, for
ward movement, and expressed the
hope that the silver league in Wash
lngton would feel the moral pressure
OF this convention and it's testimony
ana would break away from partv
ties that have been binding them 80
firmly
Blanton Duncan said he had adyo-
Gated the name Of National party
that the name might Indicate that it
was party of the whole Union. and
that he had been confederate sol.
der holder he was now a true Union
man. He predicted that the country
would at the next election be aston
lshed at the strength of this party
whlch would become the first party
instead Of the third porty as it is
called. Other speeches were made.
and after the usual resolutions Of
compliment and singing of the dox-
oiogy the convention at l1:lO adjourn
ed sine die.
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We published last week the surpris-
ing revelation made by Hon. Charles
G.. Brandt, "a member of the House
from Brown county, that he had been
given $4,000 by one of the agents of
the Book Ring Liberty Hall, editor
of the Glencoe Register.) to vote
against the supplementary textbook
law; with the particulars of the dra-
matte scene in which Mr.. Brandt
tlourished the bill before the House
and denounced the guilty men who
had sought to bribe him. We give
this week the testimony taken by the
Investigating Committee. 1t will be
found to be very interesting reading
1t fully sustains Mr.. Brandt's charges
in every particular.
When the exposure took place in
the House shocking and shameful
scene followed. The opponents of the
bill turned upon Mr.. Brandt to tear
him to pieces for violating that con-
iidence without which bribery could
not be safely carried on. One would
have thought that Mr.. Brandt was
the briber and Liberty Hall the hon
est and virtuouS patriot who had ex.
posed the corruption. And when on
Thursday last, the investigating com.
mittee made its report. and it was
rendered too plain for denial that the
Book Ring had given $4,000 to Brandt
rs bribe. and had corruptly ap
preached others, the opponents of the
bill persisted in fighting it as one OF
them said. Ito the bitter end. One
would have thought that honest mer
would have turned their backs upon ;
Ring that has resorted to such crimi
nal and shameful practices: but il
seemed only to what the zeal of Col
Vile of Red Wing; Hicks of Minneap
oils. Campbell of Wabashaw. Gilman
of st. Cloud. Feller of Plainview ant
others. who proposed. even when tn,
majority OF the House was clearly il
favog of the bill. to prevent its pas
sage. We leave these gentlemen t,
explain hereafter the motives which
actuated them to this fierce resistanc,
TO a measure which secures the pee
pie school books at one-half or one
third the former prices.
The people of the whole state ow,
\ debt of lasting gratitude to Mr.
Brandt. He saw all around him tn,
evidences of corruption. His room
mates were taken out of their beds il
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the middle of the night and offered
large sums to vote against the bill.
He saw that the Book Ring were
buyging away the supporters OF the
school book law; he saw that some
thing had to be done to expose them
and save the law: and he threw him.
self into the breach, like Arthur
Winkalried the Swiss patriot who
gathered the spears of the enemy into
his own breast and thereby broke
their line and saved his country. His
exposure has, we believe, saved the
law
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-02-28
Anti lo'lopolist.
IGNATIUS DONNELLY. EDITOR.

Read the interesting proceedings
of the National Convention at Toledo
Friday last. The new party is born,
and that too under the most favorable
circumstances.
Now let Minnesota prepare TO 90
her part.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-02-28

The following is the vote IN the
House. upon Coles amendment to the
School Book Bill. We want our read
ers to study this vote and put it away
for future reference. Coles amend
ment was to make the law ''OptiOnal,
and thus enable the School Book Ring
to fight Mr.. Merrill in every school
district in the state, and having de-
stroyed him again restore the OLD
prices. This is the amendment Lib
erty Hall paid Brandt $50 to vote for.
The vote is as follows:
FOR THE BOOK RING.-YEAs.
Alfred, Anderson. Brown. Rutfum,
Burnap, Bye, Campbell. 5. l.. Chand-
ler. Christopherson, Colby, Cole, Col
will, Currie, Cowing, Dresbach, q. B..
Edison. Emmel, Enmons, Tanning,
Feller. FetZer, Gunvalson, Harry,
Hicks, Holland, Holton, Johnson,
Langemo, Lien, Lutz, McBroom, Nc
Crea. McDermott, Morse, Moshcr.
Muir, Perrin, Purdie, IRELAND, Rob-
inson stacy, Stanley, Valstad, Mr..
Speaker. "A.
FOR CHEAP EOOkS.-NAYs.
Bohan. Bowler, Brainerd, Brandt,
Button, Campbell w. NJ; christensen.
Clark Crandall, Day, Dilley. Dresbach
NJ. r.; Evensen, Fiddes, Fowler, Full
ton. Ghostley, Giles, Geib, Gilman.
Hall. Haselton. Kinds, Hyland, Hy-
sfop, keenan,, klossner, Ladd. Lange,
Larkin Lewis, Mead. Miller, Mills,
Peterson, Pinney, Putnam, Rahilly,
Rawson, Reaney Rice, Richter, Sabin,
Sanborn, Stone, Tompkins, Thompson,
Trewe. Warner, West J. p; West >.
NJ: Wickey, Winant, Wiley. So.
Seven members were absent. Some
of these "dodged.
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seemed at that time to be the only
point of contention among the dele
cations.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-07-30

session. The bonds and warrants of the State
at par. with currency in the treasury to meet all
cireer of prosperity well calculated to cheer the
hearts of the Respondent; encourage the hopes Of
Inc patriotic, and give fresh impetus to all her ma
I rial interests.
Again, in his report OF January |, 1878,
che year later, the auditor of public accounts
ated:
By reference to documents a. and '.B" 1t will be
en- that the receipts exceed the disbursements to
amount of one hundred and eighty i've thousand
nd twenty-five dollars and ninety-seven cents. s. =
l. must be remembered that the tax levy for the ifs
al year 1877 was reduced one and half mills, be
g now six mills against six and half in 1876.
am grated TO be able TO report the fact that while
e burden of taxation has been largely decreased,
tie receipts have been sufficient to meet all the de
hands upon the state treasury, and still leave Il
considerable balance. sufficient to meet all accruing
expenses.
Look upon the two pictures In 1874 the
tax levy for State purposes was fourteen mills
on the dollar on a very high estimate of the
property values, and the auditor reported that
the expenditures largely exceeded the receipts.
In 1876 and 1877, the levies for State purposes
were six and half mills for the former year
and five mills for the latter, and reports a
large excess of receipts over disbursements.
The taxes had been reduced more than one
half and there had been a corresponding re-
ductiOn Of expenses. How was this reduction
accomplished? Il was done by abollshing
supernumerary otiices-driving the drones
from the public crib-and curtaiiing expendi-
lures in every single department and branch
Of the government. It there is in the limits
OF the State 4 single voter vino wishes to re-
store high taxes and their accompani-
ment Of extravagant salaries and wasteful
expenditures, he will naturally enlist on the
side of the party which is in favor of break
ing down the Democratic organization
through which these great reforms have been
achieved" In Alabama, Georgia, Virginia,
Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana and all the south
ern States the same results have followed, so
gratifying to the people Of Mississippi, and
IN the face of these facts the people OF Shelby
are asked TO desert The Democratic party aud
to restore the Radicals, who have ruled and
ruined the south.
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II

This is the way Charley Foster, OF Chic,
writes himself down al ass. Speaking of
Grant for third term, he says: 81 think
g the Grant movement exceedingly strong,
" and that it promises to continue so. 1t is
g a genuine popular demonstration, and not
81 an artificial thing worked up by the ma
chine politicians. Grant Is the strongest
man in the country to-day, IN spite Of all
" the errors Of his administration, which,
heaven knows, We're bad enought and nu-
merous enough" There is not man who
knows anything of the political movements
of the day, no matter to what party he be-
longs, who docs not know that Grants pres
ent popularity is artificial, and made out of
whole cloth ny what Foster terms the ma
chine politicians Of tue Radical party. SEN
ator Beck, Of Kentucky, who generally knows
what he is talking about, says that Grants
stay in Europe, where his expenses are,
no doubt, paid By the bondholderS and
capitalists of this country, and where he is
being lionized and tcted by the nobility, keeps
him out of Political complications at home,
and still fresh IN the minds Of the people as
great man. Next year., said he, when
he returns home by way of San Francisco,
he will have such a reception through the
country from California to Philadelphia as
never man ever had before him. Why George
Pullman is building now, am told, twelve
of the finest coaches ever placed on wheels
specially to convey him and MS friends on
this trip. A tremendously fictitious enthusiasm
will be worked up for him at every station,
and then the cry will be raised that he must
accept the nomination in Difference to the will
of the people as thus expressed; and nomi-
mated he will be. Ii will be the duty Of the
honest press Of the land to discount the effect
of this proposed reception by exposing the
means by which it will be brought about, and
thus open the eyes OF the people to its fraud
ulent character" Mr. Beck thinks that the
leaders of the National party-Sam Cary,
Banton Duncan, Ben Butler, etc.-are play
ing into the hands of the Grant movement,
and that they Will be rewarded therefor in
due time. The3Repuolicans will have them
make incendiary speechessagainst the rights
of property, and then they will use these
utterances as evidence that the country re-
quires the services Of a strong man at its
head to protect the interests Of capitalists
and landowners, Of whatever degree. Thus,
and by the aid of John Russell Young's let
ters to the New York Herald, they hope to
bind together all the monetary and landed
interests of the country IN favor Of Grant,
and sweep him into power by d resistless ma
iority
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-07-30
OELY TWO DAYS.

The tive days intervening before the cleo
ton should be devoted not to argument OF
street wranglings, but to active, energetic
work. Believing that the triumph of the
Nationals in Shelby county, on Thursday
next, secures the election OF Radical to con-
gress from this district, the National Repub.
hcan committee at Washington has, no doubt,
furnished a large amount of money to be-
used in the election on Thursday. The
Democrats of Shelby must fight this corruption
fund by active work from now until the close
Of the polls On Thursday evening. Let every
Democratic voter turn out as they did four
years ago, when J. j. Rawlings defeated Pat
terson by majority of four thousand two
hundred and eighty three, when c. /. An
derson received majority over Garrett Of
four thousand two hundred and sixteen, and
when Perkins triumphod over his Radical
competitor 10y a majority Of four thousand
four hundred and forty votes. Pierce and
Kortrecht are no better than Garrett, Patter-
son and Davis, and why should they be voted
for by Democrats who defeated the candi-
dates whom they supported four years ago by
a majority OF over four thousand?
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-07-30
DEMOCRATIC VS.. RADICAL RULE.

The Democratic party has accomplished
too much for the people of the south to be
defeated by the Radicals, who have entailed
upon the taxpayers amountain load of debt.
For years the southern people staggered I'M
der Radical prosecutions and robbery. At
last, 10y great, concerted and patriotic eff
fort, Radicalism was defeatedin ALT south
ern States, and the Democrats assembled to
power. Immediately great wrongs were
righted, public grievances redressed, taxes
reduced, educational facilities increased,
while peace and tranquility took the place of
anarchy and discord. The jackson Miss
Clarion draws parallel between Democratic
| and Republican rule, as follows: 'T'he his
tory of Republican rule in Mississippi was a
history OF oppression and plumber; of extor-
ton and extravaganza; of incompetency and
inefiicency for everything but what was evil
| in government. The Democratic onserva-
tive party went into power pledged to institute
| economy, and to correct the abuses of It's
| predecessor; and the question is, have its
pledges been redeemed? This will best be
/ determined by an examination Of the records
of the two parties. Fortunately they have
been made up in such form as to admit of no
doubt or difference of opinion. Facts and
| figures speak louder than words. The Re-
publican party went into power by the agency
of Federal bayonets, in 1870, and continued
to administer the government until January,
1876. The expenditures during each of these
| years, for ordinary governmental purposes,
| we've as follows:
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RV-TLEw AND MFRS. JENKs.

The venerable Peter Cooper sent long let
ter to the New York Nationals in convention
at Syracuse last week, in which he told them
that in order to succeed they must not only
place themselves on an absolute" platform,
but they must also be harmonious and ener-
getic. And besides all that, ''the men we put
forward to the country for its administration
must be approved for character, honesty and
ability" Theresponse which the Syracuse Ma
tionals made to that appeal came in the form
of applause when strong-minded woman
who addressed them proposed Ben Butler
and ''some good woman" as the National can
dldates for President and Vice-President in
IN 1880. Mrs. jerks has been suggested us
the good woman" What" says the Chi
cago Times, "does the venerable and philan-
thropic Peter Cooper think of that for charac-
ter, honesty and ability? He may be forced
to the conclusion that the National 'abso-
Lutte repudiators can find no better repre-
sentatives Of their character, honesty and abil-
Ity in 1880 than Butler and jerks"
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THE RADICAL GAME.

The New York Times says the tenth con-
gressional district of Tennessee can be carried
for the Republicans in the next election
"by proper effort The work has already
been begun by the formation of a mongrel
county ticket of Radicals and so-called Ma
tional men, which will be defeated on
Thursday. So in the Atlanta, Georgia dis
trict. A correspondent of Chicago Radical
paper writes: at is very probable that the
Republicans will nominate a candidate in
this district, and, il he be a good man, it is
not so certain he will meet with defeat. The
Republicans are organizing, and if they do
not nominate, will support good Independ-
emit, and thereby elect him, This is better
than for them to make q nomination"
But says the Savannah Ne'cS, ''the writer
of the letter herein alluded to does not con-
fine himself to the first district by any means.
He speaks In the same way of every congress
sional district IN the State. Being himself
evidently Radical, he thus opens the eyes
of the voters afresh to the plots and schemes
OF his party, and gives the people of Georgia
ample warning of what they must expect if
they permit any influence to seduce them
from allegiance to the party which was their
only safeguard in the perilous and unhappy
days of the past"
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CHALMERS nIsUNDERsTOoD

Iregret to see divisions springing up in other
parts of the State. Some good men, becoming i'm
patient, organizing new party, under the name
of The National party and, am Informed, have
quoted some expressions of mine as authority for
their movement. Such men not only miScOnStrue
my meaning, but their movement is calculated to
destroy all hope of accomplishing my purpose.
This is an of year in politics; there is PreSlden
ta election to be considered, and while the eastern
Democrats are struggling to maintain their old
premacy In the party, and while the western Demo-
Gratis are demanding their rights, it is in my judg
ment most fit and oppoTtune time for the south to
make known her wants and demand tLeir cOnceS-
sion. But the south is naturally Democratic and
be respected she should preserve her Democratic
ganiZation. 1t is, therefore, madness and folly In
those who have heretofore prOfeSSed to be Demo
Gratis TO be frtering away our strength, and leaving
us once more prey to the stronger section.
The above IL an extract from a speech of
General Chalmers, delivered at Vicksburg re-
Gently. 1t sets him right where for some time
he has been misunderstood. His onslaught
on the northern Democracy in his speech for
the Texas and Pacific railroad was calculated,
without some such explanation as this, to lead
men astray. An extract from that speech
has been widely circulated by the Radical
Nationals of Memphis as encouraging them
in their hostility to the Democratic party.
We are glad to see the general alive to the
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RADICALS AND NATIONALS.

Ben Butler, by espousing the cause of the
Nationals, whose name the Radicals of Mem
phis are using in the present county cam
paign, has been ruled out of the Republican
party, and has been informed that he cannot
get the nomination for congress. In Massa-
chusetts the Nationals are hurting the Radi-
cal party, hence this opposition; besides,
the oneybags of that State regard work
irgmen as communists, c0naiNe and gutter
snlpes. Here the Radicals, hungry for office,
embrace the workingmen as brothers, and lie
to them about a sympathy they never have
felt any more than their brethren OF New
England.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-07-30

Ale Chicago Times suggests that the kind
of material which the Hayes administration
has been selecting for Territorial judicial
positions is strikingly exemplifed in the case
of Sch@ffer, chief Justice of Utah, whom the
bar of Salt Lake, Mormon and Gentle,
almost unanimously appeals to Hayes to re-
moYe. Lin, of Florida, was appointed an
associate-justice for New Mexico, and Ander-
son, Weber and A. D. jerks could probably
have secured similar appointments had they
only held their peace long enough,
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-07-30

THE fear of an epidemic which at one time
prevailed in New Orleans is gradually giving
way before the victory won by the use CT car
bolic acid. In the district where the disease
first broke out, although six weeks has
elapsed. they have had no new cases. The
plentiful use of carbolic acid has done the
work. Two other districts are being tested in
the same way, and it is hoped and believed
the same results will follow. Isolation and
carbolic acid proved effective in Mobile in
1873. 1t has always been so in New York.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-07-30

Importance OF the miscoustructlon Of his
meaning, and to SEE that he appreciates the
necessity for party unity, and especially for
opposition to the Nationals, under which dis
guise the Ra'als are attempting to achieve
victories they could not otherwise hope for.
As Chalmers says, the south is naturally
Democratic, and to be respected she should
preserve her Democratic organization. :"
With the Democratic party everything is
possible; without it all is lost.
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CLOSE YOUR BUSINESS HOUSES.

We suggest to the business men, mechanics
and manufacturers in the county the pro-
priety of closing their offices, stores, work
shops and factories on Thursday next. The
issue between the Democratic and Radical
party is one that must be met on the first.
We must defeat that party then, or prepare
for a long lease of Radical power. What
that is likely to be all our citizens can recall
who remember the Barbour Lewis dynasty,
with its scrip issues and heavy load of debt
from which we have just recovered. The
triumph of Radicalism means communism in
its lowest form, the preying of ignorance,
idleness and vice upon the industries Of the
merchants, mechanics and farmers of the
county. Every Democrat should go to the
polls, and see to it that we have a free cleo
ton and a full vote. Economy and Democ-
racy against Radlcalism and extravaganza.
That is the issue. Meet it on Thursday in
solid column. Close your business houses.
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GVrEAE.

The people of East Feliciana parish are
sound. At mass meeting held at Clinton,
the thirteenth instant, they resolved that
the paramount issue involved in our approach
ing campaign Is the overthrow and defeat of
the Radical party, no matter in what disguise
it may present itself for the suffrages of the
people" Radicalism IN any disguise. That's
the way to put it In Shelby county, on
Thursday, we must defeat the Radicals, who
will appear at the polls as Nationals.
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The Charleston Journal Of Commerce has
suspended publication. After little more
than two years hard struggle for existence;
after expanding the capital originally invest
ed, together with its current income. and
creating a debt of some twenty or thirty
thousand dollars, it has been obliged to sue
cumb to the inevitable, and thus furnish an
other evidence of the hazardous uncertainty
of journalistic enterprises at the south.