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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-05-09
HOW I'O ORGANIZE GREEN
RICK ELUDS

Below is Il simple form for the or
raniZation of Greenback Clubs, for
the use of any community DESTROYS
of organization. Let the workers III
every town organize ut once.
The MdePen1ent
Greenburk CiUb:
SEC. |. This organization shall be
known rs the lNDEPEN-
DENT GREENBACK CLUB.
SEC. .. Its object shall be, to aid in
publishing the principles of the Green
back party, to the people by getting
speakers, holding meetings. etc.
SEC. 3. Its officers shall be Il Presi-
dent, Vice President, Secretary and
Treasurer.
SEC. 4. Its meetings shall be held
from time to time, 1T such times and
In such places rs may be appointed by
the Club, through its executive COM
mittee and proper officers.
SEC. 5. The officers shall be elected
every three months, AMI the first cleo
ton shall he held on the date of the
adoption of this constitution.
SEC. 6. The expenses of the club
shall be betrayed by subscription.
SEC. I. Any person can become 4
member of this Club by signing this
constitution.
SEC. 8. There shall be an executive
committee appointed by the President,
whose duty shall be, in connection
with the President and Secretary, to
call meetings. and attend to other
business of the Club.
SEC. 8. Upon the application of ten
members of this club Il meeting shall
be called 1T any time
SEC. 10. This Constitution can he
amended by u two-thirds vote of the
Club present ut any meeting.
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The Anti-AGonopo1ist.

committee to interfere with the state
organization of the National party,
but to assist them in forming per-
feet and uniform organization. TO
this end the national committee will
furnish weekly lists of councils char
tered III each state to the executive
committee of that state, if there be a
state organization; and, by the instru-
mentality of this system of councils.
secure the organization of states now
unorganized. From these local coun-
ellis the organization of counties. cities
and states will be developed us the me-
cessities of each locality may demand.
The National committee will pub.
lish promptly Il campaign song book,
aud it invites contributions from song
writers. The songs should be accom-
panied by the music, or should be set
to popular airs. The committee feel,
that this crisis SHOULD bring forth
such songs rs similar struggles in be-
half Of human rights have inspired.
The committee urges that local Or
CARNATIONS be perfected rapidly, and
that tickets be nominated in localities
where there are spring elections. A
success i'll city. OF town, or town.
ship, or in Il village, is often the key
to more important victories. The re-
cent gratifying successes of the Ma
tional party in local contests in New
York and Pennsylvania are encour-
aging to the workers in the cause
everywhere. These gains in the east
may be equalled and surpassed else
where by active and Jealous work.
The committee respectfully requests
that Greenback and Labor local Or
CARNATIONS now in existence apply for
charters us National councils that the
nnitication of interests secured with
such harmony and enthusiasm by the
Toledo convention may be utilized.
The national committee invites
ationS from the executive
officers of all state organizations of
the National party, that there may
be cooperation and harmonious ac-
ton.
All communications should be adj
dressed to
D. B. STURGEON,
Chairman National Elk. Com.
Toledo, March II, 1873. Toledo, o.
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FACTS FOR TIE PEOPLE.
Notes on Dem onetz ,tiof- Opinions Of Prom
inent Men-2sad and Pcndsr!

Money Of every KIND is Gu order for goods
An Inquiry THORNTON.
The fr,ent> OF sott avoid debate because
discussion Is fatal ~ th,r schemes.
Computed III SILVER, the honds did no. cost
their owners over seventy-hye cents on the
dollar.
Coins became in, ispen>ib'e only when claim
I'd Ms n Ie4ai rrght.-Aays ami Means OF Pay
meut-CoLwSLL.
Currency should W. that which is most val.
uabls to the stat, and VI no vain. to any other
country. -tLAro.
Gold resumption means tina. every d-b.or
shall pay NJ least q quarter more than he re-
sslved or agreed to pay.
al conceive the establishment of this bank
National Htuk) Us dangerous t. the safety aud
welfare Of this republic. "-HEaRr CLAY.
Whatever non can employ in payment OF
debts, they will ls willing to receive in pty-
msnt, ana this iudepe1.d,snt ot Il, gal cumpul-
non.
An increase of the wright 81 the silver doll
lar will increase thu w.als.. Of th. money l,,n-
dsrs and incrs ssc the burdens Of the producers.
"The.r'sh, 10 Issuing paper money ~ cur
rcncy, lik'' tha, of So'd su1 silver coin, I've
longs exclusively 10 the natior"-ALBKK1
0AlLArix.
The suppression ttAmoueiixs'ionl Of silver
would amount 10 u veritaul- destruction If VAL
0ss without. any compcnsatiou.-BARoy
RoTEs-ILp.
ANN who knows the facts Of the cass ard
opposes thu >t,rstion o. the silver dollar, IS
deferred t,om ihei, only by lack of safe oppor-
tunity.
Thank God there is one country where pro-
auctions so trusd thss they cannot b.
m asnr-t by thu ins,s ii an: q ,an,isy Of gold
isaac buchanan, VI p. Ca.,.a
II by thu stroke of the pen, they suppress one
q these mia t1~id or silv-rl in the tnoss%ta-
y service, they dou- t.- demand for tbs. 9TH
o. metal, ~ the ruin of all delkoss.-M. Wo-
loWski.
fall the nations Of Europe adop4Al TIA w.
o(ehs single gold ssandAldl 81 0ruas Rrifain.
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GENERAL NEWS.

A large number of petitions in bank
ruptcy were filed at Chicago Friday
Pauperism is appearing among the
striking cotton weavers Of England.
1t is reported from Berlin that there is
sia and the Vatican.
Six thousand people shook President
Hayes ny the hand At II reception in Phil
adeiphIa Fridiy afternoon
Relneu Der that the Farmers Association
d ~ not compel any Of il. members To pay
more than ne d. pO.t at the time h.. ins tr.d
and il asked t. contribute more he can with
draw or deposit more, It'll his own free will.
|; is fact that when thu farmers thorons hy
understand the Farmers Insurance ASS cia-
ton, they will iusur- in no other company.
The House committee on commerce has
agreed that Jersey City shall he port Of
entry and have 3 collector of customs.
The medical officers Of The marine hos
pital service have been directed TO use the
metric system of weights and measures.
Deadwood in the Black Hills was
flooded Saturday by the rising of The
creeks from the snow in the mountains
melting rapidly.
The creditors Of Nathan Matthews, Bos-
ton the millionaire real est,te operator.
have withdraw. their petition to throw
him into bankruptcy.
Any members OF In. Farmers Association tn,
arr air ii 81 t~irg Assessed they can insure II,
. =; 4 ssoeiatIoD Oh In. "Casli plaD,'' and If
already insur on D-rso-it rlan, 4 e company
will give policy on the other y n, if desired
The IA, mrrs Insurance Association does MT
COMPEL any n.n.l.r Ia ~ nor han lie de-
posits at thu time he insured. II be Is invi.rd
10 contribute n.oys he can do il, Or ithdr1w
jus, n h~ pl-asss.
Stockholders of the Western Union tel
egraph company are nsemoriaiizing the
directors for division of the company's
surplus.
The senate Monday passed the House
JOINT resolution appropriating s5 eco to
erect \ monument over the grave OF Thorn
as Jefferson
It ID estimated that over i've million
bushels Of corn are in store along the Chi
cag0 & Rock I>lAnd road in Iowa. wsitiue
shipment in Nay.
Rev A. c. vandewater Of Pima m.
has died > petition in bankruptcy, becau<e
OF heavy loases On Kanans railway con-
tracts.
Janes AIlsn and Janes WTson vers
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button of its products, and the requir-
ments Of business, fixing a minimum
amount per capita of the popu alton as
near as may be, and otherwise regula-
ting its value by wise and equitable
provisions of law, so that the rate of in
terest will secure to labor its lust re-
ward.
FIFTH 1t is inconsistent with the
genius Of popular government that any
spe"ies of private property should be
exempt from bearing its just share Of
the public burdens. Government bonds
and money should be taxed precisely
as other property, and graduated in
come tax should be levied for the sup
port Of the Government and the pay
ment Of its debts.
SI3TH-Public lands are the com
mon property Of the whole people, and
should not be sold to spectators nor
granted to railroads or other corpora
tons, but should be donated to actual
settlers, In limited quantities.
SEvENrH-The government should
by general enactments, encourage the
development Of our agricultural, min
eral, mechanical, manufacturing, and
commercial resources, to the end that
labor may be fully and proftably en-
ployed, but 10 monopolies should be
legalized.
EIGHrH-All useless Offices should be
abolished, the most rigid economy ia
vored in every branch Of the public SER
vice, and severe punishment inflicted
upon public officers wno betray the
trusts reposed in them.
NINTH a educated labor has de-
vised means for multiplying production
by inventions and discoveries, and as
their use requires the exercise of mind as
we'll as body, such legislation should be
had that the number of hours of daily
toll will be reduced, giving to the work
ing classes more leisure for improve
ment and their several enjoyments, and
saving them from premature decay aud
death.
TENTH The adoption OF an Ameri-
can monetary system, as proposed here
in, will harmonic all differences in re-
gard to tariff and federal taxation, re-
duce and equalize the cost of transpor-
tation by land and water, distribute
equitably the joint earnings of capital
and labor, and secure to the producers
of wealth the result of their labor and
skill, and muster out of service the vast
army of idlers who, under the existing
system, grow rich upon the earnings Of
others, that every man and woman
may, by their own efforts secure CON-
petence, SO that overgrown fortunes and
extreme poverty will be seldom found
in our republic.
ELEVENTH Both national and state
governments should establish bureaus
of labor and industrial statistics, cloth
ed with the power of gathering and
publishing the same.
TwELFTH-That the contract system
of employing labor IN our prisons and
reformatory institutions works great III
Justice to our mechanics and artisans,
and should be protected.
THIRrEENTH-The importation Of
servle labor into the United States,
from China, is a problem of the most
serions Importance, and we recommend
legislation looking to its suppression.
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A0IGaI.SiNG RATES.

Locals, 10 cents per tlll-, each llsertioh.
Locals. editorial columns, 20 cents per linz
each inse rti"h
Bill, for advertising PAYABLE quarterly III
advance.
Advertisers will please take notice that
the ANri-MoNopoLIsT IS the best anu
cheapest advertising medium in Minnesota
1t has larger Gil culntion among the farm
srs than any other, while 1t is read IN
every town and city and almost every wi
lage Of the State. 1t is perused by thou
sands who take no other paper.
REMlTTANCES.
Parties renting money are requested 20 al
rect it to Ignaii,.s Don ely, Box 3a4, + w.
St. Paul, Mimi, and to send by draft, check,
registered letter or postal order. Money sent III
sny other way will nc ut the risk OF the sender
We are compelled to prepay postage Oh
all papers sent out from our office. Prior
10 January lst, 1878, subscribers paid
twenty cents each at the local post fice
We now pay the postage for them. II
amounts to fifteen cents per annum. Ihost
who have not paid US are respectfully urged
remit a.. once.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-05-09
THE N.iIIONiL PARTY.
Platform of Principles. Adopted at Toledo,
OHIO, February p, 1873.

OHIO, February y, 1873.
WHEREAS, Throughout our entire
country the value of real estate is de-
PIE lated, industry paralized, trade de-
pressed, bushes, incomes and wages
reduced, unparalleled distress inflicted
upon the poorer and middle ranks of
our people, the land fillel with fraud,
embezzlement, bankruptcy, crime, suf-
ferlng, pauperism and starvation; and
WHEREAS, This state of things has
been brought about by legislation in
the interest of and dictated by money
lenders, bankers and bondholders; and
WHEREAS, While we recognize the
fact that the men in Congress con-
nected with the old political parties
have stood up manfully for the rights
of the people, and met the threats of
the money power and the ridicule of an
ignorant and subsidized press, yet
neither the Republican nor the emo
cratic party, in their national politics,
propose remedies for the existing evils:
and
WHEREAS, The Independent Green
back party and other associations, more
or less effective, have been unable hith-
erto to make formidable opposition to
the old party organization; and
WHEREAS, The limiting of the legal
tender quality Of greenbacks, the chang
ing of currency bonds into coin bonds
the characterization of the silver dollar,
the excepting Of bonds from taxation.
the contraction of the circulating me-
dunn, the proposed forced resumption
Of specie payments, and the prodigal
waste of the public lands, were crimes
against the people, and, as far as posi-
bic, the result of these criminal acts
must be counteracted by judicie us leg
islation:
THEREFORE, We assemble in nation
al convention and make a declaration
of our principles, and invite all patri-
otto citizens to unite IN an effort to Sc
cure financial reform and industrial
emancipation The organization shall
be known as the National Party" and
under this name We will perfect, with
out delay national, state and local as
sociatIons to secure the election to Of
fee of such men only as viii pledge
themselves to do all in their power to
establish these principles:
tlRsr-lt is the exclusive function
of the government TO coin and create
money and regulate its value. All
bank issues designed to circulate as
money should be suppressed. The cir
culating medium, whether of metal or
paper, shall be issued by the govern
mens, and made a full legal tender for
all debts, duties and taxes In the United
States at its stamped value.
SECOND There shall beno privileged
class of creditors official salaries pen.
sions bonds, and all other debts and OBJ
legations, public and private, shall be
discharged IN the legal tender money of
the United States, strictly according
to the stipulations Of the laws under
which they were contracted.
THIRD-Resolved, That the coinage
Of silver be placed On the same footing
~ that of gold
FoURTH- Congress ahall provide
sid money adequate to tie full en-
ploymeut e lahor, IL equitahle disfxi-
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To the Pc pie Of the United tates

Owing to the pressing demands from
all parts of the country for the i'm
mediate organization of the National
party, the executive committee of the
National party of the United States
has adopted the following means of
action, out of which 1T is believed Vi il
grow perfect and uniformed
organization of the party in the diff
ferent states.
Upon the application of ten or more
voters who have organized II council
of the National party in any locality.
and elected officers consisting Of a
chief vice chief. Il scribe and a
treasurer. and reported the state.
postotlice, township and county, or
city and ward. in which it is organized
together with the names of the said
officers, the national committee will
Issue to snch organi zition .u engraved
charter emblematic of the principles
and objects of the National party, and
! constitution and directions for the
organization anu government OF the
council. Each application must be
accompanied by the sum of enc dollar.
This sum will cover the EXPENSE of
issuing the charter, and will secure to
each council the privilege of obtaining
printed documents. badges, Campaign
song books and other Campaign goods
from the national committee at cost.
or AS near cost as practicable.
The national committee will also
issue charters to young men scounciIs.
to consist of youths under age, upon
the same terms and with like
privileges to those granted to the
councils of yaters. The object of the
formation of young mems councils is
to inspire the youths of the country
with u realization of the great str,,v-
gle upon which the nation has now
entered. and to educate them in the
vital questions of political economy
and good government.
II y not the design Of the national
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Auti-qq}}aaopoli5t
THURSDAY. MAY 8, 1875

The Axri-MoxopoLlsr is published every
Thursday for circulation by newsnlen and mali
SINGLE Subscri ption, one year, $2.Vt
Single Subscri ptlOn, six months, l.W
Single IptiOn, three months, 81
Single Sub3cr. ptIon on: month, ~
In clubs vi live or more to Que address 1t will
be furnished at 81 81 per year; or el.OOfor STA
months Address,
TIE NTI-MONOPOLIST,
No, ~ Walasha st.. st. Paul.
ADVERTISING RATES.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-02
WAVING THE BLOODY SHIRT IN NEW
ORLEANS

The official organ Of tho Citizens Conserva-
tive Association says;
Did Gen. Patton hold the party whip? How
is it that it cracked SO sharply over the other
candidates and not over hiin2
Does he move the arms Of the State for the
same moral effect that he advised hOrsemen
to tide through the country parishes?
When the Citizens Conservative Assoca-
tion ndorsed or nominated Gen. Patton for
Mayor and paraded his name at the head
of their ticket they were as we'll aware Of
his celebrated circular letter Of 1876, to
which the second paragraph Of the above
REFERS as they are now, That letter requires
no defense, and we propose to make none Of
it. Gen. Patton issued it as Chairman of the
Democratic State Central Committee, after
consultation with the leading Democrats Of
the State; 1t was designed to perfect the or
ganization and discipline of the Democratic
party in the parishes during cam
paign on the result OF which depended
the salvation of this city and State:
the campaign, in short, in which
Louisiana was wrested from the control of
Radicalism; and it accomplished its purpose.
The censure of that letter by the specially
appointed and advertised organ of the Cti-
EenS conservative ASSoGIhtlOLt IL u very
startling and remarkable thing at this time.
Has the Association directed or authorized
this display Of the bloody shirt In their
interests? Have our fellow-citiZens of
that organization become SO desperately
enraged against the Democratic party
that they propose to resort to the pecu-
liar arguments of Morton, Blaine and Hale,
and Of the Inter- Ocean and New York Times,
In their warfare against it? We understand
very we'll that an alliance with the
Custom House bosses for the control Of the
votes of the colored people, Is absolutely
essential to the success of the Citizens AssO-
citation in this election; but we did not ex-
pect those gentlemen to seek that alli-
ance by resort to charges Of this kind,
which have been the stock IN trade OF
the Radical plunderers Of this city and
State and their hackers in the North for
eight years. Smith, Anderson. Badger d
Co. cannot be better pleased than by such
charges made against the Democrats by the
Citizens Association; but have the respect
able and publc-spirited gentlemen who COM
pose the Citizens Association considered
that charge like this made by them,
or their advertised official organ. will sweep
through the North like d whirlwind; that it
will give color and substance to all the base
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-02

has entailed upon them; they remember
that scarcely a month passed In all those
years In which their business Was not injured
and the city threatened with revolution; they
know that under Radical rule the State was
despolIed of over $90O00,0o they remember
Bossier Colfax and Cousfatta, and other
battIefields drenehed with the blood of whites
and blacks plunged inte violence and strife by
Radical race rule They feel and have long felt
all the horrible evlswhich have resulted from
all this plumber and misruIe. and strife, anu
lawlessness, and they will not, we think, ac-
cept the low estimate the Citizens Aesoca-
tion has fixed upon the Importance of the
general election In the State. On the CON
trary, II they have not gone stark mad, they
will spare no effort to prevent Radical VIC
tory In the general election, and the conse-
uuent almost certain remission Of the State,
In 1880, to the control Of the cormorants and
adventurers who brought all these calamities
and all this shame upon Louisiana. They
will. Il they are gifted with ordinary pru-
dence and forethought, attach the very high
est importance to the general election and de-
post their votes so as to secure q Democratic
triumph upon which they must know, de-
pends the future peace and prosperity Of both
the State and It's metropolis.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-02
MR.. TILDEN's MARRIAGE.


The report Of the early marriage OF Mr.
Tilden with Miss Hazeltine. Of st. Louis, turns
out to have been q regular advertising dodge
OF charitable entertainment, the principal
feature of which was the production of 'the
MistIetoe Bough.' Miss Nellie Hazeltine, a
society belle, was to assume the principal
role, and the story OF her early marriage with
Mr.. Tlden was deliberately devised and
given to q newspaper for no other purpose
than to excite public attention to
the festival at which the young
lady was TO appear In conspicuous part.
The report was given to the public by the
reporter and teIegraphed all over the Union
It provoked prompt denial from the old
ceihate Of Gramercy. In Furtherance of the
indelcate design Miss Hazeltine then. her
self, sent for the reporter, who hurried off to
the West End, where he found an intervie w
already prepared. Miss Hazeltne not only
denied the engagement but said that she did
not even know Mr.. T1den but she at the
same time introduced an artful advertisement
OF the coming festival.
It appears impossible that such q shameless
and indelicate thing rs this could occur in any
American city, and we are unwilling to admit
that it ls characteristic of well-bred American
society anywhere. It is inconceiv vabe to us,
under our Southern IDEAS ol propriety, that
anv modest or sensitive Young woman should
Ir..., a,ao,,taa - ,,,l ,,o,.,aa - to,ro,g
nave cohsei'Ieo W S"ch IL p1laue u he' Se'''
and etil more SO that she should have been
allowed to do SO by elder women OF social
standing and repute.
Yet such seems to he the facts of the case.
, - ,, l., - Ill.,. - ,.
anu we are giHa Io SEQ tila1 one ulVlhe a9 leaS',
Rev. John Snyder, made 1t the text Of a ser
~ j., ,,,,;,l, ho c,,,or,,., ,o,,,rn,d th,ro
'noh Ill "h'on 'o 7oSe'e's "7po"noe' '''''so
ladies who stimulate and encourage the pub
Ijcation Of what s called society gossip. In
- ,,''''''N ~ ''n''' " s,"''p
the course OF his sermon Rev. MI Snyder
soid.
Itake up the daily newspapers md run my eyes
pEr % ' @ u t,rI "un wspy w T4the te
wi1ln ness Of some young women know and
rtnlly esteem; hnn nat hlfniy' all.W theh. D.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-02

What Is the cohesive principle Of the com
bination of Custom House Radicals, Native
Americans and the Citizens Association
against the Democratic party? Simply the
defeat and decentralization Of the Democracy
and yet the overthrow Of the Democratic party
In New Orleans means more woe for Louisiana
than can be expressed In words. Why the
Citizens Association desires to defeat the
Democratic ticket Is one Of those things no
fellow con find out; but the purpose Of the
Custom Iouse and Native American wings of
the combination Is as clear as the MONDAY
sun. Let all men who are Interested in good
government be careful how they play into the
hands OF Hayes, the Returning Board and the
Custom House by voting to overthrow the
Democratic party In New Orleans