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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-10-10
The Anti-AGOnOp0list.

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 in 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 as the ne
cessities Of each locality may demand.
The National committee will pub
lish promptly a campaign song book,
and it invites contributions from song
writer's. 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 as 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 in city, or town, or town.
ship, or in 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 as National councils that the
uniticatiOn of interests secured with
such harmony and enthusiasm by the
Toledo convention may be utilized.
The national committee invites
communications 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 ad-
dressed to
d. B. STURGEON,
Chairman National Elk. Com.
Toledo, March IL. 1878. Toledo, O..
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AFORLORN HOPE,

The New York Herald, having
heard of the recent Maine election
thus talks to it's readers: "The sur
prising result of the Maine election is
new demonstration of the declining
strength of the Republican party. It
will lead to the utterance in louder
tones of what has been recently whis-
pered in Republican circles respect
ing the necessity of bringing General
Grant into the field as Republican
candidate. In all this talk about
making Grant its standard bearer in
1880 the Republican party is perhaps
reckoning without it's host. 1t cannot
make General Grant a candidate with
out his consent, and he is too shrewd
to lead forlorn hope. The fact that
so many Republicans turn to him as
dernier resort and final means of
rescue is a symptom of conscious
weakness. If the Republican party
were strong and confident it would
not think of making General Grant
its candidate. It is only because the
party feels that it is crippled and
sinking that it turns toward Grant as
a possible SAVIOUR. He has too much
good sense and self respect to go into
a canvas where the chances are against
him. The Republican party confesses
that it is in desperate straits by the
very fact of looking to General Grant
as it's possible candidate. He is not
likely to accept nomination unless
he thinks he would be elected, and
when the Republican party turns to
him as the only hope in the expecta-
ton that he would accept futile
nomination. it ''reckons it without it's
host
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FACTS FOR THE PEOPLE.
Notes on Oemonetizatlon-Op OF Prom
inent Men-Rsad and Ponder!

Money of every kind is an order for goods
An Inquiry THORNTON.
The friends OF gold avoid debate because
discussion is fatal to their schemes.
Computed in silver, the bonds did no. cost
their owners over seventy-ti cents on the
dollar.
Coins became indispensable only when claim
ed as n legal right.-Ways and Means of Pay
ment-CoLwELL.
Currency should he that which is most val
liable to the state, and of no value to any other
country. -PLAro.
Gold resumption means that every debtor
shall pay at least a quarter more than he re-
ceived or agreed TO pay.
al conceive the establishment of this hank
National Bank as dangerous TO the safety and
welfare of this republic. HENRY Clay.
Whatever men can employ in payment of
debts, they will be willing TO receive in pay
ment, and this independent of legal compul-
ion.
An increase of the weigh, Of the silver dol
lar will increase the wealth of the money lem
ders and increased the burdens OF the producers.
"The right to issuing paper money As cur
rency, like that of gold and silver coin, be-
longs exclusively to the nation"-ALsERr
GALLArtS.
The suppression decentralization Of silver
would amount TO veritaule destruction Of val
uss without any compensation.-B
RorHsclLD.
man who knows the facts Of the case and
opposes the restoration OF the silver dollar. is
deferred from theft only by lack of safe oppor-
tunity.
Thank God there Is one country where pro-
auctions are sd broad that they cannot bs
measured by the insignificant quantity Of gold.
-isaAc Buchanan, NJ P. Canda-
Ii by the stroke OF the pen, they suppress one
Of these metals (gold or silver) in the moneta-
~ service, they double the demand for the 9TH
er metal to the ruin Of all dsh<ors.-M. Wo-
owski.
ta0fths dnsis gold standaEa) of6rsak Britain.
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HOW TO ORGANIZE GREEN
RACK CLUBS.

belo " is a simple form for the Or
panizat4On of Greenback Clubs, Tor
the use of any community deslrous
of organization. Let the workers IN
every town organize at once.
The MaePendent
Greenbdck ClUb:
SEC. l. This organization shall be
known as the INDEPEN-
DENT GREENBACK CLUB.
SEC. 2. 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. It's officers shall be Presi-
dent. Vice President, Secretary and
Treasurer.
SEC. 4. Its meetings shall be held
from time to time, at such times ana
in such places as may be appointed by
the Club, through its executive com
mittee and proper officers.
SEC. 5. The officers shall be elected
every three months. and the first cleo
ton shall be held on the date of the
adoption of this constitution.
SEC. s. The expenses of the club
shall be betrayed by subscription.
SEC. I. Any person can become a
member of this Club by signing this
constitution.
SEC. 8. There shall be IN executive
committee appointed by the President,
whose duty shall be, III connection
with the President and Secretary, to
call meetings. and attend to other
business of the Club.
SEC. 9. Upon the application of ter
members of this club meeting shall
be called at any time
SEC. 10. This Constitution can be
amended by u two-thirds vote OF the
Club present at any meeting.
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L 0 the People of the United tates

Owing to the pressing demands from
ali 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 it is believed will
grow perfect and uniformed
organization of the party in the diff
ferent states.
Upon the application of ten or more
voters who have organized council
of the National party in any locality,
and elected officers consisting of a
chief vice chief. scribe and a
treasurer. and reported the state.
postoftice. 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 organization an engraved
charter emblematic of the principles
and objects of the National party. and
a constitution and directions for the
organization and government of the
council. Each application must be
accompanied by the sum Of one 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 $ councils.
to consist of youths under age, upon
the same terms and with like
privileges to those granted to the
councils of voters. The object of the
formation of young mems councils is
to inspire the youths Of the country
with a realization of the great strug.
gle upon which the nation has now
entered, and to educate them in the
vital questions Of political economy
and good government.
r. k -. sks design Of - not3onal
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button of it's products, and the requir-
ments OF business, fixing minimum
amount per capita Of the popu' alton as
near as may be, and otherwise regula-
ting it's value by wise and equitable
provisions of law so that the rate of in
terest will secure to labor it's just re-
ward.
FIFTH 1t is inconsistent with the
genius of popular government that any
species of private property should be
exempt from bearing it's 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 it's debts.
SIxTH-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
tions, but should be donated to actual
settlers, in limited quantities.
OLVCN AO SONCIuulcuU SuOtl1O
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 no monopolies should be
legalized.
EIGHTH-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 who betray the
trusts reposed in them.
NTH->As educated labor has de-
vised means for multiplying production
by inventions and discoveries, and as
their use requires the exercise of mind as
well 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 and
death.
TENTH-The adoption OF an Amerl-
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 a COM
petence, SO that overgrown fortunes and
extreme poverty will be seldom found
in our republic.
ELEVENTH national aud 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 in
justice to our mechanics and artisans,
and should be protected.
Understandable importation Of
servile labor into the United States
from China, is problem of the mos,
serions Importance; and we recommend
Legislation looking to its suppression.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-10-10
Washburn Alarmed
NDelano Eagle.

If signs do not all deceive, Mr.. Dom
nelly will get more Republican votes
in this county, and perhaps all over
the district than it was first thought
he would, and if we mistake not, Mr..
Washburn and friends are somewhat
alarmed and show signs or indications
of intending to inaugurate vigorous
campaign. 1t would be grand spec.
tacle, indeed, and the most glorious
feat of his life, if Mr.. Donnelly would
defeat the pine land rings servant
and representative, and obliterate
from the broad part Of at least one
Washburn, the historical M. c."
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THE NAiONdL PARTY.
Platform of Principles, dopted at Toledo. A
OHIO. February ~, 1873.

WHEREAS, Throughout our entire
country the value of real estate is de-
preciated, industry paralized, trade de-
pressed, business incomes and wages
reduced, unparalleled distress inflicted
upon the poorer and middle ranks of
our people, the land filled with fraud,
embezzlement, bankruptcy, crime, suf-
fering, 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 Demo-
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 makes formidable opposition to
the old party organizations; and
WHEREAS, The limiting of the legal
tender quality of greenbacks, the chang.
ing of currency bonds into coin bonds
the demonstration 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-
BILE. the result Of these criminal acts
must be counteracted by judicious leg
islation:
THEREFORE,, We assemble in nation
al convention and make 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 will pledge
themselves to do all in their power to
establish these principles:
FIRsr-It is the exclusive function
of the government to coin and create
money and regulate its value. AL
bank issues designed to circulate as
money should be suppressed. The cir
culating medium, whether of metal OF
paper, shall be issued by the govern
ment, and made full legal tender for
all debts, duties and taxes In the United
States at its stamped value.
SECOND There shall be no 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
IS that of gold
FoUK1H-C ongre@ shall provide
said moasy adequate = The fun en-
ploynsat q lahne, - squitnAas &stzi
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Burv Washburn out of Sight.
Lake City Sentinel.

Washburn and his friends will turn
loose the dogs Of war in the third dis
trict, and fight Donnelly until the end
of the campaign; but neither the
Washburn family nor the pine land
ring have money enough to buy w.
d. seat in the forty-sixth congress.
With his sarcastic tongue, ready wit
and complete knowledge of the work.
ings Of the corrupt political ma.
chinery which made Washburn's
nomination possible, Donnelly will
goad his adversary to desperation and
bury him out Of sight in November
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-10-10
What the Ring Is For.
Minneapolis Mirror. l

The talk about "the wheat ring
isn't all talk by good deal. That
the members of the Miller's associa-
ton are all honorable in the main
few will question; nor should they
question the fact that it is wheat
ring formed to enable our millers to
buy the most wheat for the smallest
amount of money. As to the alleged
swindling in grades we know moth
ing-injustice may be done on both
sides-but we do know that when the
association offers to sell all its pur-
chases at cost. it is mere buncombe-
begging the question in manner
not calculated to inspire confidence
in its published statements.
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Locals, 15 cents per line, each insertion.
Locals, editorial columns, 70 cents per line
each insertion.
Bills for advertising PAYABLE quarterly In
advance.
Advertisers will please take notice that
tho ANTI MoNOPoLIsT is the best and
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It has q larger circulation among the farm
ers than any other, while 1T IS read IN
every town and city and almost every VII
lace Of the State. 1t is perused by thou
sands who take no other paper.
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Can't Convince hem.
Benton County Press. |

W. D. Washburn of Minneapolis.
the man who is running for Congress
in this district, and doomed TO de-
feat, paid Sank Rapids visit Friday
He came mp here to try to convince
the people that he was not connected
with that gigantic wheat ring at Min
neap0lis, but his pitiful protestations
Of innocence in that were Of no avail.
He left town locking more melan.
choly and down-cast than the last rose
Of summer.
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OonneIIy's Campaign.
Wilkin County Gazette

We expect that he will speak in ev-
cry school house in the district this
fall. and he will be sure to point out
TO his hearers the exact spot where
he has marked his old time enemies,
viii the celebrated brand M. c."
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A Stamp Which will be AveTted.
Hastings Cnion.l

The st. Paul Globe asserts that
Washburn is as stupid as our own be-
loved Strait. Good Lord two such
creatures representing Minnesota in
Washington is enough to stamp the
state as a commonwealth of dam
phools.
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soon be heard at our national capitol
defending and advocating the peoples
rights.
Scooping Washburn.

hastings Union.
The Democrats are confident that
Mr.. Donnelly can and will clean out
Washburn for congress in the third
district. The Maine election has
helped to demoralize the Republicans
of Minnesota, and if the ball is kept
rolling, in the eternal fitness of
things, Donnelly will scoop the pine
land ring and its aristocratic leader,
WaShburn.
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Friend of the Working Men.

Donnelly served three terms in con-
gress and came out comparatively
poor, while many congressman be-
came wealthy. That simple fact
speaks volumes for his integrity.
Donnelly is the friend of the work
ing and industrial classes of this
country. and he is a man with whom
bribery is impossible.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-10-10
The National Bank and Ring Candidate.
Litchfield Independent,

Washburn has no sympathy for nor
fellowship with the great and agricul-
tural and laboring class of this dis
trict. He is a national banker, a
member of the Minneapolis pine land
ring. and as the Pioneer Press says.
will spend thousands of dollars to Sc
cure his election in order that the
ring may avail itself of his services in
congress to cover up it's pine steals.
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The Peoples Friend.

Wait until DonneIly takes his seat
in congress. and then you win find out
that the people Of the whole state will
rejoice. D0nnelly is the man they
want to see there. unless Bill WASH
burn institutes another r1scally 70.
turning board the little giant win
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The Democrats Solid.
ISt. Cloud Times-Dem.

Judging from their columns, the
Washburn organs are terribly worried
over Donnelly's nomination. They
are continually asserting that the
Democrats will not vote for him but
for Washburn. This is all bOsh.
There are not a dozen Democrats in
the district outside of Hennepin coun.
ty. who will vote for the pine ring
nabOb.
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POSTAGE.

We are compelled to prepay postage on
all papers sent out from our oihce. Prior
to January 1st, 1875, subsc ribers paid
twenty cents each at the local post-offlcIe g,
We now pay the postage for them: Ii
amounts to fifteen cents per annum. Those
who have not paid us are respectfully urged
oremit at once.
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Brains against Money

The campaign is question of Don.
nelly against Washburn' money. 1t
is vile disgrace to sell vote, and
the next worst thing is to vote with
those who are bought.
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An Honest Man.
LIE Sueur County Herald. I

DC OUeur OUuHIv ueTalu
Our readers will find the Hon. Hen
ry Pochler's name at the head of our
columns, indeed, our many readers
could not expect otherwise. We are
always in favor of the election of an
honest man, one that will work for
the Interest of his constituents and
consult their wishes in public mat
tiers.
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Chances Good.
IDundAs News. |

Donnelly's chances for election to
congress are better than they have
been for years. if the workingmen of
Minneapolis and St. Paul. stand by
their nominee.
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vii. Keep up TO the Mark.

The Hennepin county Mirror says
that Donnelly will poll as large vote
in Eennepin county as could any
Democrat who lives outside the coun-
ty.
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THE THIRD DISTRICT.
The Washburn Family Under the Weather
Close Contest.
Detroit Record-ReD.

While we don't believe that DON
nelly will be elected; we do say that
in our opinion. the contest will be
| the closest ever yet held in this dis
trict.
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REMITTANCES.

Parties renting money are requested to al
rect it to Ignatius Donnely, Box ss4, T. ~
St. Paul, Mimi, and to SEND ny nralt, cmeon,
sny other wav will be at the risk Of the sender.
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1t Is nothing but = scheme TO rob
the poor for the bens6t Of the money
lomdar.
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