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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-01-10

The treatment accorded by the
white race to the Indian is the dis
grace of our civilization; ii is but
another development of that universal
selfishness and cruelty which makes
one class Of our own people prey on
another. Mans inhumanity to man
makes countless thousands mourn.
Here we have the heroic General.
Miles, views Of the latest instance of
this inhumanity in the case of Nez
| PerceS.
The reporter asked:
"Do YOU attribute any especial
motive to Chief Joseph for sparing
prisoners =
Il give him credit for sparing
prisoners. He conducted as careful,
sklful, and humane Il campaign as
ever was conducted by an Indian. He
is the best specimen OF North
American Indian l ever saw in this
country. He is different from Sitting
Bull. Joseph is human Sitting Bull
is the most perfect savage | ever met.
EJoseph respects education, and wants
to become civilized. Sitting Bull
lain is to remain Il savage. He des-
pises civilization. He said to me last
fall. i want to he All Indian, and
Edon't want to he an agency Indian,
either" 1t was no use to argue OF
negotiate with sitting Bull. / saw
that. 1t never any use to argue with
an Indian until you have whipped
him. Sitting Bull had a larger
following than Joseph. The former
had over 900 warriors. while the
! latter had only about 300.
Had the Nez Pierces any rea
grievances which caused them to &
/ to wari"
) Yes. sir. they had. \ portion o
the reservation which was given then
hv the government was taken from
them without their consent. They
: were cheated and defrauded in various
: ways. The white people were boune
: to get their land. They wanted il
; because it was good land. The Ne
1 Perces were fast approaching civiliza
! ton. Some had good farms and stock
: They could speak English. The.
worked hard. raised vegetables. ant
packed them To the miners. wher
the, sold them.
is Joseph Christianized
II don't know II what extent. Ill
: was not IN advocate of the war. an
: all through he was opposed To it. an
against the raiding parties and KILN
OF people il. the white settlements
= Then the war was not his chooslngl
. He cancelled against it. aud toll
Il his people what the result would be
: What are they going to do with tn
6. Neg Percesl"
i Il have no idea what they viii d
; with them. | suppose they will h
IS sent 10 the Indian Territory. Itarns
: them over at Bismarck There wer
? IL of them. all told.
: do you think the Nez PeFres AZ
inclined toward n permanent. peace !
Yes. sir. they have given 4
o entirely. They have been badly CT
10 pieces. They have lost about fort
10 in killed. including those lost in ii
: light. and those killed by the Cheyel
y nes and Assiniboines.
?. Have the Nez Perces anythln
!. lefti''
= They have nothing except the
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-01-10
The results OF Sherman 5 policy ar

The results OF Sherman ; policy are
becoming more and more apparent,
and the end is not vet. Read this:
SAN FRANCISCO. Jau S.A large body Of
unemployed workin Emcu to-day marched 10
the uisvsr's otllce and s. counnitte' waited
upon the mavor and demanded work or
bread. suggestiug hat they be- Sc. j. work ON
the streets o. oshs~ pHbiir improvements
The mayor adaresse.t tho crowd stating his
inability to take ~leh action aud caunseling
appiicat,on, whet necessary. to the various
benevolent organizations His opinion WAS
received with sullen silence. The crowd, tC
th, number If several thousands. ther
marched to the uew cify hsil lots here thr,
were addressed lv ;hr 81 tatosS, kearN"'
Wellock and others, The Snet-:hes being &c fh'
ctff~t that they must he,pthemselves ~ :orc'
il ether means iaiAr,
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-01-10

A CATHOLIC fair at Austin last week
netted 81 ,2oo.
JUDGE MckELyEY Of St. Cloud is i'll
with typhoid fever.
Rt-HroRD, Fillmore county. has school
house that cost sl2 ,ooo.
OsE hundred and five marriage licences
we're Issued in Dodge county last year.
NR. KINGSLEY Of Ohio recently pur-
chased 30 acres of land in Todd county
DR. ". w. CLARK OF Mankato, in poor
health for year or two past, died the Is.
inst.
ASoKA is moving for the purchase Of .
steam fire cn-.ne-a machine that IL badly
needed.
Horace GREELr Of New York il lectur-
ing in the State upon reform and he
formers
THr Glencoe Register i "afraid the
slight fros; Of SUNDAY night will Put back
the strawberries =
Mn. PETER Smith Of PlainvieE- Nsoa-
shaw county. caught young paather Last
week in trap SCI for wolves
! THE sum Of So $50 was expended las;
year in building improvement in Granite
Pals, Yellow Medicine county
] THE s. Cloud fire department will bs
represented in the State convention q
Faribault January Il. bT Capt L. " Col-
Inns and Mr. D. s Harvard
ST. CDorD Times. Last Thnrsda.
morning. 1t ? O'Clock, Mrs Rosa 6randei.
never. wife of Jacob Grandelmeyer, Ont
Of cur oldest citizens. died suddenly
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-01-10

The taxpayer Of the Western city is drop
money box all the time. There are city
bonds and county bonds. Eastward the star
OF interest takes its way.-sot. Paul Dispatch
No wonder then the eastern man
wants all debts paid in gold. If there
was q currency more valuable than
gold he would want them paid IN that.
The west is simply the boNd-slaFe OF
the east
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-01-10

larger business than usual under ordinary
circumstances A peace n Europe, large
crops in the grain growing districts, or any
other cause leading to decline in our ex-
ports, would, by making gold exchange
scarce and dear, carry gold up to Ito.
And yet on this fail Of gold is based
the whole superstructure of contrac-
ton and resumption. It is a mockery
and a snare.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-01-10

clothing robes, and blankets. They
had accumulated some property. One
old man had saved $50, 900 when he
went into the war, SC, 900 Of which he
had in ready money. The Nez Perces
were the most enterprising, prosper
GUS, and intelligent Indians we had
previous to their late war;
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-01-10

An effort is being made in Baltim ore to de-
feat the reelection of Senator Dennis, mainly
on account of his imitation ideas and his bear
ing towards RECOMMENDATION OF silver
That's right. If man will not
serve Nammon let Mammon crush
him. But why should not Gods peo-
pie unite against MammOn
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-01-10

Senator Paddock has made a great speech
in Congress 1t was on the last day OF the
extra SESSION during the great Senatorial fight
over the question OF seating Hamburg Butler,
of South Carolina, and William Pitt Kellogg,
the bloody shirt TX Governor of Louisiana
1t was W hen the fight waxed the warmest, he
arose in all his native dignity, and moved to
I'd journ- Ashland tNeb Times.
That reminds us of some of our
Minnesota statesmen. We have fallen
upOn the AGE Of mediocrity.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-01-10
IGNATIUS DONNELLY, Editor.
THURSDAY JANUARY 10. 1873.

And now it is Mr.. Burt's turn. He
has labored for ten months to set the
will of the people at naught. Let US
see what the representatives OF the
people will have to say to him.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-01-10

The Indianapolis Journal does not take
much stock in American tea culture, and
thinks .Professor lie Due had better confine
his energies to bouquets and esthetics. :"
And goats; and crossing the hog
with the turkey.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-01-10

The Terre Haute Express says: 1.-THE ag-
gregate Of Greenback votes cast is larger than
was ever cast for any anti slavery party
in this country previous to the ear 1856.
The elections this year give evidence that
a great new party is coming rapidly to the
front"
All that is needed is perseverance
and energy and the independents will
take possession of the nation in 1880.
, 1878-02-02
Ga.A and Silver and Paper.

l,ctrospection is often the safest ciey
To the path to tread. Any who remember
thirty years back, and who have lived i'll
these United States meantime, can readily
recall the DAYS when silver Was almost
exclusively ihe current coin; when gold
WAS exceedingly scarce Not until since
the gold discovery days of California has
gold COIN been al all common III any
portion Of the Union. But it has never
been the currency; it is not now. Yet
the capitalists demand that in shall be the
only standard for the bonds they hold, or
the debts due them. Bankers issue paper
promises to pay. So does the hegovcrnment.
But neither the hankers nor the govern
mcnc accept paper promises ~ the
standard with which To acquit the obii"a-
tions of their debtors Why should they
iSsue paper, to he paid in gold Why
a:.ould paper be better than silver Why
is not silver the equivalent of gold, as a
standard, subject to tie ssihe rules which
regulate "r govern money The consti-
tuition mentions gold and silver as the
only legal tender. Congress, in the face
| of the constitution, made paper a legal
tender for everything but debts due to
the government.
1t might as well have declared that the
government should have the authority to
| wrtst dollar in gold or III silver from the
pcssesSor, ard compel him to receive in
full exchange lis paper promise to pay him
4 dollar whenever it was convenient for
the government to discharge the debt.
The dollar in gold or silver is intrinsically
worth a dollar. The paper which promises
4 dollar is worth only so much rs the
credit cf its maker goes for in the money
market. 1t is rarely worth its face away
from home, and sometimes it is worth less
AT home than abroad 1t is remarkable
that the men who thought SO poorly of
the credit of the government when legal
tender notes and bonds were issued by
millions rs to refuse to take either, or
who bought the one or the other at less
than half their par value, are now the
foremost and most clamorous to insist
that the credit of the government. must
be maintained at any and every sacrifice.
They took advantage of their country S
necessities. They bought greenbacks at
forty cents on the dollar, and With them
purchased seven per cent. bonds at par.
For fourteen Years they have been draw
ing the equivalent of fourteen per cent.
upon their money, with gold at a pre-
MUM, and already they have been more
than reimbursed Yet they now presist
in demanding gold dollars, with interest
in gold, for their forty cents worth of
paper, which called for no interest, and
cry out that the national credit will be
ruined unless this principal and this in
terest shall be paid in gold at par 1t is,
they insist an obligation too sacred to vio-
late or neglect. The more sacred oblisa-
tion Of justice to the mass Of the people
is utterly ignored by them. No wonder,
with all the facts freshly before them, that
the people are hecomeing more and more
in favor OF the silver bill
, 1878-02-02

TERMS OF PEACE.-Nesotiation have al
ready commenced between Russia and Tur-
key, with England in the back aground i'll the
role Of interested spectator. Il is reported
that the Turkish plenipotentiarics are cloth
ed with almos; absolute power 10 conclude
peace in consequence OF the For;e's under
standing from the tone of the British parlia-
ment that no relief could be expected from
that quarter. The terms Russia Will pro
pose are not positively known, hut ra,nor
outlines general proposition iEclugiag the
making Of Batoum :. free port. surrender, ii
territory in Armenia nearly 10 line with
kars, the dismantlcment Of the ior.resSes OF
ksrs and Erzercum, the substitution Of tha
Balcans for the Danube As the boundary oI
Bulgaria, the Independence OF Eourlai.iia
and free navigation Of the Darilancnes 70
nen-of-war OF all nations. Ii is runlored
also, that Russia proposes 10 lmi, the free
dom of the Dardanrllss TO Turkish and Rus
sian ships OF war. 1t is understood tina, ali
these terms dictated by Russia have been
yielded to, and that practically the wa- IS
over.
, 1878-02-02

SENEEE on CoyKLISG. The Louisville
Courirr-Journoi declares that Mr.. Roscoe
Ccukling is a base demagcgue. Disguised
rs gentleman, he has heen all his life low
political trickster The companion of gen
tlemen, he has been the champion and con-
federate of thieves. Last winter he was
ready TO sell his party. This winter he is
for crushing the man whom his cowarflice
and treachery were not able to keep out of
the presidency. He is not, like Morton. a
rough malignant, who. warmed into partisan
action, possessed certain barbaraus SINGER
Ity; hut cool, methodic trader in the yiiest
passions Of the vilest classes. He is a good
actor. He has an educated facility in word
mongery. But he Is an inSolent peacock,
accidentally gifted with voice. And this
Is the man who few democrats would ele-
vate to leadership in the senate at the ex-
Pense OF the administration, which. whatever
its shortcomings may be, has At least done
something toward the rc-adjustment OF tie
lost sectional balance. and the restoration o'
nationality and the national spirit lii every
part of the Country.
, 1878-02-02

NOMINATING THE tASDioA ES.-Certain
"small fry politicians propose that the
central committees OF the democratic ami re
publican parties nominate candidates Tor the
constitutional convention. Action ot tHis
kind would clearly be I usnrpa.lon oi au-
thority. and entitled to no respect whatever.
Better avoid party nominations altogether
and leave to the people the selection OF The
men who are 70 frame the Organic Law ot the
new state We have yet t. meet the hrst
man fit 10 hold a sea. IN the convention "iio
is willing TO accept a party nomination. In
4 matter of this kind where the interests of
all are concerned, We can atori to raise above
party and select men solely on account OF
their fitness. All the muuSing politicians
Of the Ferry order, viii clamor for party
nominations, but those who have solid inter
ests at stake viii refuse to be led by the
.small beer politicians Already we hear
of a man who Is a fit subject for the poor
halse peddling out nominations ;or the CON
yention. In San Francisco and other large
cities they have about election times what
are termed piece patriots" These fellows
90 about selling nominations, and OCCASION
ally make good thing. In the matter OF
the constitutional convention tine man who
will buy or barter for place may fairly be
characterized as al unmitiSated scoundrei,
and the very suspicion that the members OBJ
tained their places in this way would wreck
H.. whole movement. just at this time let
the .piecc patriots take a back seat and
allow the people to select their representative
men.
, 1878-02-02

THE McST NISIIKEp The Washington
correspondent of the Chicago Times asserts
that Schurz is personally the most obnoxious
of Hayes cabinet He snubs congressman.
terribly. and ever since his ignominious fail
ure to institute Schurz machinSt in fed
eral office IN Missouri is more devoted to
civil service reform than ever Mr. Monroe,
4 radical member from Ohio. complains bit.
terly Of Schurz Tie says: The other
day ! called upon Schurz 10 solicit an ap-
polntmeut for needy and worthy eoistitu-
ent Of mine. Schurz listened to me politely
and replied that he had no objection to my
mans putting in an application to appear he
fore the civil service board for examination,
but said, 'your recommendation, Mr. Mon
roe, has 10 more weight with us than that of
any other respectable citizen Mr. Schurz
has served good many congressman III the
same way, saying III general that it was his
desire to divorce political influence from the
appointing power i'll his department
, 1878-02-02
4 P,RENTHrricNL ADMINISTRATION

4 PaRENTHEriChL ADMINISTRATION
A politician Of large experience Is report
ed as saying the other dag al Washington
"if the president had .iacksons courage
or Lincolns lact, he could sweep the
country and make his administration ben
efcent to the people. As it is, IL threat
ems to be no morc than rarenthesis i'll
our political history. Perhaps he may
yet wake up. Ga course this is possible,
but the general impression he creates 81
far Is that he has a perfect temper, and
unvielding viii, and none of that magnet
ism which enables one powerful man to
draw others to him and induce them to
follow him, even when they are not en-
tircly persuaded that his course is the
most judiciouS in short, that he lacks
one Of the NEST important qualities of
leadership"
, 1878-02-02

0NE EoTE--It is frequently the case
that the result OF an election depends up-
on one vote, and parties have sometimes
been defeated just for lack Of that one
vote This Is Illustrated forcibly in the
case of the first senatorial district Of Con
nccticut- Senator Eaton votes in that
district, and AT the election last fall he
wrote letter, Saving he would not leave
Washington 10 vote, rs he had no doubt
the democrats would carry the district.
When the votls We're counted there was a
tie. Under the Connecticut constitution,
N case Of a tie in the election of a state
senator, the house OF representatives
elects, and that body has elected re-
publican Connecticut loses a democratic
state senator, because her democratic
United States senator neglected to 60
home and vote.
, 1878-02-02

STANLEY MATTHEW'S was badly treated
10y his political associates IN tie Ohio leg
islature. They did not cven nominate
him for senator, hut cast their votes for
t." Never Wa any man 50 conn
plctcly rrpudiatcd, ST. fcarfulEy sacrificed
III the house VI his fl uds. What IN
fluence can E!r. Hayes possibly have IN
Ohio now, after such an exhibition as
that! Mr. Matthews was his wai:aeSt
and ablcst friend, and yet Hayes had not
influence enough with the republican
members of the Ohio legislature 10 secure
for his friend the empty honor of a nnmi-
nation. Such base in"ratitude or neglect
is contemplate in TIE extreme.
, 1878-02-02
NOTICE OF DISTRIBUTION.

NOTICE Or DlSIklBl IlONs
TERRITORY OF WASHINGTON, GO
IN PROBATE-In the matter Of the Estu.e o.
ANDREW PITTS, Deceased.
On reading the duly verified
~ petition of SARENA PITTS, filed in
this Court on the 23d day Of january. A D.
1873, setting forth that ANDREW PITTS,
her husband, died intestate in the County of
Walla Walla, Territory of Washington. on the
9th day of December, A ID. 1877; that decedent
at the time of his death was resident of said
county, leaving personal and real estate therein,
worth about $500 j that all OF said proper
" is community property, it having been ac-
quired since decedent's marriage with petition
er, and praying for an order distributing and
assigning all of said property to petitioner as
the survivor Of said decedent according to law.
And it appearing to the Court that no good
reason exists to issue letters Of administration
in the matter of said estate, it is ordered. that
all persons interested in the estate Of said An
DREW PITTS, deceased, be and appear be
fore the Probate Court of said county of Walla
Walla, on TUESDAY, the 9Th day of March,
A D. 1878, at the hour Of one o'clock, P NJ,
of that day, then and there TO show cause, if
any there be, why an order of distribution of
the property described in said petition should
not be made as therein prayed for. Further,
that service of this citation be made on all per
sons interested In said estate, by publication of
this order in the Walla Walla STATESMAN, a
weekly newspaper printed and published in the
city and county of WailA Walla, Washington
Territory, for four successive weeks prior to
said 5th day of March, A ID. 1873.
R. GUICHARD, Probate Judge.
Dated Walla Walla, Jan g, 1873. 94w.
, 1878-02-02

The CHANGE. -Six.years ago the sen
ate of the United States WAS republican
by 4 majority Of Just fifty. In single
senatorial term The majority has mclted
down To two, counting with the rcpubli-
cans Sharon. who is never in his seat,
Patterson, who belongs 10 the penitcnti-
-ary, and Conover, who puts his vote
where it will do himself the most good.
The decline Of republican power has been
sudden and startling but it is not hard to
explain. Grsmtism did much of it, and
Hayes and fraud are rapidly doing the
rest
, 1878-02-02
EY Yi;E GOVERNOR OF TEyE TERRITORY
OF WASHINGTON.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the Legislative Assembly of the
Territory of Washington by an act approved
the 9th day of November, A. ID. 1877, provided
that a special election should I've held in said
| Territory, Oh the 9th day of April, 1873, for
t, the purpose Of choosing delegates to assemble
at Walla Walla in said Territory, on the 18th
day Of June, \. ID. 1873, to frame a State Con
Stitution and
WHEEEAs it is further provided in said act,
that delegates to said Convention shall be cleo
Ted In the Territory at large and in districts a
follows:
Three delegates in the Territory ;et large.
One delegate in the First Judicial District
One delegate in the Second Judicial District.
; One delegate in the Third Judicial District.
One delegate IN the County Of WalEa Waita.
One delegate in the County OF King.
One delegate in the Counties Of ThuTston ans
Lewis
|. One delegate in the Counties Of Clarke, Ska
mania, KEckitat aud Yakima.
One delegate in the Couati,s Of Cowiitz, Pa
cifc and Wahkiahum-
One delegate in the Counties Of Pierce, Che
halls and Mason.
| Ore delegate III tho Counties Of Clallam, Island
jefferson and San Juan.
One delegate in the Counties Of kitsap, Sno
One delegate in the Counties Of Columbia, Ste
vens and Whitman and
WHEREAS it is further provided in said act
that the Counties of Idaho, Shoshone and Nel
Perce, in the Territory of Idaho, may be rep
resented in said Convention by one delegate
who shall have the privilege Of the floor, but
shall not he entitled to a vote;
Now. THEREFORE,, ], ELISHA p. FERRY,
/ Governor of the Territory of Washington, by
virtue of the power and authority in ne vested
bv said act do hereby call special election to be
! held in the several Counties in tins Territory
on the
NINTH DAY OF APRIL, 4. ID. 1873.
| for the purpose of electins the delegates here
| inbefore mentioned. The said election to be
{ conducted and returns thereof made and trans
mitted as is now provided by law in eases Of
general elections for Delegate to Congress,
| Prosecuting Attorney and members of the
| Legislative Council of the Territory. And the
| said counties of Idaho, ShoshOne and Nez
| Perce, in the Territory of Idaho, are requested
| to elect the delegate to said Convention pro,
vided for in said act, at such time and in such
manner as may be deemed advisable by the
citizens Of said counties.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, !
have hereuntO set my hand and
caused the Great Seal of the Ter
lsEAI-l ritory to be affixed at Olympia,
| this oath day of January, A. ID.
One Thousand Eight Hundred
and Seventy eight.
i BY the Governor, ELISHA P. FERRY,
n. H. OWINGS,
Secretary of the Territory. 9-td
, 1878-02-02

The OREGON STYLE The editor OF the
Labor World has had an "unpleasantness
with the quill-driver of the Oregon City Enter
prise. Here is the way he goes for him:
The disgrace of Journalism is that such char
acters as Dement,, of the Oregon City Enter
prise, should have anything to do with journal.
ISM He has not brains enough for decent
man, he has not cunning enough for monkey,
and his ears are one-sinteenth of an inch TOO
short for tirst-class jackass- II he Is not
cross between tumble bug and shltepoke'
then what is he. We have no CONTROVERSY
with papers that contain only the blubberlnss
of babboons. Dement, is liar and a aslanderer'
-~~--~~-->O--~---~~
PROBATE CoURT-The following were the
proceedings in the Probate Court: In the mat
ter Of the estate Of Edwin Evans, deceased ;
estate distributed to his parents, Geo W. anu
Julia A Evans, subject to the debts against tne
estate -. In the matter of the estate oi
Margaret Johnston. deceased; hearing on settle
ment Of annual account set for February lSn'
and that notice thereof be given according 70
law . In the matter Of the estate OF Andrew
Pitts, deceased distributionset for March oth >
and that service OF said order be made by pun
hcation for four successive weeks III the :" ana
Walla STATESMAN