Morning journal and courier., 1882-11-07
The Campaign.
The Anti-Monopolfst Meeting at Peck's
 Csrn nd Opera House.

The Anti-Monopolfst Meeting at Peclx's
 Grand Opera House.
 There was fair sized crowd assembled at Mus1c Hall last evening to hear the speeches | Of the antl-monopolists who had been an- | nounced. A few ladies were scattered among the crowd, and the small boy element was we'll represented. A banner stretched across above the stage bore the famous saying at. Srlbused to Vanderbilt, "The public be d-d." This was labelled ''The Monopolist's Creed.' The chairpan MT. Shephard, called the meeting to order and announced the president of the meeting, Mir. J. G. Boyd, of New York, and long list of vice presidents. Mir. Boyd came forward and addressed the meeting in long speech, in which he briefly traced the history of the Republican and Democratic parties, and claimed that there was no further use for them, as anti monop- oly was the only live issue before the people. lie read the anti monopoly platform and ex- plained It's different clauses.
 During his speech, Mir. W. G. Butler, the Church street hat man, had come in and was loudly called for. He came forward and said that he was the sole and only cause of this 1 meeting, that he novice in the business ! and hoped to continue so, that he had become disgusted with the old political par I ties, and thought it was high time to start a new one; so he went ahead. He was no | speaker, but wanted it heralded from one end ! of the city to another that he, and no one else, was the cause of the meeting and the movement. He was loudly applauded.
 The next orator was the assistant secretary of the Antl-Monopoly League, Mr. Sarsfield He said the movement was a old as the hills When few men got together to rob others of their property then the cause for the ! movement existed. MT. Sarsfeld was some ! what troubled to express himself, and was ! interrupted by his audience, who did not seem to fully appreciate the force of his re- marks, and the chairman was obliged to call | for order. The speaker continued, and with many pauses, during which he consulted a voluminous roll of notes which he said he ! had jotted down in the few moments of ! leisure that he could snatch from his busi- ! ness. He brought out several reasons why the anti monopoly movement was worthy of ! support.
 The Hon. Mir. Hewitt was next introduced
 as "a man of the people," He said he was ! opposed to the party whose motto was ''The l public be d---d." He was radically opposed
 to all monepolies, whether in banks, rail- | roads, steamboats, telegraph lines OF what ! not. He spoke of the success which the Nj
 hilist movement had attained in Russia, the
 labor movement in Germany. and the land
 and labor league in England. He discoursed I at considerable length upon the injustice to
 the people of the money monopoly, which the
 bankers used to such damaging results. He
 said he liked to talk on this subject
 and related story of young lady in Ken
 lucky who, when caught kissing young ! man, said she knew 1t wrong, but it was
 "drefful soothin' to her nerves," which illus
 trated the effect which talking upon this great
 subject had upon him. The candidate fo, gove nor, Mir. Tanner, was next introduced
 eie said that he was happy to be the stand
 ard bearer of this movement, and hoped he
 could have respectful attention during his re-
 marks. He read telegram from Hon. s. F ! Gary which stated that he could not be pres
 ent as he was too much wearied with the
 campaign. He spoke for a few minutes
 earnestly advocating the anti monopoly cause
 The meeting then adjourned.