The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-07-13
THE ANTI MONOPS.


wave that shall sweep from exist
ence the old Republican party, ~
even impede its onward and upward
march.
Either this anti.monnpoly move
ment will swallow the Democratic
organization. or rice rerSd. IL has
sprung ~ at this time for the sim.
pie purpose of finding IN ally III the
Democratic PARRY with which "a
Join hands and make one grand, DIES.
peIa.r effort to unScat the Rcpuhli-
cans. This fact is as plain Us it is
improbable that il will succeed in
the scheme. 1t brings WILDLY la
mind the Greeley campaign and its
attendant disastrous results.
The Chicago Times, in speaking of
the ";tnti'S" meeting i'll its Sunday 5
issue. is unslinting in its charactrIi
cation of the men who composed :he
convention. II says:
There are many kinds of fools in
this country. \ few of the morl
notable kinds are the prohibition
fools, the women.S uitrage fools, the
bourbon fools, the iiat-money tools,
the labor.reformer fools, ana the
'anti monopoly" loo's. The last is
hardly 4 distinct class of fools, how
ever, being u combination of most oi
the different kinds mentioned, ana
several others. Their selection ol
"auti.monopoly party Us the namc
of IN association of fools and
proofs of their lack Of the relation
ing faculty. for there exists not ON
thus planet anything that answers the
meaning of the word monopoly more
perfectly than most OF the declared
purposes Of that association of the
crack Drained and the Predetermined
In u pronunciamento Ito the PEG
! pie of the United States The aSSo
ciated non-compoS set out 10y affirm
| lng that 1.-The people are sovereign.
! They next assert that the sovereign
"arc oppressed by their servants IN
/ suudry and divers ways which they
| specify. Then they inform us that
''ihe people, which "dre sovereign,
nevertheless "are powcrlcSS." Oul
attention is thus directed To Il SOY
ereign. one who is supreme in ~
thority. dominion and power, .'un
controlled and uncontrollab!r," All,
under tod absolute" (ihc law
writer's say. who is Tor are, Us th'
anti-munopoly writers will have il
81 completely subject to some highc
power than he is tor they dre) pow
crless. 4 subject sovereign, pow
erless power, relative and condI
toned absolute-these are impoasi
hle notions which only could he har
bored 10y IN association of lunaiicS.
Then, the people who "are sovrI
eisn, the sovereign who care pow
rrlrsS." are cntreated 10 exert thci
sovereign powerlesS power an
break the chains which bind you /,
capliyeS To the chariot wheels q
monopoly chains which are brcom
more CALLING with each revolu
ton" Though this reads like a
extract from prize Grafton al on
of the recent college commence
luentS probably it is not Nv" as
You Ia arouse yourselves, and. tho
You are pnwcr!csS, force Your sci
wants. etc But AS, being power
less, You cant break youi chains
1--WE present Ia you the platform -
the national anti-monupuiy party
which Will break y"ur chains f.
you, lon, the people who are $50,
ere,gn" and subject, all-powcrfu
and wholly poweiles>, whom "" ci
treat Ia exert your powrrlcss power
cant do il; but IRE, representatives a
all the cIankS. are a different Styi
of clulhes-WH! Behold what We II
| solve tor ynn Ia do.
The resolves of the Cranks are q
the same old sort. The polite
agency shall control, regulate. an
: direct the affairs at tranSportatio
, companies and all other bUSurs
corporations: shall prescribe bot
maximum and minimum rates f.
THEN services; shall prevent C"ntcI
o,her cooperation among then
) shall gather The telegraph system IN
! der its patcrnll wings; shall adOp
the enlightened policy of Malaga,
ear by forhiddlng foreigners To OH
land III America; shall abolish til
hanks and set up in the banking
business; shall make money of pape
. 3 4 MT 20 ~
, value By statutory omnipotenct
shall fix the volume of money by tn
same omnlpotent power; shall pa
the national debt by giving neN
promises 10 pay ii; shall carry on
. savings bank business; shall aboliS
gambling in'tic necessarieS OF life;
shall. in fine, abolish every sort u
monopoly, and whatsoever Ia.
cr.nkS choose to designate 10y tia
name, 10y converting government in
10 TIE most gigantic and all.cOmprt
hending monopoly it Is possible {
imagine. Reduced 10 il single propo
sition, what the independent party q
the cranks propose to do for the pee
pie who "are sovereign AMI sui
Z
chained to chariot wheels, and inca
pablc of caring and providing fu
themselves, is that Il grandmother
government, to which the crank
will imparL all knowledge, under
LANDING, and wisdom upon ever
subject under the sun, shall tax
charge of them, provide for all thci
, al i.,I,
their gii-fs. administer Ia their al
Inrlits. adjust the operations of thrl
digestive organs, and regulate tn
movements of their bowels.
+ BIGELOw. who sued Mrs. Bctt
Mason for IS 900 for services in IT,
Jag to release her husband, VINO W;
. Imprisoned by order of court matt
, for firing at Guitcan, has he"
awarded SIoo. That is reasonable
| The six ar seven Thousand dulial
donated To "Ectty and the baby
were not intended rs Il fuud for 4
paciOus lawyers.
Sunfower is one of best egg -produt
, ing foods known for poultry, kcepil
them in u thriving condition IA
, largely increasing the production {
, eggs. Every poultry-raiser who tri'
it will find that this seed is eXcelle
for Guessing the pluinage of fowl
I and rs almost Indispensable to tho
Y who want to fit their birds for eXl