Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1888-07-25
Capt. Jno. N. Optics Bill In Chancery.

Capt. Jno. N. Optics Bill In Chaneery.
1 We publish as follows, copied from tn
Richmond State, Capt. Jno. N. Opie's bill
in chanccry, from which il will be seen that
in pugilistic parlance, he has got the hea'
of the Republican party in ''chancery," ant
pummels it very effectually:-
To the Hon. Presidential Voter, Judge o.
the National Court of the United State.
Of america:
Your orators, 1.-THE People," complain
ing, respectfully represent, that they are
residents of the United States of America;
that they were engaged in lucrative, pros.
porous and thrifty business; that they were
building up homes, educating their children,
| supporting their families in comfort and
plenty, and were in the quiet and peaceful
| enjoyment of the pleasures, blessings and
comforts of this life; that they are good and
| law abiding citizens; that while thus pur-
suing their said lawful avocations, "The
Tariff Monopoly Pool aad Trust Company,
| dealers in beef, pork, wheat, corn, sugar,
coal, iron, cotton, wool and other necessities,
were chartered and licensed by a Republi-
can Administration to do business under the
said firm name and style; that ever since the
said company commenced business they
have abused. oppressed and over-ridden
your orators and have forcibly taken, under
the pretense of protecting your orators, all
of the fruits of your orators labor and in
dustry. Your orators aver that the said
''Tariff Monopoly Pool and Trust Compa-
N.Y. have Illegally and wrongfully gotten
possession of all of the "beef and pork' of
the country, causing thereby great loss,
hunger and suffering to your orators. Your
orators aver that the said company have il
legally and unlawfully combined and do
now hold, control and monopolize all of the
sugar refineries of the country, thereby caus-
ing great detriment, deprivation and suffer-
ing to your orators.
The said Tariff Monopoly Pool and Trust
Company have prevented, impeded and
forcibly hindered your orators from either
buying from or selling to any other compa-
MES, but do campel, coerce and drive your
orators, much against their will and inter-
ests, and to their great injury, to buy and
sell exclusively to themselves always, at
such prices as the said Tariff Monopoly Pool
and Trust Company see fit to fix, the said
Company always when they buy from your
orators fixing the lowest price possible, and
the very highest when they sell to your
orators. Your orators further aver that the
said Tariff Monopoly Pool and Trust Com
pany have destroyed your orators boat,
which they used to transport their products
across the pond, thereby hindering and OBJ
structing the shipment of your orators hay,
corn, wheat, &c. That the said Tariff
Monopoly Pool and Trust Company have
illegally and wrongfully come into the pos
session of all of the wool, cotton, coal,
blankets, coats, overcoats, shoes, hats, &c.,
thereby causing your orators in times of
extreme cold to shiver, ache, freeze, and
otherwise suffer great bodily and mental
pain, and endure great want and other hard.
ships. Your orators aver that their homes
and lands have been sold or mortgaged,
more especially those located in the States
of Ohio, Indiana. Michigan, and Virginia
in order that your orators may meet the ex-
acting demands and unjust and exorbitant
taxes assessed against them by the Republi-
can party, agent for the said Tariff Monopoly
Pool and Trust Company. That the said
company has thrown thousands and thou
sands of your arators out of employment by
shutting down works and closing shops in
order to lessen supply and thereby raise
prices, instead of using your orators said
boat to open up commerce with other coun-
tries, thereby giving your orators foreign
markets constant employment and good
wages. Your orators further aver that the
Republican party" agent for the said
"Tarif Monopoly Pool and Trust Compa-
N.Y." have forclbly wrested and Illegally and
wrongfully taken from them millions and
millions of acres of their homestead lands
and given them to fraudulent and corrupt
railroad corporations.
Your orators further aver that at the last
term of the Presidential Court held at the
November term of 1884 judgment was rem
dered in favor of yonr orators. But the
"Tarif Monopoly Pool and Trust Compa-
N.Y." holding themselves greater than the
law and in contempt of your honorable
court, have refused to abide by said judg-
ment, and do still continue to greatly iniure
and Cypress your orators who are in mod
crate circumstances and live by their honest
toll and should not be required to labor for
the "Tariff Monopoly Pool and Trust Com
pany," as they have their own families to
support.
For as much as your orators are without |
remedy save in the Presidential Court of |
the United States of America, they pray
that the Tariff Monopoly Pool and Trust |
Company be made party defendant to this
bill and be required to answer the same;
that they be enjoined and restrained from
depressing your orators, and that your ora
tors may be secure in their right to enjoy the
fruits of their labor. That the Tariff Mo-
nopoly Pool and Trust Company, their
branch firms, railway and telegraph monop-
olies, the Republican party, Jay Gould, and
all others of the said company's agents, be
enjoined aud restrained from doing bust
ness under the firm name and style of the |
Tariff Monopoly Pool and Trust Company,
and that process be served by Grover Cleve- !
land and Allen G.. Thurman upon Benjamin
Harrison and Levi P. Morton, agents for |
the said Tariff Monopoly Pool and Trust |
Company.
And your orators will forever pray.
At rules November term, 1888.
JOHN N. OPIE, P. O.