The daily gazette., 1878-07-26
The View Party Movement
Comm onis of the Press.

Commencing on the action of the ma
tional labor-greenback party convention
at Syracuse, New \ ork, the New York
Herald says:
, "There is disposition in some quar-
tiers to treat this greenback and labor
movement with contempt and ridicule
but we do not think it wise to do so. The
Syracuse men have certainly made plat
form compounded of ignorance and
wi kadness but ridicue and abuse will
not help the honest part ofthem to see
this, and much the greater number of
the men who met in the convention, and
of the voters who mean now to support
this platform, are sincerely honest people
who would not knowingly do wrong or
unpatriotic act
D. The New York Times ays: tile u
raj delegates 70. ming the conyen ioui1e
described as quite equal in appearance
10 tue average representation in party
gatherings. They We're earnest, and
!, their earneStnesS showed itself in
nothing more clearly thaA in their deter
mination TO have nothing more to do
with the regular parties or with the regu-
lation party leader. This, indeed, seems
TO be a most the only point which they
! have grasped firmly or which is worth
: thinking of in connection with the fall
!, campaign. Their tinacial and labor not =
ons are crude, conflicting, impracicabl
The Philadelphia Press says The
: Syracuse convention wants all Unit ID
States bonds paid off in greenbacks, and
/ no more ISSUED, which performance is
supposed to be in the inler st of the la
: borer. When this is done the mrchan
les insurance on his house or life v would
/, be worth little or nothing the saving,
bank in which he has put his hard-eal Ii
II ed accunulations would be insolvent
and, instead of inhicting a blow upol
rich capi lists, the loss of this tfan,ac
ton would be borne by the frugal ant
lndustr. GUS poor"
. ! The Philadelphia Inquirer says: 9th,
}. pla form adopted has some excellent
financial, tariff aud industrial planks
but ii is marred by clauses favoring tn,
revival of The income tax, suggesting
sort of gradual cane llation of our bond
y that IN ,cks Of reputation. and recon
meniing certain restrictions upon til,
use of capital and the Infringement o
great enterprises, the c.ippling of viii cl
would work manifest injury to the in
> duetria classes Of the United States"
The New York Tribune says
"The national or 'greenback- -labo,
y movement really has votes behind it, an
81 no one can say how many. A great dea
- has been done to make votes on that side
st lne most Interested or by the old poht
ly ca paltIes TO make votes ON the othe
ke The republicans are divided. The demo
lie erals are nearly united in favor of rep,
a. diation aud imitation. If these do notl
ar ing, who ought to do III st in defense {
10 the public credit, will it be strange if til
ry grernb4ck agitators show unexpecte
as Strengths
he The New York World SAYS:
"a The reformers at Syracuse want
Vi stringent protective tariff. 1t is rath,
C. strange that none of them ever dream.
Sc. OF connecting the depression of the wor
SC ing classes with the taxation of consu
2c. er, to support home manufactures Il,
NC. pay manufacturing cauital b.avv al;
20 W uends, Desires. has followed IA prot,
&c &C tive policy. Why were not someof the
iii amateur economists tempted to trace d
ali relation OF Cause and effect betwe
VI thLm? >"