The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-09-24
REV0LUTIONIZING POLITICS.
THE BIRTH, GROWTH, AND MISSION OF
THE GREENB1Ck PARTY

THE GREENHlCN pfRTY
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buchanan. the Founder and PateDtee OF
Greenb"ck'sm' Predicting Destruction for
ono P"rty "nd Defeat for the other
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. Sept 2l.--Jamcs Blu
cb,r,p ~ trdi,r, ,vbo too,cra n, tl,o Western
~ =, a., $50 y, ~ ..,,,,'a,i. L.. uiant
eilu ol tne OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Ii"hh'
lives in Indianapolis. Gen. Butler sits on The
Eastern end Of the hoard but he hns not Soc
sawed for anything like the length Of time that
" The Plan" MS buchanan is called has. The
pi.ru IL ,L, f,u,dor op1 ORIGINAL ,a,o,,oo ~
,'nn - .no 'ou.'' rt,u W r"'."'o" vi
thls singular parry ITO mas propapIy oecn 'he
butt OF more ridiculc thnn any other public man
oror nrodu.oi In Indi,,,'. I'm, =, has no, ,uc,,d
~. 80. , ,'',' nv
He is fat. rorid and phiegma,ic. with tcnacity
OF PURPOSE mat ., is wonucrinl. ne orRan'Aed ,he
movement in this state with only hall dozen
helpers n little more than half decade ago.
Tie has oI,ravs hccn n bold and nr,rpssivc
spncts those Of the Int senator Morton though
unlikc Morton, ho is always rendy for compro.
misses tending to the advancement Of his party
nu,','" S",, s.,u', ""u ','s
they will bc able to accomplish: Il think tho
80 ~ 'i"'". 10 oN,'"H ~,
U ,.. urs"n'@"',on MR. Is Wo 'c1.S , e... III
1876 We pollcd about GOO votes In 1877 our
ORGANIZATION was eN.'huei, ana we no''cu u'oro
| IMAM 6WDo votes In 1919 VIZ roll up ABOUT
w. ,,,t, oo,rr Main wo,, ,tr,o onc foc, IL
1 W., 49, .,i ,,.,,, a.s', :. ~. ,ha, ,h,
overlooked py all WHO assume 10 say 'na' lh'
National. Grccnbnck party is cphcmeral basne
| their opinion on the Greeley movement. That
ready made To tho voters. and WAS made TO
crafty the ambition Of disappointed leaders in
old Organizations. 1t did not grow on, oi tho
hns. our partyis Organized from tho other end
Of the line. Il comes up from the voters If the
upon which it is founded are vital to civilized
| society and the party will live while there Is
| human labor and It's products to he distributed
| You have lust returned from Massachusetts.
Mr.. Buchanan: what do you think OF the situa-
u9n thsrs l.A..o,.. ,uo o.,o,, =. r,ota Con
b. f Butler Governor"
DO you consider him Democratic candi
u""'TjI answer hal ind,rectlv. He has tho
strongest nomination n man could have. Fifty
petitioned linn &c 10 make The race. He was nom
mated 10y the Greenback Convention by ac-
nsnaray an, "'reT sar nnsttmennv
andnrsed Him From nersonel ohseryatinn in
Massach 1setts tnerG Is IN my inasnsn, no
is continuni ovntton ''''
80" e ,,,,,, str,,h b,s ma National nortv
in the south y, 1'' Wv
''.'in Tsxns rho organ;za,iop is heino ranidlv
i, ASAns W. ; M . is o,ss ~, n
ru,,isn I" ln,. Xxi 1850 !, In ESQ
ro,u car-v H. S,a'c ,i"r, IA no iuh, Tina
w. ~ vaItS III ~ LII ,o ~ ~ Txae il 10
n,i w 49,, I II, n, 20 pcruhiicnn
i,h hS p",S n s,n H. 7 o,'i.to,, a. ~
"i1 il' N, 49,, 49,, \, =, 49,, i, -, IT,, - I'M.
A.aoana VIZ pa,S - "t ,iu N "op ~, ,ra,,r
way ~ .no ins,cl CIV. NV, III ~ - ill.,,
Ea,tnusat ,,-,, T., H. S,,,h IN h' ir tn main
NM.lh". ~ ~ Wy .'''' W. ~ lei ~
nnrnocra Mno ,nt,vcs ~, Tho snn In m,my co,in
~ ~ lrS , ,h nrt ~ oircv s,ron,,
yS shb 5niv 'S Is w @tP showed our
str.r'.,h IN Amrms, ne, 1e"fiu,. n mil line ~
H nSt, u , ~ MI, - w. ica,od nva an ~
l,,o cNnn,w eI ,nr. In Daxiisnn Comfy
! E,sbrYi, "s vol ns r,rrvi,t, othnr couuties
=, ~ S,,,n 90 n c.or,ia X"r,b Carolina and
~ a,i NJ, w. ~ r', a, MI All b, vcry LenvS,
va "wissn,,r,,s sgre,"nhort ,rndsncy is wel
ir,,., ~ 49, =, 'oi',.' q, C',,f,rcsennn nr
,,r ,nnro Coior"io ,,;u ciWe ne n .,o5d v0,e-
W. = ,,N,,b ~, r,".h ,-,i,raIitv rho mil
ia INADVERTENTLY in NM Sintn sunnnrt tho
no,io,r.,i, To- Gcvrrnor and The
ho,rs a',,o,, do p.rutli mn cnni idata In
I'w" v,,, a. III ,oi nm Immense vot" marx thai
Nirbi,an We vim rythis mi, Wisconsin
AMI Winnesn,a viii Give heavv q rec n hack votes
ami Jiiinois wili elect | think fnur Green back
| cnncr"ssmen In ohio the Toledo Distri II
| will nrobohly elect n f;re.nhnrk ncressn,an -
y" How about the crazy State OF Indiana ?"
Prom present Indications tho Greenback
vote OF Indiana will be largely in excess OF what
tho managers OF the old parties expect We
will certainly elect twenty-five members Of the
Legislature in October and possibly forty In
some counties the Republicans have endorsed
our nominees. IN others the Democracy have