The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-09-12
POLITICAL.
BEN. BuTLER's CONVENTION.
a Lot of Resolutions That Ii Will
Pay to Read.
nerod Out IIeroded.
MAssAcIlusrrrs onEExDAcK CONVENTION.

MASSACHUSETTS GREESDACK CONVENTION.
BosroS, September 1.-THE State Con
vention Of the Independent Greenbacl
party OF Massachusetts, met to-day. Nearly
u thousand delegates were present, among
them one Indy, Mrs. j. II. Stone, OF Bos
ton. Gen. b. +. Butler WIS nominated
for Governor by rising vote, and three
cheers were given for the General.
After rthcnominatiOn OF Gen. Butlcr for
Governor the matter OF placing candidates
In the field for other State offices was re-
ierrcd to the Greenback Clubs.
The committee appointed to wait upon
Gen. Butler to notify htm OF the nomina-
ton, reported that he was engaged in the
Supreme Court and could not attend the
Convention, but would make reply ut an
early date. /,
The Committee on Resolutions reported
the following platform:
WnEREAs, By vicious and reckless ad-
ministation Of the public affairs, We have
seen our industries crippled and our peo:
pie reduced to want and misery, and
WHEREAS, Old political parties olIer no
relief. but on the contrary are responsible
for this sad state OF things, having legislat-
cd in the interest OF the few at the ex-
pcnse ofmany, against the intcrcstof land
and labor which are the sources OF all
wealth, we call upon tho people to declare
their Independence OF these false guides
and mid in rcgaining the priceless rights
bcuueathed to us by our patriotic sircs.
10 this end we invite the cooperation Of
every good citizen, and offer the following
resolutions enunciatory OF the principles
OF the National Greenback Labor party OF
Massachusetts:
Rsolvd, That much OF the present legis-
lation and cost Of government are huge
swindleS upon the industries ot the coun-
try, procured and instituted by plundcrers
to fiIl their own purses and providepay for
those who manipulate the people, pack
the caucuscs and stuff the ballot boxes,
and that Just and equal laws and an honest
and economical governmcntmu can and
will be established; an absolute money,
and the value thereof maintained at u
fixed per capita by a Constitutional amend-
mcnt, SO that permanent justice may be
done to all men by havinggencnl values
remain the same.
IrsOlrd, Tint we demand IN immediate
repeal OF the resumption act SO that peri
odical carnivals OF bankruptcy may forever
come to an end and that our national wealth
be made a fixed and reliable foundation OF
our monetary system, forever banlshing
from America the idiotic proposition OF
making commodities OF shifting values
and articles Of merchandise like gold and
silver basis for money, a basis that ever
has, as in 1915, 1851, and 1857, aud ever
must periodically slip out from under such
monetary system, thereby destroying It
and plunging the country into ruin aud
bankruptcy, II basis that even England has
never been able to maintain for any great
length OF time, althoughshe is the credi-
tor nation Of the world: :,
ReOlred, That the United Stalos shall
never issue any more interest bearing
bonds unless the same are authorized by
u direct vote OF the people, and those
issued during tho war OF the rebellion
shall be paid us fast as they mature, ao-
conling to the terms OF the contract which
authorized and created that indebtedness
OF tho people, and what that contract is
shall be submitted TO the decision Of the
Supreme Court OF tho unitod states, and
that all subsequent acts which impair tho
original contract and change the original
contract arc hereby denounced as crea-
lures OF corruption and reputation that
must he repealed.
RtsOlted, that the Labor bureau should
be sustained and its field OF operations
enlarged; its officers selected from those
engaged in industrial pursuits and having
the confidence Of the industrial classes OF
the commonwealth, for purposes OF OBJ.
tanning suitable statistics to form n basis
forintelligentl legislation on labor questions
especially with regard to hours Of labor,
which should be reduced In proportion US
tho use OF machinery increases, and in
conformity with other causes which throw
wage workers out OF employment.
HeaOlred, That land OF equal productive
capacity shall be subject to equal taxation
whether cultivated or not, to the end that
the land monopoly In tho future may be
preserved 10 the actual illcr OF tho soil.
ReSolred, That the liberties Of this people
impeatively demand tllatt the fur reaching
and deadly hand Of capital, rs it appears
in the Infamous monopoly known US the
Associated Press, must be torn from the
throat OF public intelligence and the tcle-
graph companies must be forced to sell the
daily news upon equal terms to any paper.
Rtsolred, That the payment Of poll taxes
as condition OF exercising the right Of
tho ballot is n revolution Of Democratic
principle, and tends to corrupt the lcgisla-
tor, and all such odious restrictions should
be abolished: a.,
isSoired, That no person should DC taxed
for that which nc owes; ~ other WoriII, 1I
for purposes OF taxation, all persons shall
have the right to deduct from the value oil
their estates the, sum OF the morIsages
thereon, and said mortgages should DC us
sesscd to the persons to whom they arc
due.
Rsoixd, That the system Of letting out
convict labor by contract is detrimental to
the interest Of workingmen and should be