Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-08-31
THE TANGLED WEB.
WHAT POLITICIANS IRE DOING ILL
OYER THE COUNTRY.

Butler Accepts the Nomination for Cover
nor of Massachusetts Extended to Him
by Himself--The Platform Upon Which
He Proposes to Make the Canvass--The
Amended Platform of the Kansas Re
publicans--Copgressiona Nominations.
CUTLER ACCEPTS.
Boston, Aug. 30.-Gen. Butler, in card ac-
cepting the nomination of the voters who signed
paper expressing wish to choose him Gov
ernor of Massachusetts. says: II take the
trust with all its cares, and will devote all of
the intelligence, labor, forethought and energy
which in me lies, and use all the power which
they and those who think with them may
give to relieve the peoples burdens and
bring about a more equal and efficient admin
istration of the laws of this commonwealth
which they wish As we have organization
or platform OF party principles, either State or
national it may not be inappropriate to set
forth the principles which will guide my politi-
cal measures as well as the conduct of all gov
ernmental functions which may be intrusted
to me. Equal rights, equal duties equal pow
ers. equal burdens, equal privileges
and equal protection by the laws of every
man everywhere under the government, State
or national. The laws of taxation should be
faithfully administered that all of the proper
ty of every kind in the commonwealth should
be taxed just once every year and no more, as
lightly az possible, equally and fairly, and SO
that none can escape the public burden.
law regulating the rate Of interest is advocat-
ed. The repeal of the law against usury has in
many cases ruined both borrower and savings
bank. 1t certainly has shaken to it's founda-
ton our saving bank system. The result may
teach the managers of these institutions
that when the Almighty Numbered his
few laws for his chosen people from Mount
Sinai, the only financial law delivered t.. Moses
was, Take thou usury of thy brother or in
crease" But God was omnipotent wisdom
Let US abolish and fearlessly set aside as far
as we can boards, commissions and unconstitu-
tionally appointed officers and sinecurists.
with their relatives ard employees now living
upon the subsistence of the people extorted
from them by taxation. No political party
coming to power as such can make or carry out
the necessary reformations. With the swarm of
hungry Office-seekers surrounding thu executive
of the party. it is impossible to abolish need
less Offices or to stop the leaks in the treasury
from which hungry politicians fed. We
have no political machinery no political wire
workers, who can make claim on us. We are
directly from the people and of the people
nay, the people themselves. Let the people in
terpose just this between the governing
ring and people without the middlemen of con-
ventions or regard to political issues. The
legislative and executive departments of
the State in the coming year cannot
effect the administration of national affairs
in any way, and if they do their full duty to
the people. and do the work of the people, in
stead Of thrusting it upon boards and commits
sions, and attend to reforms needed at home,
they will have full employment for all their
time. We do not ask, therefore, those who act
with us to pretermit, change, or alter any po-
litical opinion whatever upon any subject, but
any one seeing the necessity, as we see it. of
relieving the peoples burden, and to bring
about more equal and efficient administration
of the laws of the commonwealth, to act with
US for that end.
THE KANSAS TICKET.
TOPEKA, Ks., Aug. 30.-The following is the
full ticket nominated by the Republican State
convention: Governor j. P. st. John; lieuten-
ant governor, L. o. Humphrey; secretary of
state Sames Smith; treasurer. John Francis;
auditor, B. J. Bimbrake; attorney general,
Willard Davis; chief Justice, A. III. Horton:
superintendent of public instruction, Allen B.
Lemon.
Inthe State convention to-day the following
were substituted for the fourth, fifth and sixth
planks of the platform reported yesterday by
the committee.
Fourth-The public credit should be sacred
ly maintained, and all obligations of the gov
eminent honestly discharged, and that we
denounce the issue of an irredemable absolute
money legal tender scrip species of repudi-
alton which would ruin the credit of the nation
and business interests of the country.
Fifth-That experience has shown that the
greenback currency, the creation of the Re-
publican party and under whose fostering care
it has been brought to par with coin, to be
admirably adapted to the wants of trade, and
to the end that there may be but one class of
paper currency, we favor the withdrawal of
national bank rotes, substituting therefor
greenback currency issued directly by the gov
eminent as the sole paper currency of the
sued in sufficient volume to meet the
wants of business without depreciating its
value, and that it shall be received i'll payment
of all debts and dues, public and private. ex-
cept as otherwise specified by contract. That
! we are in favor of an honest greenback that
shall always be worth its face in coin, and
that it be issued in the largest volumes that
| can be kept afoat at par with coin, to which
end we favor a law of Congress by which the
volume of the greenback currency in circula-
ton shall always obey the national law of sup
ply and demand.
Sixth-That as we believe double coin
standard of values is preferable to single
standard, we are in favor of placing the coin
age of gold and silver on par, giving to
neither an advantage or preference.
sHERMAN's SPEECH.
Especial Telegram to the Globe
MADISON, Wis, Aug. 3O.-The Republican
State Central committee had John Sherman
Toledo speech published in pamphlet form,
and it will be at once generously distributed
| over the State.
| CONGRESSIONAL NOMINATIONS.
| ST. LOUIS, Aug. Cor. Graham Frost, con-
testant for the seat of L. f. Metcalf, in the
present Congress, was nominated by acclama-
ton by the Democrats of the Third district of
| this city this noon.
| Sioux CITY, Aug. 3O.-The Democratic Con-
| gressional committee of the Ninth District, in
sessi at Cherokee to-day. nominated Walter
! H. Brown, of Emmett, for Congress.
| INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 30.-The Democratic
Congressional convention of this district at
Martinsville to-day passed resolutions declaring
DR.. Delamatyr, candidate on the National
| ticket, the unanimous choice of the convention
for Congress.
| SAVANNAH, Ca, Aug. 30.-John C. Nichols
was nominated by the Democrats of the First
Congressional district.
| PERFECTLY SATISFIED.
| LEAvENwoRTH, Kan, Aug. 30.-The nonaina.
the Republican State convention is received
! here with great enthusiasm. Bontires illumi
mated the city, and hearty congratulations
were generally expressed. The opinion pre-
walls that the whole ticket is the strongest and
bespever made by the party.
a Correction.
| To the Editor of the Globe:
BRA1NERD, Aug. 30.-Your paper Of yester
| day in notice reparflinp deleuates to the