Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-09-12
Massach,setts Gyseubuche,x.


the Independent Green back party of Massachu-
sets met to-day. Nearly thousand delegates
were present, among them one lady, Mrs.
Josephine r. Stone, of Boston.
Gen. B. T. Butler was nominated for Cover
nor by u rising vote, and three cheers were
given for the general.
After the nomination of Gen. Butler for Gov
ernor the matter of placing candidates in the
field for other State Offices was referred to the
Greenback clubs. The committee to await on
Gen. Butler to notify him Of his nomination
reported he was engaged in the supreme court
and could not attend the convention. but would
make reply at an early day. The committee
resolutions reported the following platform:
WHEREAS By vicious and reckless admins
tration of public affa;rs we have our in
dustries crippled ana people reduced to
want and misery; therefore
ResOiUcd, That as neither the Democratic or
Republican parties offer any relief, but are on
the contrary responsible for this state of
things, having lcgislated invariably in the in
terest of the few at the expense of many, and
against the interest of land and labor, which
are the sources of all wealth. we call upon the
people to declare their independence from
these false guides and aid in regaining the
priceless rights bequeathed to us by our
patriotic sires. To this end we invite the CO.
operation Of every good citizen and offer the
following resolutions enunciatory of the prin-
ciples of the National Greenback Labor party
of Massachusetts.
RESOLVED, That much of the present legisla-
ton and cost of government are huge swindle
upon the Industries of the country procured
and instituted by plunderers TO fill their purses
and provide pay for those who manipulate the
people, pack the caucus and stuff the ballot
boxes, and that just and equal laws and honest
and economical government must and
shall be established as absolute the money and
volume thereof maintained at fixed rate per
capita by constitutional amendment that
permanent justice may be done to all by
having general values remain the same.
ReS0,ved, That we demand the immediate
repeal of the resumption act, that periodical
carnivals of bankruptcy may forever come to
an end, and that our national wealth be made
the fixed and reliable foundation of our mon.
etary system forever, banishing from America
the idiot 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 1Sl5-31 and 81, and ever
must periodically slip out from under such
monetary system, thereby destroying it and
plunglng the country into ruin and bankruptcy;
basis that even England has never been able
to maintain for any great length of time al
though she is the creditor nation of the world.
ReSoIped, That the United States shall never
issue any more interest bearing bonds unless
the same are authorized by direct vote of
the rebellion shall be paid as fast as they ma
ture, according to the terms of the contract
which authorized ard created that indebted
ness of the people, and what that contract is
shall be submitted to a decision of the supreme
court Of the United States, and that all subse-
quent acts which impair and change the orig
inal contract are hereby denounced as creatures
of corruption, and must be repealed.
ReSolDed, That the labor bureau should be
sustained, its field of operation enlarged, its
officers selected from those engaged in indus
trial pursuits and having the confidence of the
industrial classes If the commonwealth for the
purpose of obtaining reliable statistics to form
basis of intelligent legislation on labor ques-
tlons, especially with regard to hours of labor,
which should be reduced in proportion as the
use of machinery increases and in conformity
with other causes which throw workers out of
employment.
ResolUed, That lands of equal productive
capacity shall be subject to equal taxation,
whether cultivated not, to the end that
monopolsts may in future be held in check,
and that the public domain may be preserved
to actual settlers of the soil.
ResOlred, That the liberties of this people
emphatically demand that the far reaching and
deadly hand of capital, it appears in the
infamous monopoly known as the Associated
Press, must be torn from the throat of public
intelligence, and the telegraph companies
must be forced to sell daily news upon equal
terms to any paper.
Reso1Ued, That the payment of a poll tax as
condition of exercising the right of the bal
lot. is revolution of Democratic principle
and tends to corrupt legislation, and all such
odious restrictions should be abolished.
ResOlved, That no person should be taxed for
that which he owes. In other Words for pur-
poses of taxation all persons shall have the
right to deduct from the value of their estates
the sum of the mortgages thereon. and said
mortgages should be assessed to the persons to
whom they are due.
Resolved That the system of letting out con-
yict labor by contract is detrimental to the
interests Of working men, and should be abol-
ished
Reso70ed That the public lands are the prop
erty of the people, and therefore they should
be reserved for actual settlers aided in their
settlement by government and protected in
their possessions by Just laws.
The resolutions We're unanimously adopted.
Adjourned