The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-08-28

tutional currency against the opinions OF thu
paid attorneys of every fnancier IN the eount
try. Tie time viii come if the people of tn
country can get the clutch OF monopoly OF It's
currency of its throat, when such system OF
to the industrial and business iuteresls OF the
country from h terrible uctuatlon which
the people now suffer.
In framing your electoral ticket, make a
fus on in all the States with the supposed
minority, and make IL upon TINS theory: nor
that you are going to vote for the electors of
any candidates opposed to your interests, not
that the friends of the other candidates are
going to vote for yours, but agree that you
viii run the same eiectCr Il ticket, provided
the electors " no com Jose 1t are as they Uught
To bC, reputable men who VIII Dc DOund ny
their honorable u ldCr akin IS, when Is all
there is that binds the electoral college to
vote in any dir sctiOn, and then have 1t agreed
To t the electoral vote of the State shall be
divided in the electoral c-Eege according
to the number OF votes Ihro"h 1of your your
candidate and the lumber OF NoJeS
thrown for tie other candidate on the
same ticket. The number OF votes winch
each cdn1idata gets VIII De known Win SUI
stantiat accuracy long before tue ofhclal
count is made. Therefore you wi have ev-
cry incCn i've to vote Tor your candidate be-
cause the lir-e r lumber of votes you cast the
more Electoral vote Will your andldate get,
and the le s VIII the other rave. And those
VII are voting for the same electors VITA
you vii throw many VOseS as they can Tor
their candi late i'm order that he shall have as
large snare of tle electoral Votc OF tn
State as poss.b G, neIher in fact voting 1or
the CANDIDATE Of the o her Thus YOU Will
In many States if we exert our strength, we
a ready hold the balance OF power IN qIlCe
Odc hundred COngreSSIOn3 Al Districts, less than
enc thOus ana voters will det .mlne wlether
friend Of labor and the people, or the tool OF
monopoly snail nave a SCAT IN congress. Lev
us organize, therefore, IN every dlsul.L 10
see to 1t that no man goes to 90 lgresS from
any district who is not with Us aud OF Us;
strong enough III mOril reCttIde to sand Tor
tie rights of the people "unawed by power
and IN bought by gain"
N ed e
with whichever OF the other paruts viii
choose 30 TO do. Minorlties naturally graVl-
tate toward each 9th T. Give them some
State officers and take others to yourselves
upon agreement that both parties shall
vote the sane ticket. BE particular to see 10
it that your friends are sent 10 the state Leg
islatu cs There are many States where laws
arc needed for the protection OF the working
IN, n, the farmer and the merchant against
OppresSOrs and mOnOpOliCS, and II these VIII
stand tOgc Their they can get that protection IN
spite OF the mOnopoilst. FOR example, III the
State of New York, as elsewhere, the pro-
ducerS and traders and consumers need cheap
transportation and competition between
watct-bOrnc ire ght and the ia lrOadS. The
laDCring men and tODtng women want
a tivc-ccnt fare law for the clcvat ed
railroad. The mechanics need good
lien law, All need law to limit the hours OF
labor, whether II woman tOjlinx in a mil or
standing behind Il counter, or Il conductor or
driver standing on a car.
If unybO iy tells you that this is class lcgis-
latiOn, reply to hIm, Yes, we know 1t; we arc
lceIsiating for our class little while for it IS
the first time have hal an opportunity.
last them for Il hundred years.
To the GreenbdcEc-Ldbo PARTY and to the Antt,
MoHoDOltSt Organization, and to the LdbOrtlIg
Men:
had accepted the selection Of your Com
ventions as candidate for President. Anx'
| iOus Tor the succ ss5 of the principles which
| you reprcse II, i'll which, as you know, l am
| so heartily cOncurrcd, l presented, as you
| have learned, as your representative, your
/ plat CrmS to the DemOcrat1c COnNe 1t o l, III
| the hope, 1t it were possible, that they might
! be adopted and made the rule OF that pant,
! which should be composed OF your friends an
For reasons that I have made apparent,
| ance spurned. Personally, have 10 griev-
| ancC with the Convention. 1 was treated with
| every c4urtcsy and consideration nv its Of
/ fee and members, fCr which take pleasure
| here and now to express obligations. But for
| You have a grte5 alcc. The Dem ocracy has
| left us TO ttgh tn battle agdi ist the oppres-
! sOrs of the people together III the best man
| ncr w can; and pledge to you all that
| to do al hat IN me lies in behalf of the prin-
| cip'es that you and hold dear, and without
| the early prevalcTce ami adoption of which
| this Government can not stand.
| You will have one advantage in your can
| didate; you VIII have to spend no time n de-
| Tending him. His dOings have been known to
| the country for more than quarter of Il cen
| fury. Eye-y act of his life has been under a
| micToscOl e iirh G by the lurid res of ha q
| and siander. He Is yet unframed, and has nc
| opinion to take back, no pc y to re can't, and
| no lust Charge to explain for what lie has
| done either in peace or war.
! OF personal advantage to myself nothing
can accrue. ! am TOO old to make selfish
| political act, if it so be to do some service tC
| the people and mankind in calling back the
| Government to the purpose for which it wa
framed by our fathers, Government OF
| thu poop q Il Government by the many and
not by the few, nor for the interests of tle
few.
To the Democratic Party Of Massachusetts,:
As your representative l carried the prfnci
TNln yrl1f ri fT1t 1
your platform in your State Conventions auC
asked that they be adopted by the Nationa
Convention. That they were acceptable Il
the people l know, for they SUSTAINED Won II
| victory once in form and again to victory in
ever gave any defeated candidate for Chief
| Magistra 5000 more than our choice
for Pre- lent, General Hancock, got two
years before. had hoped to sec the party oil
people, which shOu be the true interpre
ta'ion Of the word DemOcl y, adopt thai
carry out its benefcent professions in beha
of the weak and lOwIy VIII need protection
at the hands OF true Dem Del atic Govern
me1t
To withdraw as much as possible all per
sOnal consider atiCns from interfering with
my duties as your representative in upholdin.
| y ur G use and CARRYING forward your princi
pies, / did not permit my name to come be-
lore the invention in Candidature, although
| | am iuStI ucted that the fact is and l glory il
it, that was the un lnfmous choi.e of thu
| Democrat c people Of our state.
| The Convention for sons, and under cir
cumstances that have here nbefOTe stated
form, and in ~taad OF taking any statesman o.
| the Dem0CTa y, nominated as your candidat,
| a gen tlCman whom two years ago there were
| not forty voters in your ranks knew ii ell OF
earth. / not be bOun1 by the nc ion O
| such Convention, so regardless of the inter
ests of the peOp'e and OF democratic usagcs
| and / so told that body
| Party allegiance carried to such extent +
| neither democratic nor useful. ] shall there
| fore, unite mys elf with the laborng men am
| the true Democracy of the country, to do mr.
| endeavCr with them to bring back the govern
| ment into t. control of the people. and / in
| vito every good citizen OF whatever pOlitica
| faith. to join the Peoples Party" to Durifr
| and reform the administration and re Tres
| the wrongs done by Oppte siYe legislation.
| There are some who call Themselves Demo
| Gratis that | would a little lthcr would no
| C jme with US. To the honest ana fair minded
! Democrats who have acted with me. but nov
believe their duty lies in an opposite dircC
| ton, / bid kindly pOlit cal farewell, unit
| Their Consc 'e1tiOus patriotism shall brinI
| them back in the near future to labor witt
| me again in the peoples cause, admitting tina
if | saw not too wisely. saw better than the
did the necessity for a change from party t
| country. BENZ. r. BUTLER
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