The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-06-05
Rolla, Phelps County, Missouri.

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Rolla, Phelps County, Missouri.
EDITOR PLA1NpEALER:
It has been long time since /
had the great pleasure to read the
honest sentiments Of man OF
courage and independence, who has
dared to thinl; and net for himself,
and to show his entire disre gard
Of the prejudices and thralldon Of
old parties to come out flatfooted
for what he thinks to be right
and just And such definition 1t
seems to me correctly also describes
Il greenbacker who has broken
loose from the shackels Of party and
means to espousc the cause OF the
many who sorely need relief and to
appease the rapacity and greed Of
the few who have long since having
subsidized all congressional legisla-
ton for their own use and beooof.
now wish to perpetuatc their own
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT and ill.gottcn pow
or, whatever distress and abasc-
ment it may work to the great body
Of the people. II you feel and know
that in Iowa the great mass OF the
people, especially the working
classes, are in sore distress and
suffering the anxiety and dis
appointment Of unremitt;ng toll from
day to day. which hardly keeps
them in comfort and plenty, while
the prospect ahead continues dark
and disconraging with no hope that
4 competence and independence will
ever be gained. II such is the as
pcct OF affairs in Iowa, where every.
thing outwardly betokens prosperity
and health and happiness, come
down into Missouri and Arkansas
and you will not fail to see at once
stronger evidences OF hard times
and public Encouragement. Go TO
the mines at Joplin and Webb City,
in southwest Missouri, where you
will see poor fellows working in mud
and water hundred feet below the
surface for the wages OF $1.75 or
$500 per day, which hardly sufices
to keep body and soul together, and
where the laborer Is Il married man,
you may be sure that his humble
home will also be the home oil
sqnalor, discomfort, and that most
wrctched Of all sicknesses, that OF
the heart, which comes from hope
| deferred.
l imagine that just such a state Of
things prevailed in the days tina,
tried mems souls and when the PEG.
pie found saviour in Andrew Jack
son. Then as now a few had plent,
of money. the few who had trusted
to the United States bank, ant
could count on its help because o
their fealty and undertaking supper
to that huge money power. A mar
like unto old Hickory, in his trice
courage and indomitable persever
ance and energy, and the indepen
dence OF character to do what III
thinks is right and just, anc goes il
for the greatest good to the creates
numbcr-a man something after thu
manner of honest old Abe-wht
would persist in doing what he coult
do in the line Of honest, patriotic
duty for the good OF all the peopl,
rs he sincerely believed; doing hi
best and trusting to the God of trutl
and justice to do the rest, seems nov
to be the only hope Of the people
and that man is Ben Butler, OF Mass
A man long and grossly abused TO
what he was not, and never com
] mended for what he really was.
1t is most gratifying to see tina
the representatives of the people il
the anti-monopoly ranks have signi
fled unequivocably, their confidence
and preference for Ben Butler. n,
doubt the greenback national con
vention will also ratify and confirm
this nomination with unanimity an,
heart felt appreciation, and that tn
people will afIix in November tn
high seal of their ratification an,
full concurrence.
The candidates OF the mone,
power, Tilden and Blaine, etc, seen
to have settledown rs il by common
consent to the same rule of tactics
i. e., an occasional flirpant interyie,
OF some casual interview ut the liter
airy desk OF the book writer, or q
the bedside OF the chronic invalid Q
, Gramercy Park, each principal dis
claiming as OF old all idea OF being
. candidate for presidential honors
You may be sure that Blaine an
Tilden and Arthur are each til
special candidates Of money power
, although Messrs. Blaine and Arthu
, are republicans so.called, and Nj
: Tilden is democrat, so-called. TIL
real gist of the matter, the true in
tent and meaning, OF the huge re
morseless power which is full OF a
! selfishness, greed and unsuitable ra
: pacity, is not whether our man be
republican or democrat, but only, !
he safe man." That is to sa,