The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-05-31

/ watering anu DISCRIMINATION IN rates and
charges, and that Congress shall correct
, those abuses, even, If necessary, by the
| construction of National railroads. We
also demand the establishment of Gov
| eminent postal telegraph system.
3. All private property, all forms of
money and obligations to pay money,
| should bear their just proportion of the
public taxes. We demand a graduated
| income tax.
G. We demand an ameioration of the
condition of labor by enforcing sanitary
| laws in industrial establishments, by the
| abolition OF the convict system, by rigid
inspection of mines and factories, by
reduction of the hours of labor in indus
trial establishments, by fostering edu-
catonal institutions and by polishing
| child labor.
| 7. We condemn all importations of
contracted labor made with view of
reducing to starvation wages the work
| ingmen OF the country, and demand laws
for its prevention.
| s. We insist upon a constitutional
amendment reducing the term of United
States Senators.
8. We demand such rules for the gov
| eminent of Congress as shall place all
| representatives of the people upon an
equal footing, and take away from COM
| mttees veto power greater than that of
| the President.
10. The question as to the amount of
duties to be levied upon various articles
OF import has been agitatcd, quarrclcd
over, and has divided communities for
nearly one hundred years. 1t is not now
| and never Will be settled unless ,l,F the
abolition of indirect taxation. tt is a
| convenient issue always raised when
| the people are excited over abuses
| in their midst. While we favor a wise
revision of the tariff laws, with u
| view of raising revenue from Injuries
rather than necessarieS, we insist that as
an economic question its Importance is
| insignificant as compared with the tiuan-
cial issues, for, whereas we have suffered
| our worst panicS under the law and also
under high tariffs, we have never suffered
from a panic or seen our factories aud
workshops stopped while the volume of
| money in circulation was adequate to the
needs of commerce. Give our farmers
and manufacturers money as cheap as
you now give our bankers and they can
| pay high wages to labor and compete
| with all the world.
| IL. For the purpose of testing the
sense of the people upon the subject, we
are in favor of submitting to a vote Of the
people an amendment to the Constitution
in favor of suffrage, regardless of sex
and also on the subject OF the liquor
traffic.
u. All disabled soldiers of the late
war should be equtably pensioned, anC
we denounce the policy of keeping {
small army of office holders, whose only
business is to prevent on technical
grounds deserving soldiers from obtain
ing Justice from the Government they
helped to save.
10. AS our name indicates, we are
national party, knowing no East, n
, West, no North, no South. Having N
sectional preiudiccs, we can properl
place in nomination for the hg
Offices of State candidates from an
section of the Union. We appeal t
all who believe in our principles to al
by voice and pen and votes,
NOMINATIONS.
The roll of States was called, and c. +
Cunningham, of Arkansas, nominate,
General B. F. Butler, which was seconded
by Chase, of California, and by repre-
sentatives of other States until Georgia
was reached, when Craver, of that State
nominated Jesse Harper, of Illinois
Jones, of New York, nominated Il. =
Ailis, of Wisconsin, and Atwood, of Penn
syvania, nominated T. b. Armstrong, o
that state.
The ballot resulted! Butler, 323; Ha
per, 90; Allis, ,; Davis, /.
Butler was declared the nominee.
The Convention then proceeded to thu
selection of candidate for Nicc-Presi
dent, and General A. NJ. West, of MisSis
sippi, was nominated by acclamation.
Adjourned.
Colonel Winston, of North Carolina, D
A. Hopkins, of New Jersey, General W
2. Innis, of Michigan, George b. Hutch
inson, of Massachusetts and Ex-Governor
Sprague, of Rhode Island are appointed q
committee to wait on Governor Butler
and General West and notify them of the
action OF the convention.
DISSATISFACTION.
A great deal of dissatisfaction IS eX.
pressed by the anti.Butlcr men who
participated in the convention of the
Greenback Labor party, as a consequence
OF the nomination of a delegate to the
Democratic National Convention as its
candidate for the Presidency. There is Z
general feeling that there is a large ele
ment who will not support the action Of
the convention.
The National Greenback Committee
held a long session tonight and organ,
lied by electing T. A. Gillette, of Iowa,
Chairman, and d. w. Teerlinde, of New
Jersey, Secretary.
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