, 1884-05-30
The Cock-Eyed Child of Des-
tiny Gets Nominated.
Judge West, Of Mississippi,
Coupled With Him.
The Greenbackers Luxuriate in
a Lot of Resolutions.
Butler Nominated.

'lNtilpdGh NJiN tiIllDh lCdSoGliblGu at "
o'clock this morning. General Weaver
presiding The committee on resolutions
was not ready to report and the whole
forenoon session was taken up in brief adj
dresses by members of the convention.
The committee sen word to the presiding
officer that the committee would not be
ready to report before . or 3 o'clock and
the convention adjourned until > O'Clock.
The convention reassembled pursuant
to adjournment and the committee on
resolutions not being ready to report the
Intervening time was occupied i'll making
and the adoption of motions of thanks to
various persons including the committee
of arrangements, presiding officers, the
local press, and also w. III. English for
free use of the Opera house. a resolution
extending sympathy to Union printers
and organized labor in the boycotting
fight against the New York Tribune was
read and referred. 1t was after 8 o'clock
when Chairman Weaver announced that
the committee ON resolutions were ready
to report and it was then a%scertained that
there would be three reports. The min
ority reports We're made by Jones, of New
York. and Blanchard, of Michigan. and
were read first. The reading was atten-
lively listened to and occasionally inter
rupted by applause, the report Of
Blanchard meeting with enthusiastic APP
proyal and its author receiving many con
CALCULATIONS ON the stand he took in favor
of temperance and woman suffrage.
Jones report differed from the majority
report in demanding that while Congress
shall issue full legal tender notes to
be used in the payment of Government
debts, constructing public improvement,
to reduce transportation charges, complet-
ing public buildings, building of the navy
and for such other purposes as Congress
is now asked to appropriate money, until
the surplus labor of the country is en-
ployed, a profitable home market for the
products of American farms and work
shops created, and business done on a
cash basis. Jones did not insist on his
views and there was not a split in the
platform. The majority report was read
by MIR. Norton, chairman of the commit
mittee. 1t contained a lengthy preamble,
setting forth the objects of the Greenback
party and what it has accomplished, say
ing that Congress had repealed over $l2,-
000, 900 annual taxes for the banks, thus
throwing this burden upon the people to
pay interest thereon.
The resolutions d~enounce as dangerous
land, money and other gigantic corpora-
tons they demand that the powers
granted these corporations be returned to
the people; the return to the public
domain of such lands as have been for
feited by noncompliance with the con
tract and that alien ownership be pro-
hibited they demand hat Congress
regulate interstate commerce and
d~cnounce pooling and discrimination
in rates; they demand the establishment
of the postal telegraph; they demand a
graduated form of income tax; they de-
mand the amelioration of the condition of
labor by better sanitary regulations, the
abolition of the convict labor system, the
reduction of the hours, the fostering of
educational institutions and the abolish
ment of child labor; they condemn the
importation of contracted labor; they in
sist upon n constitutional amendment re-
ducing the term of the United
states senator's; they demand a change
in the rules governing Congress, so that
the representatives will be placed on
an equal footing and the great power
taken out the hands of the committees;
they fight rather shy of the tariff question,
and believe that while a revision is nee
essary the money question is one of vastly
greater consequence; to test the feelings
of the public on the question, they favor
submitting an amendment to the constitu-
ton in favor of suffrage regardless of sex
and also on the subject of the liquor
traffic; they believe that all soldiers of the
late war should be equally pensiond.
INDIANAPOLIS, May 29.-The roll of
states was called, and c. L. Cunningham.
Arkansas, nominated General B. +.
Butler, which was seconded by Mr..
Chase, California, and by REPRESENTATIVES
of other states until Georgia was reached,
when Mr.. Craver, of that state, nominat-
ed Jesse Harper, Ills. Mr.. Jones, n. Y,
nominated Il. p. Allis, Wis, and Mr..
Atwood, Pa, nOminatcdT T. b. Armstrong,
of hat tate. The ballot resulted !:
Butler, 1913; Harper, 9S; Allis, 2; Davis,
!; and Scion Chase, though not placed
in nomination, received two votes. Butler
was declared the nominee. The convention
then proceeded to the selection of Il can
didate for Vice President, and General a.
NJ. West, Mississippi, nominated by &C
clamation. Colonel Winston, North Caro-
lima, DR.. Hopkins, New Jersey; General
w. p. lines, Michigan; George b.
Hutchinson, Massachusetts, and ex-Gov-
ernor Sprague; Rhode Island, were APP
pointed a committee to wait on Governor
Butler and General West, and to notify
them Of the action of the convention
Adjourned.