Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-11

and of all such legislation as Will tend to en-
lig hten the people as TO the true relations OF
capital and labor.
We believe that The public lands ought as
far as possible, 10 be kept as homesteads for
lands herst fore improviden,ly grant
ed to railroad corporations by
the actions OF the Republican party should
bs restored to the public domain, and that
no more grants of land- shalt be made to cor
porations or shan be allowed TO fall into the
ownership OF alien absentees.
We are opposed to all propositions which,
taxes To be distributed among the states or
the citizens thereof.
Resolved, that no taxes direct or Indirect
IAN be tightIul y impos ed upon the people
eNcep to meet the eNpen es of an ecInolnl.
ca ly administered government. To bring
taxation to this point Is true admins .rat.ve
revenue reform,
Resolved. that the people Will tolerate d.
the government only In case of dire necessity
of war.
Resolved, the efore, that the revenue
nece- sary for such expenses should be
raised by custom duties upon imports afCe r
the IN nDcr of our IA hers.
X solved, thar In levylng such duties two
principles should be carefully observed first,
that n 4 ma erial used in the arts and manu-
factories and necessaries of life not produced
in the country should come in free and that
sll articles Of luxury should tie taxed rs light
as possible p TO the C election point.
That In Imposing custom duties
the law must be ear, fully adjusted to promote
Aineri' an enterprises anu Industries and
not c'eate monopolies and TO cherish and r.
Ter American labor. Faithful industi y is the
b.sis ON which the whole fabric of civilz.-
ton stands. Under our system toilers and
p'onncers, the mass OF the
being the true Democracy. They demand
me fullest consideration of measures for
their education, ad vancement and protection
labor aud capital are allies, not enemies.
no contention can arise between them
u each had done It's duty TO
and national, all such controversies can ONLY
be settled by brute force, caplt Il starving
labor and labor despoillng capital, the con-
esnG rann ssain S Both the But '' aaais
Is strong; lanor rs weak; therefore labor mas a
righ In demand OF the government To est ab-
sles which may lead TO revolutions may be
Jadicially and justly determined.
The remainder OF the plat form did
not reach us In time for this mornings
issue.-ED. GAZETTE.
The reading Of the platform was con-
cludedat 10 o'clock. 1t was listened
tn attentively aid with very few inter
ruplions. In fact, none of its para
graphs except that referring to Mr..
ridden elected any marked approval.
There was. however, a slight mani
festttion of applause when the reading
closed. Mr. Morrison said he would
Yield now to Gen. Butler to present a
minority report. He would then
allow Gen. Butler thirty minutes to
discuss his report, fifteen minutes to
MI: Converse Ohio and five minutes
TO MIR. Watterson aud then he would
move the previous question and ask
for vote.
Gen. Butler said that most of the
things in the platform he agreed TO.
some things ought to be added to il
ana one thing especially ought to be
changed, and that he would submit to
tne better Judgment of the conven-
tion' He asked the clerk tn read his
report. The clerk commenced bv
enunclating slowly and very distinctly
the words: Gen. Buffers platform
wnlch caused general laugh.
on call OF states the following were
ann unced AS members OF the national
committee: Alabama, Henry C. Sem.
pie; Arkansas, A. S. W. Fordic; Cali.
iornia, Nj. +. Tarpy; Colorado, NJ. \.
waller; Connecticut, w. Ii. Barnum:
fiorida, Samnel Pasco; Georgia, Pat.
rick Walsh; Illinois, S Corning Judd.
Indiana, Austin II. Brown; Iowa. M
VI. Ham; Kansas, b. G.. w. Blair.
Kentucky, Henry V. McHenry,
Louisiana, b. +. Jonas; Maine. IA,
mund Wilson; Maryland, A. p. Cor.
man; Michigan, Ben. NJ. Dickinson.
minnesota, I. III. Kelly; Missouri, Jno
u. Prather; Mississippi, c. A. John
son; Nebraska. J. Il Boyd; Nevada
Denis Z. Mccarthy; New Hampshire
A: W. Ssllaway; North Carolina NJ
w. Rams )m; Ohio, w. w. Armstrong.
Hho1e Island. J. Ii. Barnaby: South
Carolina, Francis w. Dawson.
Tennessee. Robert s. Io,,neu.
Texas. o 7. Holt; Vermont. Hon 4
Is Smalley; Virginia, John x. Barber.
west Virginia. Louis Baker. Wiscon,
10, VIM. +. Villas; Arizona. w X
Meade; District Of Columbia VIM
buckson; Idaho, John Haley. Dskota
NJ. IL. Day; Utah, j. b. Roseboron"n.
Montana. w. K. McCormick. WE
ue.gh territory, J. A. Kuhn; New
Il. Post '''hs' NJ
Gen, Butler then proceeded N I'D
u'ess shc convention. He said he ap-
Ptared with great dlflidence. Most
Mug, ~, 10 the platform he agreed to.
,nese which had just been read were |
'uoiiitted and not agreed To. There |
Was one thing on which there
YES me most radical difference |
'etween the two platforms. Roth
'sreeu that there was no constitutional
'ower to raise revenue beyond the
necessary wants OF the government.
maj II should be raised according IN
ne doctrines Of the fathers and that no
AK should be laid on necessariea of
.is not produced in this country. He
a'ne nere as no mendicsnt, no 6eggar:
: se sa nae mere representing more than
oVo oW laborlDg men. He had