The bee., 1884-05-24
TEE FIRST CONVENTION.
General Butler Nominated for Presit
dent by the Anti-WOnOpOIists.

0enB Dy the AntlsuOGOpOtlbtSs
The national convention of the Anti-Mo-
aopolist party met at Hershey Music hall,
HLcago. The cal provided for between
1909 and 1900 delegat9s. The
convention was called to order by John
j. Henry, Chairman of the national
committee. In his opening address he said
that the convention had assembled at time
when panic was raging in Wall street
never before equa,ed except by "Black Fri
day" A delegate shouted: at couldn't
have come at a better tine Mr.. Henry
then presented the name of Alison j.
Streator, of Illinois, for temporary
chairman, and he was chosen to that position.
=. Mr.. Killmer, of New YORK, read resoll,.
tons alGI llGcI;tsed by the ex ctfss committee of
the Anti-Mono| oiy league OF New York, on
April Is, to the effect that it was inexpsdisnt
10 nominate pr sidential AMI svic5-presi-
Dental candidat.s at this convention, and
that committees be appointed 10 at
tend the conventions OF other parties and en-
deavor to secure the nomination OF men
pedged to anti-monopoly principles. This
caused a ripple Of ex5i em Mt and after soma
discussion and several motions the whole
matter was laid on the table by heavy
majority, but it was afterward taken up again
an placed on lie.
john i. Henry, of New York, was ap-
pointed president OF the convention and the
temporary secretaries were made permanent.
When the convention reaSsembled at 7:3e
to take from the table the resolution
O. the New York nti-Monopoly
leagus present d during the alter
noon and tabled This motion called out
an excited debate. 1t was finally decided to
take the resolutions from the table and place
them on fiIe Charles Litchman, of MassS-
chusetts, presented the majority report Of
the committee on the platform, which
holds that labor and capital should
he allies not enemies, land we de-
mlnd justice for both by protecting the
rights of all as against the privileges of a
few That corporations are the creatures
of law an should be controlled by laI. J" The
platform then calls for the enactment and
vigorous execution OF Just laws, and
.uality in rights burdens, privileges, and
p5we.s; asserts tlat it is the duty of the
government to at once regulats COM
merce among States, including the trans
porta'ion of moneT and Transmission Of
Intelligence; denounces the p eSent tariff as
being largely in the interest OF m lLo 1oly, and
demands that it be sp eiilv and radica ly re-
formedin the interest o labor instead of capi-
tll; urges thai no further grants O. public
lands be made to co poraiCnS. The minority
re 'ors was the platform adopted at the Anti
ManoI o'y conN ention held Oh July 4, 1888.
The majority report wss a1opte1by vote
Of 80 0to25.
A motion was then made to proceed to the
nominatiTl of can idateS for President. An
other dispue tere arose over the method Of
procedure, Sysi State Senator Boyd, of New
York, seized his hat and left the hall. He
was followed by the delegates from the
District of Columbia. General Butler was
then pu in nomination successively by Mrs.
Told, of Califogna: Mr.. Rooney, of New
York, and several others. Mr.. Blanchard,
of Vermont PIT in nomi nation j. b. Weaver,
o. Iowa The chair h9re anrolrc2d that il
Just had an interview VITA MIR. Weaver, and
that he hal not only declared he would
not accept the nomination. but that he was
in favor of General Bl tier. Mr.. Bawd, of
Nebraska, nominated Allen G.. Thurman On
al informal ballot Butler received 124 votes,
Thurman seven, and SO on Chase, of Maine,
one. Butlar was &c lsred the nominee OF
tho invention