The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-09-16
BUTLER LIZ n E\y YORK.
He Speaks to na Audicnee Of Nearly Twenty
fntf1 Thousand Pcor,e. gE..za

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Ue Speaks to M Audience Of Nearly Twenty
~. 9f1 Thousand People.
S New YoRE, September l5.-Detwccn
$4,000 and 10000 people assembled in
Union Square tonight to hear Gcncnl B.
T. Lutlcr speak. 1t required The services
OF half dozen policemen to make a pass
age way ior the General to reach tbe
stand. IIc was loudly cheered. The
crowd was composed largely Of laboring
mcn. Dr.. Ferdinand Secger called tile
meeting to order and introduced Louis r.
Post. rs chairman OF the evening. Mr..
Post in brict address, introduced :'that
great American Governor, Gen. L. +.
cutler" The cheers that grcc.cd the
General rs he came to The IRON: continued
several minutes. When quiet was gained
Zen. Butler said in part: T.
FEiESps AND w-ClrlzESs: Thank
ing you for your kind greeting, assume
that your deep interest in the aairs Of tile
county and the political measures which
should be taken to relieve them has
brought so vast an audience together.
This il, indeed, Il ratification OF the great
city OF NcwYork OF the inauguration OF Il
peoples pa'ty-thc true Democracy.
Unlike the labo.cd, tedious and involved
platforms OF other political psrtieg, that Of
the peoples patty is short, incisive and
comnrehensivc OF every principle ior the
conGuct Of the Government Of the Repub-
lie, and can easily be carried in the men,
ory Of each. alt7l :
ras PEOPLE s PARTY PLATFORM. L,
It is tbs: Equality Of rights. equality
ofburdcns, equality Of powers and equality
OF privileges to all men under the law.
None can deny these were fundamental
doct.ines OF the fathers OF the republic,
adopted by Jefferson, elaborated by Madi-
son and executed by jackson. They were
the t!octrincs OF the Democracy when t.,at
patty was indeed the party Of
the people, uncontrolled by corruption;sts
and monopolis;s. l need not argue
to yoa that in there litter
days inequality Of rights, powers, bur-
dens and privileges have been impo ed by
the Government uction uDon the people.
Corpo;a. ions upon which the public iunc.
ltOllS Nfc Ibpose.l; anu " " liolA tuc pun
lie franchises are granted should be the
servants OF The people only. Eut how
contrary is the practice. Railroads, ele.
vated or surface, as soon rs Incorporated
by ingenious md most o.ten fraudulent
cont.ivances, erect themselves into terrific
and outrageous monopolies by means Of
which tic people are robbed oi their earn
inSs, their business lkindercd and crushed
and many impoverished for the sole bene-
tit OF n few. ~ I.s ghat, 5.s Tt
The people have endeavorcd 10 protect
themselves by granting charters 10. COM
peting railroad lines which have promised
10 procure lower prices for fares md
freight. but it is m automatic fact that
:. 'oadrompetit onalwavscl Gls in railroad
&C .nbinNt'on, anl,ha combination is most
f,fqrcnty directed to the destruction OF
oihar modes 0; transportation which they
caunot control. ) : h i
s2%a. TIE ERIE CANAL. IL
The capacity OF the Eric canal should
have been enlarged years ago, and is there
4 man who hears me that does not know
it would have been done he'd it not been
for tho persistent, united and selfish oppo-
sicon or railroads. Let II not be said That
this isa State question. 1t rises 10 mnch
broader and hiShes proportions. 1t Is a
natural one. TIE burden Of goods brought
upon the Eric canal to the city o: New
York exceeds the ocean traffic from
tho city! of q New York, and here
is done more tlian two.thirds Of the
! commercial business Of the country,