The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-05-31
THE POLITICAL FIELD.
THE cResNeAck NATIONAL MEETING.
The Convention In Session at indianapolis
Perm ,nent Organization - The New
NationaI .Committee-W Wisconsin and
Kansas Democrats.
THE GREENBACKERs

THE GREENBACRERS.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, May 29.-The Ma
tional Greenback Convention assembled at
Engish's Opera House at eleven clock yes
terday The house was called to order by
Jesse Harper, of Illinois, Chairman
of the National Committee, Hon. John
Tiler, OF Florida, was elected tenn
porary Chairman, and George c. Hackstatf,
of Missouri, and Cornelius Dowdy, of New
York, Secretaries. All the States were rep
resented except Delaware and Mississippi.
South Carolina was represented by Morse
Churett proxy. Ordinary business
was transacted at the morning session.
A Committee on Credentials, consist
ing OF one from each Stale was
contested from Maine. George .. Jones,
of New York, attempted several times to
get resolution favorable to the Chase dele
CATION, but was not recognized by the chair.
The convention adjourned till two O'Clock
to give the Credental Committee time to re-
ort.
Almost the entire afternoon session was
&C ,upied in discussing the question whether
delegates representing States whose delega-
tons were not complete should be allowed
to cast the entire vote to which the States
were entitled After three hours de-
bate it was decided no votes would be
counted except those OF the delegates ac.
tually present, this being regarded as a
triumph for Butler Under this decision
the actual vote of the convention is All.
General James b. Weaver of Iowa, was
chosen permanent Chairman.
General Weaver was conducted to the
chair and delivered a speech, reviewing the
growth of the Greenback party, commend.
ing its principles and denOuncing financial
measu es enacted in recent years by menu
beers of the old parties At the conclusion
of Weaver's speech recess was taken until
1880.
The convention was slow on reassem-
bling, and it was eight o'clock when Chair
man Weaver called 1t TO order The roll of
States was called for members of the Ma
tional Committee, with the following re-
suit:
Arkansas, c. E. Cunningham; California, d.
Shellhouse; Colorado g. De la Matyr; Con
D. Parker; Illinois, Jesse Harper; Indiana,
Richard Gregg; Iowa. Il. II. Gillette; Kansas
A. ). utIey; Kentucky, n /. A. Wood sd;
sofa, c. ii. Roberts Missouri, Henry d
Hill Nebraska, l.. c. Pace: New Hampshire,
Warren Il. Brown; New Jersey, Is ". Ter
linde; New York, Lewis +. Post; North Caro-
lima. George Is. Wren; Ohio. j. st. Ciarkson;
Pennsylvania, j. A. Case; Rhode island, ID p.
Chase; Texas, Andrew Young; Vermont, NJ.
n. Il. Bake; West virginia, j. W. Gorham;
Wisconsin, Robert Shilling; District OF CO.
lumbii Lee Crandal.
At eleven o'clock the convention adj
journed until nine o'clock tomorrow with
out transicting further business, the Com
mittee on Resolutions not being ready to
re- lort
During the day the following telegram
passed between Governor Begole and Gems
eral Butler:
lNDiANAPoLIs, May 2S. - GOVERNOR BEN
BUTLER: VIII you accept the nomination on
Il satisfactory PLATFORM No OCher question
here. j. W. BEGOLE.
boston, May 2s.-J. w. BEGoLE, indianapo-
lis Thanks for your consideration, but why
should | be asked question which, under
like circumstances, was never pul to my
other mani Is not my record as { ecn.
hacker for twenty years sufficient wit.Cu, Il
formal pledge to you, which would cause me
to be pointed al as a man who bids for Il nom
nationE BENJAMIN +. BUTLER.
WISCONSIN DEMOCRATS.
MADISON, Wis, May 29.-The Demo
crtt Convention was called to order yeSer-
day by Wendell A. Anderson, Chairman,
who nominated Judge l.. Il Larson, OF
Eau Claire, who was elected with much ell
thusiasm.
he following district delegates were
elected:
First District. X. Doolittle, Racine; An
son Rogers, GAINESVILLE.
Sccond-J. X. De uney, Dodge County; Is. :.
Potter Washington County.
Fourth-John Black and Charles +. Free
man, Milwaukee.
Fihh-Car Lillier, Sheboygan; A. ID Gray,
Sxth--G, W. Pratt, Oshkosh; George Kreiss,
Outagamic.
SEVENTH. W. Lusk, Sank; J. X. McCullom,
EigHth-w. II. Smith, Dunn; N. G. Freeman,
Trempelcau.
Ninth-General Alexander Brazeau. Oconto;
l.. Marchitts, Marathon.
The Committee Oh Perm anent Organiza-
ton recommended thecOntinuance in Office
OF the temporary chairman and secretaries.
T is report was unanimously adopted.
The Committee on Reso uiOns then re-
ported as follows:
GssOiUrd, That we believe a carcfuly-de-
yispd system oi tariff duties to be the most
cxpedicut and cheapest method Of collecting
such revenue, in addition to excise taxes
upon liquors ana tobacco, It's shall. be found
necessary TO defray the ordinary charges of
the Government, including modcra.e an
nual reduction in the public debt.
RCSHCed, In the language oil the National
Democratic platform of Is 6, that: "Reform is
necessary in the sum and modes of Federal
to the end that capital may be set
free from distress and labor lightly burlencd:
we denounce the present tariff levied upon
nearly four thousand articles as IA masterpiece
of injustice, inequality and false
prefense, which yields dwindlIng
and not yearly rising revenue, and has
impoy erished many industries to subsdize a
few: ii prohibits imports that might purchase
the products of American labor; 1t has de-
graded American commerce from the trst to
an inferior rank upon the high seas; IL has
cut down the values of American manulac-
lures at home and abroad: 1t has depleted the
returns of American agriculture, an industry
followed by half our people; it costs the peo-
pie Ave times more than it produces to the
treasury, obstructs the process of production,
and wastes the fruits OF labor; 1t promotes
fraud fosters sInngglinY. and nnrChcs dis