The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-07-17


/ Muinr-Eu,auud Wilson,
! Munlund-A, =, tu,Hial,
/ Michigan them NJ. nirNtnSnu,
T Mnurrutr.-', u, Kelley,
/ Mi.,ouT,-Ioln a, P,niiicr,
| MissiSSirpi-E \. johnson,
| NchwSku-Jumrs T.. lloyd.
! NoNHdu--pvnis T., Mccarthy
/ New llnmpshir,-A. ". SuiluwHy,
North ,.grnilnn-M, W. Ransom,
] bhiu-M, W, Armstrong.
] Rhode lSInd-J, u, liarunhN,
South Iurullnn-frnncls ", Dawson,
| Tcnncsscc-i Robert :, I.ouncy,
! l'AuN--t,. 4, Holt,
| We mont-iinn, u. u, Smnllry,
| Nhgina-,lohn \, Barber.
WvsI Virginia iouls Baker
William 4. Wins,
Ar!yoIu-W. X. Meade.
| District ol Coiumhla-w William Dickson.
! lduho-luhn Haley,
nIsuia-M. II. bay.
Imh-,I, u. l,OsrhOrOugh.
Moniunu-W, X, Mccormick,
! Washington Tcrrltury-,i. \. Kuhn.
New IcNico-NOt announced
Wyomlng-M. T., Post.
Gen. Butler then proceeded Ia address Iiiu
convention. lie said lac Appeared with great
form he agreed Ia. Those which had Just
. been rcUd wcr" submitted and moi agreed To-
There was onc thing on, which there was "a"
most radical difference between the two plat
forms: Both agreed That the"
was no constitutional power la
raise revenue beyond The ncccS-
sury wants of the Government: dat II
should bc raised according TO the doctrine ~
J the fathers, ana TINT no tax should bc lrid un
The nccc>SnricS of lie not produced IN th.s
country. lie came here rs no mCndirant, no
hrggnr. He came here n rcprcsrn,atiNc
of more than ,5OO,OW lnborlng men. He had
brought their condition before the commit
tee. and had demanded not that II should
give Them anything, hut that when taxing
the people the tax should bc taken
where Il would huri hem the least, Was
not this II reasonable demand" Did thcN
think they could gee along without That: He
thought not. He objected To the tnrn'plnnk
in the platform of the convention because II
took tie committee "a hours Ia tri,mc ii,anh II
II took these able gentlemen So long Ia ram"
II and get II In FORM, there must he some
reason Tor that. II they could moi
how were his laboring men 20 lind on! what
IL meant. laughter. There was radical
difference between the committee and MIN
self. The very able Chairman of the coninit-
tee Mr.. MorriSonl thoiSnt there should II"
no such thing Tor could be n"
such thing as protection 10 liner
beiiayrd tRnt there SHOULD be snra pro,c,,tipn.
such fostering, such chcrishln%, Mr.. Murr!-
son could not yield MS conlir,,on ana ~
convention had Ia spend all taa' hnc Lowry.
something that would mean one lining one
Tay INA "n2'n asked me- s,e T. 10 T TcaI
thut tariff plank and see II they could ma
ont exactly what II did lncan. IL DID not
mean protection; Il IL did, Colonel AArri-
son was too honest Il man to bring IL herr.
and yet ii was 80 twisted that u might hn"ll,
protection. laughter tn" i)cnorracNfad
IN H. platform Of 1859 It plank OF ',lHrih
| most i,aian; soldier IN HE counlr .laNsi'-
teri and had not thcS had u tariii pink; nr
"ncc in ''cxclusvey' meant "only'' AMI
only" mcnt exclusively. hnngh-
tr.l Passing 70 ths , currency
A drew jackson, that the Government alone
c aid issue money, and h" would rather be
wrong with jackson han DC right
| with tIc committee. thughtSr.I he
represented many Greenback men,
| good and observation-disclosures Ike .li'en
| q. Ihuglnan tluughterl--a these men wei"
willing 10 come to the Democracy - er;ldi-
ca,c corruption and wrong IN the Govern
mnnt If the Democracy would have them;
! b It how were they received? fI,h Il plank
| ia favor OF honest money" as
| II the Gree1backers were noS. who
w,rs not there a % was s "l 'p man
here LET him be put out. Laughter As to
| ctvil service reform, he ventured to say there
was not u man in the convention IA ior %,
| Ex-senator Pc .dleton had been ne Nu-
thorof the original civil Sc vice law, he
hal never been heard of since, i"l9nS,
H HHs ex n%nn '' for sl9 Ipcic,ksnip.
nIs in e nil arn'a' n S
la"ghterJ For himself he wfn,eo ,euue,it
changes IN once IN o.ucr 10 COUNT ;..Et Nv
1 iaiss, then !, be- wanted AZ II"
neonle Lave chance at H. ana = IL Vas u M :,
to a 200. fellow. In conclusion he sHio that
ic THIS convention told he wo h 'g men anu
women OF the 'or Void 'h' not th'' W s
protected, but 'Iostcred' and che ished. thei,
| lac Democratic party would sweep tho coun
| liz, otherwise ticy would .eilain ! they
/ ,.I.u t,,pu IN election d1y,an The DemOs-
ThtSors.ca,I. he was = f tss, tTo
OF escnre hau TO he raised on ii'ports ihcr"
could he no srch thing n free, trade.
| ard $, lon, ~ some i.tsusi'y must be los
| lcie American men ard wonmh ;rp''d De
! ken ca, q of. "a .plrrse. lie World ca for Z
! vote by States on Us substitute for e.. tam
pl II : 10 tie plafofln.
ation.,on of the pie 10. m's repo' ted : the
majority of the committee. He said there
wrs ,.,,icll in But'c,ss platform 20 WI en- ~
81 3scr;l,e There wa, luuch o the
cn'boc cd IN the .cport OF the r"lhmit,..e
o ,fI !. e:..ht 81 les. Tled.sten wa,
hut >, ,ingle STATE, "he himiu
port was a he ,mollizing Of nf. snr'
ih l platform the ri .ht4of labor were f'l'y
Ieco nized but the great ctnsal ana ever.
| Nh y
w S;."" a reform in the CO.
ernment from depn tinent to deparl2
| and when that SHOULD be uoiS
patty would be prepared 10 IA
| otncr and less important mi;
| This wps the concurrent Judgment saf-tlI
| seven out of the thirty. eight States.
marcy was sincere. earnest and deternin"
| lie work of reform and who might b. mi
mated by the convention wou
inc elected President OF the Uni.
| ST ties IAppause!.
Henry NJ. Waterson, OF Kentucky, neAJ
Addressed the convention. He said Tor
| own port he had never donbtea III!
| il the convention should adopt an hone'; AMI
so,,nd platfor n of pri acpies and 81, I'D d c
| on that plr ,fOrm two representative state
men ~ honorable reputation and spoittssV
lives, icy would be- the net pes dent anu
Vice =. esident of the United State. me
cnm,uti ee had given 10 the r"rVenm
platform. 1t W $ for the convention TO give
The ticket q, tine country, anu Al Was ~,
honest plato m, entirety so; II was
n sound platform. Members Of the
committee had found that the d'ifer-
ences between them were no: So
great as the country imagined. and as IN y
! themselves had imagined. The comnIisec !
! had given TO the convention
revenue platform on winch ~
| of them could afford 10 siano.
| TApplause.[ The committee depo1ncea ms
abuses of the present war tarif, ana "t
clared that all Federal taXatic n. S"",m
| he exclusively for public PURPOSES. am iEsy
no more tax shopld lie collecieq fssn- NnS'
requisite to support the tsoNFrn,n n =,
tcnalo.lically Administered. nc gtnu ieiS
1 rom Massachusetts lnd ;vowtd :, msem
u Ivy free -t..ttisl. l.t W Hiitfr'>