The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-09-16
POLITICAL POINTS.
Blaine Declares the Mulligan Letters
Innocent without Producing Them.
BEN, THE POLITICAL HAPsBURo.
Gov. Ireland and wash Jones to Meet In
Joint Discussion-The stump In Use
Throughout Texas The
National Work 80 Etc.


Butler at Union square.
NEW YORK, Sept. l5.--Between $1,000
and 10000 people assembled at Union
Square tonight to hear Gen. h. +. But
Ter speak. IL required the service OF
u half dozen policemen to make pas
sage way for the General to reach the
stand. He was loudly cheered. The
crowd was composed largely oflaboring
men. Dr. Ferdinand Iegr called the
meeting to order and introduced Louis
II. Post as chairman, who in brief adj
dress introduced Gen. Butler. The
cheers that greeted tho General rs he
came to the front continued for several
minutes. When quiet was gained But
Ter said, in part:
FRIENDs AND FELLOW CITIZENs:
Thanking you for your kind greetings,
| assume your deep interest in the af-
fairs Of the country and political meas
ures which should be taken to relieve
them has brought 50 vast an audience
together. This is indeed ratification
by the great city of New York of the
Inauguration Of the Peoples party. The
true Democracy unlike labored, tedious
and inVol yed platforms Of other political
parties, but tuat OF the Peoples party is
short, incisive and comprehensive of
every principle for the conduct of the
government of the republic aud can be
easily carried in the memory of each.
1t is this Equality Of rights,
equality Of burdens, equality Of
powers and equality of privileges to all
men under the law. None can deny
that they were the Fundamental doe
trlnos of the fathers of the Republic,
a1AptnI Ixf I,nnpl.s. al a,
Madison, and executed by Jackson.
They were the doctrines of the Democ-
racy when tnat party was indeed party
OF the people, uncontrolled by corrup-
tionists aud mDnOpOiSts. | need not
argue TO you that in those latter days in
equality of rights, powers, burdens and
privileges have been imposed by the Gov
ernmental action upon the people. Cor
pOrations, upon which the public func-
tons are imposed, and to whom public
franchises arc granted should be tho
servant of the people only. But how
contrary Is practice! Railroads, elevated
and surface, as soon ~ incorporated,
by ingenious and most often fraudulent
cOntrivancos, erect themselves into u
terrific and outrageous monopoly, by
means OF which the people are robbed of
their earnings, tholr business hindered
Tor the sole benefit OF a few. The PEG
pie have endeavOred to protect them
selves by granting charters to compet-
ing roads, lines which promised To pro-
cure them lower prices for fare and
freight. But IL is an automatic fact that
railroad competition always end in rail-
road combination and that combination
most frequently directed to destruction
OF other modes of transportation which
they cannot control. The capacity of
the Erie canal should have been en-
larged years ago, and is there "a man
VINO hears me that does not know it
would have been done had it not beon
for the persistent, united and selfish OPP
position OF railroads. Let it not be said
That this Is \ state question. II rises 10 u
much broader and higher proportion
II IL n national one. The burden Of
goods brought upon the Eric Canal to
city OF New York exceeds ocean traffic,
from the city of New York and
here is done moro than twO-thirds of tho
commercial business of the country.
IRIS now Is II great national ireo-water
way. 1t any Internal improvements of
rivers aud harbOrs, of Watpr-wayS hV the
general government can be justified
why Is not an enlargement of the canal
by appropriations tho most worthy oh
1oct of them all, excepting, perhaps, the
Improvement of the "Great Father of
Waters" (tho MississippD,with an alter
nation of Democratic and Re-
publican Congressman from the
state OF New York, which
has been power enough to control the
nominations and elections of Presidents
of the United States. Why has not
some one representative moved this In
Congress? The answer goes back again,
railroads would he opposed to il. They
do not oppose the Improvement OF the
Mississippi river, which is therefore
made. Cheap transportation means
cheap food for men of the east, and
cheap food means higher wages
aud moro comforts. Cheap trans
portation means tho opening for
manufacturers, workmen and artisans
East To supply the men and women OF
West, who, It they can obtain fair prices
Tor their provisions, can buy those pro,
auctions. Ought there not TO be some
laws passed by Congress under their
great constitutional power to regulate
Interstate commerce by which the food
! OF the West and comforts of the East
should hC intCrchanged at u cheapest
rate. An special privileges aud special
| burdens for the benefit OF tho few should
he taken for the lives and comfort of tho
many.
Gen, Buffers speech evoked great ap.
plause, and tho crowd wanted him Ia
continue u, he retired.
The chairman introduced ex-senator
Thomas Il. Grady, as the little Napoleon
OF the Sixth, the silver tongucd orator o
/ Tammany Hall, out Of when he came
to go IN for Butler. When Butler re-,
tired the meeting gradually dispersed.