The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-08-29

fetish called party allegiance" ever boune
to the chariot wheels of their oppressors
The cry has already ,ss ea ;s the
who vote for him will throw away their
votes" BE IL so. The voter will do worse
than throw away his vote II he votes for
either candidate of the m0nopolists. Such
vote thereby perpetuates the rule of his %
pressors without protest. il by his vote he
puts or Keep either in power Inc same ar
that they should not vote for Van Buren, "a
establish free soil. And again the same CRY
went out in lSSs. when the Wing and Demo
cratic parties made the same platform
! on the slavery question to crush out
the Abolition party forever. But the
thoe hearted ,s P Preesoliers stood nrm; but
didate with only four States in opposition, yet
in 1856 the Free-soiers, the despised third par
Y. elected Fremont, who was counted out by
the returning boards of that day, but the
Wing party was destroyed. And In 1860, by the
third of party of 1862, Lincoln was elected
and the Democratic party was worse than de-
stroyed. As its majority gravitated to trea-
son and armed rebellion left 1t then to
serve my country as now l do. Fear
not. The people will not have to wait eight
ing politics, travels faster now, as there are
more railroads and telegraphs to distribute
intelligence.
In politics, as in everything else there is a
/ seed time snd harvest He who expects to
reap must SOW, and he cant reap when he
ought to be sowing, and the Presidential crop
is harvested only once in four year,
In many States If we exert our strength. we
already hold the balance of power. In quite.
one hundred Congressional districts less than
one thousand votes will determine whether
! friend of labor and the people, or the tool Of
monopoly shall have a seat in Congress. Let
us organize. therefore, in every district. TO
see to it that no man goes to Congress from
any district who is not with us and for us;
strong enough in moral rectitude to stand for
the rights of the people, "unawed by power
and unbought by gain
ELECT STATE LEGISLATURES.
Again: in balanced States make an alliance
with whichever of the other parties will
choose so to do. Minorities naturally CRAWL
! tate toward each other. Give them some State
officers and take others to yourselves upon an
! agreement that both parties shall vote the
| same ticket Be particular to see TO it that
| your own friends sent to the State Leg
islatures- There are many States where laws
! are needed for the protection of the
wOrklngmen. the farmer and the mer-
chant against oppresscrs and monopoliee.
and if these will stand together, they can ges
example. in the State of New York as elsC-
| where the producers and traders and con-
| sumers need cheap transportation and compe-
| tition between water-borne freight and tho
railroads. The laboring men and toiling
] women want q five cent fare law for the Ele-
| waited Railroad. The mechanics need a good
| lien law. All need Il law to regulate the hours
| of labor whether a woman toiling in mill or
standing behind "a counter. or a conductor o.
driver standing on a car. III anybody tells
you that this is class legislation. reply to hire:
"Yes, we know it: we are legislating for car
class q little while, for il is the first time we
have had an opportunity. The other class has
had legislation enough to last them for ons
hundred years"
HIS ADDRESS To HIS PARTY.
To the Observation-Disclosures party and the Arti-
Monopolist organization, and to the Labor
ing men:
| had accepted the selection of your couven-
! tions as candidate for President. Anxious for
! sent. i'm which as you know I so heartily con-
CURED, / presented, as you have learned, AZ
| your representative your platforms TO the
Democratic convention. in the hope IL IL were
possible. that they might be adopted and
| made the rule of that party, which should
! be composed of your fr ends and allies. For
principles were rejected and your alliance
| spurned. Personally / have no grievances
| with the convention. j was treated with
! every courtesy and consideration by its officers
| and members. for which take pleasure here
| and now to express obligations. But for you
/ have grievance. The Democracy has iefs
you to fight the battle against the oppressors
| of the people alone. We will fight the battle
! of the people together in the best manner we
can; and pledge to you all that have of re-
manning strength in declining years to do
all that in me Hes in behalf of the
principles that you and 1 hold dear,
and without the early prevalence and
adoption of which this Government cannot
stand. You will have one advantage in your
candidate; you will have to sDend no time Ia
defending him. His doings have been known
to the country for more than Il quarter of q
century. Every act of his life has been under
a microscope lighted by the lurid flames OF
hate and SANDER. He Is yet unframed. and
has no opinion to take back, no policy TO re-
cant. and no just charge to explain for what
he has done either in peace or war. OF per-
sOnal advantage to myself nothing can ac-
crue. ] am too old to make selfish plans for
the future; yet hope as my last political act
il II 50 he, to do some service to the people
and mankind in calling back the Governments
to the purpose for which it was framed by our
fathers, q government of the people, a gov
eminent by the many, and not by the few, nor
for the interests of the few.
BENJAMIN +. BUTLER.
tNote-I have issued this address at an
earlierday than had intended. Mt the desire OF
many trusted and valued friends, but some
what against my own judgment. because
think that the peoples campaign should be 9
short. sharp and decisive one, and
should not be begun in fact, except perhaps a
skirmish or two until some thirty days
later; and had hoped to have the advantage
OF a distinct statement of principles by the
Democratic candidate for the Presidency. and
ascertained from his own declarations
whether recanting some of his public opin-
ions he might not show himself better than
the official action of his party has shown
itself by its platform.l