The Labor enquirer., 1884-07-19

CHICAGO, July 12.-Of course Butler
was not nominated. The dear people
have about as little TO do with nomina-
tions as they have with elections. Fif-
teen thousand men, last Saturday night,
marched and shouted for two hours and
called it receiving" Butler. The dele
gates represented these 5000 men in
the degree that Buffers name was not
breathed as candidate. He was listened
to while he made protest against q
platform of yagueness, and then quietly
voted down. ,iss
There is room for suspicion that the
delegates knew Butler could be elected
and that Cleveland cannot, but there is
hardly a monopoly, clique, or Aaristocrat
but what prefers Blaine to Butler and
therefore chose Cleveland and defeat.
The delegates represented thieying rings
and had their instructions.
Those IL, 600 shouters will, I fear, for,
get that Butler is a candidate and re-
turn to their masters in November.
They have not all learned that the fight,
is not between the Blaine and Cleveland
factions, but between the loafers in both
parties and the discontented forces called
anti-monopolists, greenhackers, Social
lists and every thinking slave.
= ~ . - = - y 80 p . . .
Formyself, / would say that Butler is
not all that can be desired as apresident.
He simply gives us an opportunity Of
protesting against the rule of the old;
parties. He is definite only on tariff,
which issue is Of small moment to "a
laborer, when all the other evils remain
He says in his minority report; Labor
and capital are allies, not enemies" If
by capital he means the wealth that is
useful in production, he(is right, If he
means capitalists" the statement is the
language of a sycophant. Capitalists can
never be the allies of labor until they
work for the public instead of them
selves. Both parties, however, realize
that Butler would be more dangerous to-
than Blaine, or any democrat
hence they ignore him though he may
hold the balance Of power'by reason Of
his two previous nominations. The DEM.
ocrat planks on labor are worse than
useless. The following might be called
a" straddle :" Pr ~ VI
."While we favor all legislation which
will tend to the equitable distribution of
property, to the prevention of monopoly,
and to The strict enforcement Of individ+
ual rightsagainst corporate abuses, we
hold that the welfare of society depends
upon scrupulous regard for the rights of
property as defined by law" =
That is, the laws we have are to re-
main in force and dydecide what'is equita-
bic. This is cheering to all laborers who
consider the present distribution inequit-
able. There will be ne change, no re-
form, for reform is nothing but a linn
itation of the @rights of property" . 8 e,
The democrats have aland plank in
which thev say, mo more grants of land
shall be made to corporations or be al
lowed to fall into the ownership of alien
absentees." We see the force of this
when we remember corporations and
alien absentees" already have SO much
of our land that they can soon buy the
rest with its products. Do not expect
land reform from the democrats. Their
platform means nothing; they, like the
want nothing but offices, so
let us in November vote for "Butler and
disintegration." s'-. ~ y. zENo.