The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-08-21
DGy DD,yLER'S BILLET,
The Cork.ryed Candidate state, III.
Political Position,
Anp AocEPrsALL noMlMAnons
he Talks About nrmo'rittlr aud Hepuhll'
eau Corruption, tie beauties of
Autobiography, III. virtues
Uf o1runllarkers, Rte,

to-day ISSUED his long anticipated i'll'T
defining his position on National poli-
ties, a draft OF which ho mrul shed
The Associated Press for transmission tn
the newspapers. The dorunlnnl =
yoluminoiIs one, aud Il herewith giN en-
nearly in full, only u fow climinatinnS al
minor importance being made;
THE ADDRESS,
To my Constituents
In compliance with ott-repeated and
anxious Inquiries, | hasten to give ac,
,,oOlnt Oi my stewardship Of the political
interests With which I was charged.
They were tour:
First lIustili,lrs To- all mnnopollos In
commerce, industries, and lands,
Second The pIcScrN alton of the ma
iiunnl legal tender currency uI the pru-
Pile. rousiituliuun,ly i-suvd lay Congress.
Third The needs of NIL mon and wu'
men who labor n lhr production of
woul,h, go ne protected UgHiU,, the en-
croachm-nts ~ thu-" who ais orh AMI
consume withuut producing.
Fuurlh-Thc necessity for reform AMI
correction of ABUSES ia government 50
that it's pressure on ia" people would be
made Ms light ~ possible; It's admins
trntion effective, Ia guard the rights ol
American citizens M Eumc and uTnui;
TO make public servant, individual ar
incorporate, supscrVicut To the use and
will Il the people only, 81 ~ Ia restore
the prosperity of the country, with equal
rights, equal burdens, equal powers and
equal privileges of all people.
These latter were specially cOniidcd
To me by the Democratic masses of Mas
sachusctts, To whom alone ! owe CRATE
full duty Tor high consideration and sup
port during wears of effort In the reform
of government, but To no Democratic
organization whatever. They were Ia
be presented to the National Demo
cratic convention for its acceptance and
adoption as the aNioms of Democratic
rule rs practiced by our fathers.
| had intended ifthesc great principles
of Government, by the people and for
the people only, had been cordially re-
ceived, and earnestly aud honestly
adopted by that convention rs the polit-
zeal chart of the Democratic party, to
have permitted my name tobe presented
to the convention for the SURFACES OF
the people rs Chief Executive to admin
lister and carry forward the necessary
measures; in which case | should have
been bound by its action to support both
its platform and nominees.
That ! should be placed in that high
position | knew was the will of the
10000 voters of that Commonwealth,
who had expressed their confidence by
their votes so unanimously that no man
from that State could have been II dele
gate to that convention If lie ndu dared
to breathe aloud that he was opposed
either to the principles | represent or to
my personal candidature.
In thus doing the will of those who
sent me, sought none of the honors of
the convention, and interiered with
none of its proceedings, save to serve as
member of its committee on what
should have been its platform OF prlncl-
pies, and not of eNpedientS.
Owing to an incident without fault of
any one, reached that committee only
after it had been some hours in session,
and then found by solemn vote twice
over, that it was equally divided upon
the question whether in raising the
moneys necessary for an honest and
economical carrying on Of the Govern
ment, the Democratic party would
pledge itself to tax the people in such
manner only as would best promote
American enterprise and American in
dustry, and foster and cherish Amcri-
can labor. This division was shown by
repeated votes of eighteen States to
eighteen states in the choice rs chairman,
one who should represent the atlirma
tive or negative of that vital proposition.
The committee failing to elect Il chair
man, remained under its temporary
chairman during the remainder Of its
deliberations with the understanding
that after tariff plank should be agreed
upon, either one or the other of the two
candidates, Messrs. Converse, of Ohio, or
Morrison, of Illinois, should be elected
permanent chairman and present plat
form to the convention, the tariff plank
of which should most nearly accord
with his views.
To find myself holding the controlling
vote in Committee on Resolutions of Il
Democratic National convention was
not new or untried position. j held
that position twenty-four years before in
the Charleston convention IN 1850 and
there | was obliged by my convictions
to d i1er from both sides. ! then pre-
scented second minority report OF one
which was adopted by the convention.
At Chicago subcommittee of eight
was chosen, and directed to prepare a
tariff plank, and submit it to the com
mittee. In that subcommittee ] pre-
scented a series of resolutions. Mr.. But
Ter then proceeds to summarize the plat
form presented by him at Chicago which
has been before published.
From that hour any candidature of
mine in that convention became to me
impossible.
The defeat of any possible nominee of
the party upon a free-traue platform
seemed to me inevitable, even If not de-
sirable. The influences which caused
the change of three votes out OF seven
clearly fOreshadowed the nominee.
At the next meeting of my delegation
| requested that my name be not pre-
scented, and suggested to them to favor
the nomination of gentleman whose
length of public service and long ac-
suaintance with public affairs, and
whose prior consideration in other DEM
ocratic conventions showed that he had
some claims to be considered q Demo-
cratic statesman. All of the delegation
who remained faithful to their constit-
uents, and represented the Massachu-
sets Democracy, so voted, and with true
consistency and propriety, so stood
firmly to the end.
Then enSued in the committee q Strug-
gle of many hours so to frame tariff
plank that should appear to say what
mine said, and yet not say it, and APP
pear to say the contrary, and yet not
say it; like the western hunter who
tried to shoot his rifle at something he
dimly saw stirring in the bush, so as to
hit it if it was deer and miss it lift was
calf.
With this struggle of ingenuity aud
deception, as if for "a prize, of course,
had nothing to do, but simply stood by
my guns. My resolutions were never
again voted upon in the committee, nor
was the tariff resolution in the words in
which it was presented to the conven-
at all, but was amended after it was
presented to the general committee. 1t
will be observed that mine was substan-
tally the Ohio tariff plank, which, when
offered by MIR. Converse in the general
committee, was also voted down,
althoughit had been adopted by many
State conventions.
FULL CONSIDERATION NOT PERMITTED.
HThrough the courtesy of the Chairman
Of the committee, and by personal in
tercession, l obtained the boon of thirty
minutes to present and discuss charter
of the peoples rights at an hour crowd
ing on midnight, but before it could be
y, toI o,,l In; ho uantilr