Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-07-16

all other nations in high paid labor, favorable
| climates and teemi1g soils; despite freedom OF
trade among all these United States despite their
population by the foremost races of men, and. an
annual immigration of the young, thrifty and
adventurous of all nations despite our freedom
here from the inherited burdens OF lie and IN
dustry in old world monarchie s-the1r costly war
navies their vast tax consuming, non producing
standing armies; despite twenty years of peace
that Republican rule and policy have managed
to surrender to Great Britain, along with our
commerce, the control OF the markets OF the
world.
we demand In behalf of the American Democra-
Cy an American policy.
Instead of the Republican partys discredited
scheme and false preense of friendship for Amer
lean labor, expressed by imposing taxes, we de-
mand in behalf of the Democracy, freedom Tor
American labor by reducing taxes, to the END That
these United States may compete with unh1n-
dered powers for the primacy among nations in
all of the arts ofpeace and fruits of liberty
With profound regret we have been appr1sed
was struck that blow at the vital principle OF
republics (acquiescence in the Will OF the major
ity), that he can not permit us again to place IN
for the reason that the achievement of reform in
the administrator of the federal government is
an undertaking now too heavy for his age and
failing strength . Hs.... ..saE
Rejoicing that his life has been prolonged until
the general judgment of our fellow countrymen
in his person, for the Democracy of the United
States we offer to him in his withdrawal from
public cares not only our respectful sympathy
and esteem, but also that best homage OF freemen
the pledge of our devotion to the principles and
the cause now inseparable in the history of this
republic from the labors and the name of Samuel
With this statement of the hopes, principles,
and purposes of the Democratic party, the great
issue ofreform and change in administration is
submitted to the people in calm confidence that
men, and new and more favorable conditions for
the growth of industry, the extension OF trade,
the employment and due reward of labor and OF
capital, and the general welfare of the whole
country. .4..-..--,-,-.-
The planks of certain portions of a.
platform offered by Gen. Ben. Z. Butler
of the committee of resolutions, was re-
jected. Other portions, such as the sub
ject of the disposition of internal reve-
nue., taxes to pension fund, the Ameri
can foreign policy, and the appointment
of federal officers in territories from the
citizens thereof, we're adopted by the
committee Butler addressed the con-
vention in favor of the rejected portion
of his platform:
Most things in the platform he agreed to, but
there was one thing on which there was the
most radical difference between the two plat
forms. Both agreed that there was no consti-
tutlOnal power to raise revenue beyond the
necessary wants of the government; that it
should be raised according to the doctrines of
the fathers and that no tax should be laid on
the necessaries of life not produced in this
country. He came here as no meDdlcant; no
beggar. He came here representing. moe than
1000. 900 laboring men. He had brought their
condition before the committee and had de-
handed. not that it should give them anything,
but that, when taxing the people, the tax
should be taken where it would hurt them least.
Was that not reasonable demand2 Did they
think they could get along without that I? He
thought not. He objected to the tariff plank
In the platform of the committee because it
took the committee thirty-six hours to frame it,
and if 1t took those able gentlemen so long to
frame it and get it in form, there must be some
reason for that. IL they could not
find out in thirty-six hours what they
wanted how were the laboring men to fnd
out what it meant? [Laughter.l There was
radical difference between the committee aud
himself. The very able chairman of the COM
mittee, MIR. Morrison, thought there should be
no such thing Cor could be no such thing) as
protection to American labor by taxation. He
(Butler) believed that there should be such
protection, such fostering, such cherishing.
Mr.. Morrison could not yield his convictions
and he (Butler) could not yield his; and there
fore the committee had to spend all that time
to say something that would mean one thing
one way aud another thing another way.
[Laughter.] He asked the delegates to read
that tariff plank and see If they could find out
exactly what it did mean. It did not mean
protection. If it did Col. Morrison was too
honest man to bring it here, and yet it was SO
twisted that it might mean protection.
[Laughter.l The Democracy had in its plat
form in 1880 a plank of tariff for revenue
only" and it broke the back of the most gal
liant soldier in the country, GLaughterl and
now they had tariff platform ''for public pur-
poses exclusively" Where was the
difference? Exclusively" meant 'only"
and ''oply' Exclusively :" TLaughter.1 Pass
ing the currency question, he said he affirmed
the doctrine of Andrew Jackson that the gov
eminent alone could issue money, and he would
rather be wrong with Jackson than right with
the committee. [Laughter.] He represented
many Greenback men, like Allan G.. Thurman,
Laughter and these men were willing to come
to the Democracy to root out corruption and
wrong in the government if the Democracy
would have them. But how were they received =?
With plank in the platform that ''we are in
favor honest money"-as if the Greenbackers
were not. Who was not in favor of honest
money? If there was such a man here let him
be put out. Laughter AS to civil service re-
form. he ventured to say there was not man
in the convention in favor of it unless he
was schoolmaster. daughter. Ex-Secre-
tary Pendleton had been the author of
the original civll-service law, and he had
never been heard of since. daughter
George Washington himself could not have
passed a civil service examination for 81 200
clerkship. [Laughter.] His early education
had been neglected, and in his will, written by
his own hand, be spelled clothes scloaths."
[Laughter.] For himself he wanted frequent
changes in Offices in order to counteract the
great tendency to have aristocratc life Offices.
If Office was good thing then he wanted all
the people to have chance at it, and if it was
bad thing, then it was too hard to put it on to
poor fellow for his whole lifetime. Laugh
teri. In conclusion he said that if this con-
vention told the workingmen and women of the
country that they were to be Che would not say
nrotected) but fostered and cherished, then the
Democratic party would sweep the country,
otherwise they would remain in their work
shops on election day, and the Democracy
would be again defeated. Theoretically he was
ca free trader, but practically, when $200OOO,-
900 had to be raised on imports, there could be
no such thing as free trade, and SO long as
some industry must be fosterea, American men
and women should be taken care of. Zap
plause.
Immediately on assembling on Fri
day morning the convention proceeded
with. the second ballot for president,
which resulted as follows. The names of