Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-07-19

in order to LOOK over the books and see who are
defaultefs, and they want to be all turned out,
or else when you try to punish them they VIII
protect one another, IS they did in the star
route " trial Again, want frequent change OF
Office in order to counteract the great tendency
of these times to a caste aristocraey of life of
fees II an Office is good thing, then want
all the people TO have chance at it.. laugh
ter II it is bad thing, it is too hard TO put II
on poor fellow for his life Laughter. lnthe
closing moments of the time permitted to me,
l want to call your attention back to the main
thing because all of these other matters are
matters of slight consequence in the compare
son. Bring your minds once more back to this
tariff platform. Tell them this to-uight-the
working men and women of this country to-
night-whether We will or viii not protect
them; no, not protect, but cherish and foster
like mother her child, the laboring men and
women of this country tell them that, and you
that and they, sorrowful that the Democratic
party has deserted them, will go their way sadly
to the workshops and remain there on election
day. Now, my friends, shall ask a call of the
States upon the substitution of my tariff plank
for the tariff plank of the platform. There are
objections-there are free trade notions against
protection. theoretically
AN A FREE-TRADRR EEsELF
fAPpiause i'll the gallery and cries OF " Time =
and considerable confuSion.l
The Chair raped vigorously, and when order
had been restored General Butler resumed as
follows:
But practically. while you have got to raise
two hundred millions year by custom duties,
there is no such thing as free trade. Therefore,
so long DIS we raise this money, 50 long see TO it
that you cherish and foster, in doing it, Amer
lean Industries, and take care of American men
and women. labOring for their support Then
let me say to you that if you do that the Democ-
raey shall so on and the country prosper under
their rule, from year TO year, from Presidential
election to Presidential election, until the old
times of Democracy shall come back again
when they held the country for more than
generation of men. Applause and yells and
cheers from the galleries
Mr.. Cleveland, of New jersey rise to point
of order, which is that we be furnished copies
of the minority report before we are asked 10
vote.
The Chair-The gentleman from New Jersey
ana the Convention are informed that every
effort has been made to obtain copies of these
reports. They have not been made ready as yet
so as 10 be furnished, and probably cannot be
before the conclusion of the debate.
Mr.. Cleveland Then let the Chairman of the
Convention order that portion which the gentle
man esked to be substituted read again for the
information of those down here. [CrieS OF No =
mol" " No
The Chair to the Secretary Read just that
portion.
The Secretary read
Resolved, That in levying such duties two
principles should be carefully observed: l.
That all materials used in the arts and manu-
features and the necessares of life, not produced
in this country, shall come in free, and that all
articles Of luxury should be taxed as high as
possible up to the collecting point. 2 That In
imposing custom duties, the law must be care
iulIy adjusted 10 promote American enterprise
and industry. not create monopolies, but to
cherish and foster American labor.
number of delegates attempted 10 get the
floor, but the Chair said ''The gentleman
from Ohio, MI Converse, has the floor"