The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-09-10
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Declarations.

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LINCOLN. Neb.. Sept. 9.-The anu aon-
mononoly and graenback s'a'0 fIar
.=Hnt;ans met here to-day. A..os
ccnveninr and passing resoIu.n
Ssvnrino fusiOn with the . tl-m0nOp-
10 md Democratic parties Inc green.
~, Ia Convention adjourned ana went
;n*o !. saesion with the anti.monoP,
n I.I and adjourned. to receive anu
,;n . to General B. F. Butler. -
wrengling over preliminaries.
butler spoke before the cons s;-
ton and to the people In the open ~.
after supper. He advocated 2 III
noritv representation and agviseu
I'm sionwith the Democrats. ne ae.
ciared he wanted the electoral vOtes
only to hold the balance OF power
and make the other parties come 70
the people's party. He said the anti
mononoliets need not fear fusion
here. as Cleveland would WIN II
he carried New York and lose
# he did not. Butler said
he (Butler) could not be elected, 10
Cleveland would have 145 votes III
the South, which Butler would nav
with q free ballot and . fair count.
he was only anxious that the
people would SOW the seed OF q neW
party. After supper he made an
anti.monopoly speech In the open
air. He attributed the want and
pOvertv in the midst of plenty to the
difficulty of an exchange OF COM
resulting from exorDltant
railroad charges and bull and oea
HI rehearsed what ne
ut Chicago and explained
his idea of the tariff and spoke
the importation OF contract
He eulogized Van Wyck as
he friend of the people against
He goes to Topeka to-
morrow.
OMAHA, Sept. 9.-Butler In his
,peech before the Nebraska State fair
aid all farms in Cass county, Iowa,
we're mortgaged for more than
hey would sell for. If the East
send goods West and get corn
n return it would benefit them. In
Nebraska corn that sells for Is to IL
ents bring IS cents East. The cost
transportation was caused by the
normous interest paid on bonds and
vatered stock of fast freight lines
nd railroads that skinned the peo-
lie. The Government gave away
INEQUALITIES of land and took mort
ages on it and allowed other mort
ages. Transportation should be
made cheap. Managers got away
nth the bulk of their capital. Peo-
lie have to pay rates they cannot live
n. Corn is disposed of in Chicago
,r the benefit of spectators. A man
an steal So, 200. 600 of pork in Chi
ago and 60 unpunlshed while one
tho stole enough to support life is
mt to jail. He alluded to the rise of
ne Republican party and the treason
{ Southern Democrats. He urged
is hearers TO stand together and
ght for liberty. He then enumer-
ted all the various mOn0pOlies
If Jackson were alive to-day he
1ould vote for him, for he would say:
BY the eternal these wrongs must
e righted," and they would be.
hey can be righted now by sending
ne proper men to congress- The
ittsburg riot will be repeated if the
eople don't take warning. The cry
f overproduction should De changed
, under consumption. The people
ere starving while Nebraska gran
ries were overlooking with grain.
railroads will not allow grain and
manufacturers to be brought t0geth-
: so as to live. Laborers and farm
have the power to select q presi-
ent. Old parties should be aban-
Oned. Vote together and in a few
ears they would liberate themselves
|, the abolition1st liberated the
ayes,