Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-10-23
BUTLER'S MASQUERADE.
REGULATED sY woRKiseMEE.
The National Labor Psrss's DenuncIa,lea
Of Bold Hen's Tricky WAYS and False Pre-.

Of Bold Ken's Tricky WAYS and False Pre-.
Rncst.
Try telegraph TO the Dispstch.l
NEW Yonx, October 22.-General Butler
srfived In his special car In jersey City
this morning. lie was driven over TO the
F'rh-Ay,nne Hotel, in this city. where he
renamed during the forenoon. At
O'Clock this afternoon he started for Bos-
fon.. He will return the latter part OF this
week and resume his tour OF the State.
A committee from the National Labor
party TINS morning called nj the Democratic
Nstionsl headquarters and presented to the
National Committee the following rcsou-
lions adopted by them at meeting held In
Clarendon Hsll last night:
Whereas Benjamin +. Butler Is travel.
ling through this State masqueradiny a.
Profectionist and friend OF the working
man; be IT
Resotred, That we call the attention OF
The workiugmcn and anti.mou0pOlists 10
O e following facts. that prove him to be
monopolst and enemy OF labor:
1. His whole career in Congress was that
OF greedy. INSCRIPTIONS tool OF monopo-
ly, salary.grabber, and railroaI, bank,
and corporation advocate.
=. He only left the old parties and accept
cd the nomination Of the Greenblck and
Anti Monopoly parties when he had out
lived all bOres of reward from Democrats
snd Republicans, snd coming into the labor
movement at the eleventh hour ID reap the
reward OF other mems labor.
3, He Is not Protectionist, as he rln Tor
Governor OF Massachusetts, and was elected
Ms a revenue reformer on a free-trade plat
form. All his letters and speeches in that
campaign were Ia favor OF tree trade. and
KS manager. Colonel Piympton, aud his
co-rcformer, Grady, are jealous free
traders.
4. When tire Governor OF Massachusetts,
he signed bill to employ convicts at hat
making In tae face OF an earnest protest
| from the batters Of that State. and vetoed a
bill to limit tie hours OF the labor OF c'il.
dr1n in mines and factories. He also en-
| ploy ed pauper lsbor-Iiallans- cleaning the
| streets OF Boston, and on other public
| works OF that State to the injury OF laboring
classes, snd in other ways injured the work
ingmen OF Massachusetts when he had po-
| litical power instead OF recommending
measures in their interest, which be nov
claims should be passed for the benefit OF
workiDgmen.
z. General Butler attended the Demo
ci1tic Nptl0nal convention rs DemOcrat
snd pledged his delegation to support the
candidates nominated there, and personally
stated that he would support Bayard or
| Thurman Doth Free-Traders)if either was
nominated. lie baked the Convention
| when he could not dictate) on the lying
| pretcxt that The Democratic party refused
to adopt labor plank in the platform, in
the face OF the fact that the Committee on
Resolutions placed In the platform every
plank asked for by the labor party.
RcSoircd, That we denounce Benjamin
+. Butler as fraud and impoStor. and adj
wise oil workiDgmen 10 support the candi
dates OF the Democratic party.
[Signedl JAMES A. THOMPSON.
| President Of TIE Car-Drivers' Union
| Chairman;
JOIN j. CAvANAGH.
President Of the Engineers Union, Score
1 taIy.