Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1884-07-17

want to flaunt rcd flag to a bull. If
he does not believe that for more than
80 years the Democratic party has told
the wOrkingmen Of tho county, ever
since Andrew Jackson in 1882 declared
in favor of judiciOus tariff that q tar
iff did afford protection to them, and
they believe it and they have taught 1t
to their children and their children's
children, and they are to vote, not you.
You can not unteach them in single
campaign, unless you get the chairman
Of the subcommittee who drew the plat
form, the gentlemen from New York, to
60 into svey school district in this cOun-
try and explain, [Laughter.] l speak in
the interest, therefore OF the Democracy,
l speak for your success, and 1t is for
you to say whether you will grasp the
success when 1t is laid down to your
hand. do not intend to ask vote up
on any resolution bnt the tariff resOlu-
ton, and / shall submit this tariff resO-
luton a. an amendment instead OF the
resolution which you have heard read.
1t was pressed through our committee
by the crv "Oh, we must appeal from
the sub committee" said, will ap-
peal to the convention, for they have get
to sustain the Democracy of the coun-
y, l.
to call your attention to one or
two other of the planks which will not
submit to the convention. for | know
you are anxious. to get through with
your duties and go home. The first
want to call your attention 10 is the
difference in the plans about the eur
rency. l affirm the doctrine of Andrew
Jackson that the government alone can
make money and had rather be wrong
with Jackson than right with your COM
mittee. Applause and laughter
Gen. Butler than proceeded to discuss
the currency question and expressed the
views contained in his letter of accept
Continuing, he said; There is another
trouble. Ysu start off ia your platform
at one point and say you are for honest
civil service reform. Now / will VEN
ture to say there is not man in this
convention is in favor of civil service re-
form unless he is sch0Olmaster. Cries
of "tlme" in the audience One OF the
first Statesman in Ohio, one who would
have right to have been brought here
by his delegation and put before you for
your saffrages as President, an able, a
learned man got carried away by doc
trines and started what is known as
civil service reform and it buried HIM
so far out of sight with the Ohio DEM
0cracy that he has never been heard of
since. Laughter. What is this civil SER
vicO reform? 1t is to give the man pref
erence who shall appear TO have the
most learning. He signs a paper con-
tanning questions, and if he can answer
the question he is said to be selected.
Now what want is the man from the
people, the earnest man OF capacity and
integrity, to have the office. You cannot
learn that by any school house examina-
ti0n. Whose portrait is this above my
head? 1t is the portrait of George wash
ingtOn, and he could not have passed an
examination for the clerkship OF a post
Office Loud cries of slime" from the au-
dience, give us rest. etc1 Cries from
the delegates to ''gO on" The chair finally
succeeded in obtaining order by the use
of the gavel
Let me repeat George Washin gteH
could not have passed civil service ex-
animation in the capital for $1,000
elerkship. His early education was neg
lected and In his will written by his
own hand, he spells clothes "clOaths."
| Therefore have said the offices belong
| ed to tho people and there ought to be a
| frequent change of Office in order to look
over the books and see who are default
ers and they want to be turned out, or
else when you try to punish them they
will protect one another as they did in
the star route trial. Again, want fire.
quont charge of office in order to cOun-
teract the great tendency of these times
to caste aristOcracy Of life offices. If
an Office is good thing then l want all
the people to have chance at 1t. Laugh
ter. If it is bad thing it Is to bad to
put in poor fellow for his life. Laugh
ter.
| In the closing moments of the time
permitted to me want to call your at
tentloR back to the main thing. because
allthese other matters are matters of
very slight consequence in the eompari-
son. Bring your minds once more back
to this tariff platform. Tell them this
tonight. Tell the workingmeR and
women of this country to night whether
we will or will not protect them. No,
not protect but cherish and foster like a
mother her child, the lab0ring men and
women of this cOuHtry. Tell them that
you will sweep the country. Refuse to
tell them that, and they sorrowful that
the Democratic party had deserted them
will go their way sadly to the workshop
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 plat
fern. There are objections. There are
free trade notions against protection.
Theoretically am free trader myself.
| Applause in the gallery and cries of
time and considerable confusion. |
The chair raped vigorously, and when
order had been restored Gen. Butler re-
sumed as follows: "But practically
while you have got to raise $2OO,OOO,O0O
a wear by eustOm duties there is mo anch