Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-06-04
II. w. RANDALL.
CONVENTION NOTES.
Butler Wins the Greenback Nomina-
tion at Indianapolis.
Democrats of Wisconsin for Tariff
Reform - Kansas Democrats
Notes Concerning ChicagO's
Coming Convention.

INDIANAPOLIS, May 29.-The national
Greenback convention, after lively fight
between the Butler and anti-Butler men, IN
which the former We're victorious by de-
ciSive vote, made permanent organization
in which Gen. Weaver is president, eachstate
represented in the convention has vice pres
| ident, and the following are secretaries: g.
F. Davis, Iowa; c. P. j. Dowdy, New York
c. c. Post, Illinois; j. w. Northrup, Ohio;
G. Roberts, Texas; S. F. Norton, Illinois;
B. W. Terlinde, New Jersey.
One point which was made against the
anti-Butler men was the determination not
to permit proxies to be voted.
Governor Begole, of Michigan. telegraphed
Gen. Butler to know if he would accept the
nomination on satisfactory platform, and
received the following answer:
Thanks for your consideration, but why
should l be asked a question which under like
circumstances was never put to any other
man? Is not my record as a Green hacker
for twenty years sufficient without formal
pledge to you, which would cause me to be
pointed out as a man who bids for the nomi-
tion. BENZ. F. BUTLER.
On the second day the convention re- assem-
bled at 10 o'clock, Gen. Weaver presiding.
The platform committee sent word to the
presiding officer that they would not be
ready to report before 2:30, or 8
O'clock and at ;45 the convention
adjourned until 2 o'clock.
At that hour the convention met again
and three sets of resolutions were presented.
George o. Jones, of New York presented a
report demanding that congress create full
legal tender notes for the payment of gov
ernment debts, and constr ucting public i'm
provements until the surplus labor of the
country was employed and business done on
a cash basis. Another report by John
Blanchard, of Michigan, was practically
reproduction of the Michigan state platform,
with strong condemnation of all tariff laws.
The majority report of the committee on
resolutions was adopted, and in substance
was as follows: l. The supreme courts legal
tender decision IS vindicaUlon of the Green
back party; greeupacAs should replace
national bank notes, and the national debt
should be promptly paid. 2. Land,
railroad, money and other cor
porate monopolies should have their
usurped powers restricted. 3. The pub
lie domain and forfeited railroad lands should
be held for actual settlers only, and alien
ownership prohibited. 4. Congressional reg
ulation of interstate commerce is demanded,
pooling" stock watering and rate discrim-
ination is denounced, and government postal
telegraph asked for.
The remainder of the resolutions demand
graduated income tax; the adjustment
of the convict-labor system; condemn
the importation of contract labor and call
for its prevention; demand the restriction of
the "veto" power of congressional COM
mittees; equitable pensioning of all disabled
soldiers of the late war; the submission to the
foot Of
liquor traffic constitutional amendment
The tenth resolution reads as follows:
"While we favor a wise revision of the
tariff laws with view of raising the revenue
from luxuries rather than from necessaries,
we insist that as an economic question its i'm
portance is Insignificant as compared with
the financial issues; for, whereas, we have
suffered our worst panics under low as well
as high tariffs, we have never suffered from
a panic or seen our factories and workshops
clio ed while the volume of our money in cir
culation was adequate to the needs of COM
merca
The nomination of candidates for the
presidency was ordered by call OF states,
speeches being limited to five minutes. Ala
bama presented no candidate but the next
state, through Cunningham, was the first to
nominate Benjamin F. Butler and drew first
applause for the man who was unquestion-
ably the choice of the convention.
The vote was then called and Butler re-
ceived 319 out Of 424; Harper's vote was SO.
Roberts motion to make Buffers nomination
unanimous was not carried. Jones, of New
York, thought the nomination unwise.
Hazletine, of Missouri, moved to suspend
the rules and nominate Gen. A. M. West,
of Mississippi, for vice president by accla-
nation, which was done. A salute Of guns
was fired and the convention adjourned.