Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-10-08

ton made by that convention amounts to
nothing, It was Of no consequence. No &C
count was taken Of the fraudulent voting,
and the fraudulent voting was evidently dove
for the purpose OF making good the report OF
the committee on credentials, and IL was
hoped TO cover mp thai fraudulent report
made by q Judge who had been legiSlated out
ofoiiice and removed by the governor.
No words Of characterization are needed.
The tissue ballots by which the South Caro-
line Democrats cheat the negroes out of their
rights have evidently been imported by Mas
sachusetts Democrats TO control the white
men. The Peoples party denounced such
proceedings whether In the North or in the
South. But with the 1850 votes counted when
there were bnt $50 70 stand up and be counted
TO cast them IL is evident their purpose
for free vote had been at
,h tne1 y, mo, not me nones, count But
many OF the delegates had left. The ballot
was taken right after dinner, and The con-
ventton had It's work all done and adjourned
before o'clock, shouting for their work and
victory. II the delegates had desc ted. II is
evident they didn't stand together as well as
was defeated by more votes being cast than
delegates could find feats in the convention
Alas that any true friend OF mine should
have deserted me for the empty and question
able honor OF pi esiding over the farce OF such
a convention.
have been thus particular to speak in this
manner because, among other things, II is
the mission OF the Peoples party TO break
mp the corruption of conventions. We suffer
from IL every where. II such things are done
by the old Democratic party of Massachu-
sets, what will not be done at Chicago when
tho great prize of he presidency is at stakeG
some OF the same men who were there were
here, but they are not here now In
TINS way, men of Massachusetts, have
our politics been conducted. a con-
Neniion more or less fraudlently, makes
un the list of candidates on the one
side, and another IA corrupt makes them up
on the OF her, and then honest men are told
that theH must shut their eyes and vote for
the candidates because they are the candi-
dates Of the party. That is what is called
violates everything and unloosens the bond
that holds men together. IL Is to protest
against such things as this that the people
know who are here and who represent them,
and that they are honestly represented. i
congratulate You that you are rid OF these
men men 4, good wlnnowing process, by which
wheat is here.
Now, gentlemen OF the convention, you
VIII not expect o. me at this hour any dis
form, which have been permitted TO read,
lays down your principles, which every true
man. be he Democrat or Republican, can sub
scribe to. 1t wasn't necessary to put before
the pc, pie reasons for our action, for corrup-
ton had crept into both OF the old parties.
10 men, but as all the bank rascals seek the
church TO cover up their sins "a high COM
ihH Snod to @or tn fhe :, church that
serve as a shield for rascality) so have cor
rupt men captured their conventions for pur-
poses OF political power. Therefore. let us.
primary meetings are honest and correct. l
VIII not much longer detain you from hear
ing the eloquent gentleman you have with
YOU Like The paor, You have me always
with you, and me You can always have; but
these gentlemen you will have with you no
more, for they go on the mission of the Peo-
pies party to the great states of sew York
andEew Jersey, true to the sentiment of the
laboring men and women of those states.
The general then spoke of the labor
ing man and the Democratic party,
saying that they had learned not 10
trust TO the professions of the Demo-
cratic party.
These papers are taken verbatim
from the New York Sun of September
%, 1884, and, therefore, must be re-
garded as correctly reported, and as re-
liable authority on the objects and
purposes of the new party which
Gen. Butler proposes to have
swallow up all other parties and or
CARNATIONS which now support him
for president.
II you can find one word in either
of these papers endorsing orreferring to
the questions of restored American ma
tionality, government issue of money,
payment of the public debt, national
banks, land limitation, railroads and
telegraphs for public use and under
public control, or any other of the
leading questions heretofore advocated
by the National Greenback party, or
even an allusion TO one word of its
name, you will do more than I can.
Accepting this platform and speech
for just what they say, all intelligent
men must agree that but one of the
following conclusions can be put on
their real meaning:
Hirgt that thn affprf IN n
permanent party based ON declara-
ton of principles, which, with the
single exception of what is therein
said on the tariff, are already con-
| tanned in Democratic and Republican
| platforms, is too absurd to occupy one
minutes serious attention. There
! fore, Gen. Butler made no mistake
when he said, "Your platform, which
have been permitted to read, lays
down your principles, which every
true man, be he Demo crat or Repub-
lican, can subscribe tor
| Second, that because the economic
questions referred to in the above
platform and by the old parties offer
nothing new, nothing lasting and
nothing which can bring permanent
relief to any Industrial interests, unless
they are preceded by the enactment of
laws based on the broader mea sures
advocated by the National Greenback
| party. AL talk about the so.c4lled
| Peoples party living after the coming
election will not be INDUCED in by
any but demagogues nor believed in
by any but fools.
3. That the strenuous efforts now be-
ing put forward by Gen. Butler to
establish his party, means no more or
less than deliberate attempt to break
down and destroy the National Green
back party, defeat its principles, and
use it's members, at this election, to
crafty his personal revenge on The
Democratic party for its treatment of
him in 1884, as he used that party to
punish the National Greenback party
for not nominating him in 1880. and
then, to turn his following over to
either of the old parties which offer
the greatest inducement for the addi-
tional strength be hopes to acquire in
this campaign.
Gen. Buffers persistent ignoring of