The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1884-08-21
BUTLER TO THE PEOPLE
AN ADDRESS AND AN ACCEPTANCE.
IteoapltuiatIng Ills Acts al the Chicago
Conyentlon-Both Old Parties so-
yerely Criticised Fusion
Strongly Advocated.
BUrLRR's LETTER

LVWEllH NNHh ANHf lNt-llt hlNTNhHt IN ~
10 styled, instead Of letter. 10 hi, constituents
was given out yesterday by General Butler
II Ia most volumnous document occupying
nearly 1--WE ordinary newspaper columns set
In small type The following Is u synopsis OF
III principal points II opens Hs follows
40 MUCOustHu6ntsi ln oompl anCO with Oft
repeated and anxious inquiries, haston 10
give account of my stewardship OF the polit,
ioal interests with which was charged, They
were fourj
~. Hostility 70 all monOpolies IN COM
meroe, industries and lands,
~ The preservation OF tho National legal.
tonder currency Of tho people, constitutional
ly issued by Congress,
10, The needs OF all men and women who
labor In the production of wealth, 70 DO pro-
tocted against tho onoroaohmonts OF those
who absorb anu consume without producing,
" The necessity for reform and correction
OF abuses IN Government 80 that is pressure
on the people would 10 made as light M pos
sbe; lts administration etrcctYc, TO guard
the rights Of American citizens Ut home and
abroad 10 make public servants individual
or incorporate, suh'oviont 10 tho use and
VIII Of the people only, 40 rs 70 restore tho
prosperity OF tic country, with equal rights
logo8 Of all people.
'lhe'e latter were specially oOnfdod TO mo
by tho Democratic masses OF Massachusetts,
to whom alone | owe grateful dnty for high
consideration aud support during yoara of of.
fort In reform Of government, but no Dem
ocratlo organization whatever, Thoy were 20
DO presented 20 the National Democratic
Convention for itS acceptance ana adoption
au a 90 VllH IA tpuNllsau
by our fathers.
"l had intended II these great principles OF
Government, by tho pcopo aud Tor the poo
plo only, had boon cordially received, and
enrnCsly and honestly udOptCd 10y that
convention no tho political chart Of tho
Democratic p0,lH 20 have permitted my
name 70 he presented 10 the c1nNcn,
ton FOR the HuirnNra OF the people nA ChiDt
Executive 20 administer and carry forward
the necessary mgaHurpa, IN whlOh case |
should hutoO ON buunl by lia action ~ sup
port both ~ plat Oun ana no ninueA Ihut /
should 10 placed IN ihul hiEn position know
was the Will o. the 10000 voter, OF that olm'
mOnWOnlt', who bad expressed thor eOni'
dcnCO uy tnolr votes so unanimously that no
man ir m that state could nave. bocn dol
ogato 10 that convention II ho had duyod 10
breathe aloud that hO was opposed OlthOr 10
the principles represented or " my pors0l.
NJ candldature. In thus doing the VIII OF
those who Sont me, sought mono ol the hon
Ow OF tho convention, anu intoricrol with
none of lts proceedings, save to sofyo Us u
mOmbor of lts committee on what should have
been lls platform Of principles anu not OF
0Npodionia,"
The address thon refora TO GOnoral lullor'a
action In the Committee on Platform Hni lt9
work, lIo found himself holding tho con-
trolling vote In tho opmmittoo, ono not now
10 him, aud presented n second minority re-
port OF one which was adopted by the CON
vontlOn, Tho eOrlCa of revolutions which he
RpeEnuIau In il1 atIlN nnut
lied In the address, Tho result OF the action OF
tho subcommittee made his cnudllnturo In
the convention impossible.
The address then proceeds 20 give IN sue.
cinot order nll OF hls 0Oiona, both IN commit
toe and Ia tho convention, Al Of his roeQlu'
tons In favor of labor were voted down. His
resolution 10 sustain the legal tondor ourron'
@ inc o"S SpRTq t 6S"HpoOe t6e aS5 of S I6o
people by the OritloefNey nud Nll others pro-
tontCd, he suyt, suffered the same lNlu, lie
was granted tho boon OF thlrly minutes W
present his Ideas lilo warnud lho body OF lta
agtion,
He aami,s that the platform as adopted con.
tninH certain sweet phrases toward the for.
tign'bom eitd0n," hut he doplnree thai aa
whole the work t QUO OF oNpodicnA,
The country has bad no ONporlOn00sfor
quarter Of u ooptury ~ TO what the DomoO'
rAOy would do II in powori "hue' he RnyH,
"the farmer and tho lHborinH man DO know
that u Democratic House of Representatives
taxation than any other llouacol tupruuontl'
tlvOg haa over appropriated IN tiwc Ol peace,
We also know that tho Democratic majority
would hny0a irpo'undostnrin containing nll
the oliOua features OF tho present war tariff,
NJ furas regards itg monsloua Inequalities,
by horizontal reduction OF tho tnrIil 10
break dawn very many rising ANA struggling
iudustroa, Nnd ouu4o tho destruction OF tho
homes OF our wOrllngmon Nnd tho home mar
k0ta OF the American produpurA
"NhO doeH not know that tho worry four OF
tho uotlone or tho Democracy IN CpnEtpeh hha
no paTay6cd American ont0rprigu ana 9usl'
nOHa thar millg are everywhere oilnH, inlnOa
shut up, furnaces blown out, ana every kind
OF employment 40 euilhllcd thAt the mAuhbii'
lcA ANA wurklnRincn are not earning enough
TO support lllo In olmlorti ~ that tlo Farm.
or oven, deprived OF homo mNrNct ANA
crushed down by discriminating rntos Of
transportation, finds hla corn, wh0ll and wool
lower than thoy have boon within The present
g0nOrutlOnI Can tho pOoplo therefore trust
the machine Ocmoa arUoY with puWuG upuu
ehlftlnH oya.lye aud deceptive platform
On tho ll0puOl lnn dc lo snys "W0 know
the Republicans no country has hnl OK
perlOnoo In Republican party rulN twohty'
1--we years, aud know 10 results, We, thuru'
foro, have no mood 10 look W lls platform,
for 10y thor iruita yo shall know thOn,
The Republican party Ia lta inception was
pmplntignlly tho pntIy OF tho pl0pe, "
had IN n Aubatuntaly nuthOr m0nupollat
convention Of dplogntoB who framed tho
Declaration OF Independence, Taking out
nyo mon, the rest eould hardly ply uh0ir
bOarl BILLS
'ii6o Republican party wue formed upon
nrand and noble ldun, 10 do for ono olnHa OF
worlInWmon what the Democratic party, o.von
undor lcilolp1n and Jackson, had lnllod 70
whlto man, Tho Democracy Of tho Ropub.
heun party dealt With the blaok man, aud
almod W give him freedom and
gguel rights FOR that purposg, nnd
thnS' S rSdiea party aud 60 radical q
party OF the po0plo that the nrlstoorutio .plrt
OF tito Whlg pnrty tile old aQyoraarlos OF the
Democracy OF the dnya OF Jnokgon, morHcd
th0mgolloA IN the Democracy without Il drop
OF Democratic blood, no they hoped, IN their
yelne. or q thought for the people, except ~
the lower clnsaOs In thoir party, and such OF
thum ~ n quarter OF u century hnu tpnrol
largely guldinp Us councils IN the manner wo
have neon." Az this point tho nd
dress treats of the mninor IN which
the Republican .pnrty became tho party
carry on the war drew nll tho bankers aud
onpitnlsta into the Republican pnriy, aud II
any stayed In the Democratic party they woro
IN confederation with the eumn clnHs, 10 80 hr
rOngo polltos that whichever party cnmo into
p0wor capital, IN OIL lta varied nnd powerful
lormp, would be- sure " control, nnd the poo.
pic loo ground up 40 "hutwCon tho upper ana
neither mletopo" Thus II VIII DO READILY
seen, and he who runs mhy rond, thnt tho Ne
publican pnrty IA the party OF monopoly, OF
corporate Interests IN every Form of Industry
and every dopui tmentof business ANA ilnnno0
lilo declares that the Antl.Munopolist onu
expect nothing from the Republican party
Claiming 20 protect labor thut party only pro-
lools capital The Importation OF cheap labor
the use of convict labor and tho employment
of women aud children, 10 the dutilmont OF
men, uro pointed out with the uenerals
characteristic emphasis, These are wrongs,
ne Baid, which talnt the very lllo"bood OF tho
people,
Iu continues 'efhe Republican party hae
roleuspd the colorol man from bondage nnd
In tho score OF years since, hos not that party
hy tho enuie apeooB OF oesH legislation saved
the white omen of the Nation from detofl.
Grating ts ohlldronf
with an overwhelming majority, Nepub.
unnna hnVn annui fnnntha nuu iuDuiha IN do