The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-08-21
BUFFERS BID.
The Autobiography Candidate Shows Why
the People ShouId Support Him
tor President. Q
His Statement Of the Manner in Which He
Was Sat Down Upon by the DsmO-
cratic Convention at Chicago, =
An Arrangement of the Old Parties Ind an
Appeal to the People to Join in the
Formation Of New Party. e-

Gen: Benz r. Butler sets forth his
claims 70 the presidency in an address
Of eight columns, Of which the following
Is an abstracts: ..43-.i
To my constituentss ~
In compliance with Oft-repeated and
anxious inquiries, hasten to give &C
count of my stewardship of the political
interests with which was charged.
They were four:
1. Hostility to all monOpolles in com
merce, industries and lands. aa.
3. The preservation of the national le-
gal tender currency of the people. con-
stit1tionally Issued by congress.
8. The needs of all men and women
who labor in the production OF wealth,
! to be protected against the encFoaeh-
nents OF those who absorb and consume
without producing. SGT
4. The necessity for reform and cor
rectI0n OF abuses In government, so that
its pressure On the people would be made
| as light Is possible; It's administration
effective, 20 guard the rights Of Ameri-
can citizens at home, and abroad; to
make public servants individual or in
corporate, suhserYient TO the use and will
of the people only, SO as to restore the
prosperity or the country, with equal
burdens, equal powers, aud equal PRIV
IiegeS TO all people. -
The address then goes on to state thai
the author was The choice for the Demo-
cratic presidential candidate at Chicago
Of 10000 voters of the common wealth
of Massachusetts, and continues: 80
At Chicago a sub committee OF eight
was chosen and directed to prepare a
tariff plank and submit II to the commit
tee. In that subcommittee I presented
q series of resolutions which may be
thus summarized:
1. That no more revenue should be
raised by any form of taxation than alb
solutely accessory for the EXPENSES of the
government.
q That such revenue should be raised
| by tariff on imports.
8. That all material used in arts and
manufactures and the necessaries of life
not produced in this country should
come in free; but iuxuries should be
taxed to the highest possible point.
4. That the internal revenue tax upon
| liquors, distilled and fermented, and to-
bacco, being war tax, should be sacred
| IL devoted to relieving the people from
the remaining burdens OF the war, to-
wit: The care and comfort or relief of
soldiers disabled IN the wars of the re-
public, and paying such pensions as con-
gress should from time to time allow
such soldiers, and paid into fund for
that purpose, like fund having been
provided for our sailors. 2sa
5. The laws imposing duties for reVs-
nue. should be so adjusted as best to pro-
mote American enterprise and Ameri.
can industry, to cherish and foster Amer
lean labor. and not create monopolies.
On submitting these resolutions OF the
subcommittee, the FIRST four articles
were agreed to without division; but
the 18th, declaring the duty of the gov
eminent TO so lay taxes as best 10 pro;
mote American enterprise and Ameri-
can industry, and cherish and foster
American labor, failed Of adoption by q
vote Of four to four. i Z
From that hour any candId4iure of
mine in that convention becau c TO- me:
impossible. r.;.ei
The defeat of any possible nom NEE OF
the party upon q free trade platform
seemed 70 me inevitable, even II not de-
sirable. The influences which caused
the change of three votes out Of seven
clearly Horeshadowed the nominee!
The address states that the author also
offered at the national Democratic con-
vention at Chicago series of
ISSOiuBlOnS l1NOI Vi LuV uuSbtCo on4
the iaboring men and women of the
country; resolution 70 sustain the legal
tender currency; q resolution opposing
monopolies; & resolution declaring the
public lands to be the heritage of the
people; resolution that the United
States will not permit a ship canal 10 be
built across the Isthmus of Panama with
out its consent, except that it will exer-
else the right to take possession of 1t
whenever the necessity of the country
demands; g resolution that the various
offices of the government belong TO the
people thereof, aud that frequent
! changes of federal officials we're neces-
sary to cOunteract the growing aristo-
cratic tendencies to life Office. as we'll as
/ for the discovery and punishment of
! frauds and embezzlements OF public
money, all of which were voted down.
Through the courtesy OF the chairman
! OF the committee, and by personal inter-
/ cession, ! obtained the boon of thirty
minutes to present and discuss a charter
Of the peoples rights at an hour crowd
/ ing on midnight, but before il could be
printed and laid befnre the conventions
and with the refusal of the convention
to adjourn TO the morning before a vote
was taken upon them. So eager were
the members to get at their work ofpre
i destined nomination. .ss "a
And such convention has been called
9 deiiberatIVe bodyl f ot.--
| II is true that it spent days upon tbs
| unit rule, which required mans vote
TO be cast against his conscience and
| Judgment, in spite of his protest by
| others, and days in trying to settle the
/ internal diesensionS OF the machine poll.
| tics of single state; but it could give
| thirty minutes only to the discussion o
principles for the government of the
/ nation therefore could substantially
| uresent but one plank, the most import.
/ ant of all, the protection OF the Ameri
/ can iaborer and produces. without which
/ in my judgment. there can be no pros
| peIity TO this country. aGl
And this WAS voted down in the con
| vention by q vote of 1874 70 S718. ..u
I felt it but right to warn the eonven
/ ton. however unimportant such warn
| ing might seem, of the course Of ms
duty if such Q vote was passed againsI
the WorkIngmen and women of the
/ country, for whose welfare IL was well
known had stood from my earliest
1 manhood. The notice was In this EN-
/ uhstic language: IF you refuse ic
stand by the WOrkingmen, God help you
/ I cannot" In this there was no mas.
| take. Mr. Watterson Of Kentucky
/ who followed me, took WarniDg, saying
the party would look TO God for help
but the scripture saith, ~Fhe prayer Of
| the wicked avaiieth not" IL was due
to myself not to adopt the course which
certain pure minded, and upright, and
highly moral politicians deem it proper
4 to pursue, take part Ia the pFOcc edings
/ of convention 60 its end, and then
| without giving any notice to anybody,
aud without protesting, refuse 10 sup.
port its dOings.
have thus given q succIpct, as il
may be, bus faithful account of my
connection with the Chicago convention
snd its actions on the matters which,
was charged to present TO IL by the ns
tional Greenback labor party. the anti
monopoly organization, and the Democ-
racy Of Massachusetts,
I win not omit the fact that IN the
1 platform adopted there were certain
sweet phrases used toward the foreign-
born citizen. There were certain hon
eyed words, over and over repeated, in
order that their repetition might seem
like earnest advocacy put IN favor Of
labor, and upon some Of the topics o.
our platform. But do claim, and sub
NIT 70 the Just Judgment Of the people
that comparing the two platforms and
taking the action OF theconVenEiou, every
elaIa Of the anti m0nOpollsf, and nation
al Greenback and labor men, was 81
contemptuOusly rejected OF 20 thorough
IL emothered by platitudes which would
permit any financial theoEist or any
/ nonopolisG 70 subscribe to the major
" platform. that it IL most apparent or
the face Of the resolutions that they were
simply resolutions Of expedients % casl
votes by IndIreclion, deception and ii
fusion, not declarations Of those hIgl
principles which should form the basiI
Of the united action Of great party Q
the people
The address then proceeds 60 arraigl
the Republican party, which Il declare
Wss in Its inception the party Of the PEG
pie, but which il asserts has become III
party OF monopiisIs and while claiminI
70 protest labor protects only capital
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