Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-08-19

arraianment Of the Deme-
..,sste FATTY.
49,. auo. 1s.-General Butler says
note that his address Is issued thirty
~ soouer than intended, At tue soiic-
esys; o1 of his personal friends out 3 pine.
ns AGAINST bis own Judgment. mad
snssdn he saws. to have had the ad-
noP .soe Of q distinct avJwal OF princi-
ssn'r ~ the Democratic candidate for
PEE ~ and TO have ascertalred from
rressasiaration whether By recautIng
DIS ~ his public opinions be m'ght
OIL shox himself better than the official
n nss;o ou Of his party has shown itself by
r. platform" ,zL,...,. =;
bia copsti uents," which word
recD IN embrace the people of the
sIS States. He says that the Dem
Uhile - Massachusetts, confided to him
osla sollovine political interests
tnysa.oss-Hostility to all monopolies in
.srce. industries and lands.
cca.ond-The preservation OF the ma
~ isoel tender currency of the pso-
aon. Internationally issued by Congress.
psT 1;.d The need of all men and
III ubo labor in the production of
so. u,.h A be protected against the en-
sosSmeuts of those who absorb and
s.~snme without producing.
Feorth-The necessity for the reform
nd correction of abuses In the govern
at 40 that its pressure on the people
hid be made az light as possible. its
sSm,nistration effective to guard the
sah,s of American citizens at home aud
IIsssosa 10 make pubic servants, iDdi-
ssaosI ar corporte, subservient to the
" and will of the people only, so as TO
. - the property of the country with
IA yiohts, equal bsrdens, equal pow
~ and equal privileges to all the people.
pe saws be owes duty TO the people,
-, 10 no Democratic organization
~ and be had intended, if these
at principles of government had
- cordially received and honestly
sSonted by the Democratic National
G,nyention as part of the platform,
q have permitted tis name to go be-
s,re the convention as candidate for
prssident. in which case he wovld have
haan hound by that action to support
hosb the platform and nominees. de
nva: "In thus doing the will Of those
vbo ISN'T me I sought none of the hon
a,s az the convention, and interferred
vith none of its proceedings, save t.
save az a member of the
.ommi,tee on what should have
han lts platform OF principles, and not
q sxpedients." He then relates bis OK
usrienco on the Sub committee on reso-
iutions. which was partly embraced in
hia speech before the convention. He
avs that the resolution offered by him
10 90 levy taxes as best to promote
American interests and industries, aud
10 foster American labor, failed of adop.
tisp by a tie vote. From that hour his
sapddature in that convention became
impossible.
de afterwards offered series OF reso-
lutious In favor of the industries OF the
laborine men and women of the coun-
try: declaring that the legal tender cur
rercy under the decision of the Supreme
Court was now the constitutional cur
rency OF the country; that all monopo
liss, 40 they tend to make two Glasses,
she very rich and the very poor, are
hurtful 10 the peace of the Republic;
DECLARING the public lands to be the
heritage OF the people; that the United
States should not permit a ship canal to
BE- built across the Isthmus of Panama
without its consent; that there should
BE- frequent changes in Government
officers, 10 counteract the growing aris-
socratic tendencies of life In Office;
that the United States should protect
its citizens everywhere, aud that no
American should be tried for any act
done in this country, except under It's
own laws and on its o a soil. These
declarations of principles, which seem
10 cover most of the Ivs questions ia
politics in which people are interested.
we're one after another voted down by
the Democratic COMMITTEE. General
Batter adds: Through the courtesy Of
the chairman of the committee aud
By psrsonai intercession, / obt ,ined a
boon Of 30 minutes 10 present and dis.
cuss a charter of the peoples rights. At
the hour of midnight. but b-for- it.
could be presented and laid before the
cemmittee, vote was taken upon
them, 30 eager were the members
10 get at their work of Preeidsn
tial nominal aud such con-
ventinu has been called a delibsrstive
body. 1t 10 true that it spent days on
he unit rale, which required mans
vote TO be east against his conscience
and Judgment in spite Of his protest by
oshers--dnys in trying to settls the In
ternal diesentions of the machine poll
ticians of a single State but il woald
give thirty minutes only TO a discussion
Of the principles OF the government of
the Nation. therefore could substan-
tally present one plank, tue most i'm
aDf s,f nIt hA tfsaFs faf
The American laborer and producer
without which, in my judgment, there
ean be no prosperity to the country. and
This vas voted down in the Convention
By q vote Of 7l2H to 971f. ] felt it but
right to warn the Convention, however
unimportant such warning might
seem. of the course of my duty il such
avote we're passed against the working
men and women Of the country. for
whose welfare. IL was well known, had
stood from my earliest manhood. The
potice was in this emphatic language
even: II yeu refuse to stand by the
vorkinRmen. God help you cannot
~ this there was no mistake. Mr..
Watiersou Of Kentucky, who followed
me-, took the warning, saying the party
would look to God for help, but the
Scripture sayeth. the prayer Of the
wicked availeth not IL was Just to
msssif not to adopt the course which
certain pure minded and upright and
highly moral politicians deemed 1t
proper TO pursue-take part In the pro-
weddings of convention TO It's end,
and then, without giving any notice 10
anybody and without protesting, refuse
esupport its doings."
ueneral Butler adds that nothvith-
sanding the sweet phrases, the reso-
iuunns are expedients TO catch votes by
ndirect deception and are illusions. not
aeolsrations Of those high principles
which should form the bats of the
action Of great party. The people ct
We country have had no experience for
nearly q quarter Of a century Of What
ne DIM Sctacy wouii do IL they
asa TIE power. so that the people are
oonged 10 require the most explicit
psages from them Of their intended
wien before we can put The govern
msnt IN their hands. But the farmer
Nd the laborer know that Democratic
nouse OF Representatives has just APP
nupriaied more money raised ny taxa
va than any other House Of Repre-
.ussfivss has ever appropriated IN a
nme Of peace. We also know that the
oemooratic majority would have made
sIfee Trade tariff, containing all the obi
~ features of the present war tariff So
s as regards its monstrous inequaiities,
horizontal reduction Of the tsr.n ;
70 break down varv NAME NJ tina rsssn o