Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-07-11
ITS RECEPTION.
The Audience Not Enthusiastic Over. ths
heading OF the Observation-Disclosures TO
Mr.. Tildcn Received With Applause.

| The Audience Not Enth usiastic Over the
heading of the Observation-Disclosures to
MIR. Tflden Received With Applause.
The reading Of the platform was COM
cIuded at 10 o'clock. It was listened to
attenuvely, with very few Interruptions.
None of its paragraphs, except that refer
ring to Mr.. Tilden, ELECTED any marked in
dication of approval There was, how.
ever, a slight manifestation Of approval
wi en- the reading closed. Mr.. Morri-
son said he would yield now to.
General Butler to present minority re-
port He would then allow Gen. Butler
thirty minutes to discuss his report; fiftsen
minutes to Mr.. Converse, Of Ohio, and FIVE
minutes to Mr.. Watterson and then he
| would move the previous question, and ask
for vote. General Butler said that to
most things in the platform he agreed:
Some things ought to be added to il and
ole thing especially ought to be changed.
That he would submit to. the better jndg-
ment of the convention, he asked the clerk
to read his report The clerk. commenced
by enunciating slowl y and. very distinctly
which caused a general laugh,
Gen. Butler then proceeded to address
the convention. He said he appeared with
great difidence. Most things in the plat
To- m Q agreed to. Those. which had just
been cad were submitted and mol a1reel
to. There was one thing, on. which there
was the most radical differences be-
tween the>two platforms, Both agreed
that there was no constitutional power to
raise revenue beyond the necessary wants
of the Government. That 1t should be
raised according to the doctrines Of the
fathers, and that no tax should be laid on
the necssaries of life not produced in this
country He came here as no rsendcant,
no beegar He came here representing
more than 100000 laboring men.
He had brouSht their condi.
ton before the committee, and had
demanded not that it should give them any
thing, but that when taxing the people the
tax should be, taken where it would hurt
them least. Was not that reasonable de-
mand2 Did they think they could do with.
out that2 He thought not He objected
to the tariff plank in the platform in the
committee because it took the committee
thirty-six hours to frame it, and il it'took
those able men so long to
frame it and get il in form, there must be
some reason for that If they could not
find cut in thirty hours what they want
ed. how was the laboring men to find out
what it mesnt2 Laughter. There was a
radical difference between the committee
and himself Tie abe chairman, Mr.. Nor
rison, thought there should be no such
thing Cor could be no such thing) as pratec-
ton to American labor by taxation. He
(Butler) believed that there should be
such protection, such fostering, such
cherisbing Mr. Morrison could nGt yield
his convictions, and he (Butler) cOnh not
yield his; and therefore the comn,ii,ee had
20 spend all that time TO say something that
would mean one thing one way and another
thing another way Laughter He asked
the delegates to read the tariff plank and
see if they could find out exactly what it
meant-if it did mean protection. IL it did.
Mr.. Morrison was too honest to bring ID
here, and vet it was so twisted that il might
mean protection.
Speaking of the civil service plank Batter
said; George Washington himself could
not have passed civil service examination
for 81 900 clerkship. Laughter His
early education had been neglected, aud in
his will written by his own hand he spelled
clothes "clcsths." Laughter. For himself
he wanted. frequent changes in Office n
order to eounieract the great tepiancy 10
hay G -aristoerstic life Offices.
Speeches were made BY Converse. Waiter.
soa and others,