Morning journal and courier., 1884-08-14
RUTLER MEETING.


 An Enthusiastic Meeting i'm LoOm1s' HalI-Speeches Made by Hon. HI. Q. Baldwin, of Naugatuck, and others -125 Sign the Roll.
 The friends of Butler to the number of 15O gathered in Loomis' Temple of Music hall last evening to organize for the cam paign The men were mostly mechanics and evidently are bolters from the Demo cratic ranks. The meeting was very orderly and considerable interest was manifested.
 Mir. Charles E. Hayes called the meeting to order and said this gathering was to allow men to.organize for the election of Benjamin F. Butler, and to form central club. He called on Butler, the natter, to act as secre- tary, and introduced the Hon. H. c. Bald win, of Naugatuck, Conn.,, as the speaker of the evening. Mir Baldwin was quite earnest in his remarks and was greeted with frequent applause He said
 Fellow citizens: I do not know of any thing more pleasant at this time than to meet andltalk! to you of the interest of the times. Eight years ago I addressed Greenback meeting in this hall At that time 6, 900, 900 men wsre id1ing. In 1877 the riots took | place. and in that connection let me tell what | may contribute to our wants and necessities The great waste was brought about by law and | that by the bondholders l am not here to speak of politics in q narrow sense, but in | the broad and open way. As citizens ask | your candid consideration of the great ques- \ tions If you will examine the census of \ 1880 you will find that the value \ of each one's labor was 5000 per Y year and the average per man $500. Ben1afnin F. Butler in q speech said capital had not the right to take from honest labor. In 1866 the people were not SO nearly out of \ debt as then. That war was not well for the | two parties, but was for the laborer. Then every man who wanted good position could ' get 1t. Do you believe that 1t is right that the people who create wealth should be al= lowed to tse only one-third of itl Pages of the United States statutes might be quoted \ uphoiding such practice. have read lately N that there Is danger that the soldiers pen sions would destroy the treasury. There has been paid in interest up to June lst $400, ,000,00 more than has been paid to the soldiers and towards the debt Are you satisfied with the way this govern ment is run, which gives the laborer $2 and takes $3 This nation is staggering under I a financial panic Not day passes when ar old house does not go under God has not | drowned on us, but has given good crops Panics are caused in the channels of trade because there is not the equality for labor \ Why is not some of the money in the treas ury used to pay the debt and the soldiers Is there party which will come forward anc | present 8 live issue? The leaders of the two \ old parties presume on the feelings of the people. The mechanics for the last sixtee1 \ years working at the forge, loom ant blow have not been able to get good living ' and educate their children.
 This is the great question that the peopl
 have to grapple with
 \ I stand as defender of the principles O ' Jackson and Jefferson. There was one man Benjamin F. Butler, who had the courage t. \ take the rag baby in one hand and a club il f the other and he gave them an introduction they will not forget. Who makes the natiol , what it is to-day? It is the bondholder ani the note shaver who cause it to be what
 is? The law can only make what is money \ The Supreme court has said we were righ
 and the Rothschilds were not. After al these years of toll the obligations of tn
 country could not be paid by all the none know in the banks of the country We are suffering greatly by the enforce
 idleness of the time. There is not any issu \ between the two great parties. After cleo
 tion you will have to buy your kerosene an pay for your newspapers and reading room
 which they at present give to you.
 a John Sherman said any man who wante | to pay for bond in different money tha
 what he paid for it was horse thief. Sine \ then he has became a millionaire-that ho1
 said, to pay off the national debt first. the republic has fallen so low that it depend 1 only on whether Blaine or Cleveland is cleo b ed, God help us.
 I After the address the hat was passed to d
 fray the expenses and an opportunity WI given to sign the roll to organize a club. | committee of one from each ward was al
 pointed to make arrangements for the pc ! manent organization. Speeches were mao s \ by Charles E. Hayes and others. About + l. \ signed the roll and signifed their intention n supporting Butler at the coming election.