Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-19
RntIers Address.

There has been a very general desire |
since Butler announced that he would be |
a candidate for the Presidency TO know |
what he would say in his letter Of accept |
ance. We publish this morning very full |
extracts from what he calls his address.
In one respect it resembles Blaine's letter
OF acceptance. 1t is very long, but in the
matter Of length II is much more formula
bic than Blaine's tariff essay.
If our space had permitted we would
have published the whole address In OF
der that our readers might have seen
what a consummate master OF the trleAs
OF a demagogue Butler is. The extracts
however, give a very fair idea oil the ar
guments which this alleged friend Of the
workingmen, this candidate Of the Green
hackers and Anti-MonOpOlists is using
To awaken interest in his canvass. Inc!
are rather shrewd arguments ana are
calculated TO catch the unWary and IN
thinking.
But1er pretends TO show that the work
ingmen have nothing TO hope for from
either the Democratic or the Republican
party. The Republican party, he de-
cIares, Is owned by the mOnOpolists ana Is
responsible for most Of the great monOpo-
lies that now control the wealth OF the
country. It's advocacy Of a protective
tariff is not in the interest of the work
ingmen. but OF capitalists. With respect
= .bo Democratic party. be
statas that at the National
| Convention at Chicago all the resolutions
which he offered in the interest of the
| workingmen were rejected. OF course,
| he does not say why they were rejected.
| There is a strong suspicion, however,
that he offered them knowing that they
would not be accepted, because they were
| impracticable. Their rejection was what
ne wanted. because they gave him an eX-
cuse for boiling the nominees Of the con-
ventiOn and laid the foundation for his
candidacy.
| Having disposed Of the two great par
test. 1t Rgtit5Jta efg ne pro,
the w0rkingmen TO vote for him. He adj
vises them TO fuse with the minority ID
| each state. provided the minority will
| consent TO give them One-half Of the cleo
toral votes in the event that the fusion
| ticket is elected. He leads the way in
| the AueLU4 movement ~ 0AAlAAA-
| without authority from anybody, the
Greenbackers, the Anti-Monopolists
and workingmen under the title of
The Peoples Party" AS the
candidate Of The Peoples Party" he
tells his followers that they VIII not have
TO wait eight years to get control Of the
government.
| OF course Butler does not expect to be
elected. His egOtism and his impudence
are unparalleled, but he is too well in
formed to think that he can carry a single
State. If his followers were dispos-
ell to act on his advice with
respect to fusing with the minority
party in each State, they would
receive no encouragement. 1t isn't prob
able that either Democrats or Republi-
cans wouldmake a bargain with the But
Ierites. There is no doubt that Butler
Will get a good many votes, but it is too
early vet to determine, with any degree
Of certainty, to which party he will do the
most harm. 1t seems to be the impress
sion now that his candidacy is in the in
| terest of Blaine, but that is not certain.
1t has been said even that he is to have the
! mission to England II Blame IS elecJed.
That statement grew out of a remark
| which he made in a speech at Boston last
! Thursday. He said it would be possible
| to elect President who would send an
| Irishman. or the son of an Irishman, as
| Minister to the Court Of st. James. Butler
is the grandson of an Irishman, and
| hence his remark could not have referred
| to himself. He may have meant that if
| he should be elected he would appoint an
| Irishman as Minister to England.
In note Butler says that he has issued
his address earlier than he intended, and
! earlier than he thinks he ought to, but
| that his friends Overruled him. He
wanted a short, sharp and decisive cam
! paign. There is every indication that the
campaign will be decisive enough for But
Ter. The election will show that he played
a very unimpOrtant part in the Presi-
| Dental contest.