Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-07-16
BUTLER ON THE PLATFORM.

The following Is General buffers
speech in the Chicago Convention, on
the Democratic platform:
General Butler said most things in
the platform, he agreed to. Some
things ought to be added, and one
thing, especially, ought to be changed
that he would submit to the better
Judgment of the Convention. When
taxing the people the tax should he
taken where IL would hurt them least.
Was that not reasonable demands
Did they think they could get along
without that? He thought not. He
objected to the taiif plank in the
platform of the Committee because
It took the Committee thirty.six
hours to frame it, aud If it took those
able gentlemen SO long to frame and
get IL In form there must be some
reason for that Ii they could not
hnd out in thirty-six hours what they
wanted, how were his laboring men to
hnd out what it meant? There was
radical difference between the Com
mittee and himself. The very able
Chairman, Mr.. Morrison, thought
there should be no such thing Tor
could be no such thing as protection
TO American labor by taxation. He
(Butler) believed there should be
such protection, such fostering, such
christening. Morrison could not
yield his convictions, aud he (Butler)
could not yield his, and therefore the
Committee had to spend NIL that time
to say something that may mean one
thing, one way, and another thing
smother way. Laughter) He asked
the delegates to read that tariff plank,
and see II they could find out, exactly,
what it did mean. IT, did not mean
protection. If it did. Colonel Morri-
son was too honest man TO bring ii
here, and yet it was so twisted that it
might mean protection. Uanghter)
The Democracy had in its platform
In 1880, a plank for tariff tor revenue
only, and it broke the back of tile
most gallant soldier in the country.
(Laughter) Now they have u plank
for ( public purpose, exclusively.
Where was the difference? Exclusive
~ means only, and only means exclu
sively. Naughterl Passing 70 the
currency question, he said he affirmed
the doctrine of Andrew jackson, that
the Government, alone could issue
money. and that he would rather be
wrong with Jackson'than right with
the Committee. (L,u .hter) He rep
resented many Greenback men good
and true Greenback men,, like Allen
g. Thurman Qaughter), and these
men were willing to. come to the DEM
ocracy, to loot wrong and corruption
out OF the Government, If the Democ-
Yacy would have them. But how we're
they receiveds With a plank 10 the
platform, 1--WE are in favor of honest
money" as ii the Greenbackers were
not In favor OF honest money Who
was not in favor of honest money! If
there Is such man here, let him be
pointed out. Uaughler3
As to civil service reform, he ven.
turcd to say there was not man in
the Convention, in favor of it, unless
he was schoolmaster. Laughler.)
Senator Pendleton had been the au.
thor of the original Civil Service law,
and he had never been heard. of since.
George Washington, himself, could
net have passed IA civil service eXami-
nation for $1,000 clerkship. His
earliest education had been neglected,
and in his will, written by his own
hand, he spelled clothes, "cloathes."
For himself, he wanted frequent
changes in office, in order to counter.
oct the great tendency to have life
office. II Office was a goodathing, .he
wanted all the people to have chance
1t II, and if it was not, then it was too
hard to put it on poor fellow for his
whole life. (Laughter1 At the con-
elusion, he said, if this Convention
told the workingmen and women of
the country that they were TO be, he
would not say protected, ibnt festered,
tho Democracy would sweep the
country, otherwise they would remain
in their workshops and the Democ.
racy would I've again defeated Theo.
yeticauy, he was free trader. but
practically, when 100000, 900 of rev.
cnue had to be raised on imports,
there could be no such thing as free
trade, and so long as some interest
must be fostered, American men
should be, taken care of. (Applause.l