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because when the collapse comes It Is not the rich
man that suffers; It Is the poor man.
Almost the first official act Of my life in Washing
ton to introduce bill TO repeal the tax State
issues OF 10 per that tax was put in by the
tona banks TO drive the State banks out Of existence
and they succeeded. When went before the com.
mttee on finance and made little talk with them,
Senator Morrill, laughed at me, and said III Yon pass
that bill 1t will break up the national banks" said
so much the better. But If so strong, why do you
fear competition with State banks and putting the
money back to the people, where It belongsf That is
what Mr.. Calhoun meant when he said that he want
70 divorce the currency from the government.
In reply to question as to how he would regulate
the rate Of interest, Senator Butler replied: would
let the rate Of interest regulate itself.
GETTING NEXT TO THE SUBJECT.
One other step would take: would put ten acres
to the mule, instead Of twenty, for three years.
(HurrahD If the farmers Of this country would put
ten Of cotton to the mule instead OF twenty for
three years. and the balance in provisions they will
have the world at their knees, (Applause) They
would be the richest and most Independent and the
s
six or seven cents per pound there s not much chance
for such prosperous condition.
My friend stated that the farmer can only have pro-
ducts sent to the market but once year. while the
something every month in the year. If the farmer
has not something to sell once month It is his own
fault.
GOOD ALLIANCE DOCTRINE, GOOD DEMOCRATIC DOC
TRINE.
Question by an audtor-I would like to know, Sen
ator, II the snbreasury scheme is the only demand Of
the farmers that you are opposed to.
Senator Butler-Yes, TINT Is the only one, except
one other, think the Alliance doctrines as good
Democratic doctrines as want; and when heard
my friend speak this morning came to the concln.
sion that was better Alliance man than he was, al.
though be would not let me into the order because
At this point Of Senator Buffers address the chair
man announced that his time was up. The audience,
though, would not submit to cessation Of the Sena.
tors talk. They cried ont with one voice for him 10
continue.
THE RAILRoADs.
Senator Butler complied with tho call Of the people
and spoke twenty minutes longer. He said another
demand Of the Alliance is that they propose that the
government shall purchase and operate the railroads
I am opposed to that The government already con-
trolls them as for as It should co. by the interstate
ests of the people from the government the better OF
we are. The long and short haul clause In the inter-
state commerce bill was put in there to protect the
people.
NO ROOM FOR THIRD PARTY.
The Senator WAS again interrupted by being asked
"What about third partyT
Senator Butler-I am glad you asked that question.
There ts no room In this country for third party
c'You are righti" Cheers.) There never has been,
and never will be, room for third party
Mr.. Tabert-For instance, the one they tried to
start last fall got killed mighty quick.
Senator Butler-Which one?
Mr.. Talbert-The third party Of last fall.
Senator Butler-They didn't live very long.
WHAT HAS THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY DONE?
Another questioner at this point wanted to know Of
the Senator what the Democratic party had done in
the last twenty-five years.
bsckwoods think you would make hrst.rate lead.
er Of the third party. [Oheers.] II you have been
so far in the background that you haven't learned
what the Democratic party has been doing for the
South, would advise you to 90, like the poor sinner
and be born again. (Cheers.) The Democratic party
under the direction Of that greatest and wsest states
man OF modern times, Thomas Jefferson, came into
being, and during that long, bloody and terrible wal
1t held Its own against the revolutonists against the
anarchists and nihiists and may my right and lef,
arm be paralyzed II live to condemn those Of our
brethren Of the North who, through that bloody sea
son, going down. as some supposed forever with each
revuleon OF the waves OF revolution they would rise
and flash the constitution from the crest Of the revo-
luton. Voorhees,, Pendleton Seymour and others, af
good Democrats as ever lived, were the first to take
me by the hand as MANNED Confederate without q
dollar in my pocket lCheers) Therefore, when
hear gentlemen talking about third party In thi,
The Democratic party has stood for the right 1t ia
like vertable stone wall before the aggressions o
the Republicans; and II they had not done anything
but keep them back, thus stemming the tide Of op
pression they wond have done enough to warrant us
In being their friends and comrades. There can be
but two par ties The Democratic party Is the party
Of the people. The old Federal party Its first op-
ponent, went down before It. The Whig party rose
upon the ruins Of the Federal, and the Free Soil
party upon the ruins Of the Whig, the Kuow-Noth
ings and the Republican party Of to-day upon the
ruins Of ALL and the Democratic party stands to-day
as 1t has stood, insisting that in all matters over
which the Federal government under the constitution
preme, but that all questions reserved to the States
and to the people Of the States, the States
preme. The war settled nothing except that the Is
sue WAS not the remedy for the evil at least 80 decid
ed the sword but the rights Of the States are abso-
lutey unimpsired except so far as they were tn1u-
enced by the three amendments TO the Constitution,
freeing the negroes and giving them the right to vote
been advocating the very doctrine which the Alli-
ance is demanding except the two which have
pointed out. They are as good Democratic doctrines
as want.
TALBERT GETTING ON THE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.
Mr.. Talbert-YOu are on our platform.
Senator Butler-l am glad to See you, sir, coming
up to good Democratic doctrines. (Applause.)
have never believed that you were third party man,
and don't believe so now. When we elect Demo
cratic president next year. with majority Of 140 In
the House OF Representatives aud with, as hope,
then fails to bring relief which all admit ought 10
be had, shall then be prepared to Talk to some man
about third party; but am not going to do It as
long the prospect Is good for Democratic success
In oil branches Of the government. (Applause.)
This concluded Senator Buffers argument.