Evening star., 1896-11-11
Its Future Policy Outlined by Senator
Marion Butler.
WON'T OPPOSE TARIFF LEGISLATION
Its Propaganda Work to Be Still
Kept Up.
EXPECTED

Senator Marion Butler, chairman of the
populist national committee, will leave for
his home in North Carolina this afternoon
for a two weeks hunting expedition. In
talk with a Star reporter this morning
Senator Butler said he did not think the
populists and Independent silver Senators
would oppose tariff legislation for revenue
only, provided the increase on GER
tain articles. This is what he said in
swer to an inquiry whether he thought
there would be any tariff legislation at the
coming session of Congress: Il don't think
anybody will oppose revenue tariff, If the
duty is put on the proper articles. If it is
placed or raw materials. SO that the pro-
lection incident to a revenue tariff Will
be eQuitably distributed for the benefit Of
the producer of raw materials as well as
the manufacturer, there will be no objec-
ton. If there Is not sufficient revenue to
run the government some tariff legislation
of this kind ought to pass at the coming
session. There ought also to be a tariff
on certain luxuries well raw ma
terials."
"On what luxuries do you favor high or
increased tariff"
II don't think our representatives would
be particular about which articles the duty
Is placed en-, provided it is on such as Is
consumed by the rich, who now pay no
tax to support the government, and who
will never pay tax to the government un-
less through a tariff on 1uxuries or through
an income tax
"Do you think there will be another fight
over the income tax?'
II did not say that, but If the silver
men were in control Of Congress, rs they
may be before a great while, they would
probably submit to the state legislatures a
proposition to restore the provision of the
Constitution which the decision OF the Su-
Rod
What Will be the attitude Of the populist
Senators and Representatives on the mat
ters you have talked about?'
oemeve .t, 'nae 1 n,.; VITA naHe th ,1ie.a
and Independent silver men, and they will
maintain that position as long as there is
necessity for Increased revenue" @@'-
To Keep Up Its Work.
Senator Butler said that the populist ma
tional committee will practically have head
quarters here all the time. These head
quarters will be located In the Senator's
committee room at the Capitol. THAT will
be a good place. he said, 'for our con-
gressional delegation to caucus and for our
executive committee to meet at any time
it may be called together We will continue
to send out literature and will keep In
touch with our committees throughout the
country. We will also that our papers
throughout the country are kept informed
as to what is going on. We have always
done this and will keep 1t up. The result
of this course in the past was that the
populists were the best posted men in the
country on the financial issue"
Policy of the Peoples Party.
What will be the policy Of the peoples
party for the future?" the Senator was
asked.
I'VE are going to push the organization,
he said, with warmth. I'VE will keep 1t to
the front, where 1t belongs Four years
from now there will be as big a revolt in
| the republican party against McKinleyism
as there was in the democratic party
against Clevelandism, and the men who
leave the republicans and who have been
fighting the democratic party all its life
will naturally join the peoples party before
allying themselves with their old-time op
ponents We must also remember that
there is lot of democrats in the demo-
cratic party who remained on the ground
of regularity. They claimed to support
Bryan but they are glad he was defeated.
"A contest will at once commence between
these and the real silver men for the mas
terry in the party. II this class OF men
can not capture the machinery they will
not be found in the ranks of the party
next time. but will go to the republican
party On the other hand, If they do cap
ture the machinery the real silver men in
the democratic party will come to the peo-
pies party. In either event the democratic
party is bigger today than 1t will be at the
opening Of the next campaign. While this
is so the peoples party Will grow bigger
as each day passes. 1t will never lose a
member by desertion, but will gain acces-
sions constantly from the patriotic rank
and file of all parties. The hope of re-
deeming this country today from Cleve-
landism and Mckinleysm which are syn
onymous and which will be SO found by
the country, lies largely with the patriotic
rank and file of the republican party. who
will, before 1900, join hands with the peo-
pies party. These, with the addition of the
real and true democrats, will clearly make
a majority of the voters of the United
States, but every good citizen who wants
to see good government restored should
realize now that these forces can never
be aligned and led to victory under the
banner Of either of the old parties