Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-07-25
SENATOR MARION BUTLER.

address. MIR. STONE Uiu NOT speak
ut great length, His welcome
was most cordial lie vcnturcd
upon few general remarks upon the
pI opricty OF freedom of the press, OF
speech and OF the ballot, which must,
he said amid applause, be preserved at
all hazards In closing, he repeated
his assurance Of welcome, in doing
which he spoke, he said, not for tho
state Of Missouri alone, but for the city
of st. Louis and for the entire Missis-
sippi valley.
Ignatius Donnclly, OF Minnesota, re-
spondcd TO Gov Stones speech. His
appearance reused the middlc.of-thc-
road element to burst of enthusiasm.
He spoke gracefully, paying a high
compliment to ST. Louis and eloquent
ly describing the majestic Mississippi
and the vast country tributary to 1t,
but avoiding adroitly any allusion to
the subjects upon which the delegates
below him were divided.
Senator Butler was introduced as
temporary chairman by Chairman
TaubcneclS, who said that Mr.. Butler
had been elected temporary chairman
without dissenting vote and he added
his belief that when the convention
should adjourn 1t would be found that
1t had acted wisely with us great
uuanimity as had tho committee in
choosing the temporary chairman.
1--WE arc here" said Senator Butler,
"becausc there Is need of us to he
here" lie referred to the fact that
two national parties had already held
their conventions. These two parties
had had charge OF the government for
rs years The people had during this
time done their duty in the matter OF
the creation OF wealth. They had caused
the country, so far rs they could, to
blossom as the rose. But these parties
had been unfaithful to their trust and
had brought the country to the verge
OF bankruptcy. The leaders Of both
had been unfaithful tn their trust
Hence the need for the peoples party.
lie referred TO Mr.. Mckinley rs the
candidate Of aggregated capital and
combined greed" IIo declared that
both the old parties had for years kept
the greater issues in politics In
the background. They would shun
issues and fight sham battles.
No matter where tho victory lay,
Wall street and Lombard street
won. Meantime, he said, the
populist party, organized to bring re-
lief TO the people. had grown steadily.
The agitation had been kept up; VIC
tory against greed had been won. The
south and the west had joined hands.
He described the various campaigns
through which the party had passed in
various states, the hardships endured,
the filings and ridiculc to which they had
been subjected, and declared II had tri'
umphcd, had at last torn the mask from
the old parties Some weeks ago tho
republican party had been forced to
align itself with the moneycd kings Of
Wall street and Europe. The dem.
ocratic party ut Chicago was driven 10
the'altcrnativc OF siding with gold or
the people. They were SO frightened
that, in their desperation, they finally
committed grand aud petty larceny,
stealing the populist platform and try
ing to steal into the populist party.
This statement set the convention
wild.
Mr.. Butler pleaded for the mainte-
nance OF the organization OF the peo-
pies party. The financial question:
ho continued. has been rs much an Is
sue since 1878 MS It was to-day, out IL
remained for the peoples party TO
force this issue TO the front
Concluding MIR. Butler said:
We shall stand together. go away "a united utss
an our uU-, uv now great Remambcr
that you ara peoples PARTY men: remember
that sOu have accomplished moro IN four year:
,nan inc O.nSr parties ana S, ~ors soo" bo
The The party pa Of the the majority.