The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-07-24

time done their duty In the matter OF
the creation of wealth. They had caused
the country, so far as they could, to
blossom as the rose. But these parties
had been unfsithful to their trust and
had brought the country to the verge
Of bankruptcy. The leaders Of both
had been unfaithfui to their trust
Hence the need for the peoples party.
He referred to Mr.. Mckinley as the
candidate Of aggregated capital and
combined greed" He declared that
both the old parties had for years kept
the greater issues in politics In
the background. They would shun
issues aad fight sham battles.
No matter where the victory lay,
Wall street and Lombard street
won. Meantime, be 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 hsrdships endured,
the fiings and ridicule to which they had
been subjected, and declared it had tri
umphed, had atlast torn the mask from
the old parties. Some weeks ago the
republican party had been forced to
align itself with the moneyed kings Of
Wall street and Europe. The dem
ocratic party at Chicago was driven to
the alternative OF siding with gold or
the people. They were so frightened
that, in their desperation, they finally
committed grand and 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,
+ he continued, has been as much an is
sua since 1878 as it was to-day, but it
remained for the peoples party to
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Concluding, Mr.. Butler said:
We shall stand together, go away united,
strip our coats for the fray and be prepared
for any emergency, however great. Rem ember
that you are peoples party men; remember
thatyou have accomplished more in four years
than the other parties and remember that If
you do your duty now, you will very soon be
the party Of the majority.
The gaYel which was handed to Mr..
Butler was presented to the national
committee by s. D. Walton, a colored
delegate from Georgia. as the gift of
]. I. Young, of that state. It has 16
tips of silver and one of gold, and it
was made of walnut, oak and ash
woods collected from II states-16
southern and western and one eastern
state,
The states were then called for mem
bers Of the committee on credentials
and at the conclusion the convention
at 2;1O o'clock took a recess until eight
o'clock tonight
The Kansas Delegation.
ST. LOUIS, July 22.-The Kansas
delegation held a special caucus this
morning and appointed a committee of
FIVE, consisting of W. L. Brown, 7. J.
Hudson, T. j. Close, 7. L. Bond and NJ
L, Drake, to confer with like commit
tees from other Bryan delegations as
to the best means of advancing the
cause. Jerry Simpson said: 1.-THE out
look is not very encouraging, I admit
We are not even sure Of nominating
Bryan, but I haven't given up by any
means The chances really are in his
favor. If we could be assured that
Sewall would get out of the way, I
would be in favor of nominating a
nopuiist in his place"