Birmingham state herald., 1896-11-08
HE TELLS HOW TWAS DONE Senator Marion Butler Gives
 Out a Statement TO THE PEOPLES PARTY. Says Cleveland Used Coercion in the Way of
 Party Patronage, TO CRUSH THE SILVER SENTIMENT. Gold Bugs. He Says, Will in the Future Support the Party of Mo-
 nopolies and
 Trusts. ee
TO CRUSH THE SILVER SENTIMENT.

Washington, Nov. 7.-Senator Marion Butler, chairman of the national commit tee of the peoples party, today issued the following statement:
 To the People of the United States: "In the remarkable campaign just clos ed the peoples party was the only party that supported solidly and unitedly the great and vital issues represented in the candidacy of MT. Bryan.
 This was natural for the peoples par ty came into existence to bring to the front and to press to victory the princi- pies of Lincoln and Jefferson, already long discarded by the two old parties. The republican party in 1892 gave it's sup port to the candidacy of Grover Cleve- land for the especial purpose of having him, through the use of patronage and otherwise, to crush out the silver senti- ment in the south, and make the leaders in that party as completely subservient
 as those in the republican party. To ac- complish this purpose four cabinet min isters were selected from the south, and
 an unusually large amount of patronage
 used on political leaders to the same end. It will be remembered that MT. Cleveland demanded that the democratic senators
 and congressman give decisive vote in the interests of the gold standard be- fore he would even give out the post offices.
 This deep laid plan might have suc- ceeded had not the peoples party at this juncture sprung into existence, exposed the plot, stood in the breach, and ap- pealed to the patriotic hosts of both par ties to check the scheme of the peoples
 despoilers and rally to the common de- fense This the peoples party forced the democratic organization to repudi- ate Cleveland and to return to correct fundamental principles. Not only this, .I1- tlHF h liean party to cease hedging and strad- ding for the purpose of deceiving the people and drove them to take stand on one side or the other of the vital is-
 sues at stake. The issues now being suuarely joined it was evident that those influences in the democratic party which had dominated and debauched the party for quarter of a century would be driy- en to the support of the party that took position on the side of the trusts, mo- nopoIies and money gamblers. While, on the other hand, it Is evident that even a larger per cent of the republican party favored the principles now squarely fore ed to the front, yet only small per cent would in this campaign support them because they found them under the deIno- cratic banner.
 Had 1t not been for the prejudice against the democratic name. as well as want of confidence in democratic prom ises for which it must be frankly admit ted past experience furnishes ample ground a majority of the voters of the country in spite of the tremendous and
 unparalleled forces put forward by the republican managers, would nave cast their vote for financial reform and Amer
 can independence. The peoples party
 with a high patriotism and an unselhsh
 devotion to principle, greater than ever
 before exhibited by any other party, step
 ped outside ofzits organization to throw its 200O 900 votes solidly for MT. Bryan.
 Had not more than this number of those
 who called themselves democrats in 1892 given their support to MT. Mckinley, the cause of the people and American prin-
 ciples would have triumphed this year. This class of democrats will surely
 support the party of monopolies and
 trusts in the future Their places in the
 ranks of the reform hosts must be taken
 by patriotic republicans. In fact Bryan
 would have been elected In this contest
 had even 25,000 more silver republicans
 come to the rescue. r-.trt s1-
 ssThe election of Mckinley and the
 triumph of the, gold standard does not
 express the desires and sentiments of the
 American people. The majority oppose
 the policy for which. he stands and will
 so vote whenever an opportunity Is pre- sented- for a proper alignment. The re- markable and brilliant campaign of Will liam J. Bryan would have aligned these forces and marched them to a triumphant victory if any candida te or leader in America could have done so under the democratic banner. -.....
 "The administration of Mckinley cam not bring prosperity to the American people. The mills cannot be kept or en,
 idle labor given employment, and general prosperity restored and maintained un- less the wealth producers receive their
 face returns for their labor, and are thus
 enable to purchase.4 seF is-ss "The gold standard and monopoly rule to continuation of which MT. Mckinley
 stands pledged, means four years of fall
 ing prices, four years more of lockouts
 and strikes, four years of reduced wages
 and idle labor. This will cause the pa-
 triotic rank and file of the republican
 party to condemn and repudiate McKin-
 leyism as the patriotic rank and file of
 the democratic party has condemned and
 repudiated Clevelandism. I cannot be-
 1ieve otherwise, for have not less con-
 fidence in the patriotism of this class of
 republicans than the rank and file of the
 democratic party has already demon
 strated. Therefore, large per cent. who,
 though not fooled by the spacious pleas
 of honest money and promised prosperi-
 ty, yet would not in this campaign fight
 under the democratic banner, will surely
 join hands with the majority of the
 American voters outside of the old parties
 to overthrow a government of trusts and
 monopoies run in the interests of for
 eign capitalists. The peoples party has
 made this possible; in fact inevitable.
 The position of the peoples party. in this
 great contest has convinced every pa-
 triotic American that the party can be
 trusted to stand for thelprinciples of good
 government and the interests of the peo-
 pie under any and all circumstances.
 Therefore, the peoples party will be the
 nucleus around which the patriotic hosts
 must and will gather to redeem be-
 trayed republic and restore prosperity to an oppressed and outraged people" BIG FIRE IN INDIANAPOLIS. T.5xo-ncolts TndS Nov --1she drv