Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-05-07
The sPlRlr oE The PRESS.
RECRUITS FOR PEOPLES PARTY-sEN
AToR MARION BUTLER SAYS 1T Is
GAINING STEADILY

day evening. arrived last night and reg
istered at the Thorndke. The ser ator
came alone, and it was his first visit
TO Boston. lie witnessed the celebration
in New York as member of the COM
mittee representing the senate.
Senator Butler was seen shortly after
his arrival, and spoke on various ques-
tions.
In regard to the Dingley tariff bill, he
said that the populists were inclined to
favor the passage of the bill after it had
been amended somewhat. The popuist
party, he went on to say, believes in
protection, and is distinctly not "tarifl
reform" party. The populsts will be
thoroughly satisfied if the republicans
bring prosperity back.
Senator Butler gave his views about
the kind of protection that was needed
for the 9,OOO,OO of farmers, who have,
he said, as much right to consideration
as the 100000 of factory hands. If the
republicans by currency legislation do
not take the premium of gold. they
should establish export bounties for all
the staple agricultural products, to en-
able competition with the pauper labor
of India and the Argentine. The popu-
lists do not favor the principle of eX-
port bounties, but the South and West
need some remedy to revive business.
The republicans promised protection
against foreign pauper labor, and the
populists would support such protection.
An import duty on cotton would not be
effective: and, in fact, with the small
amount of merchandise purchased from
foreign countries, import duties are not
so important as the republicans i'm
agine
Senator Butler said that there is a
strong and probably successful move
ment to put hides on the dutiable list.
shall vote to take cotton bagging and
ties and jute bagging off the list of arti-
cles taxed. place no faith in the idea
that the new bimetallic commission will
afford any remedy. With England the
creditor of every country of the world,
the British government will never con-
sent to give up the gold standard, and
the other countries do not count. The
German Reichstag favors bmetallism
whenever England consents
Senator Butler said that only few
days ago a halfdozen republican sen
ators confessed that if the election were
to be held over again now, Bryan's ma
iority would be as great as was Mckin-
ley's.
In regard to Bryan's chances for re-
nomination. Senator Butler said that the
man supported by the populists must
be free silver and anti.monopoly man.
1t might be Bryan, and might not. The
pOpulists might put up man this time
aud let the democrats indOrse him. At
any rate, he said, the populists will
keep the tariff from being the main is
sue. if they can. and will fight the cam
paign on the other two lines mentioned.
Many of the democratic leaders now
want to go back and fight sham battles
over the tariff.
believe there will be deficit under
the Dingley bill, as the duties are really
prohibitive. do not believe that Sen.
ator Mason's resolution to change the
senate rules will even be considered seri
Ously, and there is no danger of its pass.
ing.
The senator said that a general rebel
lion against monopoies was under way
and that many towns in the South were
buying up semi-public industries, sucf
as gas works and water works. The
object lessons on the monopoly question
in the next few years, he continued
will bring out the issue into startling
prominence, as the bond scandal brought
out the currency issue. The people:
party was never in finer shape, and the
masses believe in it. 1t will gain re
cruits as each new issue comes up
- Boston Herald.
SENATOR BUFFERS SPEECH.
BOsrON, April Ex-senator Butte
was the chief speaker at the annual stat
banquet of the populists of Massachu
sets tonight After reviewing the pc
litcal situation, and showing how tn
great fundamental principles of tn
peoples party are gaining ground witt
all classes and conditions of producer
and consumers, he said -
IL live on a cotton plantation in tn
South. We raise one of the greatest ag
ricultural staples in the world. We pro
duce raw material. We are the pur
chasers and consumers of manufacture
products. Those who live on the broa
wheat fields of the West occupy sim
lar position.
II bring from the people of those tw
great sections, comprising three-fourth
OF the union, message TO the manufaC
turers and to the laborers employed /
manufacturing in the East. The interest
of your people and the interests of OH