The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, July 16, 1884, Page 1

DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM ; js Adopted bythe Chicago Conven ; tion. : Mr. Morrison of Illinois, chairman | 6 1 tthe committee on resolutions, at | 20, stepped to the platform to} ‘ reset the report of that committee. ” Tis appearance was greeted with | cheers: The platform was read by | ) | one of the reading clerks. | The democratic party ot the union, through its representatives in nation- | Tat convention assembled, recognize | that, as the nation grows older, new | issues are born of time and progress | and old issues perish, but the funda- mental principles of the democracy, approved by the united voice ot the people, remain and will ever remain ys the best and only security for the contmuance of free government. The preservation of personal rights, the equality of all persons before the law, the reserved rights of states and If the supremacy of the tederal govern- E nent within the limits ot the con- vention will eyer form the true basis ofour liberties and can never be surrendered without destroying that halance ot the rights and powers which enables a continent to be de-| veloped in peace, and order to be mamtained by means of local self- government, but it is indispensable | for the practical application and en- forcement of these fundamental prin- dples that the government should | not always be controlled by one po- litical party. Frequent change of idmimstration constant recurrence to will, otherwise abuses grew, and the j being car- | is as necessary as the popular government, instead of ried on tor the general welfare, be- comes an instrumentality for impos— ! mg heavy burdens on the many who | ure governed for the benefit of the | few who govern. Public servants | thus become arbitrary rulers. This | is now the condition of the country, | The republican party, so far as principle hence a change is demanded 1s concerned, is a reminiscence; in| practice 1 is an orgamzation tor en- | nching those who control its machin- ery. The frauds and jobbing which have been brought to light in every | department of the government are sufficient to have called for reform | within the republican party, yet | those in authority, made reckless by the LONG POSSESSION OF POWER, have succumbed to its corrupting 1n- fluence, and have placed in nomi- nation a ticket against which the in- dependent portion of the party are in open revolt. Therefore a change isdemanded, Such a change was alike necessary in 1876, but the will of the people was defied by a fraud Whichcan never be forgotten nor condoned. Again in r1SSo_ the change demanded by the people was deteated by the lavish use of money i contributed by unscrupuleus charac- ; tors and jobbers, who haa bargained | for unlawtul profits or for high offi- ces. The republican party during | its legal, its stolen and its bought tenures of power, has steadily de- cayed in moral character and polit— eal capacity. Its platform promises are now a list of its - ast. fanlur demands the restoration of our navy, has squandered hundieds of mul- Hons to create a navy that does not exist. It calls on congress to remove the burdens under which the Ameri can shipping has been depressed. It imposed and has continued these burdens. It protesses the policy of feserving the public lands for small | holdings by actual settlers. It has | given away the people’s heritage till | Yow afew rulroads and non-resi-— dents, aliens, individual and corpo- fate, possess a larger area than that tail our farms between the two Seas.It protesses a preference for free | ‘astitutions ; it organized and tried to | legalize a control of the state election | by federal troops. It professed a! employment of just rev The democracy pledges itself | purity the administration from co ruption, to restore ecoromy, to re j vive respect for law and to redu toe jected A competition of convict ar can workingmen to contract labor. It professes tude to all who were disabled or died in war, leaying widows and orphans. It lett to a democratic house of rep- resentatives the first effort to equal ize both bounties and pensions. It professes a pledge to correct the ir regularities of OUR TARIFF 1t created and has continued it. Its own tariff commiss:on contessed the need of more than 20 per cent duction. re- fesses protection of American manu- facturers. It has subjected them to an increasing flood of manufactur- ed goods and a hopeless competition with manufacturing nations. not one of which taxes raw materials ; it pro- fesses to protect all American in- dustries; it has impeyverished many to subsidize a tew; it protesses the protection of American labor: it has depleted the returns American agriculture. halt our people; it professes the equality of all men before law. At- tempting to fix the status of colored citizens, the acts of its congress were overset by the decisions of its courts. it ‘taccepts anew the duty of leading in the work of progress and reform.’’ Its caught criminals of actual connivan in the prosecuti honeycombed corruption, out bre ing exposures no longer shock moralty ; its honest members, its 1n- dependent journals no longer main- tain a successful contest for authorit in its counsels or a veto to its nations. Th k- nomi a change 1s If congress gave a reduc- | tion ot less than 4 per cent, it pro- | an industry followed by re permitted to | escape through contrived delays or | ost neces—! grati- | continues the i] { Its Hloss. Asserting the equality of all} 'men betore t we hold that it 1s vernment in its dea h the people to mite out equal and exact justice to all citizens of whatever nati race, color sary is proved by an existing surplus | of more than feri people. Unnecessary ation is unjust taxation. We nounce the republican party for hav- ing failed to relieve the people from crushing g tax- de- WAR TAXES, which have paralyzed business, c pled industry aud depressed lat ind $100,000,000 which has yearly been collected from a suf- } j of the war and 1 shall not ex- ceed ot the government econonucally administered. The syst of direct taxation known as THE INTERNAL REVENUE is a war tax and so long as the law! derived there from should be devoted tu the relief of the people f. money burdens a fund made defray the expenses of the care and | comfort uf wor soldhers disabled in the line of dutv in the wars of the hy republic and for the payment of such pensions as congress may from time to time grant to such soldiers, a like tund for the sailors having been al- ready provided, any surplus should be paid into the treasury. and We favor an amendment of the con- tinental policy based upon more | intimate commercial and political re- lations with the fifteen sister repub- North, Central South America, byt entangling alliances lics of and with none, THE CURRFNCY. We believe in honest money, all the gold and silver comage of the constitution and a circulation medium convertible to such money without ious or political. a free ballot and a we recall to the ory of the people the noble of the democrats in t! Fc i reluctant republican opposition was compelled to assent to legislation | making everywhere I he pres- taxation to the lowest limit consist- ent with due regard to the preser- vation of the faith of the nation to | creditors and tuil well, how rare affecting the occupa should be c conseryative in its method and not in of public opinion, but in response to its demand. The democratic party is pledged to revive the ‘arnff im a pensioners, ion of the people legislation, tious and advance | spirit of tairness to ali interests. But in making reductions in taxes it is not proposed to injure any do- mestic industries, but rather to mote their healthy the foundation ot taxes collected at the have been the chief source ot federal pro- growth. this custom house reyenue. Such they must continue to be. Moreover, many industries have come to rely upon legislation for successful continuance, so that any change of law must be at every step regardful ot the LABOR AND CAPITAL thus involved: the process ot reform must be subject in the execution to this plain dictate of justice. All taxatioa shall be limited to the re- quirements of economical govern- The necessary reduction in ation can be effected without depriving American labor of ments. and must the ability to compete successfully bor and without im- with fore posing lower rates of duty than will From | government | knewing | inter i be ample to cover any increased cost | of production exist in consequence in this country. 2H government, wages prevailing Sufficient reveau the ex- to pav peeses of the icderal economicai!ly adminiscered, meluding | pensions, interest: and principal of the public debt, can be got ander our present system otf taxation trom | custom--house taxation on fewer im- ported articles, beating heaviest on articles of luxury und hearing lightest on articles of necessity. We, there- fore, denounce the abases of the ex- j with order. | labor is best rewarded | free and most enlightened ; it should ice of troops at the poles as the lusive pr ! ‘ u pt ic tration will preserve liberty tiagics should be restricted to citizens previously resi— lents therei We oppose sumptus and We ary laws which vex the citizen > with individual liberty. honest CIVIL SERVICE REFORM and the compensation of United States offcers by fixed salaries, the eparation of church and state and | the diffusion of free education by common schools, so that every child in the land may be taught the rights | in | and duties of citizenship, while favor of all legislation which will tend to the equitable distribution of property; to the prevention of mo- nopoly, and to the strict enforcement of individual rights against corporal abuse. We hold that the welfare of society depends upon a scrupufous regard for the rights of property, as defined by law. We believe tnat it 1s where therefore be fostered and cherished. We tavor the rereal of all laws re— stricting the free action ot labor and the enactment of laws by which la- bor-organizations may be incorpo- rated, and ot all such legisiation as will tend to ealighten the people as of capital and to the true relation labor. We believe that THE PUBLIC LANDS ought as is possible to be kept as homestezds for actual settlers: a 1 i nds HW unearned heretofore that improvidently granted” to railroad by the action of the re- restored corporations should be publican par to the public domain, and that no f tand shall be made to more g corporations or be allowed to tall into the ownership of alicns absen- tees. We are opposed to all proposit- ung. thri | ions, which upon any pretext will, na convert the general government into | from the inherited bu a machine tor collectmg taxes to be | industry in old to | The selection ot federal | the democratic platform ot | the liberal prin } Jeffersor pend akes ot home pressed of ev have been cardinal principles in the demo- nation, ever >» We nevertheless do not ; Sanction the importation of FOREIGN LABOR jorthe admission of servile races, | | unfitted by habits. traming, reli: or kindred for absorption into the j great body of our people, or for the | citizenship which our laws confer. | American civilzatton demands that against the immigration or importa- tion of Mongolians to these shores, our gates be closed The democratic party msists that it is the duty of f this government to protect. with equal hdelity and vigi- lar and naturalized, at he nce, the rights of its citizens native ne and abroad, and to the end that this protection may be assured, United States pa-— pers ot naturalization issued by | courts of competent jurisdiction must be respected by the executive and legislative departments of our own j government and by all foreign pow | ers. It is an imperative duty of this jgovernment to efficiently protect J all the hts of person and property j ef everv Aimerican citizen in foreign j lands, and demand and enterce atull | | reparaty vasion thereof. {An American citizen is orly re- | sponsible to his own govern for jany act done in his own country or} junder her fla only be trie t osx on her own sor! and accord ing to} w, and po power exists in this government to expatriate an ) American citizen to be tried in any j foreign land for any Bheacts. oe | country has a well defined and exe- | cuted for policy. Save under 1on, that policy administrz | democra has ever been in regard to foreign ot the } country or hurtful to our citizens, detrimental to the intere to let them alone; that as the result of call the acquisition Ilorida, California, fand other adjacent Mexican territory j J Vv we re this poli ot Louisiuna, by purchase alone, and contrast these grand acquisitions ot democratic Alaska, the sole fruit of a republican administration of nearly a quarter of a century. INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS. The federal government should care for and improve the Mississippi river and other great water ways of the republic, so as to secure for the interior states easy and cheap trans- portation to tide water. Under a | long pericd of democratic rule and | policy our merchant marine was fast | overtaking and on the point of out- | stripping that ot Great Britain. | Under twenty years of republican }rule and policy our commerce has | been left to British bettoms, and al- { | most has the American flag been Instead of | swept off the high seas. | the republican party’s British policy, | we demand tor the people ot the | United States under democratic rule our merchants and sailors fiying the port, suc- stars and stripes in eve cesstully searching out a market for re various products of Ametican in- Rind nae ry of republican rule and policy and lustry. quarter of a centu- over tage 1 pur despite ¢ nitest adv all other math Inbor, zsoils; favorabie climates and teemi these United Ste fte freedom of tre amon ite their population by the foremost races ot inen and annual immigration of the | ifty and adventurous of all ons; despite our freedom here urdens of lite and world nations, so long as they do not act | statesmanship with the purchase of | an American policy, | and_ policy, | merchants. i ‘The above represents the cele- brated James Means three dollar ‘shoe in all styles. The best shoe for the money in the world. SAM’L LEVY & CO. ast | tax, consuming, nonproducing stand- ; Their costly war navies, their | 3 FOR SALE. Owing to the tact that the new elevator ars of | of Letker & Childs requires my entire That republics eae es time, and that I cannot give that atten- ‘ publican rule and | tion to other business that f* necessar | policyshave managed to surrender to | Ihave concluded to offer my flouring Siest Ba | mill known as the EMPIR« MILLS, ing armies; despite twenty y | peace n along with our com- merce, the contro! of the markets ot | | | r lat . | for sale. he work ostead of the. repablé: | Pann tua {the world. Instead of the republi | Lhis mill is situated on one ot jean party’s ish policy, we de- | principle streets near < F ae | the city of Butler, with a well est | mand m behalf of the American de jed custom and merchant business and mocracy an Ameri policy. In- od reputation, tact during ¥ atesdiottie renal eels : | portion of time has been compe i * wpe chins aT ty s GIS") run day and night to hil its orders. credited scheme and pretense he building is 45x50 feet, 2 ¢ | ar ¢ is. rete and basement with commodious effice at- }of friendship for American labor, iicere madeiee t i der lin behalf of the de cracy | freedom for American Ixbor by re oom for and t ot well arranges erything i ts fo the’ et hey States com nence among the nations im all the | v ae l arts ot peace and fruits of liberty. iness and wil ur igation Phe i “ property is good, and the location eas SAMUEL J. TILDEN be excelled in southw Missouri. With profound regret we have been | Will exchange tor tarm or city proper 4 trine rate of intere j through whose person wis struck that s call on < | blow at the vital principle of repub- | 26-t¢ | hes (acquiescence in the will of the i majority) that he cannot permst u |again to place in his hands the ADVICE TO ® st | leadership of the democratic hosts, | Are you disturbed at night and brokes é Seles ‘ + | of your rest by a sick child suffering and | for the reason that the achic vement | crying with pain of cutting teeth? It #9, 1of reform in the administration of | send und get a bottle ot Mrs. j the federa! government is an unde Wins thing Syrup For . ntlares taking now too heavy for his age and | feething ite Ahetees ais Rae = will relieve vor little sufferer imme- failing strength. Rejorcing that his se pega 1 it, mothers, there life has been spared until the general | is no mistake abc It cures dysen- tery and diarrhoe. ulates the stom: and bowels, cures wind colic, sottens the gums, reduces inflammation, and gives tone and energy to the whole system. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup For Children Teething is pleasant to the | judgment of our fellow countrymen | | is united in the wish that that wrong were righted in his person, for the democracy of the United States we | offer to him in his withdrawal from | public cares, not only our respecttul | sympathy and esteem, but also that | best homage of freemen, the pledge | ot our devotion to the principles and | the cause now inseparable in the {history of this republic from the labors and the name of Samuel J. Tilden. With this statement of the hopes, principles and purposes of the democratic party, the great issue of reform and change in administration | is submitted to the people in a calm corifidence that the popular voice | will pronounce in favor of new men, | {and new and more favorable con- | | ditions for the growth of imdustry, | | the extension of trade. the employ- iment and due reward of labor and | capital, and the fgeneral welfare of | the whole country. | taste, and is the prescription of one ot the oldest and best female nurses and physicians in the United States, and is forsale by all druggists throughout the world. rice 25 cents a bottle. Mav 28-’84-1yr $11,950 IN CASH GIVEN AWAY To the SMOKERS of Blackwell’s Genuine Bull Durham Smok- ing Tobacco. For ConGRess. We are authqrized to announce Dr. A Churchell, of da, Vernon cour for Congress, is the Twelfth sician, Sur- Office, east side square, over L Residence corner M and Ft. Notice to Contractors. the County j tts e ot Mo she genuine has picture of { BULL on every package ge Commissioner of t the nce to said to the Brid on obe Monday August 4th. 1884. at the east front door ot the court house in the city of Butler, while sard court {« in session, proceed to let at punlic out- cry to the I and t der, the tollowing bridge superstructure: The -uperstructure ot what is known as the Bell*s mill bridge: sad superstruct- ' ure tc be in one span of 143 ft. from pin to pin and te be made of iron- Plans and specifications can be examined at my | office in Butler. All bids subject to the | approvalotthe court. M.L.Wotre, 33-4t Bridge Com. Bates Co. For particulars see our next announcement. poeta