People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 November 1896 — SEN. BUTLER'S ADDRESS [ARTICLE]

SEN. BUTLER'S ADDRESS

Tells How tbe Cards Should Have Been Played to Win. i _,. ' / ‘' \ ; • ——- —— - . —, i HE COUNTS THE TRUMPS. ;-■ , • ; Uk J . V . ~ J • ;—■ i .1 Clear to Him That tbe Made No Mistakes. 1 * '» *»•'* * K • ' • • < Washington. D. C., Nov. 7.—j Senator .Butler .today issued the following:. | To the people of the United States: In theremarkable cam-j paign just closed the People’s party was the only party that supported solidly and unitedly, the great and vital issues- represented in the candidacy of Mr. Bryan. This was natural, sor 5 the People’s patty came into existence to bring to the front andto press to victory the of Lincoln and Jefferson, already long discarded by the two old parties. The money power, feeling reasonably sure of its control and domination of JJhe leaders and the controlling influences in the Republican party, in 1892 gave its support to the candidacy of Grover Cleveland for the especial purpose of having him, through; the use of patronage and otherwise, prush 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 accomplish : this purpose four Cabinet Ministers were selected from the South and an unusually large amount of patronage was used on political leaders to the same end. It will be remembered that Mr. Cleveland demanded that the* Democratic Senators and Congressmen give a decisive vote in the interests of • the gold standard before he would even give out the postoffices.

This deep-laid plan might have sncceeded had not the People’s party at this juncture sprung into existence, exposed the plot, stood in the breach, and appealed to the patriotic hosts of both parties to check the scheme of of the people’s despoilers and rally to the common defense. Thus the People’s party forced the Democratic organization to repudiate Clevelandism and return to correct fundamental principles. The Issue Joined. , Not only this, the People’s party then forced the Republican party to cease hedging and straddling for the purpose of deceiving the people; and drove it to take a stand on one side or the other of the vital issues at stake. The issue then being squarely joined, it was evident that those influences in the Democratic party'which had dominated and debauched the party for a quarteT of a century would be driven to the support of. the party that took a position on the side of trusts, monopolies, and money gamblers. While, on the other hand, it was evident that even a larger per cent of the Republican party favored the principles now squarely forced to the front, yet ohly a small per cent would ifi this campaign .support them because, they found them under the Democratic banner. • * u ' Had it not been for the prejudice against the 1 name, as well as a want of confidence in Democratic promises, for which it must-befrankly admitted past experience furnished ample ground* of the voters of the country, in spite of the tremendous and unparalled forces put forward by the Republican managers, would have cast their vote for financial reform and American independence. The Peopled party, with a high patriotism and an unsqlfish deyotion to principle—greater than ever;; before exhibited by hny other party—stepped outsid-e of its bfganizatibh to thfow its' two million votes solidly for Bryan. Had not more than this number

of those who called themselves 'democrats in 189 g gjveft lh«|p support to Mr. cause of Ihe people and American principles would have triumphed this year. Their places Tir the ranks of the reform hosts mipst be taken by patriotic Re publicans, tin wot Id had e\linl>i,®olnop-Jilveri Ito-i. tlio rescue. Thejplelt:tio| of McKiulej^ljid ;do not express the desires and sentiments of the people. The hiajority oppose the policy . for which he stands, and will so vote •whenever an opportunity is'-pre-sented for a proper alignment. The remarkable and brilliant campaign of William J. Bryan ‘’vyould have aligned these; forces, sand marched them to a triumphant victory if any candidate or 1 'leader in America could have r dpue so under the Democratic 'banner. , Jffe Takes a Gloomy Vjftwp,. L The administration of McKin ley cannot bring prosperity to the American people. . The mills cannot be kepi open, idle labor cannot be given employment, and general prosperity cannot be restored and maintained until the wealth producers receive fair returns for their labor, and thus are enabled to purchase. The gold standard and monopoly rule, to a continuation of which McKinley stands pledged, means four more years of falling prices, "four more years of lockouts and Strikes, four more years of reduced wages and idle labor.

This will cause the patriotic rank and file of the Republican party to condemn and repudiate McKinleyism, as the patriotic rank and file qf the Democratic party has condemned and repudiated Clevelandism. I cannot believe otherwise, for I have not less confidence in the patriotism of this class of Republicans than the rank and file of the Democratic party has already demonstrated. Therefore a large per cent who, though not fooled by the specious pleas of “honest money” and promised prosperity, yet who would not in this campaign fight under the Democratic banner, ■will sure’ ; join hands with, the majority ~ the American voters butside < the old parties to overthro a government of trusts ai tonopolies, run in the intei of foreign capitalists. The io’s party has made this poss n fact, inevitable. The pof of the People’s party in “reat contest has convince' y patriotic American that * -ty can be trusted to stand e principles of good govt t and the interests of th' a under any and all circun . Therefore the People’s j l be the nucleus round wh patriotic hosts must and ther to redeem a betrayei i and to 1 estore prosperity opressed and outraged] • I BUTLER, Ohairman ational Committee o ;pie’s Party.