The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1861-06-15
Biographical.
Maior-Gcncral Butter.

bPNlaTnln FRANKLIN blltltT was o0rn AT
Dufcd N. II. On the 9Th of Nov. 1918. lie
ATTENDED the Lowell High School and the
Academy at Exeter graduated at Wa'ervile
College; studded law in the office of William
Smith. and was admitted to the bar IN 1910.
lie plunged immediately into Law and politics,
paying about as much attention to one as the
other, and nrelectng neither. lie very soon
became decided character in Lowell and
Mdd!cscx County. lie made politics and
law play into each Others hands and while
lie denounced the agents and ovcrsccrs of the
mills MS tyrantS md opprcssors Lis office
was open for the establishment Of all sorts of
law suits on hchalf Of the male and female
operatives. lie never abandoned his client
in victory or defeat. Butler also dabbl,d a
little N newspaper writing. hut he is clumsy
writer and probably never could have attain.
I'd mich distinction in this line
Gradnally the young lawyer worked him.
self out Of the disr Imtalle SORT of practice at
the bar which he had fallen into and better
class OF cases came to his share. His ability
and success commanded wealihier and more
respectable clients than at first, though he
never refused. to practice in the Police and
justices CouI: and to defend the most des.
rerae and diSrerutabe culpri,s. At the
criminal terms Of the Middle>cx Court. he
always. had greater amount Of business
than anybody else, and his reputation at pre-.
sen, is that Of the most successful criminal
lawyer in the Bay State His devices and
shifts to obtain an acqu!.al and release ale
absolutely endless and innumeruble. lie is
"sse' aaon'en or o"ill'a nhll' me sentence Is
anu F''' '"'o tN.eu''''' ana 'he iet'N!e'
PARTON, OF communication Is refused. An III
:e'.'"' .n"e, oe u''"" WIN ''e greatest
. n.e'! Gr " ~'. not SOMA ms cr'.'c'Sm.-
o,,, ,e, ,h y; sun'y - nothing 10 nun ~ Is
Wv. Wv o's."'""e " ,''e case ne mas my
A'p''ons' nuno'ea mo''ohS III arrest OF
J"us'"."'. ""u "''t' 'lat 'ne haotas corpus
"''I i"s""", ''P'.'":
~ e'.u''ao'a ~ MN t.la' ne STUCK 70 me
n.,o''"se fa',s !" 'a,'h'u.,y ana iof so
"a"y Years. j" Guy "hcre that party was
MrrclnalIy !" "a a minority 1t was only by
;'e ' H. 81 ,'e r,ee 'o',rrs una, nc AT last 60,
,n." .',e -, L'sisla:u'G o 10 nc o"a''lon mad
.a'; ~. .; 'ne cry J." lo4- on, butter was not
VIZ NE ''cHe' 'ia' yeh'' me next vehI he
Sa aI "'"' ".h gu ~ 'he pe'nocra'S ana free
,ha ne !" ~ aaT e.tc''oh resulted IN
n e e hroe v, r"'e " we t'sNel' "nt h'',er
r.ol .''@ o' 'i '',' 1'''.'u' a'u were ue'
..a';u WI 'ne seconu 'r.h' nc was CHOSEN,
n"s DIV DIV 'u'e' n'"'e Yuan 'he required
WAS cnoSS" uoverm MOI ana me senate and
iiousG "nu s'na'' wing ma}nri'ies. butler
WAS .ne Ioa', III. IN IN, House and ms
oa.,lss WIN 'he wing leader are memorable
~ .ne history Oh legislative STRIFE In Massa'
'"u uS
i"e erection OF delegates 10 the t"ns.'tu'
.ona. CohVen'l'h next came on; inc Coas'-
.o'isss ca'r'.a Lowell easily; and Butler was
s"ose" ~ 'h'S convention nc TOOK an ac've
iaa; anu d!Spiayta greater ao''''y ana ap
teI'a.'on Vi pI."c!P'es lha'' anywhere else
NM 1, nc was as itr,'ie IN expedientS as ever
me puo''sned DEBATES pear evidence OF his
."uus.r! ana skill anu the votes exhibit his
.iut"'y 10 tne principles and measures OF the
majority o' ,he Convention. The Constitution
was rejected oy he people, and The Coalition
was rs, aead: ,o-o ,.a,
"hen IN 1907; Inc Congressional contest
came between ilenry Wilson and Tappan
wentworth; Butter though he did not for
many "i'horaw from Inc held' gave impoI-
.aht AID 10 " i'son; who was defeated by
:mall majority. ana reserved Tor the Senate
1hree years later. Inc political nights IN
,o"ei. III 100 ana 1000 were the ughest
ever know4', IN the State and crop OF libel
n eus s't~ S out Oh 'nem. IN when Butter hSu'