The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-02-12
UTLER,
How he Acts when He is Excited.

The n. Y. Times Washington correspondent
thus sketches Butler while he was warning 1t
out with Bingham and Shella0arger on the
protest against the manner of counting the
electoral votes:--
wonde eriul man is that Butler Cool and SELF
possessed. saucy: dedant active; wlde'awake,
pound or be pounded AZ, full OF resources,
artful, cunning, and yet doing everything apps-
rently in the most natural and easy manner
imaginable. There never was a man born
like that Butler BEFORE" said spectator to-
day. "At least, never one after precisely the
same pattern. You can't cut him down per-
you trample on him. Any other man would
have been killed long ago, politically. but
Batter seems to thrive on opposition, abuse
and contumely, and to rise peg higher after
each successive tilt with his adversaries" 1t
would seem so, truly. To day, when he got on
the floor, he was surrounded by crowd OF
members who favored his action yesterday.
They all congratulated him, and even his oppo-
neDts eyed him with an expression In which
admiration predominated over hostility and
simulated disgust. Ben sat In his seat listening
to the remarks of those who addressed him,
while he bent over his desk scanning with his
single eye letter after letter or news paper after
newspaper, occasionally popping his head up
suddenly, hike one of those ARTIFICIAL figures on
springs that start out OF boxes when the
covers are removed, or Jumping up altogether
on his legs and rushing to some other part of
the house, perhaps to stop halt way and return
again. as If some new idea had knocked its pre-
decess or into cooked hat be ore IL hat time to
carry itself into execution. Butler had a
curious cool, fdgetiness about him. He is
never easy physically. but collected mentally
always. He twlrls aud turns in his chair, as If
pins and needles were in its seat. One second
his face is turned iDqusitvely towards the
ceiling, the next 1T is bent downwards, his eye
following his nimble fingers over a sheet
of paper while he makes some note
with his pen. Now he is tro ting about like a
little spirited pony; moment after he is staud-
ing In front of the Speakers chair with his
thumbs fastened In the armho)es OF his vest,
while he listens for few nom ents to what
some member may be saying. He rarely seems
to listen for longer period at stretch, but,
strangely enough, no matter how busil v he may
b9 employ ed-whether writing, reading, talk
ing, or walkiDg-he never misses what is gong
on, When he seems most abstracted he lie really
most wide awake and alert. These peculiari-
OF Ben Bue hs we're Wb
labarRer, Thomas, Woodward, Edridge.
Bingham, Schenck, Colfax, and Garfield
were speaking, Butler was to be seen every
where about the floor. Just at the moment
one of the speakers might be pitching iuto him
in some way, Butler, perhaps, would be flying
through one OF the aisles, and would step alb
ruptlV TO listen or to throw in word by way OF
interruption to confuse or worry the member
| having the floor Bingham, 10 his remarks on
Butler, was the seveIest OF any of the Sneakers;
! hut the Essex member seemed to care very
| little what the Ohioan orator said, and rattled
| about quite uncOnceruedly, sometimes plant
| ing himself right close 10 his assalant. and
| pyeing him with cool defiance that induced
Bingham to point his hDger at him and shake II
| in high excitement, and roll out with increased
| fury and viRor words of denunciatiou such ae
| Bingham well knows how to huIl at his Oppo-
Dents. While BiDRb was worked up TO the
highest pitch OF oratorical ecstacy, 1t must have
put his amour prODre to q severe test to observe
| Butler standing about four yards of frgdl'
| looking over piece OF manuscript, as II no
| caring snap about Bingham aud all The
| gathered wisdom OF thousand years" that was
summoned to his demolition.