Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-07-22
News from New York.

some Oh the new lOIh IllN papers uhNN NOA1
wonderful reports on Massachusetts Politics"
Other papers in that state understand the mat
ter very much as it is understood here, so far
as they attempt to state the case at all; but the
city papers, assuming to know what Others
don't know, and aiming to be regarded as ''su-
perior sources of intelligence" make themselves
extremely amusing. The Springfield Republi-
can, however, refusing to enjoy the comical side
of these mighty displays OF wisdom, finds in
them nothing but amazing density of ignor
ance." The character and value of these New
York studies of Massachusetts politics may be
seen in the following announcement which can be
read in the New York World ;-'Worcester
county, the heart of the commonwealth so
called, will send 10 the convention good many
if not a majority of her votes for Judge Charles
Allen, flor governor, one of the oldest men in
the state" Who will doubt, after this, that the
World and its informants "know all about it"p
Probably they will soon give us as candidates
some of the other eminent and honored men,
who, like Judge Allen, are now lying quietly in
their graves.
We find in the World other information rela-
tive to Massachusetts politics, equally brilliant
and important Its correspondent asserts with
characteristic intelligence, that there are ''po-
litical clubs at Parker's and Youngs, where
republican corruptionists dine every Saturday"
He processes 10 have operated on these clubs as
a spy; he has all their secrets and knows more
about them than would be possible for such
clubs to know about themselves. Their plan is
to bring forward Mr.. Motley, and this oracle of
New York wisdom thinks sit will be nothing
surprising" if that gentleman shall be nomi-
mated; but he will, doubtless, change the situa-
ton, next week or sooner, by discovering an
overwhelming movement to nominate Gov.
Strong, Judge Parsons, or Daniel Webster. He
has already announced Geo. S. Boutwell, and
Charles Francis Adams as hopeful candidates;
perhaps he will next place one of them ahead of
all others as the coming man. The World and
its assistants appear to be capable of saying
anything on the subject, that requires nothing
more than little exercise at guessing or invent
ing. They fail only when actual knowledge of
the matter they discuss, is required.
We have spoken of the World; but this i'm
aginative reporting on political affairs in Mass
achusetts, began in the New York Times, last
week. That journal published a letter which
gave us some news quite beyond anything known
or expected here. The writer announced an i'm
pending political fight in Massachusetts, ire
mendous fight-and he undertook to explain it,
According to his superior knowledge which was
deemed fit only for newspapers that aspire to
metropolitan greatness, this fight was created
by q struggle between Gov. Claflin and Gen.
Butler, for the vice presidency. The "Bird
club" he said, land he seems not to have heard
of any other club, mean to nominate Claflin
for the vice presidency, and Butler, seeking the
nomination for himself, means to fight this
movement in a terribly fierce way. Here was
something new, something the people of Massa-
chusetts had never dreamed of; this writer had
made startling discovery; and he did well to
give us the benefit Of his superior knowledge of
our condition. True, nobody here is able to see
what he sees; but this makes no difference; he
speaks as metropolitan voice, and how can we
dare to set up our ignorance against an oracle
of such pretensionsl
After all, the hypothesis of our friend at
Springfield is doubtless correct. All these ora
Giles proceed from an indescrible density of ig-
norance." People in this part of the country
will be likely to suspect that much of the politi-
cal intelligence that comes to them in the New
York journals, from other states, is really as
worthless as this which they send abroad con-
corning Massachusetts. There will doubtless be,
in this state, good supply of candidates seek
ing the republican nomination for governor,
and, probably, the canvass will be little more
lively than usual. But, we shall have no such
slight" as these letter writers talk of. There
are many, however, who suppose Gen. Butler is
always sure to make a fight whether
il is wanted or not; and they have some reason
for thinking so. But, in this case, those who
regard him as an unsuitable man TO be governor
of Massachusetts land they who think so are
numerous), will quietly and steadily act against
him. He has fired hot shot at DR.. Loring,
who sees in it an ineXcusable act of hostility
and may or may not return it. He can not fail
10 resent the attack, and these two gentlemen
will, perhaps, fail to give their competition the
sweetness of "morning in june" If so, this,
we think, will be the extent of the "ferce fight
ing" and. meanwhile, the republicans will
nominate their candidate without any regard
whatever to the fighting qualities of the aspi-
rants.