The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-10-02
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| FROM OUR OWN CORSSSPOS DESF.J
NEW YORK, September g.
Tne reports CT the Radical conventions held
yesterday at Worcester and Syracuse, afford
about the only spicy reading in this mornings
papers The result of the New York Conven-
tion we have not received at this time Of writ
ing, but the bolt of the Greeley delegation re-
presenting this city gives something OF tragic
aspect to the proceedings. The Massaehu-
setts affair was stupendous farce, Ben. But
| ler personating the principal low comedy
character After the boastiul and threatening
manner In which he has travelled over The
State, and his defiant attitude IN the conven-
ton itself, his ingorious fzzle at the end was
really ludicrous.
II any other man had suffered such de-.
feat after such campaign. 1t might be said
| that he was politically dead. But OF Butler
what can be said Tue most orsZen-iaced man
IN America will hardly sink into private lille
| "a long as there are fools TO be imposed upon.
It Is reasonable TO presume that Bli!el's tame
acouiescence in the nomination OF Washburn
last night was the result OF the pro.ouud stupe-
faction into whicn he was thrown oy his own
L.snex Dected discontinue. He was entirely con-
1 fident of success. A majority CT the delegates
of the convention We're secretly pedged 10
him. But about two hundred OF them cheated
him as remorselessly as he has cheated nun.
dreds OF other men in the course OF MS wicked
lite. His astonishment as he beheld deleSa-
tion after delegation. fondly counted among
his own, going over to the enemy, must nave
been supreme. He had no time TO collect hls
scattered thoughts. Impeiled by the urgency
Of the situation he stepped forward and ac'
cepted 1t. o..;o
Jack Adams" who, see. 1nds Columbia,
South Carolina, pleasanter than quincy Just
Mt present, will hardly be Governor OF Massa.
chIsells next year. The nomination OF Butler
by the Worcester convention, or bolt and
separate candidature on his part, would nave
insured Democratic triumph 10 line State ID
Novemb, r. But with the Radical vote con-
centrated on Washburn, there Is no cnance.
Still, 1t Is almost certain that there VIII De
third candidate. The LABOR REFORMS anu ITO
hibitionisls, whom Butler has so badly decelV-
ed, are yet to hold State conventions, ana as
the differences between them and the Radl-
Gals are irreconci!able, they will not endorse
Washburn Wendell Phillips, for instance,
cannot consort with party which he has de-
nounced as dead and decompos!ng: The
wrath of this reform against his quondam COL
league OF Essex County, must be intense He
whom he had praised as the greatest OF New
England statesmen. has sold him and the La.
Dor Reformers and Temperance men ouf, anu
proved himself to be q very mean aud paltry
trickster.
The fact Ia that when Buffers greatness"
ia examined, 1t is found to be of very thin tex
tnre-so fimsy, in tact, mat It wont WASH.
HIS entire career, with the exception OF his
Congressional campaign three years ago, has
| been succession Of dreary failures. He was
! of the beginning Lowell Tomos "shyster" OF
| exceedingly bad reputation. Years before Inc
war lie was defeated as candidate LOT Gov
ernor. He made discreditab!e appearance
at the Charleston. Convention. l remsm3sr per
seeing Austin Smith, of California, shake MS
dst in his face on the floor Of Institute Hall,
and call him liar and coward, and he only
turned pale and sneaked away. He was
shameflily beaten by handful OF Coasederates
at Bic Bethel. New Orleans was Farrasuts g
trophy. Butler came 10 subsequently With Ite
! army 10 play the tyrant and .'oeast' over me
subjugated people. His powder snip IN Cape
ran of from Fort Fisher declaring that il could
not be taken. The ditch at Dutch Gap was
ridiculous failure, and we have Grant fer au-
| thority that he was "bottled up by the South
erners at Bermuda Hundreds. His manage
ment of the Andy johnson impeachment was
the most lamentable miscarriage of ALL And
yet, In spite of all this, there Is no man In
America who figures more conspicuously be-
\ tore the public or whose name is ottener In
peoples mou hs. He unquestlonably keeps
himself in front of the footights By his sublime
effroItery. No amount of bad acting, nor the
Kisses and derislve cat-calls OF the audience,
can induce him TO retire behind the scenes.
The defeat of the Greeley faction In the
| Syracuse Convention yesterday has wrought
exceeding bitterness among the friends OF The
subsoll philosopher In this city. The Trbunes
columns bear witness TO the disappointment
aud anger of those who swear By The veteran
swearer. Mr.. Greeley Is still absent In the
fur West, conveniently keeping himself out OF
| the way until the convention troubles are over.
If harmony cannot be restored, the Demo-
Gratis, with good ticket, will be able to retain
| the State. Their convention at Rochester will
meet next Wednesday.
Herr Wachtel, the newly imported German
tenor at the Stadt Theatre, has created gen.
uine furore in musical New York. That incon-
venient, out of-the way place In the Bowery
has beea thronged nightly with carriage peo-
| pie from the fashionable uptown quarters.
| liancy as we'll as lis strength, and he for the
marvellous manner In which he uses it, He
does some things-they can hardly be called
| tricks-tor they are legitimate, according to
| musical canons, that fairly eleclrify his audi.
ences. Critics as we'll as amateurs journey TO
| the Bowery to see him, and come away freely
admitting that he Is the greatest tenor that
ent In Boieldien's ''La Dame Blanche"
Mr.. Wallack's programme for 1912 has
| been a1Aounced. Miss Henriques-or, prop.
erly speaking, Mrs. Louis Jennings, wife
| OF the managing editor OF the Times. relires,
aud Miss Plessy Mordaunt, from one OF the
London theatres, takes her place as leading
| lady. The most valuable addition to the new
stock company is Mr.. Charles Matthews, the
veteran English comedian. Some of the other
members, John Brougaam, John Gilbert, Stod.
!, dart, Fisher and the irreproachably artistic
Lester himself, are equal to stars of the larger
magnitude. The female side of the house is
notably weak. This is our great comedy com.
1ln a
tumn is regarded with interest by our people.
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