The New York herald., 1871-09-10

some may ask. We have had honest Cover
you mean to say our Governors are corrnpt-our
councimen corrupt2 Mol Well what 10 the
trouble explain 1t 4 you can We'll lt Il s very easy
ana Council as the matter stands now DO not govern
this State They have substantially nothing whatever
to do with IT, All the government OF this state mas
passed into the hands OF commissioners and boards.
ana your Governor has bur lite else to do than 10
generally. IL he does you Will wonder what II is
The TACT s these things hitch on us Just Ike leeches
ana II they can't get on at one end they VIII on
the other-anywhere that they can find q place to
suit. You see added the General turning TO the
reporter with smile, have altered my language a
little. daughter and applause.) Now, my friends,
will ;en yon what the dodge IS In newspapers,
and the General proceeded TO repeat portions OF his
former speeches with relation to how they raised
people. at least now there is another dodge.
because these whining servile sheets are fertile
commissioners make great deal OF money Tor the
commonwealth. Why then say that the Tax Com
WeI how does this Tax Commission make
any money! Why, the people pay the taxes and
the Tax commissioners only assess tie people, and
to do that they have machinery which costs So 600.
Well now, amt 1t just as well to assess those taxes
IN the old fashioned way ana save this money!
So again. ] saw in this Daty Advertiser
statement or how the Commission on
Public Lands nctted $4,000 TO the stare, and cost
only six thousand or seven thousand dollars but,
my friends how dld they net 1t to the State2 qney
sold the lands OF the state for $4,000 aud charged
SIX or seven thousand for their services In doing
and applause) They netted 1t, did they? Tney net
ted nothing but their salaries. Not much, said the
General, crammng his hands into his pockets ana
strlding up ana down the platform. What l want,
he continued is TO see the government brought back
to ms So as 81, the
responsible FOR all your expenses. You can't hold
board OF commissioners. You don't know VINO
they are. You don't elect them ana you don't
appoint them How many do yOu know OF all this
contyivance OF boards9 and what complete ramlG-
cation OF commissioners there is through every
a
boards are unknown TO the constitution and to
the government and are not responsible to the
people. Your constitution says that frequent elec-
tlons are necessary for purity Of government, in
order TO bring the men right up to look you IN the
these men are not frequently elected-tney are APP
pointed for an indefinite time ana you don't know
The General next spoke Of the Springfeld Rep@o-
'!can and said that they didn't IKE him very much
one %my ses OF oes
"Warrington,m who insists all the time in writing
very, harsh articles against me eG-he's the common
scOld OF the newspaper press-ta voice. "Old
woman" and laughter)-and he writes al!
nnra manner ne Of articles as you and
salary, &c., and then about Warrngton's assistants
salary. SO he said, He's got good thing OF IT,"
a where nes smar "0h
is the sort OF smartness with which some men live on
the earnings OF others, and which Is practised upon
We have got clique, we have got lobby, we have
got ring, we have got men about the State House
/ MEAN TO BREAK 1T UP,
and think that am smart enough to break it up"
(Cneers yells and catcas, while the body OF the
meeting rose and fell IN the widest coniusion.l The
General once more told that story about the dorgs
of nasty boards and then claiming to be good
up the party. Alludng once again 10 what he
termed tadae the censcrip,ions' he SAID sad we can't
to p%t IN this s sort Of ss Of
member, now. don't let the democrats come up at
the next State Convention ana say, "Oh, yes, see
n 10 lfV 10 nral nflnr
says this, that and the other" Beg your pardon,
democrats: Why hadn't you brains enough and wit
your thunder. Let it alone; we will take care
OF this great reform question IN the republican
er srq pao M IS 1 that afe brsa
ing mp the republican party; for the people Of the
commonwealth entrusted these matters into your
Wendell Philips and the prohibtcry party were
next considered and at nine O'Clock the General
suffrage but presented no new points. Speaking OF
his caEdi0ateship, he said that re agreed with
his his opponents that this position as an advo-
but ne denied that 1t was improper. He then read
the somervile campaign documents, and came
articles. whose lucubratsons In back garrets
were paid for at the rate Of thirty dollars
me, said the General, cnce uH more directing !IHs his
attention. - the repcrters, and smiling over the
Of the e the oay Is e
appear all alike In the newspapers-lcheers)-
whereas II t1ey would nave to come
a. least see wha! sort Of men they are, "GHiS and
be liable to speak to them and know them.
Some Of them haven't the slightest regard for
truth-why should theyP Nobody knows tLem
daughter hlsses and applause) Nobody can
contradict them under that impersonal "wen
which only belongs to royalty, the devil and
editors. They seem all ALIKE Cheers, catcalls,
grOans and cries Of all descriptions sounding through
the nall, while the General again drew his "wipe"
across his face and smiled) He concluded with an
ausion TO what he had done for the State in the To-
cal enterprise hereabout known Mltcheli's Falls
and was about to report his vouchers. when a man
got up on the platform right In the midst and
essayed to put the question:
~ SAY, GENERALp"
he began. "Sit down ~ yelled somebody. "Shut
up 7! cried another, and while the meeting was lost
IN confusion the inerrupter took his seat Then
the General recited that man-and-boy voucher.
anu the meeting broke up quietly. ON the
whole. there Was not much cnth nstaSm, bub
here was very general anxiety 70 see the orator
lnd TO hear him speak, and out on the street after
wards, where the audience was pouring, the one
0plc OF discussion was General Butler and his fight
or the State. lie did not tarry here, but made at
'nce Tor Lowell by private conveyance.