Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-09-27


sit with their hats on, and hold themselves in
readiness toI yell whenever the corporals give
the cue 1t would be impossible to get more in
to the hall, as the sitting and standing room
floor, galleries and plattorm-werc all taken
Two bands of music were stationed in the end
gallery, and they banged away, while the dis
order previous to organization was the chief
feature.
AT eight O'Clock a delegation from the north
ante-room came upon the platform amid
dealening din Of muscular applause When
the aforesaid applause had died away, Mr.. Je-
rome f. Manning stepped to the front of the
platform and announced the fact that, owing to
the dripping skies, the torchlight movement had
been abandoned, and the attention of his fellow
republicans of Massachusetts was invited to
speeches from gentlemen from other portions
of the state, previous to the arrival Of Gen. b.
+. Butler, who would shortly appear in the
hall. (Yels.) He introduced Hon. Geo. NJ
Buttrick of Barre as chairman of the meeting
Mr. Buttrick made a brief speech on taking
the chair and introduced Albert Palmer, Esq,
of BOston-a small sized, enthusiastic gentle
man, who took the audience by storm at the
start, by abiding to Butler as the coming gov
ernOr, whereupon yellS were heard as before.
He said that Butler was willing 10 stand up and
face the charge made against him that he was
scl.constituted candidate for the Office of gov
ernor, and claimed that he asked the nomina-
ton in the name of pure, unadulterated rcpub-
licanism, as one of the foremost leaders in the
party, upon whom the newspapers had heapcd
calumny, vitupcration and abuse; but at
Springfield the press had received its answer
the red.hot shot of the general had vanquished
the enemy (yells). He also asked the nomi-
nation Of Butler on the strength of his war
record, and rccited the manner in which he
saved Washington and Baltimore from falling
into rebel hands, and then like second Jack
son went to the relief of New Orleans. He
coined the word "contraband," which heralded
and necessitated the word emancipation
He furnished all the brains in ouSting Andrew
johnson. The speaker said that the mass of
the people were hungering and thirsting for
governor such as Butler would make, and the
question was will you delegates carry out their
wish" He said that the general was rough
not one of the iastidious and smooth kind, and
compared him TO granite statue, which, when
raised to Il height, presented perfect figure to
the gaze, while the beauty of the polished
marble statue was lost TO the eye when raised
to prominence.
G. A. Somerby, Esq, was next introduced,
and spoke loudly against what he designated
as dictation 10 the people of the republican
party, by mere faction of the party, saying
that by their action they only proved their
imbecity. The affairs of the state, he said,
had CONF to a crisis the action of few men
who think they constitute the commonwealth
won't bear opening up; they oppose B. F. But
Ter, not because it is Butler, but because they
are afraid of their own places; the opposition
was only pretense TO cover the operations of
the laction-a ring" it would be called in New
York. He upheld the general for standing forth
as u selfconstituted candidate, and pitched into
the newspapers of the state for abusing man
whom they had so justly and Iayishly praised
during the war.
At this point General Butler appeared in the
hall, and an uproarous din was raised, such
as prevented further speaking for the time.
Hats were thrown up, people stood on benches,
and only became quiet after giving three cheers,
the bands following with, "Hail to the Chief"
Mr.. SOmerby resumed his praise of Butler,
after that gentleman had made his bow and
seated himself, and then turned his attention to
the "canting Pharisees who talk about hypOc-
risy in the caucuses which elected Butler dele
gates" The state central committee, he said,
should be composed of honest men, and it be-
hooved the people of the party to see that they
were such, and that their arrangements did not
prevent fair play in the convention for the
friends of Butler He produced a let
ter, claimed to be written by Luke Lv-
man of Northampton, to the Springfield
Republican, which expressed the hope that
conesting delegation would be chosen in
Springfield; and stated that much depended
upon the makeup of the committee on creden-
tials, which matter, the letter said, must be
managed. The speaker, afterreading the letter.
looked searchingly among the reporters, and
sayagely inquired if there was any one present
to deny that the Republican received it, after
which he proceeded to make it a text for de-
nOuncing suspicious action in the anti-Buter
faction as he designated it,
b. +. Butler himself here came forward amid
a fresh round of applause, and thanked the
audience for his enthusiastic reception, saying
that the commentator of the people amply re-
paid him for wading through the gulf of filth
and abOmination through which he had come
up before them; their cheers, he said, were
barbed arrows in the hearts of his enemies
and, coming us they did from delegates from
all parts of the state, it was the proudest of
triumphs for him. He began his often-used
criticism upon the board of state charities, and
had got well to talking about the lunatcs, when
some one in the audience said, "Give it to 'em
like hell, Ben" whereupon Il cry of "Put him
OUT was raised. Butler said, ooh, don't put
him out; he only hears the truth occasionally;
and perhaps he is one of the escaped lunatics."
(Deaening yells) The speaker passed on to a
repetition of his figures about the crazy
people, and protested to subStantiate all that he
had stated in regard to the hospitals, including
the statements that board had been paid for
patients after they were dead and buried and
that they could be boarded cheaper at the
Revere house, with bottle of wine at dinner;
and he thought they would be sane enough to
stay there. He said that in answering this
charge of fasilying, he answered all the charges
that had been made against MN among the
thousands of misrepresentation that were
flowing like river of lcalumny in every di-
rection. He asked what he had done that he
should be abused, told what he had done that he
should be made governor, and what he proposed
TO do if he were, questions and statements
which have made up large portion of all his
campaign speeches. He eXulted over the
election of the Springfield delegates, and made
a handling of Luke Lyman's letter. which had
been read by Mr.. Somerby.
Gen. L. W. Hncks of Cambridge, gentle
man who claims to have been mised by the
"yelpings of the press" into voting against
Wilson for senator, when he (Hincks) was
member of the legislature, made a speech after
Butler, entertaining his hearers with rehearsal
of the generals military record explained why
he was needed for governor, and told the audi
ence that he was speaking disnterestedly, for he
should retire from the political arena and watch
events when he had seen his friend elected.
Major NJ. J. McCaflerty said few words. nj
luding to Butler as personal friend-one who