The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-08-08
Sumner and Banks Causing 9
Political Somersault. -
THE INTERNATIONAL CONTEST.
Ben Butler viii Run as a Republican or
Labor Reform Candidate.
THE CONGRESSIONAL QUESTIONS.
Aspirants Ready to Contest for the Seats Of
Banks HOar and Dawes.
BOSTON, August I, 1872.

BOSTON, August I, 1872.
The ''golng over" or secession of Senator Sum-
ner and General Banks from the regular
to the liberal republican party was not
wholly unexpected, and when once their
positions were definitely declared there
was hardly the usual nine days wonder consequent
upon the s0mersault of prominent political aero
bat. Even the party press has almost ceased to dig
cuss their acts, but have been chiefly engaged In
discussing the probabilities Of the gubernatorial
contest, which in this State will be accompanl-
ment Of the coming Presidential election.
WILL BUTLER RUN FOR GOvERNoRs
Whether or not the indorttable General Butler
would again be candidate has been freely dis
cussed, and various efforts have been employed to
ascertain directly from his lips what sort OF q.
stand he proposed to take. Not until to-day, how
ever. has the General foreshadowed his course. In
conversation with a HERALD reporter he declared
that he had made up his mind not to stump the
State as candidate or in any way enter into @
wrangle for the nomination. He proposes to leave
the whole matter entirely in the hands OF his
friends, and II they think fit to nominate him upon
aproper republican platform he will not decline
their nomination, and neither will he decline
nomination from the labor reform party, although.
as before stated, he will not make any particular
personal efforts to secure it. That the
REPUBLICAN OPPONENTS OF BUTLER LAST YEAR,
Vi HIS sIreuEIn, or some strategic move
ment, Is manifest by the action of minority of tho
State Central Committee, who met very quietly q
few weeks ago and issued call for the Nominating
Convention on the 2Sth inst. There were only
seventeen members Of the committee present, and
none OF the members who were identified with the
Butler movement last year were notified of tho
meeting. This rather surreptitious movement Ia
interpreted as an effort to head OF General Butler
II he. had intended to have gone be-
fashion 1ne at as Te labor "G reOnm
party, in view Of what they believed to be. an
me aSy the para o.
by calling their convention one week earlier, and
the probabilities are that Butler will be unanimously
nominated. With this nomination at the start,
together with what strength he has in the regular
republican party, there IS at least reasonable
even despite the convention which was called early
for the ostenslble purpose of securing his defeat
The administration of Governor Washburn has
been in the highest degree unsatisfactory, even
among his nearest friends In the anti.liquor
Sion of the rum traffic, but he has from the very
beginning ignored the prohibitory law, and the
garded 1t more steadastly than any other Governor
Massachusetts, ever had. Taking washburn's ad-
mlnstraton oil through 1t Is
LOOKED UPON AS A FAILURE,
and as being failure rather more for what It has
Ss ns o r d ns are s acts m
their presence. In this way General Butler
reasons, and while he will zealously support
oppose Governor Washburn, but in doing this he
viii not make any claims OF his own for the nomt-
nation. II, however, General Butler should be
taken up By his friends as candidate, his claims
for nomination and election would be great deal
better than they were a year ago. The grateful
manner in which he accepted his defeat last fall,
and the firm support he has given General Grant
and his administration all through, have increased
his popularity wonderfully among Massachusetts,
republicans. Furthermore, - ~
THE MULTITUDE OF CANDIDATES ~
who were against him In 1871 are now well ont Of
and such men as Wilson, sumner, Dawes H0ar and
others, who were then troublesome, will have all
they can well attend to In looking out for their
own political welfare. Just exactly what General
Banks proposes to do has not yet TRANSFERRED. He
certainly cannot expect q reelection to Congress-
and as liberal republican and democratic candi-
date for Governor he would hardly be success
against any man whom the republicans might
nominate. There are already aspirants for his
place in the House in the persons OF James NJ,
Bunum, the Mayor OF Lynn, and exCongressman
John b. Ally. The former will be nominated by the
labor ref0rmers democrats and liberals, and Mr..
Ally will probably get the straight republican nomi-
nation. The chances OF success at the e.
PRESENT STAGE OF THE CAMPAIGN ..r
are greatly In favor OF Mr.. Bufrum In the western
part OF the State Congressman Dawes will have
formidable rival In the person OF George Stearns the
District Attorney, and one OF the most eminent
lawyers In that section. General Buffers Congress
sonal vacancy, II by any combination OF circum-
stances he should be made Governor, Will In all
probability be filed by Major Ben Perey Poore, Of
Indian Head, near Newburyport. The Major Is
somewhat like the Chappaqua Sage, inasmuch as he
is not only an agricuturist Of rcnown but also q
distinguished journalist, and probably willing to
try his hand at politics.