, 1873-08-12
How He Is Operating Toying with
the Labor -Re{ornlorB.
The Anil-Butler Movcment.--Butler Re.
garded Favorab1y by the
Democrats.
Tho Liquor Question In tho Canvass.
IsWtlcr the Candidate Of the
Administrations.

Spfc1dt correspondence or Ihc Chicago tribune.
1,oRToH, Aug. ., 1879.
Tho political Bcnsattou Of tho past week lsns
been Con, Buffers mucll-hcraldol lottor In tho
dofonsc Of tho salary. grab, a synopsis Of which
MAS givon out somo ton days ago, aud Inns boon
commented on all oyer tho country. II tho cstl-
mate Of old observers Of political atfaire III
aspiring Butler is tllo 1noHt damaging
Of nll tho b1unlera with which lo has
strewn Lin pathway to tho Worcester Convon-
tion. I,an,e, mpotont, and yorylnt1ch unlike lis
author,-s tho popular vordict. Ills attempt to
Bhioll himself bohin.i President Grant has raised
tho laugh against him on all aidoa; and his
0ings al the newspapers constitute the only pnrta
which arc characteristic Of tho author. Bon
cannot lot pass All opportunity to court
the hostility Of newspnpers 11o tlrivos upon 1t
aud gloats over it. Knowing they will noyor aay
anything in his favor, Ito manages to kcop hts
oalne in tloir columns by encouraging their OPP
position,
uurLEH's CAMPAIGN OPERATIONS.
Dutlors plan OF conducting his campagn has
becn matter of surprise both to friends and
opponents. Ho Hoems to hayo been transformed,
and bohnyoB more like bashful lover than an
old political war-horso. Flo boat all round
tho bush ut Framingllam, and lodged tho point
at issue whom It waB forced upon him. Flo went
down to provincetown when they had the great
railroad -jolacation, cracked up tho Cape Cod
fishermen, and loft before tho festivities woro
half over, coming buck 10 Doaton with Collector
Russell in Government royenuc-cuttcr. Thon
ho had the yetolans Of tho old Eighth Regiment
visit his aummor-home i'll G}ouccater, Oh the oc-
casion Of their annual reunion, and diecoursod
plliosophically and blandly Of Cape Ann granite
(of which tho Boston Poat- -Onlco is being
constructed, and which ia to play an i'm
portant part in tho construction OF other public
buildings elAewhero), and tho stntue OF Con.
Scott, but stolldly refused to lot drop word on
politics., Some OF his friends are getting alB-
susted ut his plan Of operating; they want him
TO como out boldly, strike right Mt tho enemys
front runls, take tho stump, md give his follow
Brs a chatco to throw up their hats a,ldgvo vent
to their long-pont-up enthusiasm. Still there ia
no doubt the General is hard nt work. Tho
contest with him must result in ono of two
things sllccoss in getting tho Republican nonl-
ination, or being laid on tho shell, so far as tho
o!.ice of Governor is concerned. lie ia COLI
etantly on tho 60. Au extra Private Secretary,
md the officers of tho Executive Committee OF
tile Butler cluhu remain at llis of1ico In Pelnber-
ton square; aud the piles Of letters which go in
and come out every day will bear favorable
comparison with thoso Of IN ordinary campaign
during the good old days OF tho franklng priyi-
lego Ills oilico in Lowol1 displays the Hame activ-
ity; and thore arc frequent incureions OF hungry
politicians upon the beautiful summcr-lome at
Bay View, when it ia unleratood that tho Gonor-
al will bo tllcrc. Dntler himself pops into Lis
Office at Pemborton Bqllaro in the morning die
tatcs letter after letter to his two con-
stantly-eulployod stenogrnp1,ors receives fow
favored callers goes over to Yonngs Hotel for
luuch with solcct coterie Of intimate friends !;
and by o'clock is of On an expross-
train, perhaps for Lowell, maybe to Bpeud
The night at home, and probably to hare
rnraona1 interview with some OF his friends in
noighboring city. Every moment ia occupied
even when on tho cars,-for, when lie haB taken
his seat, out comce bundle OF nowspapera, and,
bcforo his dcBtiration ia reached, Ae will have
spotted every limo in the whole pack wlorein his
1iame occurs, and bo able to repeat half their
ct!lterina, and give word for word oVory article
relating to himself. The General pays all his
le doals lberaly with all who are in Ills immo-
date employ.
nurLEn AND THE 1AnoR-nEroRMERs
a handful Of politicians, aud sonlo sixty facto-
ry operatives, representing tho Labor-Refor1n
party Of the State, held convention at Lowell
Oh Wednesday, to organize campaign for tic
enactment Of 8 law restricting tho hours Of labor
III factories to ten Per day. THIS was the toxt
for all the speakors, and tho Convention Rtuck
to it hrougous @ the old cut ,n wSud out
pretty lively squint With one eye, un-
doubtedly the leaders arc honest In the
attempt to gain tho ton-holr law, md will
make espcfato et9rt 3 to oS, fofsH the ssao M into
vention at Lowell was simply Nh excuso for lay-
ing public Butler meeting in the evening,