New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-09-09
MASSACHUSETTS POLITICS.
THE wAsHBrRN-BUTLER CONTEST.

THE wASHBCRN-BUTLER CONTEST.
TITLE mn ,rrs OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES RUNNING
ucu-GREAT EARNEsTNEss DISPLAYED ON BOTH
lay TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNEl
WORCESTER. Sept. S.-Very few delegates to
The Convention which meets hero on Wednesday nave
vet arrived bat there much interest felt on all sizes
and tonight there is considerable excitement among
both the washburn and Butler mon. There has DeVer
heen convention IN Massachusetts which centereu
NO much interest throughout the State upon the one
now aritating the politicians IN all sections VI 'n'
country; 1t Is tonight the only subject OF
sad on all the lines Of travel 1t Is m"de INC =.
dtscusson Neither OF the leading ac'oi' H
arrived bnt Gen Butler is promised for 'o-"o'io"'
- ,s,o -, ,o,h bowexer are here in force bOth
r., osoed headouarters and clubs have been formed
IN srler TO secure systematic WORK hioro nPoi
seouyugly could not be given the matter one VI .o
ether of the candidates TO be elected Governor TOT
NE with right Of family succession hs'eau u lo
term OF a short twelve months.
everybody expects that the Convention will be the
uveest and most exciting that ever held an ex-
ectation which not seomto be entirely warranted
by the facts they exist to-day for unless some uuIo
eeen calamity arises, unless Gen Butter by some mus
ter-sroke OF juggefy oyercomes what seem 10 oc iS
rnouptable obstacles, there will be but shght
contest for the nomination. as Gov WashDurh
rs now so far ahead and gaining so we'll that IL
will be impossible for Butler to overtake nm by any rair
means H. however, Buffers party should oolt con-
tngency freely discussed here tonight the excitement
will be something worth observing. one tmhg
Is very certain, that far as numbers nave
ANY part in creating excitement, they Will ho'
la hacking Rooms at the hotels cannot be Cd
tanned on any TERMS and the principal houses ais
posed OF all their fortnight or more ago lhey
will be 80 full that the transient guests cannot DC
accommodated It said that Butler is at MS ola cAs
OF two years ago. and has engaged all the best roos a
~. rolyo hia hes nd -.
order to keep them from the Washburn men, The But
Ter men have also started small paper in bis interest,"
which is called The Campaign and on every hano tnere
il evidence OF the heavy work being done on ooth sues
AL the papers here have advertisements OF meetings.
and each side speaks of the other as doing hghhaDdeu
unwarranable things one of the advertisements mas
this sentence voters of the different wards are ur-
gently invited to meet the Ranyng Committee every
night for conference"
THE LATEST EsTIMATE-GEN. BUTLER IN A HOPE
Irss NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF A POSTMASTER
TO ELECT BUTLER DELEGATES
BOsToN, Sept. ST the returns hold out as
well as they have up the hour Of writing, the dram
upon the large competent fortune and the proceeds
Of the lucrative practice Of the Essex statesman VIII
have been all in vain The footing at midnight Is; WASH
burn, 549 Butler, ST. doubtful, g. the NUMBER
of votes necessary TO a choice In full convention Is
m one Of the noticeable features OF the caucuses
is that Butler stands very much as he ala In lo' lie
-
takes very few that for washburn On the other
hand Washburn every and then picks of a town.
and holds his own pretty well in spite OF the labor inter
est which has lost hun almost every one OF the shoe
towns.
The straits 10 which Butlers friends have been put TO
was handsomely illustrated by the caucus in Lawrence
which occurred tonight Geo. S. Merrill il Postmaster
at Lawrence and editor OF The Laurence American ana
Secretary Of the State Central Committee He wrote
dlspach in answer TO inquiry saying that by the vote
of last wears convention all the delegates IN cities
should be elected by wards But he knew that Law
renee could not carried by wards the only way was
20 hold a meeting, and IN the race OF MS own
declaration as 10 the legal way OF proceeding
ur1ed the holding Of caucus. The Re
publicans protested and body called ward caucuses
for this evening and elected delegates while the Butler
men, with the "boys" and the Democrats became rant
hearted aud at the last moment orgauzed INTO Wdiu
.ancusses in different parts OF the hail. and sent Butler
delegates Ward in this city threw over 700 votes IA
caucus TO might and chose eight Washburn delegates