The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-09-07
WAR;
THE FIRST
POLITICAL CONFERENCE


prayer being the sous sincere DESIRE uttered OF IN
OF THE COMING G stPIsissq2o CAMPAIGN
win BE- held on the % INV sOrner Of Pine and Mai'
house, SeHssiS he Sgs5 sanSTy = SSsayea, on
su 3 hanps sos seH SIsS oG.GHk
snail the poorest and humbest well the proudest
inallenabe rights the freedom OF speech putting ali
viewing p"bii ce ocss and thus
politics anu look alter the great Of
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Mo a nS aaa dps The he
Club Of Worcester aad All spiritual wickednsss in high
su''0n and the sF ESfs & l PsP RRG Fl
and j. F. Manning. ESQ., and the Butler Club worces-
ter have been invited via telegraph to be present on
leading Butler men, arc also specially invited q be
sna ss OF SH ssS have in
and the Butler Club OF Worcester in rampng upon the
both sneskiSs and lodging the V questions Of
ssSoad snseo nd o sHS na shoe ne
and workingmen in whose hands rests
% ri
OF their own candidates Tor once ana
means which can be adopted by the people to get rid Of
snd s% m s Hs e s a
put honest men in their places ~ .,.,, ,..-.s.
remarks giving an account OF MS interview with J. r
1t Of the Butler sG Club In
at Meshanics han WGreessT fassaay syenins last
The Milford Brass Band viii be present on Coca
In behalf Of the people, B. D. GODFREY
This wonderful production has not been per-
mitted to get into the papers, but it Is certainly
worthy place In newspaper as remarkable
and lunacy enough In 1t to make the fortune OF q
second George Francis Train. Its author being
the ''crazy man" who follows General Butler "all
over the State asking questions" as certain ad-
mirer Of Lydia Thompson once followed her from
city to city till she had him put in JAIL gives addi-
tiOnal gist to this production, and as Godfrey tS
now famous 1t is OF national interest.
GENERAL BUTLER AND THE NEWSPAPERS.
Only one point remains to be considered in this
letter-namely, the hostility OF the newspapers to
General Butler. In Boston, where Buffers in.
iuence is very strong, the press almost without
him. but few Of the papers in this city viii support
him even II he is nominated. The same thing is
true Of the journals in the large towns, as
papers support him. The canvass is in
in the result is so general both in and out of the
State, that Butler has been able to say his say
even IN the papers which are bitterly opposed to
him. To be without Buffers latest speech for a
Boston paper Is to be without the news. Among
other things this caucus will long be noted for the
fact OF the almost unanimous hostility OF the press
to q candidate who fought the most vigorous cam
paign in the history of State politics.
Both Parties Tired Out-vigorous Fig
uring of the FactiOns-The Returns OF
Delegates Unreliable and Unsatisfac-
tory.
BOSTON, Sept. 8, 1873.
The canvass in this State during the week,
though close and a bitter one, was almost en-
tirely lacking in incident or excitement The
work was confined to elerting delegates to the
Convention, and the battle between Butler
and Washburn was principally fought in
the country villages. So far as Boston
is concerned nothing happened except
the calling OF hard names and the wise prognosti-
cations Of improvised caucuses. But the work,
such as it was, tired out everybody Tonight the
Butler headquarters are closed and General Butler
himself has retired to Lowell for Sunday rest and
recuperation for the decisive days Of the canvass
Up to the present time the figures which have beer
received do not indicate the result at Worcester
Wednesday. In the beginning Butler led, bu
Washburn seems in the majority at present. though
the figures are deliciousy uncertain. All the
papers, apparently on the same reports, difel
widely as to the results. The most bitter
OF the anti-Butler papers for some days
the delegates CHOSEN. Another anti-Butler organ
this morning gave Washburn 304, Butler 266, and
doubtful 26 This afternoon the same journal
puts the figures as f0liOws:-Washburn 344
Butler 282, and doubtful 81 Additional re-
turns having been received, the Butler
paper in this city with the same figures makes the
iooting-Butler, 3l2; Washburn, 503. And at the
Butler headquarters the tally this evening was BIC
Tor Butler to 293 Tor Washburn. About one-haf the
delegates now chosen are reported, but with such
conflicting estimates the question is, Who has got
them 3? These figures are exclusive Of the eau
cuses held to-day. Reports have Deen received
tonight from eight towns. which give Butler Is
and Washburn Is. The remaining towns will be
about evenly divided. AS it Is impossible to say
with certainty to which Of the estimates they
ought to be added, this must be lett to the reader
as question OF private judgment