, 1873-09-06
Progress Of the Gubernatorial
Contest.
Buffers Stumping Tour.".A Campaign Of
Scandal --.Butlor and tho
Contrabands.
Tho Republican Caucuses... T1lore
Be Bolt ?-.-'Vly Hrnnt Slp.
ports Nntlcr~..Position
Of tho Demo.
Gratis.

bptcsdt correspondence Of Ih8 Chicago Tribune
DosroH, Sept. 2, 1873.
The campaign progresses in tho most liVel7
manner; tho plot thckons with every chnnging
scone, and cvonts ara developing 80 rapidly
toward tho final donouement TINT one can hardly
keep pace with them. Political blood ia ut foyer
heat, and tho groat Issue now Is, on enol sido OF
the warning factions respectively, Anything to
beat Dntlor, mud Anything to oloct Bntlor.
nuTLER'a sTuMp1Na TOUR
began ut Worcester laat week, TuoBday oyoning,
and las continued, except throo nights, ovor
since. From tho column abstract OF his remarks
te1egraplled to Tr1E TRIBUNE, only q faint idon
Of tho sccno, the Incidents, and tho sayings,
could DO Cleaned. Ho Inns spoken tho Hnmo
piece, with minute variations TO nuit separate
localities, at Taunton, Wakefield, Clinton, North
Adams, md Springfield. At Worcester, tho Mo-
chanics' Hall, mndo memorable by reason OF tho
holding of so many State Conventions within its
walls, was crowded to roplotion, -ctizens Of all
casaos and parties turning out to hear what tho
great retailer OF political scandal would hayo to
SOY in reply to tho structures Of hiB opponents
Wills. tu ail appearances his reception was very
Warm one, Ill nc11to observer could not but
perceive Tint tho applause aud ol1oers we're from
3 crowd of local cinc4uors, reinforced by howling
do1yishos from tho Boston Custom-uouse, all Of
whom wore centred upon and about the stage.
Tho audience WAS eager to hear aud laugh, but
khc enthusiasm was not that kind Which arises
from sympathy with thu speaker or indorsomont
Of his uttered sentiments. can only lken It to
shnt morbid trnit Of human nature which clamors
Tor revelations Of scandal about public men,
wliothos real or fancied which gloata over tho
toaring down Of all tlnt is good aud attractive
bn tho ontBido, beca,lHo Of somo (ancied or dis
covered defect III tho hitherto unoxplored OK
terror. 10 such baBo foolings has Butler ap-
penlcl in MI his speeches and lettors. Lie
n a antr f10r I'm frni1 and anror
IL little for truth as for nodosty, ,-utsering
tho most barefaced falaehoodA only to hlyo
thom controversial within twonty-four hours !;
and brings tho blushos to tho faco Of every
wonsan prcHent by his vulgar illusions. At
Worcester tho audience heard him to the ond.
Mr. Godfrey, Of Milford. tho lalf-crazy prohbi-
tion1st vino questioned Butler at birmingham,
was on hand to try tho same thing but tho
q applause which his peroraton educed had
died away. At Wakefield, ZOO people wero pres-
ent Mt tho beginning; and, before tho first half
hour y talk was finished, tile exodus began, md
poople were anxious TO sec him aud hoar him
begin; but tue hall waa half-ompty when he
rat down. At Clinton, lo spoke to q similar
gradually diminishing audience. Last night, at
Sprinefold, was probably the most notable gath
Samuel Dowlcs and tho Springfield Republican
With n vengeance, and a repetition waa antici-
pnted. Ho disappointed everybody by conhgn-
ing the Republican to the rauks Of tho opposition,
anything it pleased about him. and ho would
never reply to it. 1n his nnunnr on tho stump,
in tho tone Of his BpeeohoB, in his treatment Of
State Issues, md even n ls retailing Of acan-dal
about bis opponents, Dutlor ia moi not the man he
come over him. as one Of the uowa-
papers remarked, ho tallH as if
aomo ono wero tugging at hiR coat-tail And
that is the idea exRetly. He has tnken counsel
khSrn
"Rloppng over" md, in tho effort to prevent
doing 30, lie has almost taken the other OK
tronle.. Flo does not seem to roliah tho thrnsta
ho makes at his antagonists; his romakes do
bo holding back, as # afraid to lat' himself ont
occasionally ''dropH OF into pootry," and fre-
quontly assumes a pathetic, plcnding tone, to-
tally inconsistent with lis character and previ-
Gus Gus mode Of operating Ben keeps fire
aftor day with renewed vigor as tha
date Of tho Convention draws near. This
constrained mannor necossarily dotracta from
tho hu1nor which uHually charactorizos bis
speeches ,gonorally, and, consequently, ho be-
Ills audiences, aud thoy naturally bogn to leave
In disgust. at tho cloAo OF his speeches two
years ago, 1t was often as good 81 a minstrel
performance to 500 him stand OH tho platform
and receive the congratulations Of his admirers.
Thoy wonld rush toward him, squoczc bis hands
with tho grip Of Yise, Hlap him on tito back,
p,1uch him i'll the ribs aud uttor all manuer Of
abTSEng on os'u1to4 ~. sgeh asn Ag na LED q Rqn n
arc you, Ola Bon :" Civ Give % ON II Il, pan,M NV
they uosyryo it.' This yoar he ropoats
his parting words with m oarnoatness
almost dralnatic,-ono could almost imagine
him struggling to reproBB liH emotion le bows
his aliou, and, as hia doyotoos ARE cheering aud
appiauding, llo slips through tho crowd dodgos
Out Of the hall, trips lightly down tho stairway,
bounds into Ills waiting hack, and is of for lis
hotel Or the depot. L, with al the enthusiasm
oxprcsaod serious feaEs Of his SUCCESS, anu had
to manipulate tho country-delegatone to koop
him from haying maiority-.if Ao failed then,
how n.Hch moro Indicative Ut tailuro is It now,
when lie is sailing under false co.ors and when
he receives hut \ titho OF tho popular homage
previous to tho Convention that lo received t41on
I hnvo no doubt that hin assuming tho role
OF the F" Artful Dodgor" has tloMo him moro
BARN than even his prominence in tho salary
grab 1le Hnoaks away when questioned about
hiu opinion OF tho Prohibtory law faiato give
nn outright aRBurauco tint he will enforce It to
tho lotter,- eqnvocaily saying it ought to bo en-
forced. Tho temperance mon wore inclined to
support him at first but they have cooled off de-
cidodly. His oq'iyocation has cauEGl dntrllst
an.uyG the ltquor-dealerB mad hundreds uro
known to prefer continuance ut tile old state of
affairs, rather Than risk tho eYils OF d radical
change.
A CAMPAIGN or gUANDAL.
This Is a campaign CT scandal. 1t Is the of
year III politics. and national iesuoB DO not ontor
into tho contest, except tho subjact Of tho sal
nry-gral1 and that ia roally 1nado q club Of to
wlacls Bon butler over the head with by hia por-
gonai ollemiey. Had Butler not cniorel tho
field as a candidate, tlo not tliuk tho salary.
grab would have beon mentioned III the Ropubii-
Gun party III all Tho donnncation Of it would
llnve boom contlnod to tho columns OF The fow
Democratic newspapers aud tho atunl,-ppeakors
Of that party. lts nse nov il nothing moro nor
lesH than q means Of stirring up opposition to
13utlor. There aro aevosnl very important local
iHHueH which, ought to be discussed bororo md
decided at the fall oioctionB First mud
foromost is tho old stato hobby,
tho Liquor law. then lhero ia tic
question, What shall 10 dono with that great
Loro, tha Hoohac Tunnol-whotl,er tho Com
n,onwealth Hhal retain eontro! OF tho highway
to the grain-fle!1a OF the Great WeBt or lot ii
pass into tho handH Of ono Or moro OF tho grcat
neutrality-suspicious. Then thorc in tho prluon
Ioet Of IabolHlIing homo ct tno connsission W syn
tens, into wl'icn,. 1t ~ alleged abusea havo
crapt:; It is tho Republican Convention which
tho majority Of tho Incoming Legislature, and