New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-09-09

X.
THE MISTAKE OF TRUSTING TOO MUCH TO FEDERAL
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF THE ADVERTISER -
RUI1TR's DEFEAT GRANTS DISCONTINUE.
npoM AN OccAsroNAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNE
BOsToN. Sept. S.-The remarkable campaign
for The Republican candidacy for the Governolshp oil
the State which Gen. Butler has brought us into, is so
far advanced that one can form pretty accurate esti
mate as 10 what its result is TO be- Fully half the towns
IN the State had with the end Of last week chosen their
delegations to the Republican State Convention Tie
Butler and the anti Butler presses do not agree as to the
nosItion Of all these delegates. There are so many
contested seats and so many OF disputed prefer
epce on the part elected that the footngs we
have from the opposing sides vary widely The large
number OF delegates st TO be chosen makes the case
vet further uncertain II is quite clear, amid all TINS
nowover that the Butler men OF the State have Of late
fought losing game; that their majority In Boston,
with which they started out no strongly, has been
already more than swallowed up, and that the chances
are that every days Of the results OF the caucus
will increase the preponderance against them
purIFR's TOO GREAT RELIANCE UPON GRANT
IL has been evident however, from the first delegate
elections that held although they were all very
favorable TO Butler that he had harder light on his
than his sanguine friends had The last
one ward surely counted in Boston, and in several
othera his majority was smaller than had been ex-
oscted As DAYS followed, and the country towns De-
vap 10 club the prospect was yet more dubious -Four
out OF five Of them against him. The large ma
Iory with which he started out every day lessehed'
aud II appeared TO be the eve OF vanishing win any
days return The knowing among the politicians
On his side were seriously alarmed. The obce-holders
under the National Administration were at work all
over the State; but success had not ioi-
lowed their efforts TO the extent they had confidently
looked for II is now quite plain That the original mis-
take made by Gen. Butler aud the one that Is hkeIy 10
prove fatal to him in the end that President Grant
aud IA off ialG had he
him IL this that made him neglect so long to take
the stump and which led him 70 assume that several
important places certainly his which he lost when
the caucuses held There serious alarm as one
town after another disappointed him. meeting Of the
managers held to consider the situation.
They thought they found the difficulty TO lie,
I'm n great measure. In the deception that
WAS practced up0nithe people TO the position OF the
Administration. The Advertiser The Journal The Trans
,rpt and he Worcester Spy, had all chained that Gen.
Grant WAS neutral the contest. Gen. Hawley from
Connecticut had made pilgrimage to Rye Beach and
reported Secretary Robson as confirming this view.
the Butler people knew that this was deceptive, and
,n reslved that IL would TO suffer il to be
continned They sent post-hase to Washington there
foro abatement OF the harm IL was doing, aud ap
neal mat he matter should be set rghl The response
uas not long IN appearing.
quF REVOLT OF THE ADVERTISER
r,e 4, IL form that set the question at rest very
A,o1lv Wbile only smOn Cameron had talked, and
Ts> Wa,biuolon Republican had demonstrated before
the Boston anti Butler papers had deemed 10 safe to
hold out against such authority; but when Ne~fork
organs turned their short corner 10 sPeAA 90 en-
phstically and Hdrpers weekly prousn' ''e Pio'
,oria guns 10 bear IL was that the msrepreHenta-
tion as 10 the real views Of the Administration eoud De
kept up no longer The Journal, which Is 100 stoetiy
a partzan paper 10 attack the President submitted
an silence. Not 40 The AdCeTt4ser You nave pup'"eu
its singing protest II is vigorous beyond any "
which accustomed IN Boston l0urpansm' "i''i -
mere deficient in the display Of independence than ID
Ally oiber respect. The article Lac been followed ~