, 1874-02-28

| taken. and the Senate confirmed the nomination
| by a vote Of 81 against II, the Democrats pres
ent voting in the affirmative. The result wns
almost Immediately known to dozen or more
| friends Of Silumons, who were standing at the
main Then they Gsse thax ,ed IL on
| Gen. Butlor to exchange congratulations. 1t II
regarded aa singular that nomination should
be confirmed BY tho dominant pnrty when as
| in this case the nominee was opposed nS ooth
Senators Of tho State.
THE BOSTON PRESS.
Dosroy Feb 27.-The Journdlto-morrow says
on aimmous' confirmation Is The answer comes
| to us from Washington, that wo must have But
Ter and Butler caen whether We want them or
not. Tho Republican party Of Massachusetts
will not stand the evil and disgrace sought to
be. whether Intentionally or not, inflicted upon
us at Washington"
The Daily ddrertiser says: This is an in
yasion ct our rights for which no precedent will
be found in the political history Of this country;
an outrage which cannot be many times repeated
| without destroying not only tho political party
| which tole:ates it but the harmony OF the State
us surety"
sr1cr READING.
Tho following telegrams were sent from hero
WARRINGTON, Feb. y.
e @ paa>@>is. and se@ T<7sSaal;' Ezesa"9s 1o'
Va Va ha1o performed the duty with which VIC we're
charged, aud have laid before the President,
seuator Boutwell,, and oIhcrs, SUCH view1 and
thu. single member rules the whole delegation anl
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts,. We hope tbs result
may enable you to dispc1 another error, which has
been indust1lousy circulated and which IL eminently
calculated to nure the wellcarned fame Of our Icsi
dent, and to disturb the harmony Of the great He
ruDsan sha sane " party
Chairman.
WAsH1NaTos, Feb. q.
r:-. pT,t,U UxrHt .EoEu
!. u DarJortd and oser,. .Herehaat' Exchange, Bos-
Since the Committee te1egraphcd you the fight hero
is over. The fight nt home is to come. We propose
TO keep the Republican party Of Massachusetts, b. xhere
John A. Andrew left 1t. JOHN. !" FohDEs.
Tonight Simmons received numerous friends
at his quarters, who congratulated him On his
triumph.
THE SOFT OF NAN SIMMONS 49,
Tho Boston correspondent OF tue New YORK
Tribune gives the following brief history OF
Simmons career as q politician
A1r. Simmons is the smartest specimcn Of the new
type Of politician, such al Grant affects and Butler be-
Aeycs in, that the State can show lie Is about g ysats
old. Born at the North End Of Boston, md with ln-
ted opportunities OF education, hc WAS, ten years ago.
clerk in drygoods store Of Hanover street, local.
ty where the sharper Kind of this trading IL done.
itlcs about this time opened more p1o0islng and
more congenial held for. him: lie lott tho
store With $3.50 the total Of his worldly goods
He took the position Of Internal ercnue Dctector,
and after he had held for four or FIVE Ecars was
worth $1GJ,UuU good B0Ck6 huN securities. 11eIc
was talent eaecu.y dcmonstrsted. Nor talent alone;
with 1t bud como fame ag we-1e1ne that was yery 10
cal IN its spread, but still fame most tndubitaby.
Simmons hnd become character ut the North End Of
Boston. Everybody in politics there knew him. From
Congressman down to Ward Assessor be was sought
and consulted. His monoyed operation we're By no
1ueanB confined tho Internal Revenue Department.
lie made nearly MI the arEnngemens md did most OF
the disbu1sng that attended the election the theatre
| of operation in which he had chosen to figure. II
was preliminary to all running for office On bis side
that the candidate shoud first see Simmons. ue had
become and very positive factor in al political
problems to be worked out The Democrats dreaded
and the Republicans relied upon him, with about equal
sincerity He brought the former party to gve up Tie
despair. While the Republicans had candidate in
the Fourth District With money, and had Simmons to
use IT they .aid it was simply folly for them to keep
ranks VILE, and he ptesEy went through them. Their
voters vaninhed by scores and hundreds, and want
over to swell the njotes Of the opposition. His hrnu
WIS reached out to control all the machinery Of e.ec
tion. Even their organization waa not safe from
it. One year the Democratic candidate for Alderman
in the strongest Democratic ward In the city found tue
regular ticket printed With his name left of and tat
of his Republican competitor in It's place. The Demo
Gratis made WY faces, but there help for it.
There were 500 OF 400 quor-scllcrs the North End
against whom warrants were Issued o. easily could BE-
Simmons got control OF these warrants, and held the
terror Of their execution tho heads Of those at
whom they directed. with the ASSURANCE that they
could buy exemption # themselves and their customers
voted right. He fairly established reign OF terror
over the Democratic party
OF course, such not likely to escape the
notice Of statesman Of Gen Buffers prochV1t1ss: t.
| Ltter did not need much urging. He WAS grav4-
taed, as may say, into the position. The meth
such an exquisite agreement IN their 1dcns and their
aspirations, that 1t was next to impossible that they
should be kept apart snmons aIs politics aEe .amt nu{
master. He nevertheless did homage to the 1uas-
! ter when the master appeared. Butler had not
Butler has not the Of si,nnons political sarewd-
| ness and sagacty. He knew him better last year.
He made him bis ad1utant and chief adTiser IN the
campaign on which he then entered against the better
| portion Of the community. Simmons went into the
work with all his wonted energy. he not only faith
fully followed instructonB-he bettcred them. He
assumed the responsibility Of controlling tic city in
Buffers interest after his ideas and by his own
methods year ea1iieE be had got himself into Ros. g.
ton for this work BY being elected Chairman Of It's
Ward and City Committees. His plan was to take the
caucuses by storm by surprise Increment, snd to
while large proportion Of the anDntler people we're
absent their summer vacation. Collector Russell
heard Of It, and SAID it would ne7er do; that such
tnctics might have worked well enough In few North
| End Tards but people would not tolerate their
being carried into the campaign in the other sections
Of tho city. Simmons laughed at big scruplcs :. Ny
objective is to carry the caucuses for Gen. But!er
said he, "isnt 1t great deal easier to carry them
when the voters who against him arc absent than
is difficult to say which is to bo more admired, tho
naive simplicity tho dircctncss Of logic with which
this interesting conundrum propounded. It left
thc Collector little to say The cancuscs called By
Mr. Simmons at his own time and they Were manipu,
lated under his own management. Need lt De ea1d
that they produced the anticipated results One OF
the beauties Of the Simmons system is that 1t 30 care
fully calculates the conditions that enter into the tol-
tion Of political problem, that 1t very seldom has to
encounter failure.
CHEAP TRANSPORTATION.
SPECIAL D1spoteh to 11s Chicago Tribune.
THE 3l'CnARY BILL.
WARRINGTON, D. c., Feb. 27.-Slnco the Com
mittee agreed to the McCrary bill and tho &C