Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1875-01-09
CUTLER ON HIS DEFEAT.
A Dinner From His Admir-
ers i'm Boston.

ers i'm Boston.
General Butler was entertained
on Tuesday night at Boston by
about eighty Of his admirers still
in these his days of adversely
Among thos present were the Col
lector ofthe Port, Major Joseph FL
Chadwick, Hon. p A. Collins, Jno
A. Newell, Geo. A. Somsrby, f..
L. Norton, and General John L.
Swift. Speeches were made by
Hon. George r. Baldin, who pre-
sided, E. L. Norton, III. G. G. Dane,
Of Newburyport, Mr.. Collins, Gen.
Swift,J. T. Manning, Of Worcester
Collector Simmons, John A. New
ell, and General Butler himself
The General made one of the best
speeches of his life, and it WAS
warmly received. In glancing at
his defeat he alluded, in a humOr-
Gus manner, to the various reasons
alleged therefor, and did it in sub :
stantially these words
They say 1t was the press that
defeated me; but in looking into
the district in the heart OF the
Commonwealth, where an idol of
the press was a candidate, / found
that he lost more votes than did.
So concluded is was not the press.
Tt was said that Simmonism did
it; but / found that in one of the
Boston districts a friend of the Col
lector was elected where the par
ties were very evenly divided,and
/ concluded it could not be that
Some said it was because did not
belong to the Church; but | looked
into another district and saw that
man who is prominent in the
Church, and who gives largely to
support it, was defeated, and our
loss was heavy, and | concluded it
could not be because / vast in the
Church. Then they said it was the
salary-grab that did it, / looked
i'm another district and found that
the man who took the back pay I'm
1856, 1865 and also in 1872, and who
made the best speech that was
made for il in the Houte in 1872,
was elected by q large majority. /
made up my mind it was not that.
Then somebody said, "Oh,you vo-
ted for jeff. Davis fifty-seven
times in the Charleston Conven-
ton, and the people of Massachu-
sets have not forgotten that" l
looked into Mr.. Dawes district,
and found there, elected by hea-
Wy majority, a man who voted
with me in the Charleston Conven-
ton. / saw then that the next
Congress would contain man who
voted with me in the Charleston
Convention. / saw then that the
next Congress would contain a
man who had voted for jeff. Davis
fifty-seven times as well as this
one, and concluded that 1t was
not that. One Of the real resons
was this:
/ am an independent man, and
three years ago, in a canvass
through, the State, J said that we
needed q change .. .ne state
house; that new element was
needed to overhaul the books and
correct the abnses which naturally
grew out of q long continuance in
bower. | said then that the people
needed change, and that II 1T was
not made inside our Republican or
ganization it would come from the
outside. Time has shown that
there was truth in the remark,
as the change from rs. 600 majority
TO 1000 against, in two years time
shows that the people have made
it true without caring much who
they walked over. lam certainly
relieved of two years Of hard SER
vice, as fighting with a minority
in Congress during the political
struggle of the next two years will
be tough work. Whatever divis-
ions there may have been as TO the
wisdom Of my leadership in a
House with o strong majority,
there would probably be no objec-
ton to my leading forlorn hope
in the minority. You hear much
of investigation, gentlemen, and
many committees are promised
when the new Congress meets,
but you need mot have no fear,
gentlemen, when these commit
fees investigate the guest OF the
evening.