The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-05-11
Butler Interviewed d-"vvaiting "a
Find Out What's Rust and
What's True Steel"

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No. General Butter said 10 Sur
reported Yesterday. mo. | haven't nm,
ideas on the political situation whatever
But sit down; want 10 talk 10 YOU
and the general moiioned 10 one OF the
easy sofas il parIor 10 OF the Filth Ave.
nus hotel.
II don't mean TO say that / haven
any ideas mean that ! have none n
make public"
but Il is said. general. that You do
not exactly approve OF tie recent polio,
Of the president"
do they, Who saws 30. Thaf's
Just The trouble. Now | have not sai1
. word to my. one IN which any fsir
cpinion as 10 Mat think and intend ~
do rsay be based. They distort thing.
Why il isn't safe for me even to icke Oh
the matter. A few dass ago a teparter
rom New York Lew <paper called on.
sue snd ssid haf lac didnt wan; 20 inter
view me at all. was ~a4ng in a
Methodist journal an account ~ Mr..
Hayes attending PsrSon Newl,an's
church one sunday and The roundr,
Methodist church The next. 90 | said ia
fun, III was Parsor Newman. fwoula
preach sermon 20 hin from Lilo text 4
would that thou were either hot az cold. Il
" bat WAS my surprise 10 see ihi-iwist-I
Cd the next morning into an inplicar;an
~ his policy. when did not think orI
his policy. thought that il | wa Ps~-
'on Newman Id have HIM 20 ID one
church or the other ani not SEQ saw
"bnt are Won not goirg 10 express an /
opinion when the extra se-siuis brgils. \
That's just wha, I'm waitirx fsr. III
rant - 20 iAto that cvnxres~ .rurei. \
~ rammelicd. | want to ur .rpc N. lto
oine things il the policy i snrrrrs
nd others IL II isnt Anybal hnow
; well as 10 what the effect Nv ,.l ~ f,8
= not and u u i presume ia Sur
Till be ready 10 acknoY lcdgr X
but general. why * k necessary 10 Ii
40 careful about expressing An opinion
ow? You surely DO rot think ,l.at
our views to-day may BE- clsnged when
,ngrcss meets
We'll, you see--' and here the zen \
al stopped short and looked n The ~
'rter several minutes. That's an in II
Dcent question" lie finally said .very |
noccnt, but you must remember, that
am al old lawyer" And than The i n
neral laughed heartily. In
General. how came you to coin that o
ord "contraband," as applied to the n
Aves during the WARP p
well, you see there were three ofl Il
EN- at work on rebel fort down near =
,rtress Monroe, and they stole boat II
d came over 10 my camp. The next II
y messenger came with 4 fiag OIL b.
ice, and demanded them. I said thai n,
esc men were regarded as property. jc
4 ~ such were used By their masters ife
building forts, just as shovels were lie
"a that being 50, they rendered ma re-
ial assistance In carrying Oh the war. ri
therefore were contraband OF war. ps
d they were, wern't they?r
What difference there IL In the con- th
Ions Of those persons now,v the re-
rter said. mr.
Yes, yes indeed the general said II
SC,
Dces your heart bleed for them now
leral ~
! tell you. the general began, az W.
impulsivcly rose from his seat, and ~
reporter was secretly conyratulating Y"
'sclf. he sank back into his chair and gr'
ghcd again. NO, no." he said, ~ 20
2 no opinion to express now; absc- S
'ly nothing to say. When congress yo
'ts shall probably not be misumdcr- 20:
%. l have been out Of politics for y
years, and want time 10 hnd ontI
rs rust and what's true steel. ItIlad
u take long ~; IN;
Well, general, perhaps you can give 10
opinion as 70 the title by which Presi- ~.
ss' ''o'u' NJ once schi