The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-10-24


u.uiuI.cences OF his College Days ana
..r,v Professional Life tits Ancestry
p,srox Oct q. Gen Butler will bo GO
,oars II age ON election day. Nov 4. His won
sor,rl rhyscal and mental yigor is shown by
No remarkable canvass he is making. He
,c,on rec weeks ago. AMI has averaged two
,ncecbos day. attended personally 20 several
ms in court. and travelled by rail and private
,rryrvance thousands II miles One day last
re.t he WAS IN Springfield. and had an engage
mont IN Ill that evening at Greenfield. thirty
Mills due north. He received peremptory
,ummon- 10 attend to n clients interest in
,ourt nj Boston. lie came forthwith. spent sew
,ral hours IN court. was in Greenfield by .
,',o,k that night and addressed Butler
meeting
There can bc no doubt about the intense in
forest and great enthusiasm which Butler has
aroused among large portion of the people OF
tbe old Bay State reached Boston last Thurs
Aav and was fortunate enough to meet Butler
A, hia office 4. pcmbcrtOn square. He had
heen called there from Sandwich. on Cape Cod
nav TO look after an important lawsuit. In
roply TO my inquiry about the progress Of his
canvass. he said'
Come with me and SEQ and hear for your
self Ispeak tonight ut Harwch tomorrow
morning at Orleans. the same evening at
proyincci0wn. the next morning at Mencet
md in the evening ut Mcirosc and Stoncham."
Iaccrted the invitation. We started in tho
az NJ train by the Old Colony Railroad. and
reached North Harwich on the Cape Cod diys-
Ion So. miles from Boston. at 1885 I. NJ. and
drove a mile and three-quartcrs TO Horwich.
The meeting WIS held in the Town Hall. and
every inch OF standing room was occupied. The
Mrong was orderly and attentive. and cheered
10 the echo the many telling points made 10y
Butler.
1t happened that one Of the many Commits
sioners with which the state has been barnacled
vas present His name is Cohoon. The town
Of Mashpee. in Barnstable County. has to sup
port the remnant Of the tribe Of Mnshpeo In
iians. This remnant had $500 acres OF unpro-
iuctiye land. sand dunes and low lands. yielding
but scanty harvest when fortified and carefully
hlled by thrifty white men. The Legislature in
ISL directed the Mashpee Indian lands 10 be
surveyed. divided ny into lots. and sold, the
proceeds to be- turned over 10 the town of Mash
pee for the support Of the few remaining sur
yiyors of the original occupants of that part
pi Cape Cod. A commission consisting *
three persons was appointed To execute
The law. They consumed nearly seven
years in surveying the land and sell
INK the lots, realizing for the town little
pyrr $1,000 after dcducting auctioneers fees.
They rendered bill Of az 900 against thu state.
which was allowed and paid. This hill was
made VI. first Of charge OF 50 per day for each
Dithe Commissioners. and. second. ofhor-e hire
MD board, CohOon. one OF the Comm !ss iOncrs.
receiving $1,000 Tor horse hire alone.
gave the history Of the Mashpec Indian Com
mission, and read the itrmi1cd bin Of charges
rendered TO and paid 10y the state Cohoon was
l0oiish enough TO Interrupt Butler. who instant
y asked II he was not one OF the Commission
srs. and Challenge him 70 dispute the accuracy
pa single allegation he had made; An evnsiVe
reply was attempted, which gave Butler an OBJ
'.ruu.ty 70 skin Cohoon. TO the Intense delight
o. the audience.
The next morning we drove ten miles 10 Or
cans. whore another large meeting was al
ircssed. and at ! 10 L. VI. We took the train for
provlncrtown. reaching that ancient fishing
village. on the extreme point OF Cape Cod. at
1alf past ten o'clock.
he vote it usually casts Is 300 Republican and
~ Democratic. II Is emphatlcally a Puritan
republican community. The people are pro-
Ierbiay religious. There Is not a rum shop IN
lac town. Not IA drop OF liquor OF any kind can
80 obtained, except on the prescription OF q
,hysician. The odd-looking. ep-roofed
nany-gabed houses. almost universally built
pf wood, line two narrow. Irregular streets.
long wharfs run out into the harbor: almost
VERY house IL the home OF "A hardy fisherman.
II was a bleak Otub'r day. The sky was
overcast, and a 81 breeze was blowing from
rarely any other class Il old men hcre-shook
heir heads. and said there might Ice n hard
Now-a regular nor easter--before morning.
The Saturday before there had been severe
IaIe. tho seVercst that the Cape has witnessed
il many years.
by uishtiAll the hathor was gay with dancing
lights. The mackerel neet, warned by recent
Na"rlrncc aud rapidly falling barometer. put
hio t"e harOgr. and more than hve hundred
lai ly ~ anchor. The crews. OF course. came
H., re. Tho hshcrmen as rule. are Butler {
Vtrnest friends. II is truc that they are. with
cW exceptions. Radical Republicans, but they
re iut"ugcut men, wide awake 10 their own
Interests. aud kcenly appreci atlve 81 those who
lave advocated and defended the rights uf the
l-uerm"n. Butler alone almost IN the Massa-
inu-"tts delegation in Congress. has been the
"a nus, active, persistent advocate OF the fish,
Ia interests. He makes telling point ngai nst
be Republican party when he asks What has
Ar Republican party done Tor you men ~ the
.nir And reminds them that in AL the Iona
)"r.uI u Democratic ascendancy in the nation
Lrr" Nt- Il bounty on fish; that IL was kepub-
lau Almin. siraton. with Judge Hoar. repre-
tentative ~ one 81 the old families, who. accord.
~ To- the atlantic uodmy. claims tradit9na
l-At - govern Massachusetts, on the high
loInt Commission, that mHde the ALBANIA
r"a,y AMI ANONYMOUSLY eurrendered the
lights ~ American fishermen; that il was
,'puhI.Au Administration. az the behes
81 tIr senior senator from Massachusetts
hai made back countryman. who did mo-
thNw % -ket" from "A cod or macker"l. on'
y 10" arurrWors 20 pass upon the value OF ih'
,t ".aIu it"I the catch u Canadian fishermen
r." 10 duty. provided a market for them. wheI
r"r Amer nn fisherman knows byexperienc'
lW inhd.un isAernen can deliver nsh II
D. -iHu iNr N.jO to 81 per barrel less than Cap'
~ of Oapg Ann fishermen can. The drgt
ar.'NW All h0uuet always tolls. The CAp'
~ fishermen greeted this part OF Butter
li."u with Prolonged roars OF applause.
IL Wis strange. novel sight 10 me, TINS gath
81. hs al Pr.Yncotown. An immense tent ca
Whi" ui sA"t"ring 5000 people, had boel
..i'iei IN "a sand dune back OF the town. /
began f' rain al about o'clock and the meeting
"a- al.rd ilr - o'clock. | expected YER
81" .-llr''-s AFFAIR. but when | rca ched tn
rh' d~r- was not oven - tnding room undo
i' CANVAS. Seats had bcen improvised b.
A'As l-h boards on fish kegs. The
WI" all o-luicd. The aisles were ie'
YIN n'n and women standing, Will
q
;'t i"u'ali IN the outside There were bu
lcW umbrellas. The hardy fishermen don
uilNl 10" weather. There were no fine clothes
~ ,'h ftin. Lamps were swung from rope
W hra a"ro-s the tent and cast q hickerin
IT," % lh" thrng beAeath; There was
ny smell Of FISH, but no odOr Of whlskey
"' rh generally were IN overalls. double
~ fi"! lca-Iacket-, with black, couical-shapc
-H.A Gays 0n their heads. The faces wer
sII Ht'Y Wafk"d, and wore serious, sObc
Ait IL Vas not a bol,t"rOus crowd. The az
.ti-e NH- inui and came altogether, as ia
WOW . "a" SURF breaking on the beach Their
80 .' -'tlnlnWc handclapplnR or yelllu
" ,hl fr4tt the speaker.
Ncu. Butter told mo a good story as Illus
n"lINs 10" 7'h"r-mlnard people Of the Cape.
WI many N"Ars ago, he said. the first time j
u"i' political speech on Cape Cod. ii
.N"Sul he knew how To- wake NJ an audience
~ 'Hst %" had h""n moderately successful j
lug Responses 10 the points Of his argu
W. NJ IL" began his speech and was a litil