New-York tribune., 1878-10-12
THE FIGHT AGAINST BUTLER.

sPIKED-MARY DEMOCRATS READY TO VOTE FOR
TALBOT H NECESSARY TO HIS ELECTIoN-No
COMPROMISE BETWEEN sTRuGHT-oUr DEao-
Gratis AND BUTLER MEN
lFROM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUkE'l
BosroN, Oct. S.--The Republicans of Massachusetts
have many substantial reasons for the confidence
they DOW feel Of being able to defeat General Butter
in the November election, and in this letter pro-
pose enumerating some of them.
a. The Republican party has recovered from lts
late fright and has gone to work In an earne o. de-
termiued, systematic manner 1t is united as u mas
not been before for years. Its platform is entirely
satisfactory to the Liberal element IN the party
which in this State most needs looking after. Inc
Radicals are the men who always support The tcKet
or always have done so; the Liberals on moro
than one occasion, have shown their dissatisfaction
by staying at home or voting Tor llluen
and Reform" Before the Worcester conventions
when General Butler went about the State spread
ing his net and gathering in Democratic caucuses'
there was almost q panic among the RepuOhcahs'
which was not relieved when they heard the news
from Maine. But the breaking in pieces of the
Democratic organization. and the refusal OF the
party leaders to cOuntenance Butler or to compro-
mise with him, caused the Republicans 60 take new
courage and there is confidence OF success
among the party managers, which is also
spreading to the people, that must he ac-
ccpted as o coed sign. Ii Is not confidence
that will lead the Republicans 10 SIT still and
trust that Butler will he defeated There is enough
of the fright left 10 make them work as they have
not done before in years Every city ward and
country school district will be organized as thor
oughly, and rs much care will be taken TO get out
every vote as though the last ballot cast on the 5th
of November was to decide the contest. The he
publican State Committee will not lack for funds,
which will be effectively and iudicousy used In
sending speakers and documents into every nook
and corner of the State, and in making
a complete canvass Of the voters. The re-
port that the Republican Committee had an
abundance of funds, aud that the National banks
were subscribing, put General Butler into terrible
state of excitement ut ROxbury the other night aud
he brcathed ont threatenngs and slaughter against
those institutions if they dared to take part in the
canvass against bim. 81 warn them 1.-THE banks)
now" he said. in all solemnity and fair dealing.
that they must not interfere with the cleo
ton of the people by subscribing money,
or in any other way. III they
subscribe money, and by bribery prevent
my being elected Governor, | go back again
to serve out NV term in Congress. and Will lnyes-
tigate every rascal of them and take away their
charters"
As an evidence of the activity Of the State Com
mittee may mention the fact that meeting of
the chairmen of all the Republican Comfy Commit
tees in the State with the Central Committee, is to
take place in this city this week and it is expected
that every county will be represented. No such
gathering. | am informed has ever before been held
in Massachusetts,. The Republicans expect more
systematic effective campaign work to be done this
year than in any recent coptest.
C2 The nomination of Mr.. TaIho5 bv the Renubli-
cans spikes the guns Of the Prohbtionists. The vote
for the Rev Dr.. Miner the Temperance candidate, is
not expected even by his friends 90 be greater than
somewhere between 5000 and 10000, and the
politcal managers Of the other parties put It down
nearer the former than the latter figure. Some Of
the most active Prohbtioniss in the State are ear
nestly a work for Mr.. Taibots success and by their
efforts will certainly secure for the Republican
ticket the votes ot many who supported
the Prohibition candidate last year sirik-
ing illustration Of this fact IL found
in the course pnrsued by Mr. Henry II. Flxon, OF
Quincy. Possessed Of great wealth and abundant
leisure he has for years spent his time and large
sums of money for the promotion of the Pro-
himtory canso. Hs il enc OF those fanat-
les who never allows opportunity 10
ride ont his hobby e. pass. and who makes such
q nuisance Of himself m Republican, State Conycn-
tons by his persistence in the Introduction oi reSo-
lutons and tho making of motions IN re-
gard 10 Temperance legislation. that u mas
become tho practrc TO snub him ana iAugh
b,r, dovvn. all of which he takes Rood-naturedly.
If the Republican nom nee Is man whose
professions and record on the temperance question
are satisfactory TO Mr.. Faxon, he supports him; If
pot me works for the Prohbtory ticket. This year,
,veel,s before the State Convention, Mr. FaXun
opened an Office in this city, and began the pnhca-
tiou and distribution Of documents favorIng the
of Mr.. Talbot and since the convention
no has gone 20 work in way to secure VOTES
for tic Republican ticket. This Is all private work.
which bas no connection with the labors of the state
Committee but Is managed and paid for by ono man
ont of his private purse. ! presume that the
number Of voters whom he can Influence ~ compare
tiyeIy small but such men always have some to-
lowing and every vote he is able 10 transfer from
the Pr0hibtory to the Republican candidate counts
for "a much i'm the final result as though il was a
straIrht-out Democrat who had been converted.
l3l The respectable Democrats Of Massachusetts,
are so angry at Butler for interfering with their
party machinery. driving them ont Of the hall they
had hired for their convention, and for having the
efIrontery to ask Democrats to vote for HIM with
his to them, hateful record that many OF them will
cooperate WIN the hepubHcah5, Hhu Soihe VIII even
vote for Mr. Talbot rather than allow the sef-nOm-
mated candidate to be elected. ] know that
the Republican who builds his hopes the
expectation that Democrats will under any crcum-
stances vote his ticket is in nine out of ten
destined to be disappointed, but tins seems to to
be the tenth case. In the first place. the regular
Democratic candidate Judge Abbott, has said pub
lcly that If he had to choose between Mr. Talbot
and General ButleT. no should vote for the former
Now Judge Abbott we'll knows that the contest in