The Portland daily press., 1878-09-19
The New York Press on RutIer, 9 C;rcu

The New York Press on Buffers Circus.
The Graphic says the disruption of the
Democratic party in Massachusetts, seems
certain.
The Nail says: "Butler has captured the
Democratic party in Massachusetts after a
hard fight on single issue, whether the DEM
ocrats should maintain their consistency and
record, or 60 over to renegade who only
few weeks since was denouncing the whole
party. The moral effect of full surrender
has already been experienced"
The Commercial says: "Butler has driven
Massachusetts Democrats from their own
Convention and his own adherents stand tri-
umphant there. This is one of the greatest
victories Butler ever scored. The State Com
mittee say their action was to avoid blood
shed, and that it will crush Butler.' If they
can find consolation in that they are easily
| satisfied. But few voters in Massachusetts,
will be deceived by it,"
The World says: "It is ludicrous thing
to see party driven out of its own Conven-
tion by candidate particularly Objectionable
to its managers, and its place usurped by an
assembly of political strikers, no one of whom
appears to carry much weight in the party or
State. 1t is personal triumph for Butler,
and one especially agreeable to him, mas
much as he owes it only to his own right
arm. The result is that the Democratic Con-
vention was not held at Worcester yester-
day."
The Express, while commencing the action
of the Massachusetts Democratic State Com
mittee, says: "Many Democrats there adyo-
cate the nomination of Butler, who can do
very little harm as Governor, in order to
break down the present Beacon Hill dynasty;
but we congratulate the true and faithful
Democrats OF Massachusetts on their honora-
BILE efforts to maintain the honor and dignity
| OF the party and defeat the schemes of a set
| OF plotting, intriguing, unprincipled faction
| lists who seem determined to carry their au-
dacious ends, regardless of consequences"
| The Times in an article headed 'Butler's
Victory" says the variety of Buffers re-
sources and the height of his audacity are
proved by the proceedings at Worcester yes-
| terday. Butler has been nominated in spite
OF the Democratic machine, and the party
| may as well make the best of it. 1t Is. to be
sure, little rough for a party to be led now
| BY man they have ridiculed, maligned,
desplsed and derlded. "Beast Butler" and
"Spoons Butler' at the head of the Fal-
stafian regiment of Massachusetts, Democ-
| racy is grotesque sight. But a party that
has nominated Charles Francis Adams for
Governor is equal to almost anything. But
Ter has outgeneralled the Democratic engin-
eers of the machine.
The Sun remarks as of surprising signif-
canoe that of 1440 delegates to a Democratic
Convention 917 were for the nomination of
Gen. Butter. Still the wonderful movement
OF Worcester is by no means a verdict on the
relative soundness of different mems De-
| mocracy. 1t is reverberation of the Maine
earthquake; it is the voice of general
discomfort; it is protest against corrup-
| tlon and extravaganza and fraud, which
made taxes heavy and wages light.
| The day of fiction and of fustian and the men
OF pretence and sham are passing away. The
day OF realities and of judgment is at hand.
No sane man contemplates anything but
peaceful measures, with the most scrupulous
regard to the tights of property; but the peo-
pie are bent on reform, and the party Of re-
form and economy and equal rights will
| prevail, whether by Democracy or by any
other name it may be called.
| The Tribune says in an article, captioned
"The Butler Conventions" Gen. Butler yes
| terday, at Worcester, initiated the cuckoo,
which usurps the nest of the lark, hustles
out any young it may find therein, deposits
| its eggs and greets the rightful tenants, when
| they demand admittance, with such tremen-
dous screaming and pecking that they are
glad to 60 away and leave it in possession.
The great business, the only business of the
assembly was to nominate Butler. The rest
was mere foolishness; the most preposterous
achievement OF all being the construction of
the ticket with staggering General at the
head, an ardent, young Irish poet at the tail
and the tottering figure of the octogenarisn,
Caleb Gushing, held up in the middle be-
tween them. No matter; this is not "Grand
Combination, but star performance.
Massachusetts, has turned out to see Butler
fight, and she is likely to get all she wants Of
the spectacle long before he is ready to STOP"