The New York herald., 1878-09-12

BUTLER AS DISTURBING RLEMENT TO BOTH
PARTIES ATTITUDES OF THE DEMocRAT TIC
AND REPUBLICAN LEApERs-rHE CANDIDATES
FOR GUDERNAToRIAL NOMINATION..
BosroS, Sept IL, 1875
Tho fact that the greenback and labor element SO
completely demornlized both old parties In Name
has given q strong impetus to the Butlor movement
In massachusetts, Tho democratic caucuses In Boston
show that the General has a strong support in the
Hub aud his friends claim about two hundred
delegates from here who will vote first, last
and all tho timo for him ut Worcester next
Tuesday The small towns out In Middiosex,
Essex, Bristol, Plymouth ana Norfolk counties
are enthusiastic Tor the General, and q majority OF
them, there democratic organizations, VIII
instruct tho delegations 10 aid In handing tho
democratic machine to his control Just hero Is
where the whole trouble comes IN.
ATrirUDg DEMocRArs
Tho democratic leaders In out OF ten
would be willing 10 Butter brenk up the republican
organization but thoy him TO do 1t as an indo-
pendent candidate. They SEQ NO hope OF even
making u respectable showing at tho polls, but
they insist on maintaining their organization intact
This thoy deem necessary they expect any recogn
tion from possible democratic national adminisira
ton two years hence. They are willing to admit that
the rank and 1e of their party Will vste almost solid
for Butler but while giving up, however reluctantly,
the substance, they want to retain the shadow.
The republican party would ask better cam paign
doctrine than chance TO abuse Butler and the
democracy at tho samo time They say that they
Butler outside of their own lines and nothing
would please them better than his capture Of the
dem ocratic machine
rnR ''REsPRcrABLE" IDEA.
Politics IN Massachusetts, usually sink deeper than
party cry or even party principle: enters In
social liic The Massachusetts, Idea OF eminent 70.
spectabiy shnddcrs at the thought OF having Butler
cnthroned at the State House. Just imagine tho
National Lancers and the First corps Of cadets escort
ing Ben Butler to Harvard College on Com.
monceinent Dayl Conceive Of tho Essex states
man holding evecs at which the upper crust
OF Boston society would DO compelled TO attond,
they did at the levees Of Bauks Boutwell,,
bullock, Andrew, Cianin, washburn, Castor and
R,ce rbc thought Is TOO horrible Tor blue
blood democrat 10 entertain Judge Abbott Leverett
SaltonstaIl, Ex.Mayor Prince, Frank Bird, Reuben
Noble, Collins, Fitzgerald and other leaders can
consent 10 allow Butler got tho top Of
party pile Without severe struggle Abbott aspires
to Cabinet position or tho English Mission and the
others have undennod aspirations aud amDitions,
ranging from a scat IN Congress to desk In the
Custom Honse. These they could ncvor hopo TO
attain II Butler should capture the Convent noxL
Tuesday and ride TO power and promotion on tho
partys shoulders The Boston caucuses gave a clear
idea o tho sec OF social relations the poli-
tics Not man appeared 10 advocate Butler who mas
tho slightest claim to be cons idsred a leader. The
rank aud lle the great crowd went tothe meetings
In tho several wards, and wherever II was necessary
to carry ward they captvred the meeting, chose
their own officers aad elected thoir delegates. whio
the leaders either stopped at home or quietly stood by
and let things DRIFT they being perfectly helpless TO
TnyINo TO NEGOTIATE
For tho past few Gays several democratic leaders
have appealed to Buffers managers to koep of tho
Convonuon and allow them 10 nominate THAR own