Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1878-01-09
Butler Throws Another Brick.

yokipg a retort. II he did, he was
grossly mistaken. Shrinking from
a conflict Of words is not Ben's
weakness. He has read the report
that the Secretary said his Repub-
licanism would not suffer by COM
parison with "Ben" Buffers, and is
quite ready to join issue with him.
though he cannot bring himself to
believe that Evarts spoke in that
way. He doesn't object to being
called "Ben," hut objects to having
Evarts call him so because 1t Is "a
term of endearment' which his
mother always used to him when
he was good, the Benjamin" being
reserved for the more frequent oc-
casions when he misbehaved. On
the consistency question he says:
"Mr. Evarts SAYS that | called
him a Democrat. / made no men
ton of him at all. said that the
majority of the Cabinet were not
recognized Republicans. II the
mans conscience rebnkes him, the
matter must he left to him and not
to me, for never called his name.
but simply spoke of the majority
of the Cabinet. But perhaps he
calls himself a majority of the
Cabinet. Now he compares my
reputation as a Republican with
his. Very well /; when n man wishes
to make doubtful thing a good
one he always takes the best spe"i-
men to compare it with. of course.
Laughter He may hold mp his
Republicanism. / know that mine
will not compare with his in point
Of age, because not a great while
ago | was a Democrat. On this
point, therefore, he NAV certify
himself as being as consistent a
Republican as Ben. Butler. Very
well. Later, however, there was
another difference of opinion he
tween us. When he was Attorney
General for Andrew johnson, who
was Republican and who was anti
Republican then :"
This is funny, of course. Every
thing in the way of a retort from
Butler is funny. 1t hits Evarts
exceedingly hard, not only in re-
spect to his Republicanism and his
consistency, but in respect also TO
his vanity, which made him assume
that Butler meant him when be
spoke Of "a majority of the Cabi-
net" But funny as it Is, and deep
" as it excoriates the Secretary,
still suffering from Conkling's con-
temptuous designation of him as
Little Evarts," it does not an
swer or repel the Secretary's in
situation as to the doubtful charac
ter of Buffers Republication.
In his resumption Of brick-throw
Ing. with Hayes for the target
Benjamin is more happy, for HI
hits Hayes very hard without invit
ing criticism on his course. Hi
chief brick takes the following
shape:
81 believe that it was the frs
duty of Mr.. Hayes to find on
whether he was honestly and trul
elected President Of the Unite
States, and, finding that to be 81
70 sustain every men elected o
the same ticket in his pla"e b
ever man and every dollar @
his command. ! have no respec
for q man who will dishonor h
mothers marriage certificate.
insist that it was Mr.. Hayes dut
to the Republican party, whic
elected him, to surtain the me
who sustained him. If he believe
that there was any wrong or frau
in his election he should have ju
abdicated his claim. Let us aban,
ON his election and wash our han'
of the whole matter. And dor
let any one say that / do not b
lieve Mr. Hayes fairly elected, f
have not looked into the suhje
carefully enough to form a judg
Inent on It. ! think his course
Louisiana was very unjust. II
was himself elected, Packard WI
elected by the same vote
The significant portion Of this
Buffers reservation of the right
question Hayes title IL he shs
find it, on examination, unsoun
In this he goes a step beyond Il
moot advanced of Hayes oppo
ents. IL does not occur, even
Chandler, to suggest any futn
rising of the title question, thong
he plainly charges that the tit
was obtained 10y fraud. Butler
statement, however, is a distin
threat. In substance he tel
HAYES that he, Butler, may take
into his head to look up this tit
question some day, and that, whi
he has no prejudices, be cannot
expected to regard the failure
...a.n in Packard az other than