The Portland daily press., 1879-09-01

Boston, Aug, %.
The Boston clique is making desperate ef-
fort TO crowd John d Long off the guberna-
tor;aj track. This is both needless and unfair.
IT is iniudicious. The only reason for this
course is the desire of the Boston end OF the
Republican party to control the State. They
are unwise in making the fight this year.
Long is Just as good man IS Pierce ana Will
poll more votes | know for certain TACT
that Ben Butler wants Pierce nominated be-
cause he knows that his chances Will be better
against him than against Long. However,
have but little doubt that Mr.. Long Will be
nominated Gov. Talbot's letter declining
denomination was sent to the committee as L
wrote YOU it would be. 1t is an admirable
document and contains some sound doctrine.
His reasons for declining purely business
and personal. He cites one business transac-
ton, the purchase of lot of wool-n which
he might have made $4,000 had he been at
tending to private and not public business.
1t looks very much now as though the sever
al factions which 60 to make up the Butter
party of the State would not hang together
much longer. There are three or four distinct
elements There are the Greenbackers, the
Butler Democrats the dsaffected Republicans
and then perhaps might add the general riff
raft of society which ''belongs to nothing nor
nobody. Each of these elements just named
is Jealous of the others. The Democrats want
Butler to come over to them entire. Ihey
want him to go on the stump and denounce
the Republican party past as well as present
Then the Greehbackers say he must stand Oh a
Greenback platform, pure and simple, ana
must give the subject of finance more proml-
hence in the campaign. The old time Repub-
licans want him to fling the bloody shirt and
tell how the Republican party does not protect
the negro. These men, of whom BAKER, Sim
mons and Usher are the leaders, are really the
most stalwart men in New England to-day
Their Presidential candidate, first, last and
ALWAYS, is Grant. John j. Baker tells me that
If Grant wants to be President, or will consent
to be, he can be nominated and elected over
whelmingly, particularly, says MIR. Baker, IF
this Yazoo business continues" "That will give.
the Maine Republicans 5000 to 5000 votes, will
1t not Mr. Baker?' 'qner;ed your correspondent.
81 think it will, replied the Philosopher. st
is a bad business it is bad for Smith" One
word more Bear in mind this: Greenbackism
is dead forever in this State. If Butler should
be elected it would not indicate Greenback
victory. On the contrary it will be a certain
sign that he has cut loose from that fanaticism
There are not 10000 pure Greenbackers in this
commonwealth. | speak advisedly when L
saw that not one in five of the men who talked
greenbacks last year will do it this. What is
the use, say they, to try to fight facts? Re-
sumption has knocked the bottom out OF the
~, Iet 17a. r,s crv tbe neonle will see tbrou oh it
and Know we are deceiving them. We've got
90 t faht This hattie on some other issue. 1
know hundreds of them who talk that.
N' T T;nnJ it'll Ron RntIer the other day.
I'll toll Won how If happened. was quietly |
tal;n1 a noon lunch at a little restaurant in
Pamherton Smare when in walked BENJAMIN
and took a seat at the next, table to mine. |
Tooking over the bill of fare he called for |
.sIomb Stew. !" eat it and went to the cashiers |
desi m nav "How much?v said he "What |
Ala Won Iaveq,' asked the cashier. Lamb |
stew" replied the would-be governor. 'Ten |
cents ,, said the cashier. and ten cents he paid.
Who now shall saw Ben Butler is not a |
man Of the people? But that is Butler |
the nriyate citizen, than whom there |
10 not better. more simple of habit |
nr more sociable in all Massachusetts. |
Rntier tbe nolitician is another man. I think |
never told You about his omniverous reading |
Of newsnaners 7 have seen him buy the |
,aorn;ng Herald Journal Advertiser, Post |
and Gi9be at the news stand in the Eastern
Janot and oct in the cars and 90 through the
whole bnndie in ten minutes. By the time
tha trai in reached lynn. eleven miles distant,
Ri ouarantee he will have read every one of
tI,nss ,aannrS ond ho sound asieen his mouth |
:J ~, offar;nn oytro ,nducemants for |
n miue Jiun' Gov Etsio nvnioroton Often he |
trar,aiS vii an inhibited CIGAR in his mouth: