The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-07-31
BUTLER On THE TRACK

The rumor tina; has been current in poll
ic,l circles for some time past, to the effect
that General Butlen intended TO enter the
field sgain a. a candidate for tower
nor in Massachusetts, this fall, may
now he regarded az settled fact. The
General has stated form ally that he would |
be candidate If his friend. " insist upon |
it," and his friends have nctifed him for
mally that they Insist heUce The ma. |,
tcr may be regarded - settled that General |
Baill-r il the n1Ir he Hsssach 3-etts Re- |
ruDlicaDs vii. hsTe 90 ,ht this fsil. Add
there's Many msu III Massachusetts ihst
| they could defeat with less e9od. From
| an article IN the New York Graphic Of Sat
| urday morning, on the Massachusetts cam
paign, we copy the following:
the 'burying process" doe. not succeed
with the General. Iiis opponents proposed
last yesr TO bury him ~ deep that there
would he no resurrection for him sni they
congratulated themselves that they h,d
done 40 when the ballots We're counted. But
they did not know their man He and hls
defeat, and they ..fiect with Just pride on
the almost unprecedented woe which was
pOlled AT the last election, bespeakiny the
great popular interest which The candida
lure Of the General evoked, aud the very
large number of ballots that we're cast in
his fayOa. Oae huDdTsd aud ten Thousand
citizens of the "Oid Bay State" declared
their preference Tor Butler for Governor,
snd this when is canvass was pending I'M
der pecu ar difficulties.
Inc General Il agsIn in the field. In &
correspondence 1-t published he declare.
his Willingness 10 accept a nomination If
| his friends desire him To do go III they
have not changed ib-ir niiGd, Beither has
he. He sill thinks that reform, through a
change OF governing parties or governing
Clique-, Is a great necessity IA Mds-achu-
chetts.
Simultaneously with the anncuBrsDs
Of General Butl.r's csndGdaiure comes The
: announcement that the efforts 10 crowd Tai
bot of the track have c.a-ed, and that Is Ii
stated Ihst he Will b. the E-rua lean stan
dsrd bearer again Ia - we'll known that
the lIoar DAVIS combination that rules
, Massachusetts ON much the same
! methods "A the "Albsny Regency
of thiriy-6ve or forty years ago ruled New
= York, do not Ii ye Tsibpt He is not their
D man A clique always diS;ru-ts man OF
e ability whom IL can not handle. He il
dangerous II Butler had not been in the
{ field last wear MIR. Talbot, cOnf--sehly one
= Of the sble-t and purtst men ia public life
in Nsssachusett would not have received the
u RapubIican nomination for Governor
u When il WAS rumored that Butler was OCT
Of the field this year, the machinery WAS al
once set 10 motion 10 push Talbot of the
track, though it ia unusual to give Gov
e ernor in that State three terics, which Ii
1t only equal in the aggregate 20 one term IL
this Stale And had Butler remained GU
of the contest, a henchmen of the clique
&c would have been nominated and Governor
: Talbot sent home with regrets that his heaiti
.e or hia finances wonld not permit him 10 re-
main longer in TIE executive chair OF thu
commonwealth. But nth Butler in tn
, field, the conditions are charged. Talhp
It must nov run again and try IN saye tn,
Z governing clique from destruction. Tn
> Contestants ia November will he Talbot anC
Butter, though the Republican manager
IA may be able again TO run a Democratic
5, side show a. 4 tender 10 their own. Their,
4 ale Lively times ahead in H3ssachusett
politics. Batter seems to have pr, fitted BY
his experiences. and for this campaign h
+. has been able 10 secure the services OF com
e peteut leaders. One OF the wants OF hi
e campaigns hitherto has been the cn-opera
= ton Of capable politicians. There was
general and a large armv. bat no cnl0nel
10 command the intermediate organizations
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~ That Conversation.