The daily gazette., 1879-11-11
UOsU Butler Feels.

HE DECLINES TO CONSIDER HIMSELF
DEFEATED-HE INTENDS TO KEEP
ON PLOTTING.
A correspondent writes as follows from
Boston -
found General Butler In his private
law Office, at No. IL PembertOn Square.
He was surrounded by his friends. All
seemed in good spirits, and the General
himself was ihe most cheerful of the
group. The talk turned at once on the
recent canvass.
"How do yon feel, General, now that
it IS over ?"
"Very well, both in health and spirits"
"How do you account for your de-
feat ?"
81 beg your pardon cannot regard
myself as defeated, iDasmuch as l have
made substantial gains over last years
vote, reducing the Republican plurality
from 25 600 to less than 1900. But the
r, ason | was not elected is found in the
fact that there are about 100000 dis
franchised citizens in MassaC husetts.
| This Commonwealth has never had a re-
publican form of government in fact
only in form. But If live, she shall
yet have the fact as we'll as the form. l
am fighting the battles of The 100000
workingmen who are denied the right of
| suffrage throulh the educational and
Observation-Disclosures clauses engrafted
upon our laws by the old Federal party,
and kept there by the Republican party.
| "Are there SO many nonvOters as
that ?'
| "IIere are the figures to sustain me.
[The General picked up copy of the
Massachusetts Manual According to
the State census Of 1875 there were 351,-
1l3 names on the tax list. The largest
number of votes ever polled was 25S, 800
Cat the Presidential election of 1876. }
Now 25S,000 from 100000 leaves $4,000.
Take another fact. The population Of
Massachusetts, is 1,G52,000. The voting
strength of Ohio, for example, where
there are no restrictions, is about one to
four of the population. Hence this State
should have total vote of over 400, 600.
The actual vote, as you see, is but 25S, ,OOC
or nearly 10000 short OF the natural
vote.
Allow $4,000 for stay at-home voters
and we still have to account for about
10000. Massachusetts has IL members
of Congress. According to the Consti
tuition she is entitled to but 8. For eX
ample, the average basis of representa-
ton in Congress is 10000 voters-no
disfranchised citizens, but actual voters
The largest number of voters in any
Congressional district IN this State is
26,OO0, and in one district there are but
1S,600. | propose, sir, to invite the at.
len.ion of Congress to this fact, and de-
mand that Massachusetts restore the bal
lot to her disfianchised citizens, or lose
the three members from her Congress
sonal delegation, who represent these
disfranchised citizens. lido not believe
in an aristocratic form OF government
The whole people constitute mucl
safer repository Of liberty and justice
than a part, however intelligent, cult
vated, or wealthy that part may be.
"Wlll you be a candidate for Govern
nor next year?"
81 prefer not to answer that question
r at present. | can only repeat that | all
en- aged in political contest involving
the rights of the poor and the oppressed
and that l shall continue in the fight un
Ill | win it."
Lieutenant-General J. J. McDavittt-
the ii lie is facetious one-was fouD'
at the Democratic headquarters, No. Is
, Washington street. "1he poll tax bea
u.s." he SAID. "Men who can barrel
= live and keep shelter over the head
OF their wives and children cannot pa,
taxes even for the privilege of voting
If Icould have paid $4,000 poll taxes
! Butler would have been elected. w
can elect him next year, in spite OF tn
infamous laws that disiranchise ma
because he has the misfortune to b
poor"