Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-05-31
General Bufler-His Progress Westward
Another Interview

RENO, May 30th.-General B. +. Butler
and party arrived here tonight in their
special car attached TO the overland train. The
car was switched off, the party remaining
here over night and going down on the light
ning IN the morning, in order to view the
Sierras by daylight. The occasion was i'm
proved by your reporter to call upon the
General and interview him, with the follow
ing result:
Reporter-Genera have you any obiec-
tons to being interviewed?
Butler-lt depends good deal upon the
nature of it.
Reporter-Well, for instance, as to the cor
rectness of what appeared in the cheyenne
Leader
Butler-Oh 1 do not say such preposter-
Gus things as some therein seated.
Reporter-Do you think Grant and Tilden
will be the opposing Presidential candidates :?
Butler-GraDt is almost certain to be NOM
mated at Chicago. 1t is probable that Tilden
event Grant will have walk over.
Reporter-Wil there be any third party
in the field?
Butler-The Republicans will not put up
third man. The National party viii certainly
have candidate.
Reporter-Then, in your opinion, what is
likely to be the result?
Butler-l don't care to express an opinion.
No man could have very intelligent opinion
until he knew who were the nominees of the
several Conventions.
Reporters your visit to the coast con.
neoted with the kalloch affair?
Butler-Entirely one of pleasure and recre-
alton. All the members of my party are rela-
tives except two. l know nothing about Kali
loch except what have read in the papers. .
RepOrter-Have you seen the account of
Your visit to Salt Lake, as published in the
Tribune, and are You correctly represented?
Butler-I saw that report the morning it
was published. 1t only states one fact truly.
and that is that | was at Salt Lake. All the
rest is eXaggeration and Misrepresentation.
In the first place, | saw but one gentleman
with whom [ had any conversation about
Utah matters. He called upon me, intro
duced himself as from Boston, and brought
himself into my knowledge as formerly one
of the Constables of the State, and that he
was now a lawyer in Salt Lake. knew that
he had been dropped from the force. He has
been described in the Tribune as represent
alive Gentle. L hope not, for the sake
of the Gentiles. He expressed himself to
me strongly against the Mormons, and I said
to him that if a man did not like the COM
muuity in which he had cast his lot. in.
steady of stopping to quarrel With with them he
should move to more congenial climate
that men who came to Utah knew they were
coming to Mormon community, and it did
not seem quite we'll to simply have contention.
find l am represented as having insulted
him by so saying. AT the time he did not
seem to so take it, for he detained me until at
length was called away by one of the party,
as | was going on visit to Camp Douglas.
The editor further says 1 was paid lobbyist
for Delegate Hooper. All the time that | |
knew Hooper l was in Congress myself, so
this statement is mixture of ignorance and
and utterly false Through our
acquaintance in Congress, Mr.. Hooper met
me at Ogden and invited me to be his guest |
during my stay in Salt Lake, and am CRATE
full for the courteous treatment / received |
from all the people, Gentiles and Mor,nons.
those in authority. except the editor |
and representative ~ Gentle.