New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-17
BUTLER IN FANEUIL HALL.


EXPLAINING WHY HIS LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE
DEALTso LARGELY WITH NATIONAL AFFAIRS AND
so LITTLE WITH STATE MATTERs-wHAT HE SAYS
OF REPUBLICANS
lBr TELEGRAPH TO THE rRBUSE.1
BosToN. Oct. 10-General Benjamin f. Butler,
the GubeGatorial candidate of the Democratic and
the National Observation-Disclosures parties in Massachu-
setts, opened his campaign in Boston tonight with
two speeches-one at Faneuil Hall and the other at
Music Hail. AT Faneuil Hall General Butler spoke
as follows:
MR. PRESIDENT AND FELLOW CITIzESs My first and
cepton lApplause In this inclement night, to bring
our SO many OF the men Of Boston political meeting
shows the deep interest that you all take in public az
, And let me- say to you that there never was
ne e0 Whole the a5Sy Of our country when
T upon the questions at issue here and now.
rne question stated in your pattormeguality OF
equality OF power 70 oil men under the Government
eyerywhere Cheers. have just spent very pleas
doing Tor amusement 1 have been reading the edi-
TOs OIL te several Republican newspapers criticsng
that | have ventured TO bring them before
yon SO that you may enjoy them with Laughter and
vb sSf va. mn must Gt, tel you little matter
neMspapers published my letter Sunday morning, so
they had each 70 write his editorial Sunday without
they all agree. and that ia that in that
much with National aud too little with State affairs Ny
excuse Tor not dealing with State affairs at length
was therein stated and viii state again.
ROITENNESs OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT.
l mad 30 frequently appeared before the people Of
Massachusetts, and shown them the rotenness OF their
state government that they themselves had admit
ted 1t by taking my recommendations after they
had beaten me. SO looked what were the issues
OF tine campaign, and looked in several party plat
FORMS and lind by actual that In the Democratic
mere were ten paragraphs, seven OF which were
on National afairs-I177 words, 1865 only
state affairs thought therefore that convention
desired mat should discuss what they presented me-
publican platform. That contained nineteen
paragraphs, and sixteen OF those nineteen
ana discursive they that they had to go and
discuss tho question OF pOygamy in Utah. utterly neg
Letting kindred questions OF that kind home.
laushter and applause.l That platform contains
National affairs ana 179 state affairs. And
yet with these platforms the Republican editors brand
me for talking so much about National afairs
I knew, among Others. what had struck the
national neartand what had Disguised all good en, and
that was the extrayagant appropriations Of the
what the people desired to know. and I
knew when they did know It aud understood 1t how
they would vote. found, also, that my friends
cussing t1e question of the River and Harbor bill
and other kindred excessive appropriations Of
bill mat did 1t in Ohio some people may tell tnat
1t was the liquor question, but the liquor ques
ton Is not question that Is uppermost
in good mems minds In this Commonwealth when tHey
affairs OF the Commonwealth. 1 have thus,
l trust Yndcated my right to discuss
national AFFAIRS IN the platform IN my letter OF accept
ance, because they were too mucn discussed in the
platform.