The Portland daily press., 1882-12-28
RosrnN. DC. %. 1882

Boston, Dec. %, 1882.
Speculation is rife just now to what Gov
Butler will say in his message, and what he
will do after Inauguration. am enab at
this time to indicate something of his pcicy
In his inaugural, which will be striking, If
not sensational document, he will charge some
of the State departments with extravaganza
and neglect Of duty. He will attack the State
police in no easy manner BE will pronounce
himself strongly against commissions as useless,
extravaganza and generally incompetent. He
will arraign the State board of health, lunacy
and charity, and back up his statements with
facts and figures He will critieise the present
organization and work of the militia, and de-
mand that it be made more useful and less or
namental. The General has been carefully
looking into the accounts of the various State
departments, and believes he has found cases
of the most gross extravagance. he has also
| collected evidence of clerks and officials hay
ing been absent from duty again and again,
sometimes in search Of pleasure, at other times
| on private business, and again doing political
| work He has evidence also that citizens who
| have gone to the department offices have been
treated like menials instead of citizens entitled
i to respect from their servants. In the case OF
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have contracted bills larger than their salaries,
| and he has traced some of these bills TO the
/ Bay State House, Worcester, on the days of
| certain political conventions just how much
| of this will appear in the inaugural L don't
| know, but this do know: it will be presented
| 10 The Legislature early in the session, and the
| new Governor will ask for committee of In
| ves.lgaloD. He has got the larger p rtion OF
| the offices which come under his official ak
marked, and they are sure TO go. Gen. Butler
| declares that If be does nothing else he will
| have officials who shall be courteous and atteu-
| tive to the public. In his only announced Sc
| lection, that of Col. Dalton for adjatant gener-
| al, he has selected man whose training should
fit him for the position Gen. Dalton has been
a member of the militia for twenty years, en-
listing as private and serving in all ranks.
He went to war and served three years or
rrfsyUr VIII n0t%find any
such bonanza with which to strike terror %
the conservative heart He will, however,
chop off the heads of Republican officials
wherever found if within his power to so do.
| Mr.. Palmer, himself is hot bad man, he is,
If anything, what is worse, a weak one, and
whatever the Democratic ring demands OF him.
He goes into office not to be mayor de fQcto,
but TO be the biggest head of the Democratic
party as represented by the city committee
At heart Mr.. Palmer is not Democrat He is
an original Republican. All his instincts are
Republican, but he is sore head. He went
over 10 the Butler Democracy because he did
not get that political preferment which he
wanted, and Butler offered him greater induce
mens. He is to be the Democratic nominee
for Governor when Butler gets through, which
| Will be after two years Lynn did good thing
in Kidding itself of the class of municipal poll
ticans which has ruled it for four years. Sa.-
EN- also, although exciting Democrat, elect
ed non-partisan and one untrammelled.
ScoTT.