Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-11-30
BLUFF BEN BUTLER.
His Keen ketert to tire Pieasantrfe.
OF the Man He Succeeds ~ Sioyeru.
or OF n assac ueetts.

or OF n assoc hueetts.
Lieut.. Gov.-elect Oliver Ames gave 4.
reception in honor of the new-electej
candidates in the Cakes Ames Memo
rial hall at North Eaton, Mass, Tues
day evening Several thousand people
were present and collation. was given
after which speeches we're made. Gov
John D. Long, just elected member of
congress from the Second district, gave
q humorous review of the canvass,
rendering to Gov.-elect Butler his
speeches for cattle-shows and other
like affairs, and also copy OF his trans.
lation of the Eneid. He alluded to
the election of the entire republican
ticket with one exception as vindi.
cation of the republican administration
for twenty years past. This gave But
Ter mis- chance for a sarcastic retort, and
he improved it. He said: 81 hardly
know how to address you, following the
polished speech of the governor, and
especially after his kindness toward
me in Offering so many advantages in
the performance Of the duties of the
position to which / am chosen. He
promises me copy of the translation
of Virgil, Laughter. ! translated
Virgil when I was boy. Loud laugh
ter and applause. When was a child
spoke as child, l thought as child
but when I became man l laid
aside childish things, Laugh.
ter) again, / thank him
for his courtesy in offering me the most
excellent collection,--and | speak in
all seriousn ess-the most excellent col
lection of public addresses at agricul-
tural fairs, horse trots Qaughter) little
gatherings, and little meetings of small
qualities of people that ever heard or
read and if | understood that was nv
duty as governor should take them
with great pleasure. (Laughter.) But
| don't mean to occupy myself much
that way. cloud laughter, which was
increased ad prolonged as the gen eral
turned around and looked at the gov
emory | think that this great CON-
monweslth, with its 100000 people,
its diversified interests, of commerce
whitening every sea, Of the busy spin
die, workshop, machine shop. and,
above all, Of the great leather industries
which aggregate more in value and
give employment to more men than
both the last nam ed think that to
attend to the business of such com.
monwealth will demand every hour,
every thought, every energy, every e1.
ertion, every quality of mind which |
possess to bring her to that high plane
which is the ideal of us all. (Applause.)
And l say to you she shall have it, 60
far as | am concerned. (Applause.)
When l can see the ballot in the hand
of every man, because he is man,
rights respected everywhere in the com.
monwealth, when l see every industry
prospecting, when l can see the laws so
framed and so executed that there
shall be no injustice felt by labor and
no oppression made by capital, and
when l see courts of Cancellation es-
tablished by law in which all differ
ences can be settled by the employer
and the employed, so that we shall be
rid of all occasion for any conflict be-
tween them; and when / can see, fur
ther, the safety of every man assured
whenever he may travel by sea or by
land, by stringent guards, and when I
can see taxation 80 diminished that it
+, is no longer a burden, and rs equally
distributed over all as the dew of
heaven falls upon the just and unjust
alike--that being done l shall have
time in which to amuse myself with
cattle-shows, horse-trots, dog fights, and
like matters. Laughter and applause.
Did yo;. know Sill addressing Governor
Long, that you tempted me very much
to say harsh things; but I will resist
this temptation, and, therefore, only
suggest what l might have said, say
ing, all the time, that l don't mean it.
But turning to the audience), to show
you how he lays himself open to the
opposing counsel in reply laughter
my excellent and revered friend, the
governor, told you that the fact was
one for congratulation to the republi-
can party, that all the rest of the
ticket WAS elected and the head of the
ticket only left at home. Well, could
not one ims CINE ifone was uncharitable,
reason for that? The commonwealth
was satisfied with all the rest of the gov.
eminent. Loud laughter in which
the general ana the governor joinedl.
Now l,ark you my friends, don't 8 ay
that" lApplaussl.
Continuing, tho General reviewed the
canvass at some length, and closed
with mplimentary allusion to his
host and his father, the late Cakes
Ames.
Among the speakers who followed
Gen. Butler, was Mr.. George A. Mar
den, Of Lowell, who in the course of his
remarks, said: Gen. Butler has told
us how little there is of partisanship in
the politics of Massachusetts. l have
seen legislatures come and go for the
last ten successive years, every year
from forty to sixty democrats in the
house, but from nothing that WAS ever
done or said by them on the floor
could / have selected them from the
republicans. And quite agree with
Gen. Butler on the things, al least, that
there is very little of the craftsmanship
in the conduct of affairs in Massachu-
sets. But | am inclined to think that
the governsr-elect will find that the