The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-11-02
BurLEs,s SAY.
Poses as the Peoples FrIend..and Abules
the Republicans.


BosToS, November 1.-The Herald has q
tYocolumn interview with Governor But.
ler from the pen Of a correspondent, to-
day, In which the Governor says: "It is
harder for q citizen to approach the ballot.
box In Massachusetts, than in any other
State in the Union" The reasons for this,
Governor Butler says, are found in the uu.
lust laws that have been enacted to circum.
scribe the citizens rights. The difficulties
surrounding naturalization are many.
care these the abuses you referred to
when you said that your platform was, and
always had been equality OF rights, equali.
ty Of power, equality Of burdens and equali.
" OF privileges, to all men and under the
law?"
"They are. Those expressions were the
oulerowth Of the argument to show that
the Republican party Of Massachusetts has
year by year been enacting laws for the
purpose OF preventing men from voting in
stead OF making it easy for them. l sup
pose that It is difficult for stranger to
grasp even portion Of the different ele-
ments that enter into this controversy.
They are in measure local, and have come
up through long years OF unrestricted
power"
"Dld the failure Of President Hayes to
resppoint Mr.. Simmons Collector have any
thing to do with Its start?'
"No, sir; but 1t was an incident Of its
growth"
-,. Is THAT 50?
"Then there is no other explanation for
the fact that 10000 Republicans have
broken their party allegiance and gone
into this movement, bent on political
iconociasm?'
at is the only explanation"
~ take II, then, that you hold the Re-
publican party to be drifting into the at
titude Of the old Whigs-a wealthy. aristo-
cratic, but impractical organ;2Ition?'
Exactly so. In 1850, thirty.three years
sgo, the Wings were driven from power In
this State by consolidation between the
Democrats and Free-Slilers, which elected
BJutwell as Governor and Charles Sumner
are U. s. Senator. The struggle then was
Ii many respects the counterpart OF this.
In fact, the parallel between thirty.three
years ago and to-day Is complete. The
conditions then match those OF now. Many
OF the features Of that canvass were also
tue same. There were few tOadstool
Dsmecrats then as now, who stood in the
way OF guccess, but they were powerless to
stay the tide then as they will be now. So
you sec how truthful the old adase, His
tory repeats itself.'"
"Governor, would one be right in as
suming, then, that this q sht Is between the
rich minority and the popular msj,rity,
which one might call 1estion Of caste q
Certainly; the K publican leaders made
that Issue. They belabor the people for
having such Il leader, and abuse the leader
for having followers. The political dudes
into whose control the Republican party
hes drif ed In this State not only thussReer
at the following OF this revolution, but
have introduced into the campaign all its
personalities, But, thank God, il they're
beaten this time they'll stay heat. There
is no recuperatiye power in such a silly
leadership as now dominates our oppo-
nenls"
"What OF the fnture?"
"The future will take care OF ITSELF Con-
troll Of tho Legislature will, in lie own good
time, follow tho victory OF this year. An
ether success settles all question OF party
supremacy in Massachusetts, OF, least until
all unjust discrimination between citizen
and eitizsn is destroyed, and the new rce,
grown arrogant with long lease Of power,
arrays itselt sgaiust the principles Of free
government"