New-York tribune., 1883-06-03
mop,cs FROM THREE CITIES
:BOSTOM.
<ur syUB TO BUTLER-TEWKsBURY-Au-
NICIPAL.
inv TELEGRAPH TO THE rRrsusE.l

NltlPALs
my TELEGRAPH TO THE rRrsUSE.l
oos,ox lime decidedly the event of the
- ho. been the refusal of the Harvard overseers
Z r;va the customary Gubernatorial degree OF
Sr n To Butler. The eorporation-that is the
c-.s;dsnt- treasurer and six fellows-having pre-
yiously voted unanimously to give the degree anu
che oyerseers with the president and treasurer vot
INC again, being nearly equally divided, the COL
Iece is thought by conservative opinion 10 nave
.ome ont of the difficult situation pretty WELL Inc
corporation officially representing 'ne oon'so
Granted the degree the overseers, representing IN
theory the outside community, were tnc
hoard that refused it. Hence II .ne
.cht 70 Butler be taken as an III
anil N the people, the corporation Is
.h,a +o anexer that il did not do il. 1t comes OUT
.hot f;snas of the university, foreseeing TINS oi-
,.~a,.o ,r;ad IN persuade Governor Long twho is
Graduate, three years ago to forego the degree anu
hreak the custom But Long could not BRING NM
solf 70 the sacrifice A great deal OF work mas
,..r dome on the overseers within the past Few
,rseLs At first only two of them were in favor Oh
,sfu.ipo the degree But Buffers antics at the
Tevksbury examination, and especially ms pul'yinS
of witnesses representing the Harvard Medlcai
School, have had their effect
Iatterly both in official communications 10 tue
LEGISLATURE and at the Tewksbury inquiry Tue
covoruoy has thrown all decency and dignity to the
winds In answer TO the grave charge oi
having sent a veto message to the Legislature
b;le absent from the State he has written 10 'na'
hoay that he left word with his clerk to eaten
Jsois,atnre when he could" His veto OF the Boston
A,dermanic District bill this week abounded IN
;okes Yesterday he had Ex-Governor Rlce uhoef
c,oss-examination and browbeat him with tne
testimony of the lniquties of Tewksbury during
p;ce,s term. as though he were Police Court Wit
mass varylnc this with mock Difference by address,
inc him as doctor" Rice having received tho de-
grse which Butler has missed. 1t is evident that
the latter is boiling with rage though he pretends
as his sympathzers do that the refusal is what ne
sxnected and what he wanted to secure his
s.rength with the people. His threat In an
"mterview" with his official organ, that Harvard
NAV lose her exemption from taxation, amounts 10
nothing, for Harvard's exemption is no oihereh'
from that enjoyed by all colleges, and she pays as
much taxes on her great rentproducine property d.
any other real-estate owner.
The Tewksbury evidence this week. notw,'n'
standing the Governors effective eeross-exanina'ioi
has told strongly for the general good conduc' Vi
the institution.
The removal of Superintendent of Streets MeIrid
who had Just been put in by the Butler Democracy
because he disappointed the latter III refusing 10
turn ont the whole force of experienced suooru-
mates of the department, has left the Butler regime
ut CITY Hall without rag of decency. III McDeVit''
Buffers most notorious henchman, is made his sue
cessor it will rpen the revolution that is penang
over the municipal spolls-mongers