The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-21
BUTLER AND NlSBY.
That is, What a Boston Man Thinks
of Buffers Conductivity as to
Presidential Lightning;
And what Petroleum v. has to Say
of Politics i'm the Buckeye state,
and High License.

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much interested in politics, but abstained
from voting at the last gubernatolial election
in order to let Gen. Butler have the benefit
of his silence, told me yesterday that Butler,
| it was believed in Massachusetts, was reyoly-
! ing this presidential prebleln through his long,
pertinacious head
| But, said |, chow can he possibly get the
nomination.
He can't get it at all" said my friend !;
but he might be able to play the role of in
dependent. candidate in very remarkable
way. There is not much party attachment
in this country at present, and strong, indie
pendent man like Butler, who would take the
stump be aggressive, proclaim new issues,
ETC., might to the astonishment of the coun-
try draw larger vote than any of the old
parties Then the Irish vote is Just now hang
ing by a slender thread anywhere The
! Irish are far more concerned with their
own politics in Ireland than with Ameri-
can questions. Butler is a manufac-
turer, and claims to be of Irish
stock. If he were to be candidate
for president of the United States l should
| think he could draw as many votes in New
York state as John Kelly received, to say no
better. Perhaps Kelly would hand over to
Butler all that vote he controlled because the
| relations between Tammany hall and the
governor of New York are not cordial Tam
many fully knows its power to infict cure
less wound upon the Democracy Butler
might run as an Anti Monopoly man and
anti-ring man-as sort of northern General
Jackson-and draw to him much of the spoils
| and stalwart element OF the Republican party
and the Irish vote in general
"But, =" said /, Butler has alleged in an in
terview with him that he already pereeives
that a New England man is no longer eligible
for the presidency"
"Yes, his mind may have got to that point
at the time he was interviewed; but, never
theless, he is making points all the time
While | shall vote against him if he should
run, | can tell you that he has done no harm
to the state, No injuries have happened to
the state of Massachusetts, through Butler
being governor. On the contrary, there has
been a shaking up of the dry bones, and more
activity and vigilance are exercised in the
public departments. Butler has huge fol
lowing all through New England because he
has held himself aloof, either from necessity
or choice, from all kinds of rings and cabals,
and his mind is of that centrifugal character
that it soon leaves a ring, even if he is its
chief pirate, when the ring gets too big. F"
But do you not suppose that Butler would
be better gratifisd to contribute to a Demo-
cratic victory than get an important place in
the cabinet councils?n
That, his friends claim, is what he wants. y
replied my informant. He is said to want
to be secretary of the treasury, or attorney
general. The departments are now full of
. his friends. The architect, Hill, obtained his
first Importance by drawing the plans for
Buffers block of houses on Capitol hill and
in course of time Hill was raised to be archi-
tect, and Buffers stone quarries have noe
been idle very much.
+ asked the gentleman if he thought But
Ter would run again for governor
Il don't see how he is going to help it; but
l should think his prospects for election were
not as good as formerly. The old Demo
cratic leaders have not been conciliated by
his conduct, but rather repealed. He will get
all the foreign votes, and the vote of his
immediate Republican henchmen, who have
followed him into the Democracy for the
present; but he will not get the vote of
/ thousands who stayed away from the polls
before, or gave him their SURFACES merely, as
! they said, to see what old Ben was going to
, don
Il think we shall carry Ohio Judge Fora
ker is a brilliant fellow, with a splendid char
ucter, and is not embarrassed with too much
of a record. He is sound and will satisfy all
factions if there are factions. All sections OF
the party will support him"
''Will the liquor question have any effect
on the electionsP'
YES, the liquor question will have very
great effect 1t will hurt us some, but !
) think the Scott law will have a good effect
: The German element will soc the propriety Of
: accepting it, and thousands will 60 back to
their old party affiliations. 1t will not be thi;
= time Us 1t was before, when it was proposed
to roUt out the glass of beer The prohibi
> ton amendment viii be beaten to death, ana
the license amendment adopted"
You are i'll favor of high license2n
Il am in favor of as high license as you
can pile on. The Scott act imposes a license
of 300, but that is not enough. 1t does moi
wipe out the dives In Toledo we have from
800 to 800 saloons to city of 10000 popula
: ton, where 100 or 200 would be enough
Were the number restricted to that, they
| would De respectable and could be kept un
= der control We have now GOO dives where
boys are educated. Boys of 10 years of agt
s are taken int these places and given credit
\ for the stuff till theyqun up an account They
are allowed to run up about SIS and then til,
screws are put on. They have got nC
money, but they are instructed how to pay
!, They are told their fathers have books o.
! their mothers have jewelry, and there ar,
pawnbrokers' shops that deal in these arti
Il Giles, O. their employers have money Tn
% fatb Hr1c md no i-
o protect his boy, and the account is settled 4
/ license of $500 would wipe out every one o
n such places"
d what do you think of the plan adopte
It here of $500 for liquor and $50 for beerg'
G Il am in favor Of a uniform rate. do no
# believe in license as a source OF revenue, bu
as means of restricting the trade into re
p spectability, and of putting them under polio
surveillance
= lis Ohio going to SUPPLY any candidate
- for PRESIDENT
: "Oh, yes. Ohio has always plenty of can
Il didates Shecan supply candidates for bot
: parties. On the Republican side, do nc
II think Sherman would be averse to taking tn
e nomination. Foster would accept the nom
IT nation He started in political life with til
n view of aiming at the presidency"
IS ''Whom do the Democrats want to max
Al PRESIDENT
Thurman seems to have retired but PEI
dleton will be candidate. Whoever is nom
mated for governor tomorrow, should ne wiz
will be regarded as an available candidate f0
- the presidency"
"a Marriage Of Mary ClemRer Auiel
Is WASHINGTON, d. c., June 20.-Edmun
a. Hudson. correspondent of The Boston Herald