The Portland daily press., 1883-10-24
MASSACHUSETTS CAMPAIGN
sold Line'' Democrats who wiz MOI
support Bntler-An Address TO be Is.ued
Today.

BOSTON, Oct. 23.-The following address will
be issued tomorrow by "Old Time Demo
Gratis, signed by 50 well-known gentlemen
who have been and are now prominently con-
nected with the Democracy of the State, the
names of j. @. Adams, Leverett Saltonstall,
Richard Olney, Clinton Viles, Francis W.
Bird, George M. Stearns, and N. S. Shaler
heading the list.
To the Democratic Voters of Massachusetts,:
The approaching election demands the
gravest consideration. Without abating our
opposition to the political views and methods
OF the Republican party we believe Democrat
ic success in the future will be neither de-
served nor achieved unless we free ourselves
from the charge of supporting candidates who
have lowered the standard of political morali-
ty; and as Democrats who wish to be consist
ent we appeal to your patriotism and sober
common sense to oppose the reelection OF
Benjamin +. Butler. During all his restless
notoriety as kRepublican politician after his
desertion of the Democratic party he was
chiefly conspicuous in pressing measures most
odioas TO the constitutional Democracy and in
urging most extensively every partisan policy.
his open hostility, however, is harmless COM
pared with his pretended friendship. Caring
nothing for party or principle he subordnates
every public interest to his own aggrandiZe-
ment. Should he again be elected the Demo-
cratic party of Massachusetts will be held re-
sponsible for his administrative acts and &C.
centricites, past future, while no respon-
sibility attaches to us for the acts Of Mr.. Rob-
inson. Such being our belief we cannot hes-
tate to declare that we intend to do all in our
power to secure the defeat of General Butler.
and we urge all Democrats to join with us in
such action.
Wr. Abboft Declines the Democratic Nomi-
nation for lieutenant Governor-He
HAS No sympathy with ButIer.
The Herald will say tomorrow: ut was an
nounced late yesterday afternoon on the best
but not official authority that S. A. B. Abbott,
who was nominated Saturday to the second
place on the Democratic State ticket, declines
to stand. Mr.. ABBOTT is in Washington but he
has informed friend that he had declined,
aud further that he had no sympathy with
Rutler.'
PROVIDENCE, r. L., Oct. 23.--A gentleman
in this city, with whom Mr.. Abbott is connect
ed by marriage, states that he has seen letter
from Mr.. Abbott, in which he says he has de-
clined the Democratic nomination for Lieuten-
ant-Governor of Massachusetts, and that he
shall not vote for Butler.
Processing Against Mayor FaInaers, Ac-
tiOn-VigiIanf Committees TO Watch the
Polls.
Boston, Oct. pa very large number of
Republicans assembled this afternoon for the
purpose of protesting against Mayor Palmer's
alleged unfair distribution of election offices
among Republicans and Democrats. Address
es were made by Henry Cabot Lodge, Henry
M. Parkman, Hon. Geo. d Robinson, ex-Gov.
Rice. and others and it was voted that an ex-
ecutlve committee be appointed with power to
organize vigilance committees in the several
wards TO cooperate with the kRepublicAn ward
committees in scrutinizing the lists of regis
tered voters and in watching the polls on cleo
tion day, and that the executive committee
be authorized and requested to offer reward
for information leading to the arrest and con-
viction of persons guilty of violating the cleo
tion laws.
Bostsn's Registration.-An Unusually
Large Total.
BOSTON, Oct M.-Registration closed here at
10 p. M, and as nearly as can be learned with
out actual count OF the figures the totals foot
up %, 200, the largest ever known. In 1880, a
presidential year, reached 58,000 last year it
was but 81, 900.
Later.-The exact total of Boston's registra-
tion is 64, ,666.
Greenbackers whs will Not Endorse Rut-
lcr's Nomination.
BOSTON, Oct 23.-An address to the Massa-
chusetts Greenbackers has be issued by the
State committee of that party which held a
convention in Worces ter October 11th
1t says "We cannot endorse the
action of the Butler Greenback convention
In Boston; that it had but one object-the elec-
tion of B. r. Butler-where is the object of the
Greenback party should be to further the in
terest of the whole people through the party's
principles embodying issues on the currency
question.