Morning journal and courier., 1883-09-20
Thursday. September 20. 1883.
ROBInsOa vs. BUTLER,


 T6e agony is over, and g man has b sen selected to beat Butler with. Hon. Gee rge D. Robinson, member of Congress, re- ceived very loud call from the M,sssac bus etts Republicans assembled in convgutic n in Boston yesterday, 996 votes out of 1,16s being cast for him. The convention was a very earnest and well conducted affair The chairman, Charles R. Goldman of : Sc .ston, -"pitched into" Governor Butler in . very hearty and candid way. He rather cvserdid the business, but the convention al not think so. The platform also pitche into the hateful and hated governor as fo flows: Meanwhile we do not believe in that pt atical charlasancy which makes business of sham reform, indiscriminately treating great moral and humanitarian questions, public lhices and public issues as counters in a gam 3, the sole end of which is one man's political pre- ferment. Neither can VIC patiently sec methods of political preferment, unk nofwn heretofore, introduced into our State and municipal governments. Unless checked here and now these methods will surely bring the politics of Massachusetts to level which we have seen elsewhere and have not been slow to denounce.
 It may be interesting to our sre'Aders to know something about the man on whom is laid the mighty task of redeeming the old Bay State from Butler and Butlerism. Mir. Robinson was born in Lexington, January 20, 1884 His ancestors were ameng the first to take an active part in the early struggles of the colonists against Great Britain. He passed his boyhood on his fathers farm. He graduated from Harvard in 1856, taught school for 8 short time and then turned his attention to the study of law. He was soon admitted to the bar, and established hirnseIf as an attorney in the pleasant town of C'aice- pee. His professional success brought him prominently to the notice of his fellow townsmen, and in 1874 he was elected to the lower branch of the State legislature, where he was complimented with a place en the Judiciary committee. Two years later found him a State senator. He soon bee ame Q leader in legislation, and was known as careful legislator and forcible debater. He was regarded as one of the most promising men in the public service. His friends and constituents were so well pleased with his Iabors in the State House that in the autumn
 
 gress to fill the seat vacated by the Hon. Chester W. Chapin. He has earned, by his congressional service, recognition as an industrious lawyer, a ready debater and an accurate man. The Boston Advar- tiser says of him: His views on public mat. ters have always been considered broad and and his constituents have never complained of his position regarding Civil Seryice reform, and all thsk it implies. | On all the political questions of the day he 1 has taken decided position, and he has ad-- vocated the measures that, in his judgment, would most benefit the people in general, ! of locality. A firm believer in 1 the supremacy of the national government, be has frequently advocated the imperative | necessity of national power and national ! rights. He is fitted by training and experi. snee to cope with the leading men in Con.f gross, and he has ever been ready to respond f. when the honor of Massachusetts needed yin. | 1ication, or her rights were to be protected. [ His influence in the western portion of the State is probably greater than that of any f other Republican, and. should he take the stump. as he undoubtedly will, this autumn, 10 voice will be more effective than his
 Notwithstanding the statement of the Ad- Tertiser that Mir. Robinson's constituents nave never complained of his position re- yarding Civil Service reform, he has not, so lar as is known. been very outspoken in 'avor of the reform. Perhaps he is the candidate that could have been ,hosen. but it does not seem so to us. It would be interesting to know what the wick d Ben thinks about him. When asked what I le had to say about the withdrawal of Pierce ,e simply repeated the oidladage: s sad1 sz Three o6eers for the dead already. ei2I zs Hurrah for the next to afe. a stszt -aS3