Daily globe., 1883-07-14
BUTLER ON DECK.

God Made Him to be with the "Under
Dog in the Fight and He Wants no
Change-Tanning Human Skins to Make
Shoes for Aristocrats-He has Walked the
Country up to Care for Their Paupers,
and Asks no Odds.
BosToN, July 13.-Gov. Butler, in open
ing his summing up of the Tewksbury
investigation, asked that none of his
friends applaud him. He would take
plaudits four months hence. He asserted
that TIE administration of the institution
for a quarter of a century had been wrong
in principle because it was in charge of
one family during the whole time. There
is another thing wrong. All the trustees
except the ladies were interested in the
results of the administration of this family.
Thegovernor quoted from and COM
mented upon the evidence. He then
produced the tanned human skins, and
said in the satanic press this has become
a students freak. l called it satanic
press because satan is the father of lies.
These pieces came from several tanneries
and it had got to be an industry. Shoes
were made of these pauper skins and went
on the feet of rich aristocrats. In the
French revolution. my lord and my lady's
skins were tanned to make shoes and
breeches for the paupers.
Let US look out that
our turn does not come, for one side will
not stand skinning all the time. A Har-
ward record shows that tanned negro
skin was in the library $50 years ago as
curiosity, and they have been at it ever
since. 1t is time they were stopped.
Fifty eight per cent. of the paupers in
the Soldiers home are foreign born. They
fought our battles for US while we were at
home on soft cushions and skinning pau
pers. The governor then compared
Tewksbury with the soldiers home to show
that he knew what he was talking about,
when he said he coold rUn the former for
$4,000 year. He would not shrink from
any investigation of the Soldiers home,
but let the inmates speak for themselves.
l will not call single officer, but will say
to my comrades, support your old CON-
mander, and they would clean out this
state house so quick that it would make
your head swim.
The Tewksbury officials haven't brought
single one of 10000 inmates to prove
their good treatment. This investigation
has attracted the attention of everybody
from Maine to Georgia. We have walked
up Texas and we are wax
ing them up everywhere. We
have done heap of good, even if all this
has been wrong. One thing has been done,
the Marshes and French Joe have gone.
The state board were responsible men,
and that's why they woald not bear the
burden of the trustees a moment, so they
put the Marshes out, and struck a vital
blow at their party, for suicide is confes
sion always. Brown, the opposing coun-
sci, says the present management
is not good one. I will ex-
anime as soon, 1 was going to say,
as can get rid of you, but will say as soon
as you get rid of me, and if it is as he
says can unmake the board of health as
trustees in five minutes.
All has been accomplished except sim
gle thing, dare not speak-political OBJ
jects. 1 was accused of political objects
in this matter. How was going to obtain
them ? By doing my duty I suppose. I
don't know any other way. Is not that a
good way of accomplishing political
ends? 1 have thought it my duty
to look out for those who have no friends.
None of these men vote. Why, if l had
been looking for votes, I could have had
all the Marshes on my side in a wink. God
has made me in one way that 1 must be
with the under dog in the fight, and upon
the whole don't want change if 1 could.
Tremendous applause and confusion
greeted the governor as he closed.