New-York tribune., 1883-11-04
BOSTON.
BUTLERIsM TOTTERNG SCIENCE - BUS1-
NESS-MUSIC.
my TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIR


BosToN, Nov 9-As far can be seen at the
nresent writing the issue Of the campaign is fully
made M and the verdict has only ODE awaited for
| tborph II is possible that something may be in
reserve TO be sprung on the public at the last
| moment Buffers whole extraordinary and gro
tesuue caricature Of canvass has been based on
the bit of tanned human skin which he admits did
not certainly come from any Tewksbury pauper
but which he has exhibited at nearly every one OF
his meetings With this as his certificate of de
votion to the poor and lowly, he has carried on
crusade against the benevOlence, enlightenment
and good name of the Commonwealth, which he eX
poets to reward him for dragging it in the mire to
the amusement of all its enemies. Much of the
time, it is true, he has been sputterng and wrg-
Cling in defence of the blunders and falsehoods
which the vire and superb attacks Of his competi-
tor have exposed as soon as he had uttered them.
Latterlv however he has been forced III sheer des-
peration to let defence and apology 60, and repeat
with bold and shameless insOlence the lies that have
lust been refuted.
The MONDAY anti-ButleT rally of business men at
Faneuil Hall on Thursday surprised even the most
sanguine in the OutpOuring of numbers and enthuSl
asm Nothing like it has been since the war in the
old Cradle of Liberty. The streets leading to the
hall were packed with throng that chcered wildly
and indefinitely in echo of the cheering inside and
Mr.. Robinson IN MS carriage WAS CuceIcu ny INC
excited throng for half mile from the hall The
City of Boston is all right 1t Is the country dis
tricts which have been most deludcd and tlatteTed
by Buffers campaign against what he calls the
"dudes" and "high-tippy bOb-TOyals OF
Beacon-st. and which have swallowed his filthy
pcture-bOOk of TewksbuTy illustrated with cuts
from The Police Gazette. Still the average gain re-
ported by canvassers to the Republican State Com
mtee is over 20 per cent and the gain for Butler at
about per cent. The least antiButler majority
that is figured out from such data is 5000, while
fair and moderate claim can be made for $4,000 and
even 900 or so 900 is not thought impossible 1t
is now question of the majority only by which
Butlerism shall be buried beyond resurrection.
Only two old-lne Democrats of any distinction,
Judge Abbott and Edward Avery, have joined But
Ter on the stump. The Boston Post is against him.
The best part of the upper crust of the party has
signed an address denOuncing him, and John Quincy
Adams for wears the Democratic candidate for
Governor, has presided at a Republican rally. The
bulk of Buffers assistance has been given by Sim
mons, Palmer, and Republican rcnegadcs of that
stamp. His personal organ in Boston is managed
by another of them. Butler has thus been com
pletey isolated, and his defeat will be personal
one of little significance the crushing of the
demagogucs national ambitions
The explorers of Assos Asia Minor, have been wei
coined home at a public meeting Of the American
Archaeological Institute, where many fluctuations
were INDUCED in that America has arrived at that
stage of culture that support such an enter
prise. Mr. Clarke, the head Of the cXpeditiony now
goes to England TO superintend the publication of
his results.
Considerable popular opposition is manifested to
putting the public clocks under Philadelphia time
according to the system Of time standards adopted
by the railways But Harvard Observatory agrees,
and the Fire Commissioners have ordered the stril-
ing of the noon bells according to the railway
standard-namcy, fifteen minutes later here than
the local noon.
The lease of the Eastern Railroad to the Boston
and Maine is now believed to have gone by the
board The Eastcrn's prosperity and growth have
outstripped all calculations, and the lease looks
more one-sded than ever. The consolidation of the
Eastern and the Maine Central will be accomplished
first, in the opinion of good judges.
The indignation and modification created by the
great failure of the Shaw Brothers not essened
by the publication of a statement by the firm sud
denly cutting down their assets some three millions
The musical incident of the week was thercappear
ance tonight at the Symphony concert of Lillian
Norton Cover the Nine. NOTdica of the Paris
Opera. Mrs. Cover made her debut here about five
years ago, then poor and almost fricndless girl
She returns with European fame and million
naire husband, young Mr.. Cover, formerly of PTOyi
dence, the European agent of the Bell telephone.