New-York tribune., 1883-06-17
TOPICS IN THREE CITIES.
BOSTON.
s,rr, FR-POLITICAL--THE TUNNEL SCHEME
ICAL-RELIGIOUS
taY rsEEoRAPH TO THE rRIBuSE.i

--MEDICAL-RELlGlOUb.
tHY rsbEoRAPH TO THE rRrBuSE.i
,,osrox June le.--Butler has this week added
...,h fue TO his quarrel with the State Board OF
1asaltb. Lunacy and Charity in long letter, whion
;astrange but characteristic mixture OF seuerS,
principles specific charges and quippnhg 'etos an
cv;t,esm on the use of the English language iinS
instruction itself is impaired in shocking hnti,s.
Ia vorso Latin as tho newspapers have not falleo
' ,,,. .o no;nt ont Butler has evidently
nro6ted by that doctrinaire criticism OF our i"9u
,,,t,ons which finds that the Legislature Is cop,
.,ar,lv tending to encroach the executive anu
go. IN nose az the embodiment of the oppositon W
.his tendency In q way revivlng the p@eno,o
.Ma of ANDY johnson, OF whom D"'i0i
90 one of the leading 1mpeacherS hino"s
a. ,nfrin reuents of executive prerogauVe "nou
10 violenty denounces and VOWS ne VIII p"'
t % ia the expenditure OF certain lump sun'S ~
o discretion Of officials under tue boafo Vi iio'i'"
these offences is the disbursement OF
nut 81 600 year III sending paupers oat Vi 'io
S,at. ard in relieving special peculiar cases no'
~.t.~,ise nrovided for. Much misery TO the poor
s,a ex,snss 70 the State are prevented by the Ju-
-. ,se Of this fund and Butler Is llkey 10 geO
~, ,orst of H. even in the estimation OF lhe ~
o,aot and unthlnkIpg, to whom all MS oouo0
= directed. i'm trying to choke of TINS rehci. iuo
.sss,tial cruelty of his crusade on the o'a'o
sSar,tob,e work can be very clearly shown up IN
the hight of this matter.
The Republican State Executive Committee Is
,eceiyiug very cheering reports from l's cc'to
s,onaents. The connections OF the coh'ull'e9
b.vs been very completely organized al
ou events, aud the next canvass VIII DO
ono Of the most thorough that inns o'".o
oyer saw. TIE Republican vote VIII at an
events he got cut. 1t is believed thas most % n0
RennbIicans " no wanted to see what the oiu man
~rond DO are satisfied that he can DO notnins oA
cant set everybody by the ears ana many Dei'''-
Gratis are disappointed and dssustcd with hlm'
The indeoendcnt movement has not been aban-
doned by any means Another meetihg VI ,Ho
Massachusetts, Reform Club. which was io"hueo
last winter by the active workers In the deieSV o
two an;i-Civil Service Reform Republican cano'
dates for Congress in strong Repuohcan distrio'S
last fall has been held, and the question OF hoiuis
u convention and nominating a thrd tlcKeI Is iel'
IN n committee to determine. The hepubncah
organs do not fancy the idea of the Independents
taxing the lead. but in dcfault of strong nomlna
tion by the regular Republican Convention, the In
denendent movement may come in handy. mat IL
,o,r,es the Butcrtes exceedingly is very evident
They call it the duds movement"
The sebe,n, to capture the Hoosac Tunnel by
Legislature does not get The plan is to make
over the tunnel at quarter part of its cost TO anew
corporation, of whose stock the Fitchburg Railroad
Is to have the lions share, the eminent citizens OF
Bos,on whose names give public spirited look 10
the enterprise receiving magnificent ciear bonns
Ia stock The Boston, HoOsac Tunnel AMI western
Railroad, which has close compact with the west
Shore promises to be ready in u few months time
TO pour heavy traffic into the tunnel ID eompet'-
ton with the Vanderbilt line TO Boston, and the
Legislature is likely TO conclude 10 wait year at
least and see what this line will do for the COM
merce of Boston. Here, it is argued is the coveted
through line, whereas the new corporation would
have nothing beyond the tunnel. The Legislature
Yesterday showed very decided opposition to the
scheme refusing by the vote Of So to 80 to give it
q COMMITTEES it desired
The Massachusetts, Medical Society has again re-
fused though by probably diminishing vote, TO
admit women to membership. having the distinc-
ton of being the only State society in the country
that thus holds out in shutting the doorsin womsns
face. The canvass of members showed that this
vote of the Councillors does not represent the sept
ment of the body of the society.
The demonstration at the alumni dinner of Ando-
yer Academy in which Joseph Cook was completely
"sat down upon and the professors declared their
determination to put their own Interpretation 90
the cast.iron creed is looked upon as settling 1t
that the bonds are at last broken that bound tie
Institution down TO the letter OF a will made in
1853. II the Supreme Court to which both sides
are ready to carry the case decides that this old viii
holds other bonds will be provided. The S15O,0O0
required for the new Unitarian House in Boston are
nearly subscribed, and tue sum will be completed
without difficulty.