New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-11
BOSTON,.
POLITICS MATTHEW ARNOLD-LITERARY
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BOSTON Nov 10.-The waves of the great excite
ment of the memorable canvass, which has resulted
in Buffers overthrow, have not yet subsidized. AS
the vote shows. the Butterflies were not without
grounds for their confidence so strongly maintained
up to the election. They are now rueiuliy casting
about for a scapegoat on whom TO fasten the re-
sponsibilty for their disaster, and charges ana re-
ordinations are flying about among them. Inc
4rutb is however. that the vote which belongs to
them was solidly held in spite of the determined
and lavish effort of the Republicans to demOrallze
it. The wards in the lower part of the city were
substantially unaffected, and the black mass OF
their vote remained about what 1t was last year III
was the other end of the city and of the social scale
that changed the vote of Boston from $1,000 But
Ter majority to $500. The intelligent urban COM
munities throughout the State rolled up the anu
Butler vote. The rural districts and the villages
held on to Butler and in many surprising instances
increased his vote. The Republican State Commit
tee now sees its mistake in concentrating its effort 80
exclusively on the cities where the daily press took
care of the business and leaving the little towns to
themselves, to be poisoned by the Tewksbury pic
tnre-book and the cattle-fair jOvialities of the
Gubernatoria Jester. The old jealousy of the coun-
try against the Boston clique" which reappears In
every Legislature helped in the same direction.
While this unsoundness of the country is deplored,
the contrasted spirit of the city is the more prom
Using for the hOped-for revolution which shall dis
lodge Butlerism from the City Hall at next months
municipal election, and the scandalous corruption
which has fOuTshed never before during the past
year. is correspOndingly alarmed The only ques-
ton is how to organize the righteous wrath OF the
better elements of the city of all parties without
frtterng it away in politics and crosspurposes The
conventional citizens committee" has come to be
little trusted for such purposes, and various plans
are proposed for substituting something direct
and less liable to be awaited of for self-seeng and
bargaining 1t is problem taxing the best brains
and LOYALTY among us at the present moment.
Matthew Arnold's first lecture was delivered to
crowd and a most brilliant and respectable audi
tory. But the criticism is made that there needed
no great critic across the Atlantic to tell us
anything he told. New-England has been brought
ND on the righteousness of Judah. His lecture on
Emerson he SAYS is finished but not quite polished
off and he will not say when it will be delivered till
the latter process Is complete. 1t seems he is dis
mayed at the amount of attention he has received
in Newly and here, and has had to abandon his
cherished design of burying himself at some inn IN
Concord" TO study Emerson's surroundings. To-
night he is the guest of the ST. Botolph Club.
The Harvard Annex for women students now boasts
fortyone undergraduates according to the report for
the fourth year. and the subscription toward an en-
dowment fund reaches $4,000, which has been OBJ
tanned by Mrs. Agassz's committee of ladies. And
vet the " Woman-w omen" are not happy, because it
is only " lean-tO" on the great University
Boston's Luther celebration will bea dignifed and
worthy one, what with the Rev. DR.. Hedges address
to-day and the Handel and Haydn SOcety's pcrfor-
nance tomorrow night. John S. Dwight has made
for the latter occasion marvellously fine transa-
ton of Elm feste Burg"
Booths performances at the Globe Theatre this
week have been attended by packed houses, but the
great tragedan does to be in his best force
here.
Mr. w. II. SherwoOd's temperance in public
here made in series of Beethoven sonata recitals
the first of them this week.