New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-30
DEAF-MUTE DISCUSSIONS.
TUE SECOND DAY OF THE CONVENTION
vo,cEIrss MEN IN roLrrcs-rHEIR SOCIAL STATUS
-GENERAL BUTLER AND DEAF NIKE.

uo,cpr pss MEN In POLITICS-THElR soCihh 81 I've
-~orNrnAI BUTLER AND DEAF NIKE"
,r.o sscond davis session of the Deaf,Muies Con-
yontisn opened EHe o%sson in the chair The
f,aw .Iohn Chamberlain. assistant recfor OF 81
Hnne,s Church for deatmutes, offered PRAYER
4 ia,ter was read from the Chicago Deat-Mufe or,
cie er nressinQ the hope that the convention wouIu
lie snccessfu Another letter from u W. Carraway S,
OF Mississippi contained an essay 90 aar 70 t6 H
Deaf and Dumb Ladies" which was reieiiou W VIZ
r Fox addressed the convention on the
Social status OF af,M1sss s,owv e b sa surely
He compared the past and present ana rou'ii ,
the mutes that they had perfect Tlsht ~ 80. LES
he said. are taught the pupils MINATED vain
school, and after they have graow uort
they are able 10 master, lin .nc, poon what
thew earned honestly and he did not think tn au
the pubc should sympathlze with tnein wn VIZ v
tsl into nms,i6 bad to e0m tSnk hat the '
s WIRE below their hearing fellow-cltize ,,tc
MANY people, he said. OBJECT 70 ,a his he
mnfes simoly because they bays 10 VINE. lns ',o
thoug,,t was an ungrateful thing. Mntes as a rulo
sr. steadv and obglug workmen, and they always
serve their emp overs faithfully. o;uh+,,
So 'rhomas 6rown. of New-liampshre, age eighty
sa,d hat ne was ihe first TO oreanize conVe'' ,h
The Rev Thomas H. Gallaudrt, the 1atner W ,,0
Rev. Thomas Gallaudet OF s Tho A Grst deaf-and.
dm nh pupil of ricardi III France. nifty years ago
fabIlshsd school for the eat a1t duo, a' f " tIo
10 vas taupht Since then thjlV bCuVVis - t'iO
deaf and dumb have been esiaOsncca anu ens" 10
ands nj uutes have been educated. Inc metnous OF
;nstruction have been looked INTO rach year ny me
instructors of the various schools wno neeI ~ ,,
xontinn. every practicable method mas hau ltS test
and now the mutes use as many uHnelen' e'sn' 90
the words in WebsteTs DclloaarS. hooorss bc
Mr.. Brown said nat he was n"PpS O 49,
could read aud write. - ~ Wy C,,
GET of re olutiops were offered by VI w. orrons
mute CLERK the Treasury Department. az "; ash
ingtun setfor that in 1887. the centennial Dlfln-
d,v of rhe Rev. Thomas II. Gallaudet WOnid arrive,
and Iosng the appointment Oh NoIhlnI. Ceo %
Fifteen to prepare bronze status " ' I os ten
man The +, solutions were adoOtcd III was tneh
suggest ed thai the next convention be held III WASH
inefon in 1887. and this was also agreed TO. .
n. ,1epiS on Deaf Mutes in Politics"
fIe said that the mutes were not powerful IN coll
ties because they were not together Du' ~
haeame known that as individual voters, they
were strong He related an instance IN the NE Oh
General Butler II was IN Lowell ms at iar no
iilicai meeting Adeaf mute known as " ID 'aI Mlse
sonk an interest IN what he read about Butter
soninp got INTO the hall early, and took sat
On the front bench. When General Butler began 10
sneak he liked his eyes upon the nnsuSpectlnI
=. MiIen The mute looked General Butter stralgnt
In the face and when the speaker NODDED tne Inu e
,yonId do likewise. This increased General butier
iniegest and he became more enthusiastic as u q
IDEAL Nike" When General Butler hnlsned ms
address he lett the platform and meeting the mute
asLnd How do YOU dnp But Mike" made
s,ons that he was deaf. General Butler dli not I'M
0ersiand the signs ahd aSked OF d SocVtalul mn" \
that The man he had been ADDRESSING was oeaI anu
dumb. Ever since then General Butler mas caileu
the deaf mu es " hali-men." VI. n -.
frhrra ar mute clerks IN the New fOfK f"st
Office the Custom House and IN all the departments
al WASHINGTON who did not get there thTough
noieal influence said speaker. but nv the Ial n
mi nerformancr of their duties. He was thankful.
he said that the State schools for deal mues on t
North not run IN the lnteresI W pot''9 w.
parfles az they we're IN the South ana West. ne
thought that as ndlyIduals mutes could ACT as non
est poli, icans bound TO no Clique, "ut ne uu uo'
tbink that 1t would pay them to enter into poltlcs
the .di,or of The Brooklyn Leader said that mute;
mnst and oupht to take all the interest they coud
in politics. lie SAID hat 1t was politics aloLe tnat
ken the wheels Of the Government going, AMI Dy
taxing all the interest possible IN polucS tne,
would in the end be recognized Dy both poIiIlca
Mr. Rodgers of South Carolina said that mute
ran or county clerk and was elected over ms near
ing opponent. and IN many parts oi ta9 90 o,
wnrre there are towns, mules arc do so0o 40 ""'
Henry c. Rider read short paper on Deaf Mnt'
Insurance Companlce.n He said that one mad ! G I
started in Mexico N. u, ana tue mutes "eIc ho'
able TO get themselves insured. ,u-. - -,
The President announced the following as III
Executive Committ~e: ,,,,, .
Peunsyl wanna; X. Patterson, of ONO; ID. W Oeore9
of Illinois; G. T. DUu hertv OF Missouri; ::
Vail of Indiana; G, A. Holmes, OF NaSSachusetts
w. H. Weeks, of 'nnecticut; q. kinSDan. o
Rhode Island; ID. S Rodgers, OF South Carolina
Thomas Brown, of New-liampshire; II. p Hunt, o
MaIre: f. L. Brown, OF Michigan; }. B. Wells, y
MARYLAND; r. ?. lcDouZal. OF New-Jersey
Stesnrod' of West Virginia, and J. Turner, CT Vii
Al ST. AIMS Church. in West Eighteenth-st.. las
evening serve" was held ior tas GelePs v y
SUE of Pennsylvania, boi mute missionaries, col
ducted the service. assisted by the Kew. Jon
Chamb rlar. very large number was present.