The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1883-11-24
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.


was attracted to the Court House Cd
Monday and noticing crowd followed it
in, and was accorded the rare opportunity
Of seeing and hearing Ben Butler make
passionless statement of law points, and
did not produce the sensation he usually
secures when he opens his mouth. But
while listening / had time TO reflect upon
the career of this remarkable man, who
was a distinguished lawyer and Demo-
cratic politician way back in the '50ties.
Since then he has been a General, mem
Der Of Congress several times, leader in
both parties and is now Governor of the
Bay State, defeated but by no means
demoralized candidate for reelection, and
an embryo leader of new party. There
are none but the blind in this country
who are not familiar with the lineaments
Of Bold Ben Butler. He is the most car
featured man in existence. His strongly
marked and peculiar face, round and
wrinkled, the cast in the left optic, bald
head, and rotund figure are easily drawn
by even amatuer artists. Consequently
he always appears as the clown in Amer
lean politics, even when the use of his
picture is inappropriate. But while l
am looking he finishes his speech dude
ish looking yorng man who is trying in
vain to conceal a huge boquet of roses
behind him, steps forward and presents
it to the orator. 1t looks very much like
put up job, as street language has it,
but no doubt the young man owes the
office he holds to the, influential Cover
nor. AS he passes out of the court room,
with the boquet,in his hand, he is met by
crowd of reporters, and as all such
chances are useful to Ben, he stops to
talk politics little. To these he says
that he was defrauded out of the election
by the influence of Tildens money. l
gained $4,000 votes but there were too
many rspeaters in Boston, sent there by
Tilden, and paid for out of the bar'l.
We will not have those to contend against
in the Presidential election, intimating
that he would be a candidate on that
occasion.
"What do you think of the result in
New York, said reporter.
SIT is lesson which may do the Dem
oerats good. Cleveland is no Democrat,
he is simply the paid Attorney for certain
Corporations Abbegt in New Jersey is
the Attorney for the Pennsylvania Rail
road. His was corporation victory, In
New York they revolted against it. The
people will rebel against this sort of
thing"
''Do you propose to retire from public
life, Governor"
''It is an impossibility, considering the
present relations of monopoly and labor.
| The real issues of the day are labor and
anti-monoply, and | shall continue the
contest for these principles. The Demo
Gratis will make mistake if they do not
| include them in their platform and if
their candidate is not in favor of them
the people will find a candidate who is,
! | am not in favor of attacking the cOrpo-
rations but they must not enslave the
working people," Here the Governor
| blinkcd solemly, as if he meant every
word of it, and walked off.
Butler is certainly mad and means mis-
| chief to the Democratic party unless they
take him up as candidate for reelection.
He throws out these hints to show that
he may organize n iactional fight on the
pla tform of opposition to monopoly. Let
tho Democrats take warning.
Ion Geo. D. Robinson the successor of
Butler as Governor of Massachusetts,
arrives here Monday. He is also men,
Der of Congress and will not resign until
January 18th, when he goes to Boston to
be inaugurated. Robinson is called in the
House tho successor to Garfield Ho rep.
resents the reform element, aud is a pur-
ist i'm politics. But he is great favorite
and was in fair way to become a leader
in the House. He sacrifices his ambition
with some hope that he will succeed
Senator Hoar next Spring in the Senate.
He is one of-the most eloquent speakers
in the Republican party, and on some
occasions has electrified Congress by his
timely and eloquent speeches. He is 46
years old, and may be presumed to have
future before him.