Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-09-22
platform. Senator Dawes submit ed the
platform which opens as follows:

In presenting to the people of Massachusetts
its candidates for state Offices, the Republican
party does lot deem it necessary to this year
offer any formal statement of political princi-
pies.
Mr.. Robinson was therefor placed on g
platform of 'no principle" for all the re-
naming portion of the platform, except
praise of Arthur, is devoted to denouncing
Butler. The Boston Trareler sums the
strength of the no priciple candidate thus:
''The speeches Of George D. Robinson are
worth 10000 votes to the Republican ticket.
His unassailabie character and record are worth
l0,000more. His acceptability to the temperance
Republicans of Massachusetts are worth 10000
more.
From this it seems that Mr.. Robinson
will have some $4,000 votes. In 1882 there
were 256,080 votes cast for governor, and in
all probability as many will be cast in 1888,
so Mr.. Robinson, with his speeches, and
his character, and his temperance, worth
all told but 10000 votes, stands confess
eddy weak and beaten candidate.
The president of the convention was Mr..
Charles R. Goldman, and he made the hap
Ply hit that the shame and disgrace of the
Tewksbury scandal was that Butler ex-
posed it, while Long, Clafiin, Rice and Tai
bot permitted it to go on unchecked. Mr..
Goldman had the good temper and wise
judgment to speak of Gov. Butler, who
"shook up the dry bones," and instituted
a crurade against the fair fame of Massa-
chusetts," as follows:
One man has led this crusade against the fair
fame of Massachusetts, man conspicuous al
ways. of great audacity, of ready wit, of volu-
BILE and coplous speech, and of restless personal
ambition. A man of national notoriety surely,
If not of national reputation, who has often
solicited, and sometimes obtained, the votes of
the people, but who never has been able to re-
tain them long. legislator, long identified
with COZ gressiOnal raids upon the treasury; a
politician who has proposed to the people of
the United States to repudiate their honest
debts, and so to make their great and solvent
country byword and Kissing among the ma
lions of earth; major general whose most val
uab.e services were as a provost marshal and
never as a leader of men, and whose success
ses were those of the sutler and not the STRAIT
egisc.
Mr.. Goldman is Republican, so was
General Butler during the whole period
covered by the Goldman criticism. If
he erred and did wrong and IN
wise things, he did it for the benefit Of
the Republican party, to which, during his
association with it, he was faithful and
true. Since Butler no longer walks with
that truly good party, it seems that the
oaly flaws to be pointed out in his record
are his Republican acts. AS Democrat
his crime is that he uncovered the Tewks :
bury brutalities and uprooted the hideous
and infamous Marshes, land this lisa crusade
against the fair fame of Massachusetts, -
Shame on the uuclean hypocrites. Let the
anti-Butler crusade proceed, with Mr..
Robinson, the no-principle candidate at its
head. The Gully result that can follow is,
that Butler will be reelected by agreater
maj ,rity than before. The campaign will be
hot and exciting. Unprincipled hate, decep-
ton, corruption and brute force will appear
on one side, and on the other humanity,
integrity, economy of expenditure, and last
but l. least principle. That is the issue
made y the Republican party of Mas
sachuretts. God save the commonwealth
from such a foe.