The Portland daily press., 1883-10-20

Hon. George d. Robinson, the Republican candi-
date for Governor of Massachusetts, is making =
series of speeches of surprising vigor and power He
speaks twice and three times a day and no two
speeches alike. We give herewith some ex tracts
from different speeches illustrating his mastery
styl of dealing with his uescrupulous antagonist.
ALL MEN ARE LIARS.
Now, you know, it is his common advice to his
audiences in substance: ''Hear me through. Hear
what have to say, and then don't read the news
papers, for they lie about Don't listen to what
anybody else says, for whatever they say Of criti
cism and contradiction of me is total fall iehood"
Que of my old and favorite maxims Is this: That
man who declares all the world to be liars surely
conv1ets one man." Laughter and applause lt
will not do to talk to you, felowctizens, iE that
way. Possibly there are dozen or two gentlemen
here that disagree with me, and trust you can
hear. lSlight applause in the gallery.l Yes, |
guessed just right, there are 13 of you In al But
L am not proceeding to tell you here, or any other
man anywhere else, that you tell falsehoods. when
YOU call in question aud apply just criticism to any
the right to think and for himself; 80 / claim
the same right for myself. Do you own your neigh
Dor? trust not. Have you ever bought him? Is
he YOUR slave? Who is your political boss? And
write his name in any way and with any letters Of
the alphabet, where Is the man who has the right to
stand up before intelligent and thinking Massachu-
sets men and say, believe everything tell you,
but don't listen to anybody else in this wide world,
because all the rest of tho people liars?' The
oCdIo OF MASSACHUSETTS, has nearQ enough OF bucu
talk as that [Applause.1 Why, his assurance 10
only the more delightful when he said to his fellow
citizens In one of the speeches Of this campaign.
If the papers tell you thai am dead, don't you
believe it; go right on and vote for me-" Go right
on; mind; don't believe anything except what
tell you-that is his doctrine: don't know when
the proper state of decomposition would he reached
that would satisfy his ardent followers Of the truth
Of that assurance.
THE SHAME OF IT.
1t is a shame which you and 1 must bear for many
years that the Governor of Massachusetts, In his of.
fetal declarations and arguments can use language
unfit for the of decent people. 1t is disgrace
to us, and one that we must bear everywhere we Co.
sos s9n sst sto and Insult Us bors our
faces while sitting in the highest place we had to
give him. ANY man has right 10 speak his mind
mere in this state. Yes, one man has as good right
as any othe but we would not ourselves have the
right to do as he has done. What Is the proper
thing to do, suppose there wrongs in admin
istrative affairs? Reform them? Yes. Correct
every thing that is wrong? Ger ainly, and do It
promptly, efficiently and thoroughly. But that Is
all the duty there is to be per formed. Make poti-
cal party capital out of It, make it scheme for
personal advancement? Assuredly not. Do we ex-
pose our family troubles and cry hem out in the
quietly and carefully at home Should the Cover
nor be The prosecuting attorney when the state In
stitutions are under Investigation? No. He should
be rather the States chief defender II he is our
servant, let him serve and not ruin us PRO
longed applause.l Now, ladies and gentlemen, 1
fore the charges that have been made by her Chief
Executive in the face of all the world. Nassachu-
50 is stands at the bar. Is she ready to plead gull
~? Voices in all parts of the hall. "Nol MOI
NoPl No, a thousand times no. She Is no crimi =
al in the dock OF public opinion. She stands erect
as she always has, above attacks of defamation and
wrong She has passed through trials that have
tested her strength an endurance, her honor ana
her charity, and she will be true to the highest
demands of the best civilization of the age Your
party and the men whom you will elect your action
AM the action of your fellowctizens In this cam
paigs, will dstermine by your expression at the
IN tie character of the present administration of
the State Government.-lGreat applausel
THE TWO TICKETS.
On our ticket and in our party nobody thinks that
the head is all there is of it. [Applause.1 There is
cut off its head close to the it is ali gone
Laughter There need not be any trouble then
that the Republican ticket stands for man; it
stands for many. 1t enllsts the sympathy of the
people throughout the State becanse they see it l.
not combination for power, nor an arrangement of
Circumstance to advance one IN an and satisfy him
but only for the purposes of the people throughout
he State who love good order. who want decency
who protest against vileness snd ilthness, who are
ALWAYS against insults and sauder. IL is the out
spoken purpose of those people that they will ad-
vance the and elect the tieet that ST. nds as
the subject of their highest aspirations. lApplause
SAMPLE BUTLERIsMs.
Governor Butler made two speeches day or two
since, one at the town Of Sandwich and one at the
the evening You would expect consistency to last
from the afternoon to evening. [Laughter1 The
Governor told the people at the town Of Sandwich
chat We had in Danvers lunatic hospital that cost
the State 50 2250,000: he went to Barnstable while
the perspiration was still on him laughterl and he
told the people of Barnstsble tn It we had lunatc
asylum at Danvers that cost US 81, 300 900. The
fact is that the lunatc hospital DanYers includ-
ng the land purchased and all the buildings and
fixtures, with everything that has been expended up
o the close Of last year, cost the Commonwealth
81 l,6S9 1872. daughter and applausel And there
ought to be somebody in the other party that can
read the figures and statements in the Auditors re-
port (holding up copy which is for free distribu-
ZION to the citizens of the Commonwealth. Laughterl
Again, he stated that we had lunatic ho-piIal at
Worcester that cost the Commonwealth about S2,-
600 O0y. We find that hospital at Worcester cost,
for la and buildings altogether and all additions
and Improvements ~ to the end of last year, the
sum of 81 ,1S3, ,422. .56-only a variation Of about
$4,000 that is all. Loud laughterl That Is
near enough for the purposes OF the other party.
Governor stated that around the grounds of the
Northampton Asylum for the Insane there Is an iron
fence that cost more money than the iron fence that
surrounds the Capitol at Washington. Now, that is
the truth. You are surprised Llaughterl but it Is
verify true. Why? Because there is no
iron fence around the Capitol at Washington.
Prolonged laughter and loud applause] There
ire some people that are not so busy max
ing speeches at Washington but that they can tell
fence when they see it. Laughter and sp-
plause Taking the statement that the Darvers
HOSPITAL cost us 81 600 zoo he pro seeded TO say
that the interest that cost would board the 300
patients there at the best hrstclas hotel III Boston
had little curiosity to figure t6e interest at six
per cent. on 81 250, 900 and divide 1t by the
ler OF patients and the number OF weeks In the
year. and fouAd il would mount to S5.25 aweek.
Board higher at hrst-class hotels in Boston for
whole week than thatl tLaughterl While, taking
the actual st OF 81, 100000 AID dividing 1t In the
proper way by the same process the whole cost per
week per patient would be S3.35. Surely, that is
not very extravagant.