St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-10-20
Fisher gives Publicity to Two of
Blaine's Urgent Letters, Request
ing an Interview with Him.
The New York Independent Bolt Reaching
Enormous Proportions, Indicating
Democratic Majority of 100000.
Matthew Hale Bolts Blaine and Gives
Some Ringing Reasons for His Re-
pudiation of the Kennebec
Citizen.
addresses by the Ohio and Independent
COnIniitteeS-PrO0reSs Of Col. Bd1.er's
FIFTH District CdnCaSs.
Butler in League with Blaine.


NEW YORK, Oct. ia special from Bal
timore to the Times: The Butler movement
has gone to smash, owing to positive inform
alton having come to the knowledge of the
head of the organization here that Butler is
acting under orders of the Republican ma
tional committee, and has his expenses paid
by the Republicans, who control his move
ments. A few days ago Gen. W. II. Parsons,
who is chairman of the national Green back
labor committee of Maryland went to New
York to get Butler to come here and speak.
He was referred to the Butler managers in
New York by the Republican committee. He
went TO the committee, and was told that the
Republicans could not afford to send Butler
TO Maryland, as it was not doubtful state,
and they had no money to spare in expert
ments What Gen. Parsons learned in New
York he tells in letter, to be published, in
the course of which he SAYS:
step by step, after persistant effort and
awaiting the movements and decisions of
Gen. Butler and his political managers, and
careful observations Of the movements and
decisions OF Mr.. Blaine and his political man
ayers, We are forced to announce with all the
responsibility Of our official obligation TO
those whom we represent that we have most
unexpectedly unearthed the deepest political
intrigue in the history of presidential
campaigns, and that Gen. Butler is
using Us and those who sympathize with the
principles he assumes to champion, labor
finance, solely for the purpose Of defeating
Mr.. Cleveland in New York hy drawing to
himself a sufficient number of voters hereto
fore Democrats to secure its thirty-slx elec-
toral votes for Mr.. Blaine"
George Stewart, the head of the Butler
movement here, made the following state
ment tonight:
81 am very sorry to say that the bottom
has fallen out of the labor movement. Gen.
Parsons has taken considerable interest in
the movement. He is a knight of Labor,
and hailed Buffers nomination with JOY, es-
pecially as he has been member of the con-
vention when Butler voted so many times
for Jefferson Davis. Gen. Parsons went to
New York TO secure Buffers attendance at
labor meeting to be held here. He called on
Col Noah Plympton and Mr.. Fowler, Buffers
lieutenants. The latter said that Plympton
was in indianapolis, butit trauspired after
ward he was in western Massachusetts.
When charged with the falshood by friend,
Fowler became very indignant. Gen.
Parsons then waited in New York for two
weeks in order to see Butler himself. The
latter said he was in the hands of Fowler and
Plympton. As Gen. Parsons was about to
leave he was told that the Republican Ma
tional committee desired to see him
Calling upon them he was told that the com
mittee controlled the movements of Gen
Butler aud had a right to say where he should
speak, inasmuch as they paid his expenses.
They thought it possible that they might per-
NIT Butler TO speak in Baltimore after the
Ohio election. Gen. Parsons, becoming dis
gusted, broke Off all negotiations. lie is con-
vinced that Butler is not running
in the interest of laboring men.
but has sold out to Blaine in
order to avenge himself upon Cleveland.
The Republicans propose to keep him en-
tircly in New York, New Jersey and such
northern states rs are naturally Democratic
or doubtful, in order to draw votes from
Cleveland. They also have no intention of
endeavorng to break the solid south. In
fact they prefer to keep the solid south, as
they deem that the best way to hold the
north within the Republican ranks is to
arouse and intensity sectional feeling.
The Butler party was TO put an electoral
ticket in the field next Wednesday night
The meeting will not now be held.