St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-08-11
BEN BUTLER'S BRASS.
He Gives Massachusetts Democrats no
Credit for His Election as
Governor.
Especial Telegram to the Globe. ]


Governor.
Especial Telegram to the Globe.]
BosToN, Aug. 10.-Gen. Butler was inter
viewed to-day about his impressions of last
| nights Democratic rallies and his relations
with the state and national Democratic Or
ganizations. He used free lance IN his
most audacious style. II still live" he said,
Notwithstanding the meetings last night,
where the vice presidents who did not attend
crowded the people out"
''Did you attend!"
"Oh, no, my name was not permitted to
be mentioned there by any speaker, because.
suppase, that the people, having been ac-
customed to cheering it, would have kept on.
If the name is such terror, what woull
have been the effect if had happened to he
there? But am much pleased that the only
man who did mention it was soldier who
swung his crutch-better in his mouth than
than in the mouth of somebody who sent
a substitute to the war. How history repeats
itself In the old days of English rule in
Ireland it was felony, without the benefit
of clergy, for any person in the night time
to shout Butler aboo' (Butler forever.) Ii
those who controlled the meetings last night
ever come into power, will tell them where
they can find that old statute, so as to re-
enact it that they may not be troubled any
more with the old soldier and his crutch."
"Were you at the conference the other
day?n
s'Oh, no, that was conference of the rep
resentatives of the sfifty-two' men who bo2ted
my candidature last fall Knowing that
was not to be there they for the first time
ventured out in force. l saw they COM
planned that had deserted the Democratic
party. There is no way of satisfying them.
The last time they complained it was that I
had captured the Democratic organization.
Be it so, have only let my captives loose.
They seemed to think owed
debt of gratitude in some way
to the Democratic organization. How could
that be when they accused
me of committing 6 burglary to
capture it! Seriously, / owe great debt of
gratitude to the people of Massachusetts, but
none to any Democratic organization, state
or national. bolted from the Republican
party and ran against it in 1878, and got
100, 900 votes. ran again st the Republican
party with the aid of the regular Democratic
organization in 1879 and got
200 votes less. 1 paid my
own bills and none of that s52' subscribed
enough to pay for printing their ballots as
boilers. advocated Hancock in 1880. 1
paid my own bills again and received moth
ing, and then they got $4,000 votes. In
1881
LET THEM SEVERELY ALONE
And went off yachting, and the same candi-
date for governor who got 112, 900 votes the
year before got only $4,000. I ran in 1882,
elected four congressman for them, paid my
own bills, cleaned my own coat which was
spattered from their own organ, the Post,
and gave them the only success they had in
quarter of a century, and in no campaign
did ever receive any aid from the Demo-
cratic national organization, nor did any
national Democrat from outside the state
ever come here to say word in my favor,
nor in favor of the Democratic party, which
I was the unanimous nominee. The Re
publcans in 1888 brought their best speak
ers and heaviest men Gncluding their pres
ent candidate for the presidency into the
field, and succeeded in beating me, but not
the Democratic party, which cut no fig
ure in the contest outside the
city of Boston, and there the
figures have not been exactly known. but
the figures by which it was done are un
known"
''You are not going to be Democrat any
morew
''Oh, was always Democrat. When
ever have any use for the organization Of
the Massachusetts Democracy / will get 1t
and if the 'ffty-two don't behave them
selves pretty well while they are going it
alone l won't take them back.''