The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-06-30
GENERAL BUTLER.
The Massachusetts Delegation Win Work
Earnestly for His Nomination.


Earnestly for His Nomination.
Interview with Col. N. A. Plympton.
Massachusetts will come to Chicago to work
earnestly for Governor Buffers nomination, be-
cause we believe he is the most available man
who can be selected at this time. Those Demo
Gratis who imagine that Blaine is weak candi-
date are terribly deceived and the sooner they
wake up to the true condition of affairs the bet
ter it will be for the party have been twice,
this year. in all the States east of the Mississip
pi, as well as Kansas and Nebraska, and [ tell
you the country is crazy about Blaine; there has
erbeen such enthusiasm in the history of
elections. Blaine is weak in but two localities
New York city and Massachusetts. Western and
Central New York is wild for him. Now, the
question is who can defeat him9 Gov. Butler is
certainly the only man who can carry Massachu-
sets against him, for he is the only man who
can hold the Irish vote intact. He has made
one State very close, and last year he pulled the
rest of the Democratic State ticket almost up
even with him. But the Butler vote cannot be
reckoned as straight Democratic vote. In
New York Butler would again hold the Irish
VOTE which is beginning to show alarming
symptoms and thousands of Republican work,
ingmen would vote for him. Then, again. what
other man can secure the colored vote, which,
remember, is an important factor in all the
large States? Take Indiana Illinois, Ohio
Michigan, or Iowa, and combine the Greenback
and Democratic vote in any election for the last
four years, and make those States either
Democratic very close and splendid fighting
ground. Lastly, we come to the South. / have
no fears on that score The Southern people
understand Butler, and besides, any white vote
lost would be amply neutralized by the colored
vote he would receive. His nomination would
do more to remove the color line in politics than
eny other one thing"
Suppose Governor Butler should fail to get
the nomination, what thenp
''Then we will support the nominee of the
convention loyalty Governor Butler and the
But even with Butler on the stump for the Dem
ocratc ticket, his name at the head of other
tickets could not help but draw votes away from
the party, even against his will, and those Dem
ocrats who had an inclination to vote for Blaine
would then probably do so, there being nothing
to restrain them. After Butler, / think Judge
Thurman would possess more strength than
any other man mentioned. owing TO his anti
monopoly record. Cleveland l regard as very
weak he would be slaughtered by the labor
vote of New York. l am not one of those who
think the independent movement amounts to
very much. In Massachusetts it may reach s.
900 votes. If the Democratic nominee does not
suit them they will run third ticket and do
they will organize and make a more active can
vass. We do not expect or desire much of a
vote for Butler on the third ballot but we feel
certain that when the convention comes to con-
slider the matter they will see the vantage ground
he occupies"
In conclusion, Colonel Plympton says ex- Mayor
Palmer, of Boston, will probably nominate But
Ter and that he is the finest orator in New Eng
land.