The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-08-13

e8pLAIN TALK.
Hen Butler Intimnics that llo Don't Owe
tho democratic Party Anything. !.


| WASHINGTON, August 12.-The Bouto,
Herald prints an interview with Genera
Butler In which he fully shows his attitud'
toward the Massachusetts Democracy. II,
says: ~ still live, notwithstanding sh,
meetings laat night where tho Vice Presl
dents, who did not attend, crowded tn.
peoplo out" ar, .o,. Il
"Did you attend p stiy SKI
"oh, no; my name WIS not permitted tc
be mentioned there BY any speaker, BIZ.
cause, suppose, that the people, having
been accustomed to usiug It, would have
kept on, and the name was anch terrs,
It would have had worse effect II l had
happened to be there. bat I AN much
pleased that the only man who did men.
ton 1t was a soldier who Bwurg his crutch.
Better IN bis mouth than In the mouth oil
eomebody who sent substitute 10 the war.
How history repeats itselI! In the old
days OF English rule In Ireland 1t was made
q felony without the benefit OF clergy for
any person In the night time to shout
Butler; aboo Butler forever II those who
controlled the meeting las night ever come
into power, ! wiilitell them where they
can find that old statute 90 as to re.enact It
that they may not be troubled any more
with that cid soldier with bis crutch,", h
Were you at the conference the other
day ?" r Y - 'I.{' ~
"Oh, no. That was conference Of the
representatives Of the fi!ty.two men who
bolted my candidature Last fall! knowing
that was not to be there, they, for the
first time, ventu1ed out in force. ! say
they complained that l had deserted the
Democratic party. There Is no way Of sat.
isiying them. The last time they com.
planned was that l had captured tho Dem.
ocratic organization. Be It 30, then. I
have only. let my captive loose. They
seemed 10 think tha. l owed debt Of
gratitude in soma way 10 the Democratic
organization. How could that be-, when
they accused me OF having committed
burglary to capture 1t? Seriously, l owe a
great debt Of gratitude to, tho people Of
Massachuaotts, bnt none to any Democra.
tic, c,organizstion, Stale or Natiousl,S q I bolt.
ed from the Republican party and
ran against it In 1878, /, and got
100. 600 votea:: I l. ran 4 against the
Republican q party 4 with the 2 aid of
the regular Democratic organization in
1879. and got 200 votes less. I paid my
own bllla, and none Of that ffly.two cub
scribed enough to pay for printing their
ballots as bolters. advocated Hancock in
1880, was a candidate for nothing, paid nv
own bills again, and received nothing, and
then theygot ll2.00 votes. In 1851 I left
them severely alone, and went otf Yacht
ing, and the same candidate Tor Governor
that got liz, 600 votes the year before. cot
only $1,000. ran in 1852 electing four
Copgretsmen Tor them, PAID my own bills,
cleaned my coat. which was spla.terei
from their own organ, the Poa, and gave
them tho only success that they had in a
quarter OF century, and in no Campaign
did | ever receive any aid from the Demo.
cratic Nstional organic ,tion, nor did any
National Democrat from cutsids the
State ever come here to esy
word in my favor or in favor Of tho
DeEocrasic party while was the uuani.
nous nominee. The Republicans in 1888
brought their best speakers and heaviest
men, including their present candidate for
the Presidency, into the field, and succeed
ed in beating me, but not the Democratic
party, which cut no figure in the contest
outside the city OF Boston, and there the
tguresShaVe not been exactly known,
What was done there is known, but the
figures at which 1t was done are un-
known g .dJl al.7i'4 i--e-5f'-
E"Ycu are not going to be a Democrat any
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