The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-13
PLAIN TALK PROM BuTLER.
He Declares that He Doesn't Owe the Demo-
cratic Party Anything.

He Declares that He Doesn't Owe the Demo-
cratic Party Anything.
Interview in Boston Herald.
General Butler said: II still live, notwith-
standing the meeting last night where the vice
presidents. who did not attend, crowded the peo-
pie ontl'
did you attendy7
@Oh, no; my name was not permitted to be
pose, that the people, having been accustomed
to using it would have kept on, and the name
was such a terror it would have had a worse
effect if ! had happened to be there, but I am
mach pleased that the only man who did men
ton it was a soldier who swung his erutch.
Better in his mouth than in the mouth Of some
body who sent a substitute to the war. How
history repeats itself! In the old days of Eng
fish rule in Ireland it was made a felony without
the benefit Of clergy for any person in the night
time to shout Butler; abOo Butler forever, If
those who controlled the meeting last night ever
come into power, / will tell them where they can
lind that old statute, SO as to re-enact it. that
they may not be troubled any more with that
old soldier with his crutch.
Were you at the conference the other day2r
uOh, no. That was a conference Of the re-
representatives. Of the ffty-two men who bottled
my canQIQaSHF6 taSB TAIL knowing GnaG Il WaSn0t
to be there, they, for the first time, ventured
out in force say they complained that l had
deserted the Democratic party. There is no way
of satisfying them The last time they conf
planned was that ! had captured the Democratic
organization Be 1t so, then. / have only let
my captives loose. They seem to think that l
owed a debt Of gratitude in some way to the Dem
ocratic organization. How could that be, when
they accused me Of having committeda burglary
to capture it, Seriously, I owe a great debt Of
orrofifa9o IA tho MANILA 0f Mauaaahi1caffu bnf
none TO- any pemOeratic organization, State or
National / bolted from the Republican party
and ran again IN 1878. and got 100000 votes. 7
ran against the Republican party with the aid
of the regular Democratic organization IN 1873.
and got 200 votes less. / paid my own bills, and
none of those nfty-two subscribed enough to pay
for printing their ballots as boilers. | adj
vocated Hancock in 1880, was a candidate for
nothing, paid my own bills again, and received
nothing, and then they got liz, 600 votes. In
1881 | left them severely alone, and went off
yachting, and the same candidate for
Hovernor that got 1920 votes the year
before, got only 81. 600. I ran in 1882, elected
four congressman for them, paid my own bills,
cleaned my coat, which was spattered from their
own organ, the Post. and gave them the only
success they had in a quarter of a century, and
in no campaign did l ever receive any aid from
the Democratic national organization, nor did
any nationaI Democrat from outside the State
ever come here to say q word In my favor OF in
favor Of the Democratic party while ! was the
unanimous nominee. The Republicans in 1888
brought their best speakers and heaviest men,
including their present candidate for the presi
dency into the field, and succeeded in beating
me. but not the Democratic party, which cut no
figure in the contest outside the city Of Boston,
and there the figures have not been exactly
known What was done there is known, but
the figures a. which it was done are unknown. y
''Yen are NOT going to bea Democrat any
;0h. I was always Democrat Whenever II