Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-01-26


p'E<E Batter Aac Zach thsnaisr died
ou1ps circumstances thai we're strik-
iogiy similar kzsd lie ssnsrst.s 1.
q. ca anbefs Of ffznkiofs N the Car
endon Yesterday. Mr.. Chambers vas
clerk Of tie famous jolat esmn lsi<s on
tie cotauet q TIC usf. Ins commit
lee existed during TIE lhrty- scsenfn
ana thirty gath eoBsfs<- ana consist
ed OF senators Ws1e - ohio. Chknaier
Of Michigan. Andrew Johnson Of Iea-
ness-e and Representatives DANIEL ".
0ooch Of Massachusetts,. Jean coscsie
Of Pennsylvanis. Al. n. oasil OF Brook
isn xnc j. ". Julian Of lndisna- Mr..
Chambers y tDo Only sufs .sor. Bat
Ter ana ShsndlkE wsre alike N many
Tespfets,' coatlnusd Mr.. Chambers,
"and Is u not strange that they man
tanned the resem bl&nce even IA desta.
Chandler. you remember. dlea IN tni-
cage IA he room - tie Palmer house
Ia Was Saturday nsges saa he had just
msce . speech. aid 10 he tne sifos. -
nls LIE. Alter the speech ne returned
10 the Palmer hoase and While chat
ting with some ffsends. asked them
what certain symptoms Indicated
They laughed at him. About MD
night he retired 70 hss room and feli
dead While undressing. IL was found
that . blood vessel IN hls brain had
bnrst. Butter died from - sinilsf
cause; but IA one cass the rupture vss
produced ty an intense mental effort,
and ia the other g wss from fit oi
coughing. Both wefe men Of strisln ing
individuality And force of character.
Both bad great executive ahsiaty and
boin were markedly eccentric. Butler
mad the advantage OF Chandler IA nAs-
ing received . college education, bat
the defect m Ihaudlers early
training vas overcome 10y his
intensity Of purp e and tire
less resolution. butler was ats :
lutely lacking IN political morality;
but re Was loyal TO his clients. thand-
Ter was true as steel IN everything.
Right or wrong. be was always consist
tent When ne undertook 10 DO any
thing be did il. During the campaign
OF 1876 ne Was chairman CT the nation
al republican committee. lie told me
personally shortly after election that
| ne put SO. 900 of ne own money into
the campaign fund. IL IL bad been
necessary | believe be would have sac-
riticec all his property before ne
would have feen the republican party
90 down 10 defeat under his leader
ship. Butler had as much resolution
"a Chandler, but he did not have 60
much devotion % principle. When
Bptler undertook anything that was
MOI connected with politics he always
carried his point. ! remember when
he wac testfylug before the JOINT com
mlttes the subject of bis government
OF New Orleans came up. lie was free
and above board ia everything. He
told how much private properly he
had confscated and what lie had done
with 1t. lie informed the CON-
mjtlee that he was ready 10 tarn
over every dollars worth OF II TO the
government. but SAID II the government
did not want IL he would keep q him.
self. His treatment of the New Or
leans women showed his LOYALTY TO his
soldiers. The society ladies' Of tie
Crescent city were in the habit of spit
ting IN the face of every union soldier
they met. Nothing could be done
about II by the priyates and 90 they
were forced 10 make the hes; of their
humiliation. Butler learned of II one
day andpromptly issued orders that any
woman who spit an the face OF union
soldier should bs treated as a woman
OF the town. The prospect for teing
pleasing to the society ladies OF New
Orleans and the spitting ceased One
OF the best summaries OF Buffers men,