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Show IN IT A Rl HE? Tomorrow night Ben Butler will deliver de-liver an address iu Boston on Wendell Phillips which is interesting and Important Im-portant alike from the fact that he announces an-nounces it to be his last appearance on t lie platform." Alas, for the decision. We had hoped the doughty general might be persuaded to run as a presidential presi-dential candidate on tho mongrel ticket that is to be nominated by the independent, people's union labor, federal and confederate soldiers, fanners' fann-ers' alliance, farmers' mutual benefit, citizeim' alliance, knights of labor, colored farmers' alliance, aud such other parlies as subscribe to tho St. Louis agreement. No other man wo know of will be able to uudortake the task and provido the country with tho same amount of fun as Ben Butler would. It is for this reason that Ave set our heart upon his nomination and to be thus cruelly disappointed dis-appointed at a time when we least expected ex-pected it, since we observed with pleasure pleas-ure the snap and vigor with which he conducts cases in court nowadays, is really too bad. We hope the ''widow" w ill be persuaded to reconsider her decision. de-cision. It is possible that with the proper influence in-fluence Pen Uutler may be won over. It is likewise possible that his retire-niont retire-niont so conspicuously announced is intended in-tended as a political coup d' etat. Hen llutlcr may bid for the nomination i n just that way, A man who could stud for the ministry and then become a lawyer; who could vote for Jeff Davis and then join the Union army; who could be a republican, and then run for governor on a democratic ticket; who could be a millionaire and be a caudid;tteif the. labor party such a man is liable to do anything except retire. We believe we have not seen nor heard the last of Hen 'llutlcr yet. He will loom up in somo way in 1112. Tiik practice below referred to has uot yet reached tho Rocky mountains, butitis coming we presume. Funerals are not yet expensive and ceremonious enough so that they must have additional addi-tional eclat. The poor survivor who honestly mourns for the dead and would rather be left alone with his grief than be dragged into the daylight of publicity will have no chance in this world by and by. The Boston Herald says: "It was a legitimate thing for wealthy Grecians to hire people to weep at tho funerals of their friends. This custom has passed away, but one of hardly less importance is now taking its place, and that is for tho shorthand reporter to attend tho services held in honor of the dead aud write out in full; all that is said, for circulation in manuscript, bound in book form, like the manuscripts manu-scripts of imprinted plays. This business busi-ness ret) u ires delicacy in its management, manage-ment, but it is rapidly increasing among people who are able to pay for it, and even the poor, who cannot n fiord it, are anxious for accounts of the services over tho remains of their departed friends. It gives the occasion a publicity pub-licity unlike that of the newspaper, and effectually meets a necessity in our social so-cial life." Alas and alack! |