Show The Springfield Republican tells of the only time that the great Whittier was over persuaded to lake a part Inactive I In-active politics In Massachusetts There was a strong effort to defeat Ben Butler In 1882 and the Whittier incl dent Is told by Mr Huntoul In tie Republican I Re-publican as follows I In 1SS2 when 1 was a moiribcr of the Republican State central committee I was designated lo conduct Mr Whittier from his rooms In Boston on the morn IIIK of tho Musichall convention which put Robinson forward for the defeat of Bullei and T was specially charged to I place hlnf In n conspicuous scat near the neal I front of the platform that all Massnchu 1 stflls might see Hint he was with us By dint of much entreaty and persuasion I finally prevailed NO man was better en titled to a high seat In tho party than him at that time nor moro worthy to bo held up as the high priest of Massachusetts Massachu-setts Republicanism But the proceed ings were scarcely opened when I found his chair was vacant He had stolen away to a hiding place hesldo the great organ where he could nee and hear without anr wih out being discovered and the convcnllon from that time on so far ns Its visual faculties availed was without Its poeu Doubtless the whole affair was shocking to the sensitive soul of Whittier I He had never mingled with I the masses his whole soul was turned to higher themes and he felt as would an accomplished Jeweler were he asked to give up his delicate work and go and shovel tailings in front of theb ttery of a quartz mill But all the same the delicate gold which the Jeweler used In which to set gems was In those tai lags originally and some one had to do the work of separating the pure from Lhe unclean It isso with politics tics and the duty Is Just as sacred In the quartz mill as In the Jewelers laboratory la-boratory |