| Show A BRAVE AND determined SPIRIT THE appearance of general B P F butler in the supreme djou court A of the U B S at washington in behalf of the two chicago anarchists fielden and schwab last tuesday drew a large crowd to see and hear bear the well known veteran Vf teran A number of distinguished lawyers occupied the division of the apartment divided off for attorneys while the portion allotted allot led to spectators was not net only crowded but the throng x tended twenty feet around the en traduce As the general is in a conspicuous figure in american history all citizens aatu vatu naturally rally take a more or less personal I 1 interest in him we therefore present the following follo wini extract from a special correspondence of an eastern contemporary descriptive of the scene lathe I 1 a the courtroom court room on n the occasion in question quei tion general butler appeared to be feeble in strength and in voice and as he arose to address addre 9 I 1 he court he was assisted to his feet feel by lawyer saloman ats words were scar scarcely oely audible to those sitting near him there was plenty of force to them but they were of such a guttural and incoherent character that they ran together into a low rumble much ot of tho the generals address was read from manuscript ii a practice very unusual for him he frequently laid aside the copy however bo wever and interjected vigorous vigo slab oration athe of the prints he go used occasional gesture sand several times brought 1 afe looked loo hed aright thump j upon the high ibish table provided for those who address the court it is evident that the vigorous uncompromising soldier capable lawyer and effect effective Ave orator has reached the point in his career toward which we are all traveling we will all get there if we live long enough general butlers energetic and forcible spirit is still present but it cannot make itself felt as an of old being imprisoned by natural conditions condi tlona that interrupt the manifestations of the powers that exist within there JA is something sublime how however everi inthe in the spectacle of a courageous mind con to struggle to exhibit itself eveia even when its physical medium for expression is well nigh worn out |
