The Weekly Union Times

Butler "Going West."—Washington, May 26.—General Butler always has a surprise of some kind in store for the public, and now he is "going West." It is said to-night that he intends emigrating to Colorado, turn sheep farmer and come to Congress as Senator of the Centennial State. It will be remembered that the Supreme Court recently awarded to Colonel Craig, the patent or title of an extensive tract of land in Colorado, which had long been in dispute. The story runs that General Butler has purchased from Colonel Craig 73,000 acres of this estate, and that as soon as he can arrange some of his private business he intends to settle upon it and engage in cattle raising. Forney's Chronicle explains his motives in the following editorial: "The fact is New England is politically worn out, or rather the appreciation of its people, and in consequence her limits are getting very narrow and contracted. What Butler wants is room and fresh air, and Colorado is just the place to find these two essentials to human happiness. The chances of politics are seventy-five per cent. better there than in Massachusetts, and this is a weighty consideration to a man who hates criticism and newspaper men as the devil does Christianity. The healthy recreation of cattle raising is another inducement, and will go a great way toward tempering the humor of the old man for the new honors that are sure to welcome such as he. Two years' residence in Colorado destroys all the identity of a carpet bagger, and entitles a man to all the privileges and rights of those to the manor born. General Butler is yet a young man, and thrown into a new country with money enough to become a large land-owner, coupled with his extraordinary ability and perseverance, there is no telling the effect of the transformation his presence will produce both in the substantial wealth and politics of the State. The people would soon see this, and be quick to recognize it by conferring upon him the highest honors in their gift. We, therefore, predict that General Butler will be one of the next new United States Senators from Colorado, and the moment he is the State will become one of the most prominent in the Union."