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Reporter -- What do you propose to do about this, Governor?

Gov. Butler -- Nothing at all, until I ascertain what the servants of the State, whom I have ordered to do their duty, do about the matter. I want to see whether they will perform their duties or have somebody else do it for them.

INTERESTING CORRESPONDENCE.

Gov. Butler has sent a communication to the State board of health, lunacy and charity, in which he says: "I desire to ask the board under what provision of law they claim the right to ask the official opinion of the attorney general upon any question of law, as your board is specially excepted in the statues from the list of officers who may ask the opinion of the attorney general and the district attorney."

Attorney General Sherman being temporarily absent from the State, the Governor also addressed a note to Harvey N. Shepard, assistant attorney general, asking to be informed "under what law of the commonwealth the attorney general can be called on officially to give opinions or advice by the board of health, lunacy and charity? I have been unable to find any such law." Mr. Shepard has replied to both the Governor and the State board, stating that no such law exists. The Governor further said: "Having seen one or more published opinions of yours as assistant attorney general, I respectfully ask for the provisions of law under which the opinions are given, as they make no mention of any direction by the attorney-general in the matter." To this Mr. Shepard replied that he, as assistant attorney general, had acted in the matter according to the custom of the office.