Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-11-10
SOMETHING OF TILDEN'S TAG
TICS.

Louis was that he was one OF the most
effective and skiilfui organizers Of po-
li,icai movements and forces IN the
United States. II, among these adiec-
tIves the word unscrupuioUs had had
a place. the description would have
been tar moro complete. All means
10 the end is Tiiden's:: motto. lie not
only does not scrup,e 20 employ any
neans, however iDsdmissib,e under
the recognized rules of mora and
Legitimate political sction, but he
shows q surprising fecnnai'y anu
scope Of invention in discovering new
plans and combinations OF effective
.niaui,ies. We are no. sure that We
are prepared to denounce Tiloen FOR
what ne has done 10 bring himself so
near success. A priori, Democratic
success in this nation is simply piece
Of political strategy, from the plans
for the successful working OF which
al such weaknesses as conscience or
obedience TO the rules of political good
ishuesS are quite out of the question.
The Democracy Of the United States is
merely and simply organized deprav-
". IKE more complete and success
full the Democratic organization, the
more efficient and certain the work
and result. Tilden's is 3 mind when
Is acute enough fully to comprehend
this. He is very aGroie and ski'ifu'
New York politician. He and Sey-
mour and William II. Seward were
reared in the same school. Politics
with them is merely game. There
IL no more sentiment underlying it
than underiies the game OF ":ess or
billiards. Success il the only object.
With a mind drilled and fashioned
and originally formed hy and tor this
character of political study and work,
Tilden was probably the most avaiia-
bic man in the United States 10 lead
the Democratic campaigns just ended.
The work before him, in his urdoubt-
ing estimate and conception of it, was
purely that of 4 game of skill. Given
certain forces and conditions and be
would win. "What do YOU need to
prove:" asks of lis client the success
full lawyer whose lack Of a hinde-ing
conscience amounts 10 sD inspiration.
One needs to read and study Reynard
the Fox to comprehend Tilden. We
have roughly sketched his character.
He came 10 his work with less cor
science than Morr;ssey. THE pair
have 3 counterpart in EeyDard anG
his friend Grimbart. tho Badger. IT,
den had organized his own individual
condition for making an effort for the
Presidency. His keen eye detected
the slip shoi attitude and vulnerable
ity Of the railroad systems o; New
YORK and the West He hes heen
styled q usufruct. This means man
who uses what another man owns to
servo his own ends. His quick inHcn-
ton devised schemes for taking 10
himself these looseiy-beld properties.
lie SO far succeeded as TO make vast
and intricate system of railroads tiib-
utary to his own enrichment. " pen
he had accumulated millions ne was
ready for the struggle for the Presi-
dencr. The obtaining OF the no;iina-
tor was q master stroke. lie obtained
IL right over the opposition of The
strongest part Of his party. His NOM
:nation, bitter pill to- lsmmanv, was
cbe6ieutly swallowed hy Tam:nany.
Tweed's tens OF thousands OF bench |
nen were dragooned into All ardent f,
support Of the man who had got tire |
fa,,e title of Rcfofmer by turning !
against The Eoss VIXEN re staggered |
uu.!er his too heavy burdens of guilt. !
Iiiden, as we have seen, he'd tho re!ns |
of q vast railway system. He saw |
where the objective points Of Demo
cratic success lay, and he directed bis |
genius for organization thitherward. |
The political machinery of New York |
was as familiar to him As the pigeon
holes in his own Office desk. This
machinery has been made to move
fau,t!essly and with unexanpied sue
cess. He used Charles Francis Adams
as PAWN, and Adams made no sign
CT objection, hut placed his name at
the disposal OF his political school
fellow. The nearly accomplished
Democratic success in Wisconsin was
railroad work. The work was done
by the pulling of the big wires, rightly
and timely touched. The movement
made no noise. The attempt was
masked under pretense Of an upris-
ing of the Germans Of that State, aud
was very near being a march stolen
upon the Republicans. Look at New
Jersey. That's well executed railroad
work. Tilden the railroad wrecker is
an adroiter man than Stanford, the
railroad king. Think back I" Tuesday
night and you come to the sudden