Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-08-03
TILDEN AND HENDRICKS.
Their Letters of Acceptance Ready
for the Public.
Views and SpecuIatiOns OF aRepub'i'
can Editor on the Ground.

Murat Halstead telsgraphs as fol-
lows to his paper:
Telegram to the Cincinnati CONNER
cial.l
SARATOGA, August 1.-The pub
lication of the Hendricks and Til
den letters of acceptance has, it
appears tonight, been deferred for
a day or two, and the highest au-
thority we have on the subject says
they will, in all probability, appear
on Thursday or Friday. The in
ference is hat the letters await
a final consultation between Tilden
and Hendricks. -Tilden was ex-
pected here to-day, but has not
arrived, and Lieutenant Governor
Dorsheimer, who has been here,
has Joined the Governor in Albany,
taking with him, it is conjectured
in a very intelligent quarter, a COM
pleted copy of the letter of Gov
ernor Hendricks.
1t would appear, if what l hear
tonight is reliable, and | have
strong reason for believing it so,
that the hard-money satisfaction
with the position Of Hendricks is
somewhat premature, or that the
Democracy are finding a new def
milton for hard money. Hendricks
has applied the finishing touches to
his letter. 1t is, of course, very
strong for civil service reform.
Respecting the financial question,
he plants himself upon the clause
in the st. Louis platform that de-
mands the repeal of the Resump-
ton Act, so far as fixing a date is
concerned. He cordially agrees to
that. In addition, he is against
sudden contraction, and wants
specie payments to grow up with
the country, as it were.
This is not precisely what Man
ton Marble and Governor Tilden
have been' understood to mean in
the hard-money platforms of the
State of New York, but l have nc
doubt this representation is authen.
tic as to the attitude of Governor
Hendricks.
Tilden and Hendricks are under
stood to agree that the only way t
return to specie payments is to &C.
cumulate a large amount Of specie
This they propose to do by tn,
cheerful process of public economy
which we know the Democrat
party is prone to-that it was so il
the beginning, is now, and eve
shall be, world without end. /
may be interesting in this "onnec
ton to state that the sum Governo
Tilden thinks necessary to accumu
late in gold before accomplishin.
resumption is only one hundred
and fifty millions.
The Democratic dependence il
the October elections is to carr
Indiana on the Blue Jeans platforr
. Of their candidate for Governor
Mr.. Williams, who is in favor of th
y issue of legal tender paper sufhcien
to meet all the wants Of trade, an
supply the people with tha
! abundance Of legal tender pape
= money calculated to promote I'll
y public economy that is the relianC
Of Tilden and Hendricks for IL
procurement of the gold resel '
. 1t is right here that appears II
nature of the Hindrance tn.
resumption is to resumption"
Gov. Tilden's friends say tn
the portion of his letter relating
the finances is not voluminous, pc
haps not more than two sticks flu.
= but that it is very strong and Gle
70 for hard money. There is an il
, pre- sion in some quarters that +
. final conference between Tild
y and Hendricks may not be entire
harmonious, but Tilden can L
reasonably object TO giving Bl
Jeans Williams a chance to cal
rt Indiana in October.
IN p. S.-Lieut- Governor Dorsh
he mer has returned from Albany, a
o. is authority for the statement Il
,st Governor Tilden will be here
ed morrow, and that proof-slips Of {
1t letters Of acceptance will be
Try nished the Associated Press duri
ort the day. If any further delay