Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1876-07-22
Gen. Anderson as Rapid Rea-
SOnCr,
From the New York Tribune.

From the New York Tribune.
Anderson was, as has been remarked, mem
Der Of the committee that waited on Gov. Tllden~
the committee whose mouth piece was the fluent
and imprisoned McClernand; the committee
which, on one of the hottest nights of this hot
summer, flung at Gov. Tilden full half hour of
Indiana oratory of such fervor and intensity to
extort from the maityred nominee the earnest
conundrum, "What is the matter with Hanna:
And being this committee, Anderson had an
opportunity, not only to hear McClernand and
Hanna-of itself liberal education-but to see
Tilden. Having seen him, he returned full of it
to Maine. At Portland, Me-, they Immediately
called a ratification meeting, and Anderson adj
dressed it. knowing that there must be some
curiosity upon the subject of the nominee for the
Presidency, Anderson said
II had the opportunity few nights since of
meeting MIR. Iilden, one OF the delegates sent
by the Convention to inform him OF his nomina-
ton. And l will say that from my observation
Mr.. Tilden is a man Of power Of mind, "A man OF
strong sense, man of iIhexble frmness, a man
who would know no kitchen Cabinet, a man who
would know no ring man who, if he is elected
President, will be President Of the United States
There, now, is man who has instincts and in
buttons. lie does not need to be with candidate
more than an hour, or to go round him more than
once. to decide whether or not he has the neces
sary qualifications. Having looked upon MI
Tiden while he was undergoing McClernand, and
having observed that he bore it without finchng
Anderson says to the Portland people from his
own observation that he is "a man Of power Of
mind" Having watched the play of his features
when the letter OF the committee was read to him.
he pronounces him from his own observation ga
man of strong sense" Having remarked his
patience during IIanna's address. he does not
hesitate to say from his own observation that he
is "a man of inhexible frmness." Having no.
ticed that the members of the committee had to
be introduced, he feels authorized to say from his
own observation that he is "a man who would
know no kitchen Cabinet, man who would know
no ring" And finally. Anderson eliminates the
results of his own observations in the prediction
that "if he is elected President, he will be Presi
dent of the United States" TO the people of
Maine who have had doubts upon this point, and
have feared that if elected President he would be
President of Guatemala or some of the Central
American States, or perhaps Of an insurance COM
pany, this assurance Of Anderson must have been
very gratifying. The speech was received with
great enthusiasm. 1t must have greatly relieved
the popular mind in Maine.
1t remains ouy to be said that no man in this
country ever learned much in so short time
as Gen. S. j. Anderson, and no community
ever so easily satisfied a. the Portland people seem
to have been with the results OF one mans obser-
vations Mr. Tilden may be all that Gen. Ander-
son represents him, but what man Anderson
must be to have found it all out so quick.