Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-08-16
DrscARDING TILDEN.
rha Non. Ne Witt G. littleiohn De-
=" "cIares for Hnyes and Wheeler.

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New York Times, Aug 4.
The Hon. De Witt G. Littleiohn ha
onn,,nced in letter to a friend. !"
have fullv decided not TO support Mr.
T;,Ion for President, but shall vol,
for uayes and Wheeler This con
clns;on Of Mr.. Littlcjohn is not sur
nr;s;ng when it is remembered tha
ha il among the few N. Y. delegate
To The st. Louis convention who sin
corely opposed the nomination o
ridden because, in his opinion, he wa,
4 man utterly unfit to be President O
Inc Unied States. Both before tn,
nomination and afterward Mr.. Little
| john freely, publicly. and earnestl,
expressed his opinion of that fata
move Of the Democracy. Among 9th
er things, he said that the nomimatio,
of Tilden meant that Hayes woulf
carry New York by 10000 majority
and should mean it. When, the mex
morning after Tilden was nominated
and just after s-s'uncertain
coy, and hard to plcasc'-had got The
second place on the ticket, John Kel
ley made his way to the platform to
eat his appointed dish of crow, a gen.
tIeman sitting next to Littlejohn ask.
ed, "What is Kelly going to do now 2
Littlejohn answered in q tone and
with a manner that showed his dis
gust with the whole thing. "Whu
can tell ? swallow this dose, | suppose
for he must" Then the question was
"What will you do, Mr.. Littlcjohn 2
The answer was quick and incisive
"What can ] do that will really serve
that honesty in government to which
l have always been devoted. | can.
not support Tilden with any heart
| will not" The next question was
"Why not go back to the republican
party where you rightfully belong y
He answered to the effect that he
would, under the circumstances. glad
ly do so to the extent of heartily sup.
porting Hayes and Wheeler If the re-
publicans would allow him to do so
without personal humiliation, and he
was assured that on that point he
would not be likely to meet with any
This conversation has been
given TO show how Mr.. Littlejohn
felt Immediately after the nomination
of Tilden and the announcement now
made, that he has determined TO OPEN
ly support Gen. Hayes is a proof that
he alone Of the hundreds who. as
of the st. Louis convention.
denounced ridden as wholly unwor-
thy to be President, has been consis-
tent. That he has been honest and
sincere i'm his course, no one who
knows him doubts that his conclu-
sion will have great weight in New
York wLo, knowing anything of the
politics of the state, can deny!
THE GOOD WORK IN CONNECTICUT.
South NoRwALK, Conn, August L.
There has been no little stir i'm and
tbout our city by the sudden conver-
ion of one of the leading lights of
he so-called Tilden reform party, Of
his city to Hayes and Wheeler. The
acts are as follows: Mr.. Daniel
severed himself from the re-
publican party four years ago, and
was at that time president of the Gree
y club. He was present ut the call of
he democrats to organize Tilden
md Hendricks club this year and did
let as temporary chairman Of that
meeting, and was elected first vice.
president of the club. He has. how
'ver, suddenly announced for Hayes
md Wheeler and the probabilities are
hat he will be chosen president of the
club. Mr.. Millard is one
If our most esteemed citizens, gen
tleman of the loftiest integrity and
and one of our most sue
,essful business men. 1t is predicted
hat his declaration for Hayes and
Wheeler is but the first of n number
Of similar changes.
A MAINE DEMOCRAT DIsGUSTED.
Mr.. John B. Norton, one of the best
known democrats Of Maine, has re-
fused to longer supporta party which
lndorses murder in the south and ia
vors repudiation of the national debt.