, 1876-08-03
STOREY ON TILDEN.
The Old Man Knows Sammy Only
-as q S1rowtl Railroad LaWs
yer and Creature Of
John MOrriHsey.
All Representations that 7llden Is q Rsfarner
'Are Utterly False and Fraudulent"
and "Fars Of Stheme Of 70.
lIiital Deception"

"Tilelen Has Never Made, by His
Own Political Acts, Any
National Political
Reputation"
From !ht Cdfcago Ttnsts. IMne ~.
To tho people generally, Mr.. Tden Is polIt.
!cal unknown. sle ms only been heard Of Is a
sharp railway lawyer, and sare,ed operator IN
he peculiar and fncon,prtAtnsi61e politics If Mem
Mpon The motion Of John .norritstp, and who "a
Governor made d little fuss about local "Ca-
nal Hing concerning which nobody out Of New
York has any knowledge or feels any interest,"
York politicians that MIR. Tttden Is "rcform-
cr." 1t IL Just vehcmcntly inserted t,y anotl-
Ct equally respectable anl veracioua set Of New
1o5k Po,itlrians .a 1at a. ami
has eyer reformed ANYTHING, arc utterly ]a*e and
fraudulent representations, cohstfut;n7 part Of a
aran scheme Of roItteat deception. 0f the merits
q this Characteristic New York controversy,
Whether T!llcn be tic great political rcforncr
which Ills friends assert, Of tic great political
llunlbuE and fraud which hia opIMncntss assert,
the pnslle ut large Is totally unable to decide,
acts, dnu national political reputation. National
tietap.
but BY. dlns Of tho active and persistent Noto-
tag md 'log.rolling Of Ills Now York ain,trers,
and especially by tho persistent but not very ra-
Itorld the name of $. ]. ;rillca l'as como to be
sS;eG sSyns a e%sy fSsy Is nat yosa,s sE Sr
| Til!cn bus won fame By an effective personal
championship OF true money. Mr.. Benton
gained The sonbr,quet Of OH l3u1!lon by striking
sturdy blows against fraudulent fiscal system;
Init C3tH R,dEt ftbf,1bk H,Iftf fS7ur
| by llr. 1Idem against the moro fraudulent
systcm Instituted 6y The infquitous Lcgal-Te.dcr
| acts. Tic nanlc OF Benton auggesttd to every
otis champion * ",nint.irops wl,o vi bore tsat
name; tile namc Of Tlldcn suggests nothing that
Is nationally knoon Of tts oa,itT--It Is merely a
| wortl-symbol OF 4 faCtlon Or combination In Tho
Of the two eases Is TINT between public man
who brought himself into conspfrllity by tho
tremendous force Of his own character, anl b
man who has lccn brought Jor'eard ty conbf'ta-
Tho scheme to make Mr. Tl1dcn Presidential
candidate very naturally transferred to 1T.
Louis. pending tic Convention. tho perennial
row which enlivsn0 tlie crooked and corrupt
politics OF New Tork. According to nll accounts,
tic swcltcring town that HES broiltng on bed
| Of rcd-hot limestone at the other end Of the
bridge has been literally. taken possession Of
By rival mobs from New York City. Thctncona-
modious, hotels and recRing har-rooms arc
cramtnod with ewcattrg, swearing politicians
from every part Of the country but everywhere,
above the protane din Of every, sufsncat1ng
Sighting, rival New York City mobs. Outsiders
do not understand what this New York row ia
about The politicians, like the politics, Of
Nov York, arc beyond ordinary comprehension.
sMr porshctmer M yo {onoy ysf ': Tdens % clicf opera.
ore at Ct. Louts) seems to be q man VIII, Is apt
to let his words imply q good deal more than III
intends to express. His statement TINT Gen.
McC.ellan's repudiatlon Of the Democratic party
"pcaec platform " OF 1854 In his letter accepting
tho Presidential nomination Was i1stieated b
Mr.. Tilden, carried tho implication that Ti1den
after assisting In the construction Of thlt plat
form, and without manifesting' any dlssa,nt Ii
any pablie way, went privately 70 McCAslsa1
Eet h t. rp9d4asto 4as Gtc
and manliucss to tisown. At ct. Louis, OF
Monday, aIr. Dorsllclmrr addressed ailclegatiA,l
o. Tsm'aa9yltes tantl-r!llen} In tho tollowina,
M 9ees Fl s civ ivy o ySSn Ss S 2o ne
anil your only object is to create detection
ton d this i that MI but number less than
5oo Of tho yirtuous followers Of Boss Tweed
crowd ut St. Louis do not represent 5OO Tnm
manyite voters, who is It that represents the
rest 0f that large gang Of nreclous raseals Wlle
City7 Tho plain Inference from htr. Dor.
sl,chncr's statement is TINT 1udes represents ats
greater part Of tho 7a,mnanv gang.
.,.s E.er.a rt ca;sago ;;;;} gtm<, M ,g7sso: a. ..
tion could have given to Gov. Tl1dcn, nftc,
nominating him for tho Presidency, was DEAL
for Viec.Prest1ent. Tue object In thus present,
Ing to the country the iutlicrous spectacle O
two horses tied togother by the tails md going
| In opposite directions, was to carry Inlinnn f0I
tho fFfldcn side At tho October election. Tlidel
Is known as the most pronounced embodiment
Of hostility to The atroc'ous tender swindlc
and Of tho demand for The specie basis. in al
America. ue IL for that reason especially OBJ
no1ious to tho lcga:tcnder. swindle luliatic.
who compose tho greater part OF all .politlra
combinations III the semi l-6arbarous Common
wealth ol Morton nnd Hendricks. Tom Hen
sentative Of tho legai:tender lunacy; not he
subject (ho was noyer known to have positive
opinion upon any snnleef, but osraas. l.sl!a!.
Eaiu the applause of voting idiots. Til
den and uendrtcks nTc politically the vsry pola,
opposttes ot each other. hut 70 elect Tildsu
York, aud to get the votes OF New York 1t I
deemed essential taGt lntliana should vote |,
October against the Hayes party, an1t to compas
ta ssn w9s s ts1gd e derar Sss5 y S s vs Re
unnatural % 'Hts. iiason. Tas arra@ne's T. oas no .
Jrasen, palpaNe, shameless dtshoneztu. II Is al
e1amp'e Of nteh political xaoranonqtriag 'ls IL
Ja,nt1 hs oM BoHrton pd7ty7s tn nvrst days q
eorruplion, aud rendered 4 ste,.eh IL he nosiri1
or honest x.ea. 1llaicad Of llclping to elect TIT
tien, It Is most likely to help tho other wny
For Al, arrangement SO offensive with The ste,.t
ej poH.ical ii1tones!y sannus fail to cxcltc tn
Indignation Us well % tho contempt Of grca
tnnny voters who believe that thtrr IL still b,ir
tllitg rs honesty in pol.Irs that 10 rnrth con
teudlllg for.
FIRES.