The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-11-02
PROMINENT DEMOCRATS
DENOUMCE HIM.
HON. AUGUSTUS SCHFLL.

81 am decidedly and unalterably opposed 10
Governor Tilden as a Presidential candidate.
He is bitterly opposed by some of the best known
and most influential Democrats in the State, in
the metropolis, and all through the interior. 1t
is idle to talk of his ability to carry New York"
COLONEL ISAAC r. EATON.
" If Tiiden is nominated, the Greenback men
will organize and nominate a candidate on a
Greenback platform in less than thirty days from
the adjournment Of the convention. The Kan
sas Democrats will utterly refuse to support
Tilden."
GENERAL JAMES B. STEADMAN.
"Under no circumstances that could be
imagined would we accept Tilden. Ii Tilden
should unfortunately receive the nomination,
Hayes would beat him in Ohio by &C, 900 to TO-
600 majority, and in Indiana he would be beaten
by from 20. 200 to % 900. If any other man that
has been named should be nominated on a plat
form declaring in favor Of an immediate repeal
Of the resumption act, we can carry Ohio by
$4,000 majority. We would not even accept
Tilden on platform with that plank in it, be-
cause the man and the platform would neutralize
each other. If the city of Toledo, in which l
live, is to be taken as at all test of the State,
he would be beaten utterly by Hayes"
HON. AUGUST BELMONT, OF NEW YORK.
"Those who claim that Tilden is unassailable
do not know him ,orifthey do, then they are quite
US dishonest as he is, He has been counsel for
all the hroken-down corporations with which
New York has been afflicted for long term of
years, and out of them he has not come with
clean hands"
GENERAL EWING, OF OHIO.
A" am very much surprised at one thing.
The advocacy of Tilden comes either from States
that are innately Democratic or hopelessly Re
publican, while two great States whose vote is
the index to the final result of the fight are ar
raycd sterny against him. 1t is also curious
thing that Manning, editor of the Albany paper
regarded as Tildens special organ, should, in
s.,fa ~, IA,,,. &.
that Governor Tilden is looking for the receipt
OF the votes of large number of Republicans
in New York"
HON. GEORGE W. HoUK.
delegate to the st. Louis Convention from Ohio,
says
=" The party can survive Presidential defeat,
as it has already survived three since 1864 inau-
gurated under the same auspices and leadership
as the present, but it cannot survive the sacri-
hce of the great principle of fidelity TO the
rights of the people which it was organized to
maintain. It Y He [TildenJ has used his
fortune with lavish hand to promote his po-
lttical aspirations. He is the first aspirant for
Presidential honors in the history of the coun-
try who has utilized the provincial press by ad-
vertsing his qualifications as extensively and as
successfully as Helmbold advertised his buchu.
Such man, fellow-ctizens, who relies upon
such instTumentalites, and who seeks by indi-
rection to compass his personal advancement,
is not the man to lead the Democratic party to
victory in this Centennial year of the Re-
public"
GENERAL sLoCUM
severely castigated Tilden before a crowd Of
delegates at st. Louis, and said "The greater
part of the State is opposed to Tden now
large part of the New York delegation was op-
posed to him; and it meant something, this op-
position, for the opposing faction comprised all,
or nearly all, the brains of the delegation. With
Tilden 1t was impossible TO carry Indiana and
IT, s,,n
the Democratic party, there would be no cause
for rejoicing in November.
DAN VOORHEES,.
/ am not surprised at all these things COM
ing out on Tilden. ] knew they were all there
and were bound to appear. And" he added
suggestiyely, II am expecting, every day, some
thing still worse to be developed"
DE WITT c. LITTLEJOHN
:" am utterly opposed TO the nomination OF
Mr.. Tilden. l do not think he has the frst
qualification to make good President. he =
not stats,WAp, bat political triekstey."