The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1876-06-07
OR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, d. c., June 3, lS7t
TIE VIRGINIA CONVENTION.

oi Presidents, used IN the past, To cN
crt a mighty influence in the selection
of candidates, as well rs in their cleo
ton. The leading Democrats of tn,
State are understood now TO favor /;
negative policy, AS regards their OK
preston of choice, in reference TO tn,
St.Louis nomination. They ask o
the North that it shall give them it,
best and strongest man; and they
promise that he shall have their earn
est support, whoever he may be-
This is, rs Il rule, the attitude of the
whole South. The very general ex
preston in the Southern press, and by
Southern men, in favor of Governor
Tilden, is based upon the knowledge Of
his strength with the people in New
York and elsewhere, as a practical Re.
former. Senator Bayard is the favor.
lite with the mass of Southern men,
and if 4 Southern man were to be
sclcctcd, he would bc nearly their un.
animoGs choice. Thurman and Hen
bricks also have warm earnest friends
in the Southern States. IL = evident,
however, that the desire To- success
in the election will overbear all person
al and sectional preferences. Whoev-
er shall appear to the Convention to be
certain to carry the most States, on
the great issue of Administrative Re
form, upon which the people are full
ly aroused, will undoubtedly receive
the nomination. Whether Tilden will
be the man, or not, is a matter for
conjecture. 1t is worth stating, in
this connection, however, that the OPP
position to Tilden in New York has
proven an element Of strength. The
Charleston Is. c. Courier, and other
papers which have opposed him, have
recently declared in his favor, for the
very reason that the character of his
enemies show that he is not controlled
by the Ring men Of New York. Gov
ernOr Tilden has reduced the taxes of
New York State sS,OO0,000, or near
ly one-half, in sixteen months. Going
before the people with that record, it
will be impossible to beat him.
Gov. Tilden's friends assert that Meth
er he nor they knew anything at all
about the circular recently sent to
newspapers, asking them to print GER
tain extracts from the press in varions
parts Of the country favorable to Til
den, to be charged for rs advertise
ments. The fact that the circular
was sent to, among Others, several
papers widely and generally known to
be violently opposed to Governor Til
den, and that it purported to come
from an advertising agency of which
Petroleum V. Nasby," the most ram
pant of radical Republicans, is the
principal, ought to have satisfied
everybody that it was a sort of polite
al practical joke, so TO speak. But
the emphatic denial which now comes
from Gov. Tilden's friends, of any re-
sponsibility for or knowledge of it will
satisfy any doubts that may have exis-
ted.
TILDEE's PERSONAL POPULARITY N
NEW YORK.
A Congressman called my atten-
ton, this morning, to the fact that
Gov. Jno. A. Dix, the most popular
Governor New York ever
had, was elected by over $4,000 ma
jority in 10. Governor Tilden ran
against Dix in IA, and defeated him |
by over $4,000 majority; a change of
over 10000 votes in favor of Tilden.
And yet, in that election, he was bit
terly opposed by all the corrupt men
of the Democratic party, and their
respectable" friends who are oppos-
ing him nov.
POLITICAL HARANGUEs AT ARLINGTON. |
Stewart L. Woodford, ex-Lieuten-
ant Governor of New York, and who
would accept either the Presidential
or Vice Presidential nomination at
Cincinnati, was the orator at the Arl-
ingtOn on Decoration Day, and i'm
proved the opportunity of making a
stump speech. He re-
ferred to the practical intolerance of
the South, the practical denial of per-
'Onal liberty, the practical denial of
popular education, and the persistent
effort to revive old systems under new
FORMS" Throughout his discourse he
endeavored to impress upon his hear
ers the superior virtues Ofhis party
But Col. Moody, "the fighting par
son." who made the opening prayer,
vent further than Woodford, in his
special plea in behalf of the Republi-
an marty: and In q nrayer Of half an