The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-06-29
TILDEN.
Enthusiasm at his Nomination.

every man his due. Our fellow journal
lists of the street, the ncwsboys, were the
first 10 know IL and the first to cheer.
They knew It was coming soon; were
around In the alley all the evening,
waiting eagerly for extras had specu-
laSsd on dozen, ut least.
The newspaper offices were ablaze
and illuminated In anticipation. Print
crs .cxpectant, type in hand; presses
ready, sweating, groaning. calling
hoarsely for the news.
Dispatch for the DEMOCRAT. Hurry
up With jt, boys" Hurry II was, light
ming do&ble quick, but they must have
a giancd at ft--nature could not resist
that" ballot, Tilden 4049 They
tell the news and dash around to tho
office with the dispatch.
Brisk work that at st. Louis. Fifteen
minutes only; u second ballot and u
second dispatch, only these gloriQus,
uortis. T'iIden noyninatatt< lls
ballot" Brief enough, but worthy OF
h&f hundred extras. The newsboys
read IL, give the first shout Tor ltlden,
send their caps flying high In the air,
aud then dash up the street and through
the alley, in a wild Tam O'Shanter
race, leaving one wounded, and dan
gcrously wounded, boy fallen on the
TIL DEMocRAr Office is stormed.
arA6d shaking OF hands, glorification,
jubilation and fraternjzation. Every
body eager to embrace everybody else.
And then, just rs we have reached the
most uncomfortable, the Widest enthu-
siAsm, filled with an insane desire TO
whOop and shout, comes doubter--
one OF those freezing. arithmetical, un-
certain, doubling, dyspeptic fellows--to
throw suspicion on our news and our
The other papers have got the second
ballot In full. Tilden received only 467
yotoe: lacks rs yet OF election. just
add these up. See only 72O, instead OF
737 votes. That shows you are mis-
taken.
Revulsion. We drop, exhausted,
broken down, In our chair. Ice-water
running down our back Is nothing to 1t.
We have humbugged the people, but
news OF Tilden's failure.
The extra is on the street bearing the
glad tidings; the people are jubilant,
but we despondent. The subtle poison
pf the doubter has affected us.
Another dispatch. Second ballot
Missouri, Iowa and Illinois change their
votes for Tilden. Tilden 53l."
That's enough. Break tb1 news to us
gently, slowly. Three cheers, three
tigers. and everything else In proper
tion for the next President.
~. c;tv what viii Won takep lemon
.dc .dc i.r,nn"de nr Tilden2 No air.
ehat 49, !, dn for Ha ysa INT not here II
= 1 - ajvht ticket nnne of vour wishv-
ssashw q vac slon
1my nniyhhors have pot the news. and
- ", haar n iheir ' n,sss,es nso @ @wheezinw and
Uroaninr over the expectant papers.
One unfortunate daily. next doSr, Is in
s"ch . h,,rrv that one az the rollers Of
sS,,sf efcctmaIlv Lills Mi extras there
That cf,ics ia ah,,t mn in disgust. the EN-
.Anraos w.ndar home the only Han
p,cI so ~" nan H. Nav 1lriaans that night
4 mass meetind Of several million
.,;tiyars ~ avarv ~ and condition as
sam bia. around "a teierraph office.
;rha com ranv has .rsrosnised to stick IN
tha A balIots on their bnlletin board, and
shcse hc man ara w,s;ftnr t5 5appIaud them.
Ts,are is q defernlinei look about them
a thev lamnue around. seat themselves
sn n,,,hStonss ar find some comfortable
,,ia 90 !. ,.hera thev can rest for the night.
tnr th"v mean fo stay to stick it ont ii
itta Sas ali night. and be the first ssto
.ss~rv :. The naws IN the morning - Bnt
Is thara Il no need of bulletins and bal
iois III . here none OF your first. second.
tSiTd Fourth fifth. sixth and seventh
haIlots none Of yourslanghtering none
~ vour .Who's raininp?y' "What's his
,Ss,ssncesy ~ su ", who's up and who's down
.rS who will, they Combine on?" No.
pir that ;s mt the way a President is
Snminatei. hut with union at once and
sv;thnnt dissent
y sVI1 VIM viii it be Tilden, of course.
rvervhodv ~ WI feels ii. Not word OF tele
1rsn6 ran VET vet hut SUITS some strange. magnetic,
5F,sntai faIeUranh has sent this whizzing
Shrnnrh avery brain.
And when the news Goes come. and it
i the DrMocRAT that tells il. it is out
M Dr. rnshinw over the CITY like whirI-
Ind. Before the telegraph boy has
"A time 70 nail the ballot up. all are
one. m '. scattering the news over the city.
TraveiS why' the world Is 4 sluggard
that news. Just think Of It. TiIdep