The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-04-13

ALBANY Cor. n. Y, Tribune.l
The personal and political friends OF
Ex-Governor Seymour and Governor Til
den have been subjects of endless gossip
and discussion during the past few
months. They occupy very different
places. Governor Tilden is the head
of the new and progressive democracy,
who are forcing the old ways and the old
leaders into the background, and steadily
raising the standard not only of their
own party but of the other also. Mr.
Seymour has retired from the field Of ac-
tive politics, and rests on the reputation
of a man who kept himself pure and hon
est in the midst of much that was i'm
pure and dishonest. Governor Tilden is
heartily hated by considerable sections
of his own party, both within and with
out the State, good share OF them men
whose thefts he has exposed or whose
mad nolitical schemes he has helped to
defeat. Governor Seymour preserved al
ways a careful neutrality. lie knows no
factions within the party and ofends
none. There is probably not a partisan
in the United States to-day who is so
popular within his party as HoratiO Sey-
mour. The mention of his name-his
personal presence-are enough to arouse
Democrats of the old-iashioned kind to
the widest enthusiasm, and it is one OF
the improbable yet not impossible dan
gers of the St. Louis Convention that
some one may start stampede with his
name, Whereat they will all throw up
their hats-and the election. Governor
Tilden is well known to be a candidate
for the Presidency. Mr.. Seymour, it is
the sincere opinion of those who know |
him we'll has no desire either for nOmi- |
nation or for Office. He might have been |
Senator in Mr.. Kernan's place by simply
nodding his head. His great ambition
seems 10 be to hold his place at the head
of his party in this State as arbiter, ad-
wiser and sage, preserving his influence
unimpaired by refusing to lean toward
this candidate or that, or to take part in
struggles within his party lines. These
are tle relative positions OF these two
men, whose personal relations are Of the
most intimate and friendly character.
Occupying the position he does, Mr.
Seymour is invariably nominated for
each vacant office as soon as the vacancy |
occurs by men who wish to use his name
to iniure their opponent, or as cloak to
their own designs 1t is in this way that |
he was talked of for Senator last winter,
that he is now talked of for the st. Louis |
nomination now, that he will doubtless
be talked of for Governor next autumn.
His name is urged now for the Presi-
dency, not with his consent, and in spite
of his protest against what he calls
" desecration of the grave" by all the ele-
ments of opposition to Governor Tilden
in this State. OF these the greatest is
the Canal Ring, to which number of
men, mostly with personal grievances,
have Joined themselves, There are
several men among them who have held
prominent positions in the party, are
able, ambitious-and disappointed, but
the rank and file are of the poorest pos
sible material To these must be added
a number of men, not of any great in
huence. who cannot be accused of COM
plicity with any ring, but with whom
Governor Tilden is unpopular, usually for
personal reasons. 1t was with the idea
of ascertaining what Ex-Governor Sey-
mour was willing to say with respect to
this recent use of his name, or to his
views with regard TO Governor Tilden's
candidacy, that the interview which fol-
lows was sought.
Mr.. Seymour has suffered from i'll
health during much Of the winter and
has made only one or two trips to the
Capital. He was we'll enough, however,
to make a long and interesting argument
for low tolls last week before the Legis-
latiye Committee, and seemed to-day in
his usual strength. When he was asked
in regard to the movement that was APP
parently on foot, and was urged by sew
eral Democratic papers in the State to
bring out his name for the Presidency,
he seemed to be amused with the idea
that any one thought of him as candi-
date He said that in uncertain times
like the present those who wished to be
non-committal, without seeming to be 80,
usually declared for some impossible can
didate This gave them no ofense, but
left them free to choose their men at
leisure. 1t was probable that such action
gave rise to the rumors with regard to I
himself. In truth such concentrations
proved that a mans political career was
ended, not that he was formidable. They
were in the nature of obituary notices,
which were always complimentary. He I
added, in laughing way that Mr.. Conk-
ling is talked of for the Presidency, and
it would not 90 for one family living in {
the same little city, which is now filled {
with Senators and Judges, to attempt to {
furnish Presidential candidates for each
Of the great political parties. AS his {
was a thing out of the ques-
tion, not desired by himself nor seriously
thought of by others"-these were his {
words-he was a dispassionate though
an interested observer of the pending
canvass. He was not and could not be
one of the factors of the Presidential {
17T ft wHN
In response to the question, what he
thought ofthe political outlook, Governor y
Seymour said, "The political condition {
If the country is unsettled Both parties
ire thrown into confusion by new issues
ind new relationships between the States
There is a strong feeling of sym {
)athy growing up between the South |
md the West. / hope both parties l
will send their best men to their {