The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-07-06
THE DIFFERENCE.

ciaus. for themselves. Mark the difference
On the first ballot Samuel ), TlIden
den received 1O3l votes from delegates
representing twcniy-nine States or
within 8SI of the requisite two-thlrds
(I92), and on the second ballot 738, the
unanimous vote Of the whole conyen'
ton.
General Hayes received 81 votes on
the first ballot 81 on the second 81 ON
the third; GS on the fourth lO2 ON the
fifth; ll3 on the sixth; and then the pol
iticians, finding Grants miserable policy
could not be continued except by select
ing u weak man, and one known to be
entirely plant in the hands OF Zach
Chandler, Conkling Morton, the bloody
shirt apostle, Simon and Don Cameron,
Boss Shepherd, Babcock and other no
torious manipulatoIs Of all the wicked
rings of the country, through the worst
sort of bargain and sale found their
creature in Governor Hayes, and gave
him the politicians nomination, by Sc
curing him 3Sl votes, or barely twenty
majority over Blaine.
The nomination Of Governor Tildcn
was rs remarkable twas spontaneous,
1t was ON the second b0llOt--a circum-
stance exhibiting more unanimity and
general favor than in ANY previous Dem
ocratc convention since $40, when ut
the Baltimore convention, June 9th, OF
that year, Van Buren, was unanimously
nominated, except McClell0n's nomina-
ton in 1864. In Baltimore, May y,
1914, James X. Polk was nominated on
the ninth ballot, he receiving only two
votes ON the first and twcnty~nlnc ON
the second ballots General Cass was
nominated in Baltimore May "A, 1913,
On the first ballot he received one hun
dred and twenty-five votes, and ON the
fourth one hundred and scvcnty-ninc.
The bitter contest of 1862 was remark
able. This convention was also held in
the Monumental City, nominating
Franklin Pierce, ON the lorty-ninth bal
lot. President Pierce did not receive II
single vote until the thirty Fifth ballot,
when he received fifteen votes. Mr..
Buchanan was nominated in Cincinnati,
in June, 1896, ON the seventeenth bal
lot. He began with ono hundred and
thirty-iive votes. The memorable and
foolish action of the convention in 1860,
which met in Charleston, April %,
tho reassembling in Baltimore June Is,
of the same year and the split, again
which nominated Douglass 10y one body
and Breckenridge by the other, will
ever be remembered, as the dark page
in the history Of the party, In 1865
Seymour was nominated in Now York,
on the twenty-sccond ballot and Gree.
ley received the honors of the Cincin-
matt convention, in 1872, on the sixth
ballot
Thus il will be observed that Tildens
nomination was demanded by twenty
nine States, on the score Of reform, The
people knew how he had throttled the
Tweed and Tammany rings in New
York city, and how through Tilden's
own persistent, pcrcvering, umtiring
personal investigation he mearthed
the false vouchers the fraudulent opcr-
atoms and the corrupt contracts of
Tweed and his brothers in crime, and
how these infamous plundercrs We're
ousted, hepeople recollectcd Tildcns
humiliation Of the canal rings in New
York State; how his policy reduced
taxation and economical the Govern.
mental expenditures there, and de-
manded him as the very man to tri-
umph in the approaching contest and
to 20 to the White House to oblitcrate
every yestige of the Grant dynasty, The
people want reform, The people want
reduction Of the oncrous taxation
which this corrupt Republican party
has heaped upon them. The people
want some relief before all their property
is seized for the maintenance
OF the Infamous ring and the thousands
of corrupt and lazy vagabonds who sub
sist MS Government assessors, collectors,
spies and other employees, of the sums
robbed from the poor and needy The
people want rctrenchmcnt in every
form, and they are satisfied they will
onl y secure it through the election of
Samuel j, Tilden, Governor Tilden
is immensely rich, and has no bad
practices or evil propensities. lie is u
high-toned Christian gentleman, work
ing Tor honor and not for money. lie
can be trusted everywhere. lie will
guard every department, and as he will
steal nothing himself he will take
mighty good care that no one else steals
from the Government. The people
want all rings destroyed. Tilden has
freed New York from all thieving rings
and when he goes to Washington Ms.
suredly he will If he lives he will start
the good old ship on the economical
tack of thirty years ago, and afford
Texans and all other sufferers tho OK
cmption from oppressive taxation they
so much need
The dinerence between Tilden and
Hayes is as great us
between honest Government
and a wicked, imbecle administration
Readers, reflect calmly and thouohtGnl.