Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-12-14
TILDEN.
The Views OF tho Indiana Delegates to st. Louis q
Day or Two Before His Nomination yless
Hanna on the Railroad Wrecker.

Day or Two Before His N0mina tiou-Bayleso
Hanna on the Railroad wrecker.
The following extract rom an interview
between Bayless w Hanna, of Terre Haute.
and Judge Omar +. Roberts, of Aurora, and
a reporter of the st. Louis Globe Democrat.
on the 22d of June 1876 just previous to the
meeting of the St. Louis convention, will
serve to show the estimation in which those
gentlemen held Mr. TiIden at that time:
b. w. Hanna-Our delegation comes here
solid for Governor Hendricks.
R.-Will they stick to him?
H.-They will stick to him to the last.
know OF no man among them who has a Sec
ond choice
R.-How about Tildn ?
diana delegates. Why, Tilden is being
pushed on the plea that he alone can carry
the State Of New York. The Democracy OF
the West has been fooled three several times
on that kind OF plea. and in two of the
three times the New York man has been
beaten In his own State. while In the other,
when Seymour was nominated. he only car
ried the State by ten thousand majority 1t
Is quite time that the West should be recog-
nlzed by the Democracy. Only once in the
history of the country, in the instance of
General Cass, has the West received any
recognition. Our delegation is determined
this time to make fight for Western man.
and that man is Governor Hendricks
R-But in case he should prove to be in
capable of winning in the convention, would
your people 90 for Tilden2
H.-No, sir; emphatcally no. Why, he
is called reiormer Now, l am connected
with railroad and know something about
railroad matters. and know that Sam Til
den and two or three associates obtained
possession OF $500 600 bonds of q railroad as
trustees for other people, and instead of ac-
counting for them, sunk them quietly into
their own pockets. lie areiormer? He lie
reformer when it does not hurt his own pock-
ct; but when it does he takes care to be on
the other side
Mr.. Hanna is the attorney of the Terre
Haute. Alton and st. Louis railroad, one of
the roads Mr.. Tilden is alleged to have
swindled, and must have spoken by the
card
R-Would Mr.. Hendricks be likely to ac-
cept the second place ON the ticket If Tilden
should be placed at the head?
H.-Most emphatically no. The idea ID
utterly out of the question
The remainder of this interview was all of
this tenor, the speaker reiterating his deter
mined hostility to Tilden and all the men of
his faction. AT its close Mr., Hanna called
Judge Roberts out of the room, and lett him
IN the hands OF the reporter while he return
ed to entertain his guests The reporter inn
nediately commenced on the new material,
and found the same energetic expressions Of
opinions a little more intensified
Reporter-ls your delegation instructed to
vote as unit?
Judge Roberts-Yes. And we are in
structed TO vote for Tom Hendricks. We
shall vote for him first and last. The mat
ter is SO positive that 1 don t:think any menu
Der of the delegation has even q second
choice.
R.-Then Hendricks would not accent \
second place with Tilden at the head OF the
ticket?
Judge R.-Certainly not Reverse the DO
stIon and we might accept it: but firmly
believe that if Tiiden be nominated for the
Presidency we shall lose Indiana by ut least
forty thousand majority.
R.-So much as that?
Judge R.-Beyond a doubt. There are
two State officers in that room, and il is n
vital matter with them. We all feel that
the nomination OF Tilden must result in the
defeat of the Democracy in Indiana at the
State elections in October, and the loss of the
State to the party In November.
R.-Does the currency question cut any
figure IN the deliberations of the Indiana
deiegation2
Judge R.-Not at all. We have in our
delegation-we number thirty-men OF ex-
treme positive views on both sides OF the ques-
ton. For instance. am greenback man in
equally earnest for hard money; but the
night after our election we held a confer.
ence at the Bates House in INDIANAPOLIS
and decided to work aud vote for but one
object, and that is for the nomination of
Governor Hendricks. You NAV tell your
readers that the Indiana delegation is the
best-tempered that will attend the conven-
ton. They do not come here to make war
on any other candidate, but they cannot be
moved from their steadfast allegiance to
Governor Hendricks. the only man who can
carry Indiana this year.
R-Thcn no such ticket as Tilden and
Hendricks will go down with you?
Judge R-Agsin / say no. Mr.. Hanna
and myself were the first delegates TO arrive
from Indiana, and so tar as i know we are
the only ones yet here and the moment il
was known We were here New York dele
gates and their hangrs-on began to offer to
trade on the terms suggested. l have been
approached twenty times to day by Tilden
emissaries with propositions looking toward
an analgamation. But we will consent TO
no such arrangement; We are here as Hem
drlcks ihen' and we are going to stick to him
throughout.
RI see the Times of this city appears 10
be inclined to support Thurman; how is that.
or do you know
Judge R.-Of course don't know. can
draw my differences. however. Why (impa-
tientlyl a few weeks before your State con-
vention seven-elghths of the Democratic
press of Missouri was in favor Of Hendricks.
and nearly all the people. The people 20.
main the same, but the press nearly all turn
ed round for Tilden.
R.-How do you account for the change in
the press?
Judge R.-How can account for it? OF
course they are subsidized.
This and few more unimportant remarks
closed the conversation. and the reporter
wandered OFF to ON the Wnpdarttr1
efficacy of that barrel of money" as shown
in the course Of the Democratic press of Mis-.
souri,.