The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-07-03

uIs workers mostly Young Mcn-Thcir
Moderation and Courtesy.

tBy Telegraph to the Tribunel
Sr. LouH, June 29.-Thc method and
| incidents OF the canvass which began
here week rgo, and has resulted In the
nomination 4 Gov. Tilden, have been
subjects OF good deal of interesting
comment since the nomination. 1t was
noticeable early in the Tilden CANVASS
that It's management was confined very
largely to young men, many of them
comparatively new to politics. and none
of great experience. These came from
the State Offices in Albany, from the
Tammany Hall organization In the
more respectable districts in New York
city, and from the ranks of young and
liberal Democrats in the present and
past Legislatures. II has always been
one Of the counts in the complaint
against Gov. Tiden in New York that
he surrounded himself with striplings.
The gathering OF bis forces here did
little to repel that charge. Compared
with the shrewd wire-pullers OF Indiana,
who have just succeeded In manWuVer-
ing their candidate into " place which
they made him seem reluctant to take,
compared with such men rs Senator
Wallace aud William McMullen, or
Pennsylvania. ex-senator Doolittle, OF
Wisconsin Gen. Ewing, of Ohio; Mr..
Voorhees,. Of Indiana John Kelly,
August Belmont and Augustus Scheil.
ol New York. d large proportion of the
active Tilden workers were the merest
boys in politics. Even Mr. Dorsheimer,
tho hero of yesterdays victory over the
soft-money men, can hardly claim forty
years.
Lust night the boys who carried Gov.
Tilden through were beside themselves
with Joy at the thought that the shrewd
politicians from New York aud other
States, and the machine managers from
New York city. who had combined
against Gov. Tilden, had met u common
aud overwhelming defeat. These young
politicians were by no means solely from
New York They had recruited u whole
band of workers from the Southern del
egatious, who did great service. When
success was achieved they could hardly
iind words in which to express their en-
thusiasm. They looked upon this vic
tory as the triumph of all the better
and some progressive elements OF the
party. and AS u great step forward IN Its
history. They thought the nomination
tho promise Of new future FOR the
country and the party.
One thing which has excited general
remark was their moderation and dis
cretion in their canvass. They made no
attack at any time on any other candi-
selves by every means in their power
against the representatives of the anti
rilden New Workers. the latter were
treated in the delegation meetings and
in the convention with the utmost fair
ness and courtesy. Their vote was an
nounced by Senator Herman along with
that of the unit vote OF the State, so that
they could not complain that the pres
ence of a hostile minority in the delega-
tion was concealed from the convention /;
and IL was only on the urgent and per-
sistent demand of the Tilden men
themselves that John Kelly could
get so much rs half a hear
ing. They showed equal discretion In
distributing the places Of honor. They
gave the temporary chairmanship to
Kentucky, and the permanent chair
manship to Illinois, aud the chairman
ship Of the Committee on Platform to
Virginia. the other places being distri-
buted in the same judicious way New
York taking nothing. Under the two
thirds rule there are necessarily fewer
disappointed and disheartened people
than where a bare majority secures the
prizes but the general satisfaction and
delight which prevailed last night was
due not only to this fact but the care,
with which Governor Tilden's friends
had avoided a personal fight against
any other candidate. The only men
who had much occasion to feel sore
were the friends Of Governor Hendricks,
who are now, however, more than re-
conciled, though the nomination which
reconciled them has dampened the en-
thusiasm Of many others.
1t has been remarked on all sides
since the nomination against what a
regular succession Of odds Gov. Tilden
has won. First, he antagonized the
Tammany and Canal rings; then alien
ated n number of men In his own party
not directly connected with those rings;
then drew on himself the hatred OF the
whole element Of the West; then be-
came estranged from the dictator OF the
party organization in the largest Demo-
cratic city in the State and country, and
then captured two-thirds Of the conven-
tion on the second ballot, in spite OF the
large and bitter opposition OF hundreds
OF Democrats from his own State, some
Of them men of conceded ability and
unquestioned standing and influence.
Tfldcn IA n HOrseman.