The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-15
TILDEN'S MENTAL ALTERATION.

! The evidence is accommodating that the
! Democratic candidate for the Presiden-
/ cy is more and more manifestiy evineIng
signs of mental alteration. 1t is known
| that Horace Greely, under Presiden-
tial disappointment, man OF much
stronger intellect than Tilden gave way
to profound melancholy. and finally sank
to rest in a lunatic asylum. When 1T
was firs6 stated that Mr.. Greedy had be
come insane it was secuted as impossi-
! bic, because it was supposed that he was
n man of too strong q mind to succumb
to such grief. But the result proves
sally otherwise, and thousands drop a
tear over the lamentable fate of poor
Horace Greedy. Mr.. Tilden is an older
man than Greedy, counting five years
more upon the calender of time when
age tells upon the mind and the frame.
Mr.. Tilden's brain has been under
fearful strain during the last three
months, sufficiently so to destroy amuch
stronger mind. The morning after the
Presidential election he was so sure that
he was successful that he telegraphed
personally to the mayor of San Francis
co, 81 am elected President. But it
was soon found that he lacked one elec
toral vote; and he has been straining
every nerve and spending tens Of thou
sands of dollars to secure that single
vote.
One Cronln was purchased with his
money in Oregon, but the transaction is
SO disreputable, and so clearly traced
home to Tilden's door, that the Oregon
intrigue must have produced the sOrest
chagrin even in q man politically hard
ened as is Mr. Tilden. He is also
known to be very avaricious, and loves
money with a PASSIONATE greed but I'M
der political necessity he expends it
quite freely Very few doubt he has
drawn 81, 200, 900 from his pile since the
commencement of the Presidential Cam
paign, and the loss of SO much money
without securing the Presidency is alone
sufficient to break his mind. But lie
has also the further grief of now being
sued by the government for his fraudu
lently retained income tax. The United
States claims $3.50, 900. The suit is not
merely draft upon his pocket, but
personal disgrace, such as will be his
torically indellible.
During these wearing trials Mr. Til
den has unfortunately neither the con
ISOLATION of wife or child. His chief con-
ISOLATION appears to be in listening to the
statements of h1s numerous lawyers and
reading the frothy editorials of the Dem
ocratic journals which proclaim that he
is elected President of the United States
These would be satisfactory if the Elec-
tOral Commission sustained these edl-
torals. bat the points thus far decided,
though not conclusive, are calculated to
intensity Mr.. Tilden's mental anxiety,
and to rack him upon a bed of thorns.
Daylight will not be visible to him I'M
til the electoral count is finished, and
then it may be al darkness. Bearing
upon the facts in this extraordinary case
New York correspondent, whom the
Chicago Tribune pronounces to be es-
peciaily trustworthy and reliable, gives
the following startling revelations as to
the peculiar condition of Mr.. IIlden's
mind:
Look out for the news that Tilden is
going the same way that poor Greedy
did. The following was told me to-day
by gentleman not given to gossip or
exaggeration. He said that the Hon.
John r.. Mcpherson, thesSenator( )elect
fro2n New Jersey, accompanied by
friend, called upon Mr.. Tilden shortly
after McPherson's election Ga few days
ago. and were received by the "Claim-
mant" in a confused sort of way, and,
instead OF referring TO MT. MCPHERSON
election by the extraordinarily close vote
of one majority, CT to party matters in
New Jersey, he sat with unadjusted
trousers-lis brooches hanging loose
ly about him, with a book in hand,
talked for an hour in a distracted, vehe-
ment manner about Florida, Louisiana
and Oregon, -especially Florida, re
peating himself over and over again.
My informant further said that when
Senator McPher son got outside he said
to his companion, ''Tilden's mind is at
fected; he won't live year, whether he
gets into the White House or not
This form of mental operation is
known as monomania, and is not I'M
common at the present day among
strong minded men whose sympathies
are permitted to dwell to long upon q
particular subject Wisconsin.