The daily gazette., 1877-07-18

THINK IT POSSIBLE HE WILL BE A
CANDIDATE FOR SENATOR.
SEA GIRT, N. j. July 16.-Ex- Cover
nor Tilden and his nephew, Col. Pelton
with Mrs. Pelton, have been several weeks
at the Sea Girt House, but left this morr-
ing ior New York, Gov. Tilden, as some
time ago announced in the World, will
sail in the Cunard steamer Scythia, Wed
nesday. and is TO be accompanied bv
Secretary of State Bigelow. The trip is
purely for recreation, and the travellers
VIII not return until the middle of Octo-
Der. Mr.. Tilden, therefore, will be ab-
sent from the country and State during
what is expected to be the interesting
fall campaign. The fact that Mr.. Bige-
low is TO accompany him will perhaps
satisfy the politicians and set at rest the
question of his denomination as Secretary
of State. l have learned while here,
authoritatively. that Mr.. Bigelow is not
and will not be a candidate before the
approaching State Covention ofNew York
for denomination.
Mr.. Tilden is looking remarkably we'll
and declares himself to be very much i'm
proved IN health by his sojourn at this
trip has no connection whatever with any
business enterprise or railroad scheme, as
has been announced without authority in
some Of the papers. As to the events
which have happened since the Presiden-
tial election and the numerous wild ru-
mors circulated in reference to his
political Intentions, Mr.. Tilden talked
very freely. In regard to the Elec-
tOral Commission he said that he never
had any real confidence in the arbitration
of question where there was so much
at stake by body of that kind. That
settlement, he said. involved not only the
Presidency, but all the patronage and
power of the Federal Administration,
together with all the schemes, plans and
jobs connected with it. The Republican
party and the men who had managed it
IN the past were too anxious to retain the
Administration to yield any point in an
arbitration. The result of the Electoral
Commission, therefore, was what might
have been expected considering the power
and Influence brought to bear upon the
political majority ofthat BODY as finally
He Furthermore never liked the
scheme as matter of principle. believ-
ing that the true direction of Dem
ocratic appeal was not away from 369
representatives of the people toward
fifteen individuals, and still Ices from
fifteen indlv duals iowa d one to be
necessarily with large ele
ment Of chance, not TO say of trick and
device. He thought there should
raf ha I,a
309 representatives to the 5000, 900 of
voters through a new election. He
was distrustful of the secrecy, colerity,
and imprOvidence with which the ar
rangemeut was carried through and
into being. But the PROPOSE
ZION appealed 10 the hopes of the busi-
ness classes, which were anxious
above all things for settlement of
almost any kind. at almost any price,
and as presented by the unanimous
report of the Joint Committee, it be-
came the representative. of the public
desire for peace.
The events which are now attracting
so much public attention in New Or.
leans and the disclosures which, per-
haps. may follow, Mr.. TildeD seemed
10 consider only as the logical out
come of the revolutionary acts OF last
fall and winter. "In a government
like ouls," he said, .'such fraudulent
practices as were reported from New
Orleans last November sooner or later
must come to the light, and the guilty
parties with their practices must be
made known. 1t was so with the ring
frauds in New York; it has been the
case to a certain extent in Washington
and like result will follow in New
Orleans. 1t is against the natural
course of events that deeds of this
kind should ultimately fail of being
brought to light in all their enorml-
,ies." All this was said with philoso
phic calmness and without any heat
In regard to his own political future Mr..
Iilden has nothing 10 say except that he
not see any possible contingency which
lidcould induce him to b5 a cind da e lGr
or to seek an election 10 seat IN the United
States Senate. He fell oLIlrsly confident OF
The success of the Democratic party tnis fall
in all the large central States, and especially
% New York, by very large majority, 5e