The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-18
No MORE USE FOR TILDEN.
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SIGNIFICANT TALK BY PROMINENT
o SOUTHERN CONGREssMEN.
he was Elected once. Hut Hadn't the
Nerve to Detend His Rights.

washington Post Feb. Ia
S,9,ce the enforcement Of the rule excluding
NIL but members from the floor Of the House,
. news ant Hrrers have hard time Of it collect
ing ioforGnation in regard to the popular
branch" OF Congress. Fences across the cor
. tdoIs limit the field Of operations On the out,
side. and disconsolate reporters hang rolnd
otwo or three doors ind eagerly gather the bits
Of news that make their way through these
outlets. Standing ut one OF these doors on
Saturday, a reporter OF the Posf laid h9ln o,
Democratic members MS they appeared, ana
questioned them concerning the status Of
Samuel J. Tilden and the prospect OF his be-
ing chosen to head the party ticket in 1880 AS
The South seems to be relied upon 70 boost Mr
Tilden q second time into the Presidential
chair, members from that section were So
lected by the reporter. They were questioned, !.
in an offhand way, without any knowledge Of
their sentiments on the Great Defrauded, and
their answers speak Tor themselves.
Tho good-looking face Of Gen. Chalmers, Of
Mississippi, was the first to come within
speaking distance of the Post man, and when
asked to open his heart on "uncle Samuel,
the General replied in Ms ca ii style; :, -.
Mississippi Legislature, recently ! think
Hayes IL d fraud and Iilden a failure"
Then you think your, >, people will not sup
mo. Tousea common phrase, they wouldn't
touch him with n forty-foot pole. They
elected him once, and our people. believe he
could have taken his scat il he had acted like
81 man.
Cen Slemmons, of Arkansas, said very en-
rive don't want anything more to do with
Tilden. Our people are disgusted with him.,
a"Who are your people for, General T
,IlIrricd the roporter.l
"Well, it is hard to tell yet. But they're
not for Illden, that's certain. We don't want
any man from east Of the Alleghanies
Mr.. Whtthorne, Of Tennessee ..r,' en- route ~ TO
his committee room, said 1.-The people Oh my
district will not go for Tilden any more; and,
if know them, The people Of Tennessee will
not, either -,
"Have they any special objections to him?
yes: they don't think he stood up to them
before and they don't want anything more to
do with him.
could they be induced to support him in
another convention
IL don't believe they could"
Mr. Schecher of Texas. Is not o TildGn
man and about his district he said; Though
! have never heard the matter talked about
much don't think tho Texas people want
TiIden again
Mr. Wilson, Of West Virginia, didn't know
that his people had any personal objection to-
Tilden, but "they will notsupport him again,
he said.
Gen. Dibrel of Tennessee, expressed him
self: O
"Our people have no further use for T'ilden;
His conduct after he was elected satisfied
them that he is not the man they want"
"Wollld they support him again}'
"They wouldn't help nominate him again,
if that's what you mean"
Gen Clark. Of Missouri. stopped q few mo-
ments at the door, in his friendly way, and
when the Tilden subject was preached, he re-
marked:
"Tildcn can never be nominated by the
0DemOcrats again.
Missouri wouldn't be likely to support
him, then, Genernl2. a.
mot II am acquainted with her Democ-
racy. He beat us out OF one victory. and
that's enough
Mr.. Goode expressed the sentiment Of vir-
ginia In these sensible words:
himself Of IT, Our people think we can get q
better and stronger man next time. It's too
late now to right old wrongs"
Mn. Sinrletoh's idea OF the feeling in Mlsss-
sippl was given as follows: o
''rhe fact is they don't want anything more
to do with Tilden. They fought o brave fight |
for him and he didn't stand up, TO his rights,
and they don't want any more OF him.
Mr.. Bright, Of Tennessee, said II am con-
fident our people would not choose .Tilden
again. They are not pleased at the line OF
policy he adopted before, and there are other
objections to him, He is not with the people
old. He is out of the line of Presidential pro-
motion No, sir; Tilden will never be the
choice Of the people again"
! Mr.. Harris, of Virginia, said, as he passed
him once; he wouldn't take the office, and
that will do
Mr.. Cravcns of Arkansas, said "Our peo-
plo have had enough of Tilden. Wc.can got u
better man.
"Do you think they can be brought to send
= Tilden delegation to the next corH,ention ?"
mo, they cant; am certain Of that,
0Mr. Hartzell who represents the Southern
people Of Southern Illinois, said:
"1'ilden will never be renominated. He
stands no more chance than jeff Davis, and
he couldn't be elected If he we're nominated
again. The Democrats of Illinois couldn't
he whipped into supporting him agan."
Hon Proctor Knott expressed the opinion
that the tried and true democracy Of sold p,
Kentucky" will not lift up its voice for Tilden
again He thought the last canvass and
failure after the bait lie had been won
gave Kentucky all she wanted of 'l'ilden.
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