The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-09-13
INTRIGUING FOR THEPREsI
DENCY.
iiiden Laying the Wires to Cap-
ture the Nomination in 1880.

Ne~ YORK Express.
Colonel Pe!ton resigned his Office n
! ne Elevated Railway Company ostensi.
''iDls ~ order 10 attend 10 his politica
'rdnlies. Every body knows what tha,
E enieans. lie was Tilden's Private Secre.
y gary While The latter was Governor O,
me ,iaie. lie was the aciiye manager
o' liluens campaign He wrofe tLe
letters. dictated the dispatches. and did
lhe dsnfgery for his uncle. He Wa
liiden's confidential clerk and factotun,
iufln4 The campaign, and afterwards
( until The Inauguration OF Hayes- MI.
withdrawal from business and finan.
eiai post 10 attend 10 -politicaI dnties-
Indicates that Tilden has already begnu
'hic'lse operations with view Of captur-
i"s ~. convention i'm 1850. And there
'are numerous signs OF renewed activity
N" Ahneh part for the purpose Of foist-
llng hiinsell OF the Democracy a. the
Ofeai " ronged, aud compelling them "a
make him their next standard bearer
" was ior this object that he tried 10 get
rohlrol u the party organization in this
~hie. ihree-quarters OF the Intriguing
Anu wire-pulling. and anti Democratic
performances OF Governor Robiusou
'ihu some of liis associates were ius pired
ios iiluen. and designed to give him ab-
.olute control over the party IN New
ork. We have protested avainsf ri.
"hvle proceeding A. un- Democratic IN
pohiic. detrimental 10 the public inter.
esi, dangerous. Tillen /, reporfe,l ~
i1Avin- once said, II may lose The Presi
isncy, bui will moi rattle for it, l. i'll
iny worse 10 get the Office by rafiIinol
tlian 10 ~ Il by intriguer II the De.l
lNoNracs spontaneously select him forl
their candidate IN 1880. well. But forI
ii'h 70 spend Two full years in workingl
NJ secret methods, and tie powerful IN. |
inences iirli and cunning and unscru.
f'"ivus ia~yer can employ and will no,l
'esi'aie % use, 10 saddle himself uponI
re party, whether il wants him or ~,
M ~ maze himself public enemy. Al
veil ~ = traitor 10 tile prinr;pIe. andI
p4ecef.eaits and aims Of the Demor,acv |
isie action OF Iilden and his hodv.j
N uard M naturally aroused a spirit of
opgositi "a aud rivalry. which ean haval
"y Ger tesuit than 10 precipitate The
''s'"oh'4n question on the counir,
'Mo srais ~ advance ot the election.
-AIv'1dy " y announced that the friends
o' At. thurman are taxing steps tol
o.4iis hiin forward as the next Demo-
sAAe candidate. They say. and with
seasvh' tnat sonieihlng must be done ioj
''e'.s' D-. s4lc secret movement Tilden III
'4iiAsnE ~ secure the nomination. Theyl
-'s' anu doubles have reason for saw
h=' tnat already Tilden's hands are teI,I-
~ tne wires. and his emissaries arel
'c1iScly at work 10 yet possession odt
rev spapcrs and local organizations and|
State machinery They contend thatIt
ne only way by which the Democracy =
'an protect themselves against Tildensl n
ycfel operations anL in,rt,ues /. ,nlo
'hscAniAse him ~ bringing forward M IL
4oicst and strongest and most ayailableI
nin they have a. the choice Of rhe ,,en. 10
Ne Tor TIE Presidency. o
Ahis reasoning j. plausible. II 4 q
'prA' manly, Democratic. Senator v
-AAf1nan y one Q. The ablest men IN the a
r1ty. rerhtp~ he represents its senti- Y
ivh's Today better than any other pub- a
N man. lie hes been nine wears ~ tIe U
'enal,, Ana "a "A thorough knowledye a
X pnysie business aud d large exnerieu.. a
Y A cviisluttuf affairs. lie Is % VASTLY lh
Iptfipr 70 iildcn as man than cam.
-i'ao" ueiween them would be almos,l..,,
i insult ~ iim. sill we questi n the
Fopriets or wisdom OF concentratiny y
Az sentiment and expectations Of The ~
'einocrAct on Mr. Thurman or any ~
.her man TWO whole years in advance q
ihe iinal nomination. No one cam
~ "hAL may occur la two eventual
eArs. No one can forecast the i-sue .
m VIII uiyidc tie country two years n
ehce. No One can now determine who
w ue Tie most suitable and av.;la hid "
Initiate % long 10 advance. II must y
remembered that the Dcmocraticsa -
I n has number OF able statesmen tol "
iect rom. Senator Bayard Il the neerI
senator Thurman, and commands The =
'sprct and confidence OF the people ~ ~ -
: almost unlimited extent. Ey-a.ovs ~
nor Hendricks il able. honorable .ndlSe, ',
'p"iar' Ex-senator Buckalew. Of I.
e'h-ylvanla' y one Of the ablesi public I.
en iii The United States. Ex-Goyernorls \.
arker. "a New Jersey. and Goyc,norl y
cCiellan are spoken OF with general
,rroval. General Hancock has ~. h,
irefS, and Ex-Governor Palmer, Of n. ,,'
nois' would be 4 strong candidate. n ~
ems certainly premature and pnw;sc =.
auemnt 20 concentrate public atten. .
,i On any single candidate IN yiew ~ -
7 great number OF able and worthy =, -
eh she democracy have 10 select rom.
ine punlic Interests require that thc
'tSiAchlia contest shall 10 kent n fo
IN ance, ~ least until tile season or Nm
'c'l"n arrives. Cur people do NAT -,
e by politics. The business sn,l ~. n.
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