Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-15
DEMocRArIC CYPHHR TELE-
GRAMS.

"Tilden and reform" was the phrase en-.
grated into the democratic decalogue for
the campaign Of 1876, and upon the pur-
por, Of those three words the battle against
republicauism was waged. They headed
the tickets which democrats wished the
people to vote, upon them the changes
were rung by democratic orators. and here
in Yankton the democratic banner stretch
ed across Third street for two long months
spoke to the public eye the mute legend,
"Tilden and reform" By terrorism, by
conspiracies in which Satanic ooqpsels
ruled. and by frauds enforced d the muzsle
of the shot gun and rifle, democratic *sre-
form" almost succeeded In placing 10 the
executive chair q mar so corrupt that his
own party now casts him aside and dis
owns its old time fealty. 1t 10 not because
of Mr.. Tilden venality that theparty which
once paraded him as the embodiment Of
honor and honesty now deserts him. 1t is
because the fact has been so c0nclusively
proven that there is no opportunity to long
or dodge the issue and the easiest way out
of the difficulty is for his co~-conspirators
to wash their hands of the whole business
and erect a new party idol about which less
is known. Tilden and his works have
lived too long for the good of himself and
his party. Had he and his schemes Of vii
liany been swept from the face Of the
earth before the New York Tribune made
its last grand expose the ''party of purity
would have less to regret. But journals
tic enterprise has opened up the damning
secret to the world and the reformers of
'76 stand self convicted of an attempt to
buy with money the presidential seat
which their arguments and their rifles fail
cd to procure them. The mass Of CIPHER
kilograms which passed between Tilden
and the democratic leaders and agents in
the various disputed states, during the days
when it was uncertain what the result of
the presidential election would finally be,
have fallen into the hands of the Tribune
managers. These CIPHER kilograms were
placed in the hands of experts. and gra3-
ually their hidden meaning has been dis.
covered and their translation is now placed
before the world in ineligible print. The
processes by which this result was attained
were long and laborious, but the skill and
patience Of the men intrusted with the
work finally triumphed-the hidden key
vas found and a plain record Of democrat
ic infamv is drawn from the jumbled mass
Of apparently meaningless words employed
by the consp!rators as q means Of tele-
graphic communication. The kilograms
contains clear and concise directions re.
garding the purchase of electoral votes and
of members Of thereturning boards, to the
end that Tilden might be declared presi.
dent instead Of Hayes. A democratic con-
gress has never cared to investigate these
acts and has invariably drawn away from
the subject whenever it has been brought
forward by the republican minority. I,
has been left for a public journal to un-
earth the damning plot and the New Yori
Tribune has performed its work so com
pletely that there is nothing left for thu
democratic party to do but give . silent ad
mission of its great guilt. Tilden was it
candidate because Of his wealth. By
the use Of his money he was to achieve vic
tory for his party. He tried it and failed
and on the heels of that failure comes ex
posure and disgrace. This Is the record o
the great "reform party" of 1876.