New-York tribune., 1878-10-24
TLLnENrS TOTRLNTS.


derstood to have reduced the management of
personally conducted tours" to an exact and
economical system. Under their guidance
thousands of unenlightened travellers sct
forth every season for the distant quarters
of the earth, free from responsibility as to
where they must halt, and what they must
admire. The "personal conductor" maps out
their route, selects their hotels, orders their
dinner, informs their aesthetic taste, and
leaves them no care except to pay the con-
tract price per head Is it not probable that
Mr.. Tilden had been reading the alluring
advertisements of this eminent firm when he
organized the expedition sent out from Gram
ercy Park to Columbia, and Tallahassee,
and New-Oreans, and Salem, in the
month of November 1876 1t was
not necessary that he should lead the
caravan; because the electric telegraph,
reaching TO every corner of the United States,
enabled him to sit in his study and thence
guide the wanderings of his agents, watch
their negotiations and instantly ratify or annul
their bargains. He could personally conduct"
their tours without stirring from his house. And
it admits of no question that some member of
the firm of Tilden g. Co. did in fact direct
None of the travellers ventured upon a single
important step or concluded a single agreement
without telegraphing to New-1ork for the
instructions of the conductor.
The personally conducted tOur' of Messrs.
Marble, Woollcy and Coyle in Florida began
about the 18th of November. when Mr..
Coyle, who had kept the New-Iork Office
advised of his progress all along the
coast, reported his arrival at jacksonville,
with the promise to telegraph fully every
"day." He kept his word, as indeed the New
York Office was never tired of exhOrtin2 him
to do "Advise frequently and be prompt"
telegraphed " II. H." from this city on the
14th Report requirements" said @ H." on
the 18th. "Give me tonight full particulars
land instructions" demanded the writer OF
the Raleigh telegram which Mr.. Coyle timidly
disavows And as 1t was with Coyle, so was
it with Marble and Woolley. IN. tele-
graphed what was being DONE" said Coyle
"Shall l not nng fire-bell in night n asked
the tremendous Marble. Shall stay through
"the storm ?" inquired WoOlley. Advise
fully was the command that came daily
over the wires from the North. "You are
"impcrilmg results here" telegraphed Marble
Councils advise that you find one per-
"son to trust and then trust him for
"at least one calendar weeks "Ifs
ono relef," continues the same negotiator-
on-stilts. day later, " that you assume re-
sponsibiity for difficulties Wo0lley makes.r
Stop Moses from making propositions TO the
enemy" cries WOolley in his turn. "Selcct
some one in whom you have more confidence
" than You have in me-" remarked the same
lively man of business in huff when the
"personal conducting" became iIksome. AT
the crisis of the enterprise, every bid was re-
ferrcd to New-YOrk for approval "Have just
" received proposition to hand over decision
/" and certificate for 100000 " reported Mar
bic to PeltOn and the answer came back:
" Proposition too high" Will you deposit half
" of a hundred thousand dollars 2" asked Wool
ley. "May WOoley give hundred thousand dol
lars, less half 2" "Will you pay" inquired
Marble Of PetOn. "half hundred best United
Estates documents ~ And it was because
nothing could be done without sanction from
headquarters, because at this supreme moment
tbe distant manager of the enterprise insisted
upon personally conducting" all the details.
because the kilograms conveying the formal
assent, "PrOpOsiton accepted If done only
"once," was mutilated i'll transmission, and
when it had been at last repeated correctly
the "power was received too late" that the
"propositIon failed" and Marble, in very low
spirits, sent word TO Pelton, "Tell Tilden to
SADDLE Blackstone"
The tour Of Mr.. Smith NJ. Weed in South
Carolina was likewise directed by wire from
Gramercy Park. He had no sooner reached
Columbia than he telegraphed. "Am here; if
ga few dollars can be placed in the Return
"ing Board, what say your and the same
day he asked, eff Returning Board can be
"procured absolutely, viii you deposit $780,
"O00s" Every step in the affair was duly