San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1879-11-22

A representative of The -NsW Yorl
Sun . tey days after the rslesiVp ip
teryievee paytioular freud of Coz
Robinson on the political situatiop
He found him somewhat Surpfisets :
the iesult Of the election; which ikow
ever. be attributed mainly tol tAs fac
that there vas not = full DEMOCRAT
vote, full 100000 he thought havinI
stayed away from the polls. We COP!
the main portion Of the report:
'Whst efSSOs-win Rsylason's ;ds4Ss
have on the Presidential election?'
4 should say 1t would have . mos
damaging effect on the prospects O
Democratic success. / can see no way
out OF the present dilemma. Mr.. Kel,
ly has proved himself strong enough L
ruin the party if he is not permitted
to rule it. Our Presidential candi
date must be acceptable to him, or he
will repeat his performance Of thil
year. But q candidate acceptable 10
Mr. Kelly may, on that very account,
be obnoxious TO other Democratic in
New York. Bolts are very apt to be.
get bolts. There is danger ahead
Will Mr., Tilden be q candidate for
President?'
I know nothing about Mr.. Tilden's
aims or wishes, but ii l were in bis
place I would not accept o nomination
under any circumstances There are
q great many men who think the Dem.
ocratic party would be q great deal
stronger under some other leadership
than his. This is good time to test
the truth of that proposition. The
party was not burdened with an ex.
cess of strength in this State when
Mr.. Tilden took hold OF the ropes 10
1874. He was not nominated for Gov.
ernor because the prospects Of success
we're deemed Aattering, and it was
thought right to reward him for long
and faithful service. He was nolnina
ted at time when the reelection Of
Dix was looked upon almost as q fore.
gone conclusion, He was given a
chance to lead forlorn hope; aud he
led it to victory. He carried the State.
aside from the city of New York, by
5000 majority, and overoame the Re-
publicans in their own strorgholds,
When he went to Albany he did not
try to build up his own strength, but
to pull down the strength Of the corr
ruptionists who had intrenchGd them
.oni,sac l. Al r:k.J~1, II .S.-... A u
ness on the Canal Ring. Fortunately
for the State, that attack proved sue.
cessful. The men who had 6lched
millions from the taxpayers found the
doors of the Treasury closed against
them. Tammany applauded him in
this work, but the moment he refused
to render menial service to Mr.. Kelly
that bold chieftain turned against b16nnl
and demanded his ses|RR 81 which it
formed E p:lvaIk aa delight, and the two
Civilizations went to st. Louis 70 de-
feat Mr.. Tilden's nomination tor Prcsi'
dent.
but, in the meantime. q very strong
feeling had sprung up in the country
that he was the man for the occasion.
The people wanted to see the warfare
against official corruption which ne
had waged so successfully in Albany
carried on in Washington. Few OF
the leading men on either side took
kindly to this suggestion, and wnen
they found what an overwhelming de'
mand there was tor his nomination,
thew were inclined to attribute that
demand to sinister causes. Old poll
t;cians who had been working all their
lives TO create little enthusiasm for
themselves, and who had all the
wealth Of the subsidy seekers to back
them, had the audacity to assert that
MIR. Tilden, by sending his agents
through the country and distributing
money. had made himself an irresist-
;ble candidate for President. They
could not understand q truth that was
apparent to every unpreiudiced mind
that Mr.. Tilden was preferred to them
because he had given proof that ne
knew how to root out corruption ana
reform government abuses. He was
ta,rlv elected to the highest office 10
the sift of the people. de was de
priyed Of that Office through no iauli
of his own. Ii his advice had peen
followed, the conspiracy would have
failed. But the weak. .kneed Demo
crafts fell easily into the trap OF th'
unconstitutional Electoral Commission
scheme. and when they were beaten
eight to seven, they fell to abusing Mr.
Tilden, who told them at the star
that he would not consent to rathle fo'
the Presidency. They profess to won
der now why be did not go up on th'
s,eps Of the Capitol and proclaim tha
he had been elected-which woui'
have been . very foolish proceeding
They made 1t impossible for him u
act by accepting n cowsrdly compro
m;se through which Congress surren
dered its constitutional powers to a.
unconstitutional commission. IL
we'll 10 remember that there was
sreat commotiou 10 Washington whe
, T;lden was elected. Several incendl
.rv fires occurred 10 the department
in which nothipk but papers we're d
stroyed. aud other fires would hay
6 foilored IL he bad taken bis seat. !
Wr Tilden had entered on his duti.
,s President he would have vrousl
e out certsin rrcat reforms in public !.
$ fsirs. But all that be did 10 TO
s,.te viii be uBjone within the oe'
three yesrs. With such an experien'