Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-03-20
EAEDES.
An Interview with DOrshefmeF-WhRt
the Old Man ~ Ould have OOne-
The Literary Bureau that
was Run by FELTON,.

Gath in the Cincinnati Enquirer: Hav-
ing few words with General Doreheimer, l
put the question 10 him:
Suppose Tilden had been inaugurated,
what kind of President would he have
made?"
81 think he would have cleaned out those
departments at Washington. He has con-
siderable aptitude for Messing into accounts
and turning OF figures. He would have dis
appointed his party, aud this dlatory system,
which has become habitual with him, would
have weakened his administration.
Would his propensity to accumulate
money have stOpped?"
q never saw mucn passion for money IN
Tlden. | am disposed to think that his sue
cess II finances has been an accident of his
career rather than the main object"
"Was Mr.. Pelton very close to TilGen dur
ing his governorship a0d last pursuit of the
Presidency"
Yes. Iilden once said to me that the
only man who never made a mistake was
Pelton. Some Of the rest Of US did not place
much value on little things and talked about
them. Tilden SAID that Pelton kept every
secret"
Apropos of this l may say that Pelton is
again supported by Governor Tilden and lives
at the Gllscy house, where he is running the
next campaign. AS it was stated to me at
Albany the literary bureau is again in opera
literary bureau as | learned it from group
of Democrats.
There was in Washington, in 1885, an old
newspaper factotum by the name of Hans
com. He had lost his grip on the larger
newspapers aud had organized sort OF
small bureau for correspondence, furnishing
weekly letter to several hundred newspapers
.hroug hout the Union for a mere pittance.
He took into his employ a man named An
drews, the son of Stephen Pearl Andrews,
once the accompice of Woodruff and Clat-
lin, and employed Andrews to help him at his
labor. Peton was informed of the existence
of this bureau, and told that he could wiring
IN his uncle's prominence and claims every
week and have the same printed IN two or
three hundred or thousand newspapers.
Peiton forthwith annexed Andrews, and the
system was begun, of advertising Mr.. Ill
| den up and down the length of the country.
| In course Of time Hansc1m conceived that he
| had been lily dealt with, and proposed to ex-
| pose Pelton and Andrews. Pelton went to
| Washington to quiet their differences. Very
| recently Andrews was dispatched to Wash
lngton again, and Pelton, from the Gilsey
| house, directs the literary bureau toward
| the second great achievement of working up
| Mr.. Tilden for President. Mr.. Pelton, rs
| understood, has no occupation but waitln 2
On his uncle. Mr.. Tilden kept two secreta-
ries at Albany, one called the military secre-
tary," the other the ''official secretary, with
| salaries of about three thousand dollars
| apiece. He gave Pelton two thousand dollars
more out of his own pocket and made him
| the steward of his household, to buy every
| thing and pay the bills. In that condition
| Mr.. Pelton married one of his connections.
| The only person besides to whom MIR. Tilden
gave much of his confidence, was certain
Joe House, said to have been some kild of
} creature about one of our legations in Europe,
! but noted in Albany for never opening his
mouth.
There is no Hayes party at Albany. Conk-
/ ling Is regarded as the Republican leader of
4 New York, but very little conversation is
| heard about him, and number of the men,
bers look with disfavor on his increasing
| sourness of temper end small aggresslveness.
Fenton Is considered to have lost his chances
when he went out of the State last spring
and absented himself so long. l understood
that large number of the more acrid Re-
publicans, who long looked askant on Grant
and gave Tilden their support, are now re-
| PEELED from 1iden. Thurman seemed to
have some support at Albany, but Bayard
| the most. One gentleman said to me:
"At our last convention, when the delega-
ton was instructed for Iiiden, it was with
the greatest difficulty that an outbreak and
| protest were prevented. 1t will be impossible
| TO prevent them the next time. The elements
| against him are exceedingly bitter, and will
not allow the next delegation to depart with
| out loud howl"