Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-08-19
ri TILDEN AND TAMMANY.

Some unpublished bwt Doubtful Reports
of the Recent Interyfew Bet,cee,, Springer
and Iiiden.
New York Special to Chicago Tribune.
The Tilden men of the Democratic State
committee have said all along that they
would have the State convention at Saratoga.
The Tammany members pronounced for
Syracuse. The Tildenites had clean ma
jority at Niagara Falls, yet, strangely
enough, themselves proposed holding the
convention at Syracuse, thus going over
without murmur to Tammanys ground.
This action indicates that Tilden sees that
he cannot afford to antagonize Tammany,
and is willing to sacrifice Robinson, and
make all necessary concessions.
Herald Washington special explains
why Tilden is anxious to harmonize his
party and leave nothing undone to carry
New York this fall.
It is whispered among Democratic poll
ticians here that Mr.. Springer, of Illinois, in
his apparently frank interview, adroitly oon-
cealed the most important part of the con-
ference between leading Western Democrats
and Tllden, of which Mr.. Springer was q
party. prominent Western Democrat sew
eral days ago told friend here, in confidence,
that the object of this conference of Western
men with Tilden was to say to him that, uu-
less he could in some way harmonize the
party in New York and carry that State this
fall, they who are. like Mr.. Springer, fri ndly
to Tilden's nomination next year, would be
compelled to drop him and take a Western
candidate. They explained to him that the
plan he privately put forth last spring, to
In0o Nav V.>~t1 hi fol -
year, would not answer. They told him
while they had no intention of Interfering
in New York politics, and thought
very we'll of Governor Robinson,
they were forced to declare un-
equivocally that if Tilden failed to carry his
State In the coming election that they would
compel him, In spite of their friendship, to
give up all idea of his nomination next year,
because the Democratic party could not af-
ford to risk its success by changing to can
didate who could not secure harmony and
success in his own State. If New York is
lost this fall, they said, it must be reckened
at least uncertain next year, and 1t would in
| that case be safer to take Western mar and
concentrate effort on the Western States. It
| would be easy to carry Ohio and Wisconsin
with Ewing, in case he is elected this year,
| Or Illinois with Judge, now Senator Davis,
| and unless Tilden could SO harmonic
| the Democratic factions in New
York as to carry that State
not by close majority of 5000 or A.
OOn, but by so large majority as wonld
make the State sure next year, he would
have to be counted out, and they would have
to take that ground publicly and before the
people about him.
1t was added that Tilden received this ad-
monition in silence; but the Western men
took care to communicate what they had
said to him in confidence to several of his
supporters in New York, upon whom it made
profound Impression. This report has
created deal of interest in Democratic cir
cles here, where Thurman, Ewing and Davis
have more friends than .rilden. It was said
by prominent Democrat to your cores
pondent that he thought Tllden would now
give up Gov. Robinson and take another can.
dldate, or perhaps allow Kelly to nominate
any man he may prefer.
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