Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1879-11-20
CIPHER Sammy.

Ever since the election In New York the
Democratic papers. notably those OF the
South sud West, have been constantly
proclaimiGg the death of Mr.. Tilden. IL
really looks as ;hou.h they were glad Of
! IL and felt sense OF relief. over the fall Of
the poor old man. New candidates hav,
been brought out and their claims ON Il c
party urged just as though. now that I'll
den is dead. nothing stood In the way OF
success OF any one of them. Against this
unseemly haste In dlsposing of Mr.. Tilden.
the Tribune protests and offers some wise
suggestions 10 the party. II says:
at does not look well to fire out the re-
mains IN this abrupt and sudden fashion.
and we submit that funeral procession on
dead run TO the cemetery j. very un-
seemly spectacle. Ii Is especially So when
there Is reasonable doubt whether the r.
mains are anywhere near a. dead as the
rest OF the procession IL would be well
for the managers To take the fact into serl-
Gus consideration that there is an extreme
liability on the part of the deceased 10 rise
mp on the edge OF the grave and say ''Thi.
looks too much like coudoning fraud The
remainder OF these solemnities will be
postponed until that question is settled"
OF course we do not undertake 10 say pos
lively that there's any breath left In IN.
body OF the late Mr.. Tilden We only take
lesve To interrupt the services Tor q single
moment with the remark that several of
his friends insist that it i too early 10 bury
him. They say that julius CTsar i yer,
much deader than he IL. and that IL IsH't
any two To one that he won't De- the next
Democratic candidate for the Presidency
They recall with much pcriineucy the f.ct
that the gentlemen who are so eaergctically
sealing him up hermeticaliy IN terra Gotta
casAet have tried the same thing once or
twice before. notably when he refused TO
take the White House by force. aud when he
seemed to be smothervd by ciphers: but
they say he came UP smiling alter each
funeral and that you never can count on
Uncle Sammy's being dead Just because he
i cold aud clAmmy. They are willing 10
admit tina, he does seem 8 little further
gone this time than ever before, bat he has
come out Of the same comaiose condition
- many times that they are quite hopeful,
OF him yet.
He msy not be nornlnated for the Prcs.
dency, they say; Il Is not impossible that
50 far as that j. concerned be j. dead but
ole thing. aud that ! tha,-as sam Cox
said about the Speskership. when he
thought he was running for lt-il he does
not get the nomination himself he can
name the candidate. In other words. they
believe that. even though the old man J.
politically dead himself. the Democratic
candidate Will be like the hymn given out
ai western funeral, which the minister
said. with a jerk OF his thumb toward the
colin was selected by the corpse They
may be right about 1t. Aud to this view
OF II. a. well a. In Difference 10 custom aud
the usages OF civilized life, X would seem
TO be wei. for the gentlemen who are seal.
irg mp Uncle sammy on a keen Jump, ani
burying him by much more rapid transit
than that he made million dollars cut OF.
10 20 slow with the remains. He Will
have the New York delegation 10 the next
Convention sure. Better not seal him up
too suddenly.