, 1879-08-05
FIELD AND TILDEN.

A Rupture Between tho Two-How TlIJnn
Broke Faith anl Sold Out Ills Elevated
stoek During Fleld's Alnonco Ia Eurnps.
hkn tork Star, Aug. l.
Some time before Cyrus ". Field sailed for
Europe an understanding bad existed between
the Directors OF thu Now York Elevated Rail-
roal that no stock OF that concern should be
put upon the market. A pool Of the stock was
tuads up among tho Directors, and It. waa uu.
derstood that iu all probability tie Btock would
be disposed Of In London At sonne advantageous
fgure,-saJ 500 share. This, II carried out,
would not only have been a very profitable
speculation, but would bave given the stock 4
very high standing In tlnaucia1 circles abroad,
and would give people cntirc confidence IN
the road and tn the value Of the shares
here rs we'll a. elsewhere, prcauming that the
English capitalists would bs sharp enough to
ascertain alt about the road and the amount IL
could afford 70 pay as dig!dends. This Was tho
Europe. Before hs departed meeting was
held at Mr.. Fields house, at which Sir. 'rlldcu
was present, and appropriated portion Of the
stock that he owned to be sold on the London
.uarket-about q, ,oo0, 600 in shares. Mr. Field
WAS selected to at tho agopt Of the Syndicate.
and on the day OF hiaueparture Mr. Tildcn went
to the steamer to bid him good-by. h. re-
malned With him until the vessel salad, talking
over matters In h!s Own peculiarly confidential
way Unit! aIl. Field became SO annoyed TINT he
told friend befose the yssse left the dock that
hc Was "very glad shr was about to sail, for II he
had to rcmain cvcn another houT he would hage
huw strong the DRUMS" said Mr. Field, laugh
tucIy, "tiey couldn't atand the continuous bug
z!ng Of Samuel J. Ttllcn."
Mr. Pteld hsd not been on &ea more than
fortT-elgbt hours before Mr, Tttlen violated tho
agreement that had becn maue between tie
Directors Of the Suw York Elevated Kai!road
Company IN relation to thu snlo Of the stock by
putting 81. .00o, 100 Worth on The market and sell
tue 1t outright. When Sir. Field arrived In Lon
don, not havlhE seen any Of the newspapers be-
tween Liverpool Anl the Capital, he visited one
OF tte beat known banking.ln,uscs aud prusent-
Cd hts pEojcrt fur the placing Of s., OH, ,00U OF
s.00 share as the figure required. Al tho sanlu
time lie employed the strongest and spundest
arguments TO show The sound vall!o Of tho sipc.;
aud It's excellent prospccts. y!aluLnE TINT It
would be soon one of tlu best railway invest.
ments In thr world, autl that there could be to
d0Mbt i. would always pay 10 psr cent, us,t pos-
kib!v even IS or ~ per cent. lie explained tllat
hu n'd his associates 10 'fsu Syndicate hall ahao-
luts soutrol Of the elevated ra'lr.'ad system in
New York County, and that no other culnpany
Gould 0rgaMtze or compete with them. To
tho gentlemen whom he, Waited hs
strengthened hts T. argument by describing
of tho proposrd continuation Of these roads
hayond tle Harlem River, and uto tho new ter
ris"ry., lhry ;ltteneA to tlia statement very
attsntiyoty. md freely approved tile e1Daua,In.
aud description given: Ills surprise nav 10
Imagined when, after finishing his explanation,
no waa met With the announcement ot ttle fact
thlt II these roads were 50 profitable, It wAs
very singular thry should cous 10 iondun to
sell atoek, and told hin. 10 Ills establishment.
sliAt Itlaen, who was late candidate for The
Presidency, md who was largely Interested iu
Ills conctrM. had sold sharct to lie extent Of u
1a9a 1n 'Ss1 o4 n sts ss' MI, NJ sS d.
strongly. substsntiatetl by !na evsdeace they
presented to ntm that sir. 'Flald found tlmsell
literally without an excuse for his associated
not understand +, a',a ihs ,only, exclamation ho
could offer was that Mr. 1tldtn'a political inter-
ests might hayo bccomc 10 pressing Is to foree
htni 10 thts unbnsncss.llke couTse. This Dir.
suspicion OF attempting 70 mE.tspIesent or ito
| an Intentional Wrung. 1ls said tlAlt prubab|y
'fidcn. in view .! the fact TINT hu hsDtrea ~
again le candidate lor the Presidency, nigbt
plans, md could not well walt until bis Mr..
Fields return.
bir. Field was 30 utterly chagrfnel aud dIs-
appointed that be could hardly conceal h!s feel.
given hls associates, aud Of thr special ipd!fn!ty
10 which hs himself had been subjected tle al.
| tended to s0tne other business Which he hau
sbroad, aud immediately thereafter returned to
New York, without being able to disEosc OF ona
| uollar's worth Of the stock of t!ls roaI
On ar. Fields arrival here. hIr. rt!aen, With
tint supercIIious regard Of huslnedt courtesy Tor
which ha IL tistuS ul4hed, made ho reference
whateyer to tbs course he had taken III jlapos-
,ng OF the stock nor haa he sncs gtTeu any ex-
plauatlon on Tie subject. II will ho readily
understood how alt. Flald regard. Mr. Tldcn'
s!uco this transaction and hat feeling he entar-
taius toward tle late Democratic Candidate Tor
the Presidency. In fact he nakes uo copceal-
Rlens Vi his views Oh ihe matter. liz las ayow.
cd 10 several acqua!ntances bis Intention ut
never agaiu opening bis lips to Mr. lldeu
Oh uuY business matter, or on any subject cou!