The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-30
TILI)EN.
~ur Tu.nEN ADVERTISING AGENCY.
n now Ir WORKS.
Tgldsn.s chances VI securing the Uenho-
cratic Nomination for the Presidency
In ISs0-His Claims Thereto.

tarosis, f,orreeuopdance Of the Denncrat.1
WAsHrEuTps, April ali, 1879,
s,,n,a a. 20 aro | obseryei In the DEMO-
apar IA article reprinted from an obscure
sa,,,raI IL paltlnere In advocacy OF the re
s..,r,inouon If the Hon. %Statnnel }. Tilden for
tha presidency In 1890. There was nothing
so,aa,n.hle about the article itself. On the
.,thpr hand. II belonged to q stereotyped CLASS
IN articles which are prepared by the yard or
NV the cwt.. according to contract, In what is
known hereabouts rs
,rrfE rILDEN ADVERTISING AGENCY
ar bureau. IL Ia doubtless we'll known IN
your section of the country that MI. Tilden
employs, among the numerous adjunets oil
his greatness, q young person with red hair
and Il facile pen, VI the name Of Andrews, to
write great American editorials by the piece
and then to procure their publication IL the
rural Democratic press at the regular
s.ates, or at such reduction tlierefrom as may
be arranged by driving hard bargains. Of
course the article printed III the DEMOCRAT
did not come under this head. II was not
,vtitten br Andrews nor did IL pass through
ana regular channel OF the Tilden Bureau Of
rhaep Advertising for the reason that the
ocp IL not rural, and hence does not
helopu 10 the class Of journals susceptible OF
u,,ch manlpulatlon. On the contrary. the ar-
dele lin question was specially commended TO
che consideration OF the editor " the DEMO-
UHAT by enclosure with a card over the we'll
known initials Of a statesman of this locality:
who. by the way, though at one time = man
Or great aud deserved consequence and infu-
enca. has latterly eome to be locked upon by
a younger generation. AZ, to say the least, q
trifie pdsse.
or course | refer to the honorable and VEN
cradle
MONTGOMERY BLAIR
Now. nothing could be farther from me than
n design to hurt the feelings Of itnpugn the
motives vi thia elderly aud highly respecta-
Bile gentleman. For me To entertain such q
deaIgn would be- the hasest ingratitude; be-
cause during the six years OF my career Ms a
Washington correspondent ! have had nc
better friend than Montgomery Blair. ]
therefore premise what ! am about 10 say
with the remark that there can he no doubt "
the perfect sincerity and entire earnestness
will, which this venerable and eminent gen
tleman holds and pfopagates the opinlonf
embraced HI hls card and In the article which
II, introduced. But, like the .balanre Of us
Mr.. Blair, being Humankind a. those vine
are we'll acquainted with the Blair family
need not le remined, re,g human ut that-5is
In thIs instance Mr.. Blair errs In three a.
~fectioils. ,
iHrat--As to the demand among Democratic
statesmen and voters In and out OF Congress
for the denomination OF his friend Mr.. Illden
S~euond-As 10 #
THE ~ExIaENGtBs or THE
which make his denomination a logical sin
guu non, and,
' Third AS to the measure OF self-humilia
ton which ~# @@@4
THE SOUTHERN pEbEaATtoN
should impose upon themselves BY way 9
penance for having allowed Hayes to b
cpunted inlW .1a@.
In short, and without following MI. Blai
Through the sinuosities Of his reasoning
IL may be said.
FirstArhat neither among the representa-
tive men of the Democracy here nor amont
its voters Mt large. go far as there Is any .relia
ble means If aarertaininK. fs there the slight
oct symptom of devotion To the personal for
tunes Ut Mr.. Tflden ur the least HiBn of q feel
ing thai the Democratic party js indebted IL
him lii the susn OF u denomination In 1880.
Secondhand there ia nothing IN the pre-
yajlina condition of parties. or III ths curren'
situation as I'D politics, which makes MI
ridden either by virtue " his character v
4 his nntecednnts the heir apparent OF the nom
nation In 1880; and
ird- That there Ia nothing In the history
Of the electoral count, either as recorded a
tho time IL was going on. or rs developed 2.
subsequent investigation, to show on tn.
part III the representative men OF the Soutl
any such tnrpitude In their relations with o
treatment of Mr.. Tilden az would involve TIN
awful penanee suggestedby Mr.. Blair by wa,
of the antcadc.
ators are concerned, | assume that my up
portunities for learning their sentiments pt
this subject are at least equal 70 those Or MI
Blair, and perhaps superior for that II man,
cases the knowledge of the fact that no wa
an active partisan of MIR. Filden, coupled witt
n natural Difference 30 hts years and hi
honers might cause many gentlemen To tai
to him with much ltss freedom than the
would feel IN talking to me, who am the pat
tisan of nobody and who have neither year
nor honois To be deferred to.
As am after Of course I have, In the ordinar,
discharge Of my duties az correspondent .
" the nEMoGRAf, frequent converse with TIL
puhiie men of our party upon oil sorts u
topics% connected Will, the management Of Til
organization and In these conversations
learn, sometimes incidentally and sometime
by direct inquiry, the views they enteItai
touching @4 o@@0
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES.
/ will not 40 into details OF names and inter
views. because 1t would take up too MUG
space and might, In some instances, at leasi
amount to misuse, III not abuse, OF eOnfidGnct
But will say that ! have made this mat
ter somewhat Of "A study during the last an
present sessions; that | have a list of 8
members Of the last House, OF whom CD AZ
members Of the present Congress-. with
Senators, all OF whom are In this Congress
among whom there IL not one whose flrs
choice is MIR. Tilden and u whom not aboy
one-haif could be induced 70 look upon his Y
nomination In any other light than that or
fatal calamity to the Democratic party. g
these 68 members Of the House 40 are froI
the South, including Missouri, and 81 fror
the North: while of the "a Senators 10 ar
Southern and6 Northern. @M@m
In fact. Ii Is IL common expression amOna
Southern men here that while the South wi
give her electoral vote to the nominee of tn
convention. whumsoever he may be, ther
would DC more difficulty In holding the part
together under the TIiden g~onfalon than III
der the banner Of any other candidate nol
prominently named. ] am aware that TIL
views Of members and Senators on a topic I
this kind are not necessarily an index Of tn
preferences Of the people whom they repre-
sent. la fact. il frequently hanpens that