New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-12-24
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Rumors about the connection of the late
Claimant with the Maine iniquity CONTINUE to
multiply. The air is thick with them.
leading Democratic journal, which once de-
voted itself for many months to nursing the
old gentleman OF Gramercy Park, has lately
been limiting the most unpleasant charges OF
Mr.. Tilden's completely with Governor Garce-
Ion. and has given us to understand that the
contingent job was put mp in Cipher Alley,
where there has been for some weeks a sus
picious prevalence of whispering and lodging.
Mr.. Smith Nj. Weed has been seen in the
neighbcrhood; and it is perhaps an equally
significant circumstance that Mr.. TildeD him
self has not been much seen. but has remained
in stricter seclusion than usual.
Is it possible that Governor Garcelon has been
concerned with Colonel Pelton III new series
of "Gobble" dispatches The operation
which he has just performed IN Maine certainly
bears a strong resemblance tn the transaction
attempted in Oregon by Governor Grover. and
one might be pardoqed for cOnjecturing that
both devices proceeded from the same brain.
In Oregon as in Maine the popular majority
was decisive and undlsputed. In Oregon as IN
Maine, Democratic Governor undertook by a
scanda0us stretch OF power to set it aside on
technical pretexts, and give the State to the de-
feated party. The Governor of Oregon ar
ranged bis conspiracy by a Geographic CORE
spondence in cipher with Gramercy Park, and
Ill the details of the scheme were duly planned
in advance, through the help of Mr.. Tilden's
secret agents. The first suggestion came from
New-York; money to purchase accomplces
was sent from New-York; and several
tofD Gov
patched his celebrated cipher telegram
TO Mr.. Tilden, ." Heed scantiness cramp
"emerge peroration," ETC.. informing him in
strict confidence that he should issue certifi-
cate TO the defeated electOr, CTonin, and en-
able that person to organize himself as a bogus
electoral college. and select confederates TO
"fli vacancies" The parallel between the
establishment of the CrOnin college, consist
ing entirely of electors who had not been
elected, but who were put in by technicaiities.
and the creation of the Garcelon Legislature,
composed principally OF candidates who were
VIGOROUSLY defeated, is so close that the sus-
picion of a common origin for the two enter
prises becomes almost irresistible. The ifea
has not failed to occur to great many per-
sons that the object of the two schemes may
also be identical. Cronin was raised up for
the express purpose of making Mr.. Iilden
President; and there are certainly strong
reasons for suspecting that the Interior design
Of Governor Garcelon may he nothing less
than to disfranchise Maine IN the next Presi-
dental contest by a resolution of this frauda-
lent Legislature giving Mr.. Tilden the cleo
toral votes of the State.
1t seems to us that this would be good
time for serenade in Gramercy Park. The
weather is somewhat wet but not too inclem-
ent for speech from the doorsteps of No.
Is, and we should like to hear the master of
that establishment once again ask the young
men of the Democratic party to mark the
authors of the great fraud with the indigna-
" ton of a betrayed, wronged and sacrificed
"people." As he observed Oh a former occa-
sion, counting out " is greater crime against
mankind than the usIirpation of December
80, 1851. depicted by the illustrious pen of
"Yictor Hugo. The American people will
"neyer condOne it,-never never, never"