Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-06-21
declared intention to go home and beat the
TILDEN.
IS BE OUT OR IN.

their papers stating positively that Tilden had
| placed letter of withdrawal in the hands of
his friends, and that it would be read to the
| New York delegation last night. Friends of
| Tilden here, say with equal positiveness and on
| closer authority, that he has done nothing OF
| the kind, and that if letter is being shown
| it is only a trick to draw away and deceive
| Tilden' sssupporters, or non-comm1ttal let
| ter calculated to draw out the sentiments OF
delegates not already sounded. The whole
| Maine delegation visited the old man at
| Gramarcy park last Wednesday night and went
| west satisfied. Whatever the still hunt game
may be it is certain Tilden will only withdraw
when he is beaten out of the field. His friends
here have no doubt that he will control the
convention by decided majority, so that If he
does not get the nomination himself he can
dictate it.
Western Associated Press.l
CINCINNATI, June 20 2O.-Beautiful day, not too
warm for comfort and delegates aud visitors
not engaged in the business of the
convention have visited the attractive
suburbs and swarmed on all the hill tops.
Last night most delightful reception was
given
THE OHIo DELEGATION
by residents of the city. speeches were made
by Thos. Cook, j. 81. Pendleton, VIM. s. Gros-
beck, John McSweeny, John W. Stevenson and
Richard Smith. To-day the Ohio delegation
held two meetings, ct both of which great
enthusiasm was manifested for Thurman and
it was resolved to stand firm. 1t was stated
that Jewett's candidacy was not to be con-
sidered So long as Thurman was in the field.
Much bitterness Yves expressed toward the
supporters of Payne. Tonight meeting was
held at the Grand hotel and was organized by
choosing Daniel Manning chairman and 6. B.
Halliday secretary. Wm. Peckham read the
following:
LETTER FROM s. j. TILDEN.
New YORK, June 20.-To the delegates from
tho State of New York, TO the Democratic Ma
tional Convention: Your first assembly is an
occasion in which it is proper for me to state
to you my relation to the nomination for the
Presidency. which you and your associates are
commissioned to make in behalf of
the Democratic party of the United
States. Having passed my early years
in an atmosphere filled with the traditions of
the time which secured our national independ-
ance and of the struggles which made our con-
tinental system government for the people,
by the people, learned to idolize the institu-
tions of my country and was educated to be-
lieve it the duty of citizen of the republic to
take his fair allotment of care and trouble In
public affairs. I fulfilled that duty to the
best of my ability for forty years as a private
citizen. Although during all my life
giving at least "a much thought
to public affairs as to all other
objects, have never accepted official service,
except for Grief period for special purpose,
and only when t he occasion seemed to require
of me that sacrifice of private preference to
public interests. My life has been substan-
TALLY that of a private citizen. Ii was, L pre-
sumo, the success of efforts in which as pri-
vate citizen l had shared to overthrow a cor
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our metropolis, and to purify the Judiciary,
which had become its tool that
induced the Democracy of the State in 1874 to
nominate me for Governor. This was done in
spite Of the protests of a minority, that the
part had borne in those reforms had created
an antagonism fatal to me II candidate. L
felt constrained to accept the nomination as
the most certain means of putting the power
of the gubernatorial Office on the eide OF reform
of removing the impression, whenever it
prevailed, that the faithful discharge
of ones duty citizen is fatal
30 his usefulness pubic servant.
The breaking up of the canal ring, the
better management of our public works, the
large reduction Of taxes and other reforms ac-
complished during my administration, doubt
less occasioned my nomination for the Presi-
dency by the Democracy of the union, in the
hope that similar processes would be applied to
the federal government From the RESPONSE
bilities of such an undertaking, appalling as it
seemed to me, did not feel at liberty to shrink.
In the canvass which ensued the Democratic
party represented reform in the administration
of the federal government, and restoration
of our complex political system to the pure
ideas of its founders. Upon these issues the
people of the United States, by majority of
more than a qnarter of a million. chose ma
ority of the electors to cast their votes for the
Democratic candidates for President and Vice
III
to gay l was nominated and elected
to the Presidency, absolutely free from
any engagement in respect to the exercise of
its powers or the disposal OF its patronage.
Through the whole period OF my relation to
the Presidency did everything in my power to
elevate and nothing to lower the moral stand
ard in the competition of parties. By what
nefarious means the basis for a false count
was laid in several of the States need not re-
cite. These are now matters of history, about
which whatever diversity of opinion
may have existed in either of the great parties
of the country at the time of their consumma-
ton, has practically disappeared. l refused to
ransom from the returning boards of Southern
States the documentary evidence, by the sup
preston of which and by the substitution of
fraudulent and forged papers, pretext was
made for the preparation of false count.
The constitutional duty of the two houses of
Congress to count the electoral vote as cast and
to give effect to the>will of the people as ex-
pressed by their suffrages was never fulfilled.
An electoral commission for the existence of
which have no responsibility, was formed
and to it the two houses of Congress abdicated
their dnty to make the count by law enacting
that the count of the commission should
stand as final unless Overruled by the concur
rent action of the two houses. Its
false count was not overruled, owing to the
completely of Republican Senate with the
Republican majority of the committees con-
trolled by its Republican majority of eight to
seven. The electoral commission counted out
the men elected by the people, and counted in
the mea not elected by the people. A subver-
sion of the election created new issue for de-
cision of the people of sthe United States, tran
sccnding in importance all questions of
administratio n. 1t involves the vital
principle of self government through elections
by the people. The immense growth of the
means of corrupt influence over the ballot box,
which is at the disposal of the party having
possession of the executive Administration, had
already become present evil, and a great
danger, tending to make elections irresponsive
to public opinion, pering the power of the
people to change their rulers, and enabling the
men holding the machinery of the government
to continue and perpetuate their power. It
was my opinion in 1876 that the opposition
attempting to change the administration need
ed to include at least two-thirds of the
voters at the opening of the canvass, in order
to obtain a majority at the election. If after
such obstacles had been overcome and ma
jority of the people had voted to change the
administration of their government, the men