New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-06-19
TILDEN OUT OF TIE FIELD.

Democrats.
TILDEN OUT OF TIE FIELD.
A LETTER FROM HIM DECLINING TO DE cANDI-
DATE TO BE READ TONIGHT To THE NEW
YORK ACKNOWLEDGEMENT MYSTERY OBSERVED
THE AN1I-TILDFN MEN STILL INCREDULoCs-
RANDALL COMING FORWARD.
IBY TELEGRAPH To THE TRBUNEl
CINCINNATI, June 1S.-lhere is only one questlOn
to be heard here and that is burning one Is
Mr. Tilden candidate not y The replies to TINS
great conundrum as contradictory ana various
and amusing as the answers at civil service eXam-
inatiop, Intimate friends of Mr.. Tilden say in pr-
rate talk that they do not believe he Will be can
ddute and thev do not believe he has had any
such intention for months past Friends of Iiiden
lust as intimate will give the most positive
assurances that he is to be candidate that he will
be nominated, and that in any event 1t w"nIu he
The height of rashness to regard him as ont oil the
race The average Tlden man steadily declares
that he is for Tilden first last aud all the time and
vet when you ask any Of the best Informed lllden
men whether he is candidate, the chances are he
will decline to give direct answer, which
would be strange if there any probability
that Mr. Tilden would be candidate. The contra
dictiOns and mysteries of his extraordinary sltua-
tion do not end here 1t has been generally under
stood that Mr.. Tilden was inflexihy opposed to the
nomination of either Senator Bayard or Senator
Thurman because they were largely responsible 1or
the creation of the Electoral Commission and yetthc
one man who is peTsistently mentioned as llldens
second choice IN case he should decline to run Is
Henry B Payne. who was a prominent and active
member of the Congressional Committee which re-
ported the Electoral Commission bill and member
of the Commission also.
One explanatiOn and true one, of all this diver
sty of opinion respecting Tilden's plans is widely
known already 1t is that few even of Tilden's III
tmate friends if any of his friends can clam that
title know what bis plans are. 1t is probably
liberal estimate to say that half dozen OF the
Tilden Democrats on the ground know them'
Among these are Senator W. II. Barnum, William
l.. Scott, of Pennsylvania, and Smith NJ. Weed OF
New-York. The mass of the Tldeu men here arc as
ignorant of the policy of their leader as any out
slider.
Another explanation Of the diversity of opinion
was given By an ardent Tilden man to-day. This Is
curious and interesting, and is vOuched for by high
authority, 1t is. that Mr. Tidens intentions about
running have changed back and forth with the
state of his health. Let friend come to see hlm
on q day on which he was feeling badly and he
xvould find him determined not to run; his health
would not bear the strain of q canvass and Prcsi-
dential term The friend would leave firmly con-
vineed that Mr.. Tilden had no intention of being {
candidate, Let another friend come in on
another day when Mr.. Iildens nerves were
cooler and stronger and he would find him full OF
the idea of running and not prepared to contem-
Mate any other course. This friend would leave
fully convinced in his turn that the statesman OF
Granercy Park candidate for the Presidency
and In this way currents of utterly conflicting
stories have swept over the country and made
great clashing and splashing in the newspapers to
fhe complete be wderment of the public. Accord
ING TO this view it was largely Tilden's own natural
Vacillat,on and hesitation intensified by his physl-
cal weakness that have served puzzle and Dlslead
both his friends and the public.
TIE SUSPENSE ENDED.
There Is excellent authority, however. for saying
that the painful uncertainty now existing In the
Democratic party upon this question VIII soon De
removed. Unless present signs fail, MT. Illdehs
,osition will be made known in an explicit and au-
tborltative manner to the whole country probably
within the next twentyfour hours. THIS is at least
+hn nresent plan of the Tden managers 1t is sub
iect TO change Of course. Only those in the ulne-
Aiate confidence of Tildeu's representatives know
inst what the declaration will be- and they decline 10
piye any hint Senator Barnum utterly declines tosay
xrbetber Mr. Tilden will be candidate or not
Eeneral Faulkner, chairman of the Democratic
Ctate Committee Of New-York merely says pleas
antly that the Iiden men are all for lllden' ana
mcan TO stand by him. William Z. whitney says
.rhstautially the same thing. But declarations OF
mcntal reservations, only point to the probability
thotNr T;Iden is not candidate. When Democrat
40 q candidate his friends are nominally Wiling at
,ooot IN admit IT, instead of saying, as ex-senator
R.rnum did to-day, that lie would not tell II lie
did know aud that he should not talk ABOUT IT,
Then. "a was shown In these dispatches last night
.,o,o ara no external signs of Jilden canvass.
While some of his friends are still processing tha1
no ,s a candidate aud will be nominated there IS
no activity among them and none Oh Tue paraplle,
MALTA of n canvass. No clubs banners badges ana 4
s%a lilo are visible. Meanwhile the ar ls nilcu
with ruinOrs Of Tildens withdrawal anu tc Hc'nou
by which it is TO be accomplished
ASKING FOR THAT LITTER.
california delegate declares positively that Mr..
r;,don mas signed letter Withdrawing his name.
similar statements have been tcleGraphed from
Naw-York. and it has grown to be common joke
omopg Tildeu men to ask one another for look at
4ha, letter of withdrawal On this subject too, there
"a real ignorance among all but small Knot OF
1,den men. and those who may be supposed
.o have a knowledge Of such letter
.,tbcr deny its existence or evade all questioning.
Evasion of this kind only tends to strengthen the
ealing that there is such letter, Just rs the eva
,jon of questions concerning lide"s canuidacV
- tends 70 confirm the theory that he is not a
s;So.o Wy There is excellent reason for believing
GGst rir TiIden has written such letter. that
Lna1 ~ - has not reached CINCINNATI IT Is on Its
80 hifher and that 1t Will soon oe ih"oe pupiic'
THE OCCASION AT HAND.
Mapv have supposed that the letter, if there was
,'.oId NOT be disclosed until Mr.. Iiden's name
rrssented 10 the Convention, but it Is expected
That the letter will be read at the meeting OF
ths New-York delegation, which takes place to-
.oorrow evening 1t on open secret that resOIu
tion will be presented at that meeting putting III
denis name forward as CANDIDATE anu IL 10" low
believed that this will De CHOSEN - '"'