New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-06-18
on STILL UTNT

DR.. George l.. Miller, of OMAHA. di~tin-
guishcd in politics MS an mcompromlSlng sup
porter of Mr.. Samuel j. 1ildn. has tccn talk
ing with good deal of frankncss about Mr..
Tildcn's claims upon the Democratic party.
"There is - strong frelingn says DR.. Miller
that Mr.. 1idcn cmbodics IA grievance. We
know that he was elected 10 the Presidency
sand cheated out of IT. In 1876 she Wrcotcd
" the country from the enemy =" and DR.. Miller
proceeds to inquire with IN air of engaging
simplicity what the aged statesman has done
since that time TO destroy his availability rs Il
candidate.
DR.. Miller is little too much. He is even
worse than the celebrated author Of the Ark and
Shcchinah Letter. for when that colossal docu-
mcnt appeared the operations of Moses in
Tallahassee had not been discovered, and there
was no reason to suppose that they ever would
be. But DR. Milcr's share in the fragrant com
plot has been conspicuous in tho keen bright
sunlight of publicity for several years and
when he complains Of Mr.. Tildrn's grievance,
when he prctcnds to believe that the Democrats
elected their ticket In 1876 and were cheated
III the count, the display OF lmpudcncc is almost
an atfr0nt to the American people, a few days
after tie election in November it was dis
covered at the Democratic headquarters in this
city that the case of MIR. Iidcn WAS desperate.
In that secret cOnclavc whirh appears to have
exercised all the authority Of the National En-
ccutivc Committee DUNG tnc post electoral
campaign, and of which Colonel PcltOn WAS the
actual director, is the visible representative of
IN inv isiDle sovereign, IT was determined to
send secret agents Immediately to buy can
vLSseIs or electors in Oregon, South Carolina.
Florida or Louisiana, wherever they could be-
had on the most favorable terms. DR.. George
l.. Miller was the person selected for the opera
tiOns in Oregon, and Colonel Pclton tcc-
glaphcd to him to proceed ut once to "wrcst
"thc country from the enemy" DIR. Miller had
another scheme in hand, which has never been
explained, and hc answered Colonel FELTON,
November 10; "Will send better man first
train, l:1j il. ILL.,, to Il telegraph Office"
The better man selected by DR.. Miller for tins
delicate mission WAS the notorious j. n. ii
Patrick; and as soon ~ he had been dis
patched, with a copy Of the Little Dictionary III
his pocket, DR.. Miller tclcgaphrd TO Prlton
again: "My going out of tie question. Man
gone with authority To open kilograms at
Salem. Trust me for outcome" And every
body knows what the outcome was. DR.. Miller
appears TO have been III communication with
Patrick during the corrupt negotiations of that
person at Portland lie cOucSp,ndcd with him
III ciphc" different from thai employed bY
PcltOn; and when PGltOn hcslated TO pay the
money demanded in advance, saying It could
be done if the "ObligatlOn were made con-
" tlngent on result in March, and incrcmabc
" slightly if necessary" Patrick applied to DR..
Miller to use his influence with Prll0n in push
ing tho thing through. The following dispatch
is partly in cipher: $40 d.. George l.. Miller,
" Omaha. Telegraph P,lton. mOr,irnt dispenSa-
" tim 40 ish;ng horrid UdbcSQue promptly.
" What news p" The words in italics sig
nifty, "mus do what | nsk" Miller immc-
dIatcIy sent this message to GIamcrcy Park
" DO Whatever our friend asks promptly. Ona
" still hunt i'll Nebraska, which you will hear
" from George l.. Miller"
II the Omaha gentleman did not know ut the
time what sort of II still hunt was going on in
Oregon under the management of his "bcttor
" man." (and we suspect that he did, no found
out all about it pretty soon afterwards. lie is
familiar with the details of that in
famous affair. 1t was not SO clear n case Of
" futile dalliance" as the larger enterprises in
South Carolina and Florida; for this part of
" tic pot to licll the Presidency and the Gov