Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-03-06
EEr. TiIden's Alleged Intentions.
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WASHINGTON Feb. 25.-The Star
this evening publishes what pur-
ports to be a summary of Mr.. Til
denis campaign intentions. As
usual in Mr.. TiIden's case, the in
formation is said to come from a
gentleman who knows another gen.
tleman whom Mr.. Tilden saw last
week. MIR. Tilden said emphati-
caIIy. from behind his hand, OF
course. that he was in the Presiden-
tial race, and felt confident that he
could reconcile the Democratic fac
ton in New York. This was before
the committee met. He believes
also that Gen. Grant will be the
Republican nominee (really y, but
that if the Democrats display wis
dom he can be defeated. Mr.. Til
den has not only a reasonable assur-
ance of his own nomination but has
even selected the tail of the ticket.
III Ohio is to have the second place,
he wants Judge Hoadley, of Gin
cinnati, or Mr.. II. b. Payne, OF
Cleveland; if Illinois. he wants ex-
Gov. John M. Palmer. In discuss
ing the claims of the other aspi-
rants Mr.. Tilden is reported to have
spoken with a good deal of feeling
against Gov. Hendricks, of Indiana.
He thinks that Hendricks acted
with treachery towards him, and
hence is not entitled to his graft
tude, He thinks it would be inn
polite to nominate Bayard because
the cry would be raised that he was
a Southern rebel, and with such a
shibboleth raised by the opposition,
and with Grant for the opposing
candidate, Bayard could not be
elected. As to Mr.. Thurman, Til
den is reported to have said that he
will never do because he has been
on both sides of the currency ques-
ton, and that if he, Tilden, had
any influence, he would insist that
the Democratic platform unequivo-
caIly and uncompromlslngly for
hard money"
The improbability that Mr.. Til
den would express himself so eX-
plicitly on any subject, even If he
had views to express, IS thought
here to be heightened into ludicrous-
ness by his alleged allusion to Sena-
tor Bayard's anti-war speech In
1861, particularly in view of the
anti-Union speeches he himself
made at the Albany Peace Conven-
ton in January, 1861, and of his
refusal to attend the meeting called
in New York on the fall of Fort
Sumter. Yet as previously indl-
Gated there is no doubt that Mr..
Tilden believes deIusivelY that he
can manipulate the convention IN
his favor; One of the methods he
will put in operation soon has leaked
out. He intends, there is reason to
believe. to have the Democratic
delegates from New England and
other hopelessly Republican States
instructed for him and the abolition
of the two-thirds rule and the adop-
ton of the majority rule to govern
nominations. This plan was con
cOcted after careful inquiry result
inc in positive information that the
strong Democratic States would OPP
pose his nomination through then
delegates. He believes, however
that, could the majority rule bt
adopted, the votes of the Republican
States would be enough, with those
he would get elsewhere, to place
his name at the head of the ticket
after which events would so shape
themselves that the entire party
would fall into line and supper
him at the polls. Mr.. Tilden haC
this in view when, at st. Louis, thu
resolution was adopted by which
delegates to the next convention
were to be instructed with referenc,
to the proposed change in the two
thirds rule. The scheme will b.
recognized as characteristic of Mr.
Tilden, and, whatever merit /
might otherwise have, his connec
ton with it seems already to hav'
had the effect of enlisting stronl
doubts of it's expediency, which
must develop, as the motives for it
advocacy become generally known
into overwhelming opposition.