Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-06-11
Why Tilden Should be Selected.

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York Democratic papers which be-
lieves that Mr.. Tilden ought to be
nominated at Cincinnati, and it give.
these reasons:
First-Mr. Tilden was fairly
and honestly elected in 1876. The
} party that supported him has de
clared at every State Convention
since then that Mr.. Hayes was in
stalled into the Presidency by fraud
by a bold and fragrant outrage of the
peoples rights, by the leaders of the
Republican party ignoring and tramp
ling upon the dearest privilege aud
surest safeguard of freemen II the
right of suffrage. Putting aside all
consideration Of any personal claim
which Mr.. Tilden may be supposed
to have upon the party and upon
the people, it must be clear that the
Democratic party owes it not only
to itself, but to the dignity of the
elective system, in which good men
of all parties have an absorbing in
terest, that firm and unequivocal
protest against the fraud Of 1876,
and the rank partisan tyranny and
prostitution of sacred trusts which
followed in the early months of 1877,
shall be made prominent plank in
the platform. Can this be consist
emily and effectively done if the i'm
mediate victim of that fraud and
tyranny-for Mr.. Tilden as Presi.
dent-elect was the accredited rep
resentative of six-tenths of the peo-
pie of the United States-is set aside
without the most grave and over
mastering reasons for so doing?
Second-Do such reasons exist Z?
It is absurd to say that the judg-
ments and will of nine-tenths of the
Democrats of this State should yield
to john Kelly and his following; it
is still more absurd to hold that the
will and Judgment of the Democratic
party throughout the thirty-eight
States should yield to q faction of
boilers lurking under the skirts OF
the Republican party. Has the
great party that Jefferson founded,
and that still applauds the pluck of
|Asee |ss,tl laeAUrys, became 80 craven That
it will be driven from the path Of
duty and honor through fear of de-
feot? Is it to be frightened by the
growing of pack of tricksters whom
Tilden defeated in 1874 and again in
1876? Must everything be Welded
to sham and temporary peace and
harmony?' We don't want peace
and harmony at such price. We
want right, and party honor and
dignity. If we cannot maintain
them we would better be defeated in
our own struggle to preserve them.
For the party is menacel with a
bolt by the same faction that sold
out this State to our political enemies
last Fall, and if it yield now it will
be required to submit to dictation at
every election. Such proposition,
so utterly destructive of party or
ganization, is not to be entertained
for a moment. The opposition to
Mr.. Tilden can not be placed on
high moral grounds. That :niser-
able attempt has repeatedly failed.
The talk about cipher dispatches
and revenue frauds and other like
libels aas no foundation in fact; and
suspicion, if it ever existed, has been
laid at rest in the mind of every in
tGllig mt person by sworn evidence
and the forced admission of oppo-
nents. Mr.. Tilden is not so insignif-
cant person that his acts can be
concealed. For six years and up
ward he has been the target OF the
Republican party, and not n single
arrow has yet pierced his armor. IL
is to be expected that Republicans
will shout their catch words OF
cipher dispatches and fraud upon
the revenue, in hope to divert at.
ten,ion from their own crimes and
errors. But it does not become any
Democrat to join the cry.
Third-Anothe potent reason
why Mr.. Tilden should be nominal
ed is because our opponents fear hin
more than any other man. Recall
how they have fought him, day and
night, by fair means and foul, since
1874. Who is the man they mos
violently denounce to-day? Are We
to take as our candidate some mar
whom Republicans haze applaudet
and almost deified? We tried that
in 1872 If our principles are wortl
, anything, il they are not sham ant
lie, We would distrust the public
man whom the Republican party
honor. The party whose leaders arr
sneering at George Washington
to-day, for the reason that the third
term scheme can not prosper unit
, the memory of the Father of hi:
country is blackened and effaced
ought not to be the party to select
candidate for Democrats who are try
ing 10 avert the dangers which on
, foretathers prophesicd and warne,
Us sgainst."