Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-05-14
Tllden,s Platform.

The humorous features of the aver
age Democratic Convention are always
worthy of notice; those of the late
meeting of the chiefs of the Democrat
ic party of New York are especially so.
They commenced with the temporary
organization. Mr.. Lester B. Faulkner,
in calling the assembly to order, de-
clared that democrats would not sac
rifce their Democratic principles in or
der to gain success. At this evidence
of broad humor on the part of the
speaker the Convention smiled grimly.
When the speaker intimated that Til
den might have called million men to
sustain his CLAIMS in 1876, but that he
refrained owing to his horror of civil
strife, n delegate cried: "He's cow
ardn' When the speaker stated that
he was not informed whether "the
distinguished citizen (Tilden) would
again accept a call to official "posi-
tion,n there was loud laughter. When
the Tilden Committee on Contested
Seats reported in favor of all the Til
den paper delegates, in advance of the
report of the minority, an indignant
member protested loudly against the
infamy; but he was promptly Missed and
howled down. Until this vote, which
was conclusive of the absolute owner
ship of the machine by Tilden, the as
sembly acted like parcel of maniacs;
but, the victory having been won, the
discounted minority sank into sullen
silence and listened without interest or
emotion to the reading of Tilden' S
manifesto in the form of series of res
olution3. The authorship of the reso-
lutions is not amatter of the least doubt;
they bear the ear-marks of the hero of
Cipher Alley The sentences are long
and involved, but they treat from
first to last of the great defrauded
and his claims TO second term.
| They assume the election of Uncle
humor refer to the alleged election
of the statesman of Gramercy Park as a
victory won Sin the name and for the
sake of reform reform was nee
essary" in 1876, says the railway
wrecker, but the people were cheatedl
Let us, however, write the word reform
IN our banners again in this year OF
grace 1880, says the paralytic. How
truly Tildenish is the following: "It
yet remains for the truly National party
TO restore the National Government To
the fraternal spirit, the Constitu .ioAal
principles, the frugal expenditure, and
administrative purity of the fathers OF
the Republicr Frugal expenditure"
Is good. When the supplemented old
gentleman dictated this sentence tO
Nephew Pelton he must have had in
mind his negotiations for the several
Electoral votes of Oregon, Florida and
South Carolina. "FIugality of ex-
penditure" was his chief aim then. He
carried " frugalityn step too far in
that instance; but the habits of life
time are not TO be abandoned because
of one failure, BY obeying the dictates
of caution and economy he ciphereC
stools, as it were--South Carolina and
Florida; but the Democratic party i'
not TO be bereit of the great principle
of frugality" because of the mistake
and consequent personal loss of it
chief four years ago. D mol Withou
frugality" in the administration o
public affairs the Democratic party il
nothing. Witness the administration
of the late William M. Tweed in tn,
City Of New York; But, says Mr.
Iilden in the platform: 1.-The people
were defrauded of that victory (lS7
by false count of the Electoral votes.
And this outrage upon the peopl
must be avenged cries the Sage o
GranIercy Park, in line burst of indig
nation. HowP In this way: "BuJ tn
Democratic party of New York." pro
ceeds the patriot of Cipher Alley, "als
declare their settled conviction that tn
success Of that conspiracy aga nst tn
peoples Constitutional sovereignty
! which by perjuries, fOrgeries, bribe