New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-04-23
NOTHING BUT COBENHAGEN.

The World newspaper, whose condition since
| the adjournment of the rival conventions at
Syracuse may be described as queer compound
of mysteries and dependency, gives between
spasms some amusing details OF the melancholy
festivities. 1t repeats the comforting converse
ton of the Tilden delegates who assure the
voters of the party that Mr.. Tden is only in fun,
and will not take the nomination; it Tehearses
the various reasons which the successful fac
ton bring forward in justification of their in
structing the delegates for Tilden-that Tilden
will not run, that he is an ague-smitten Pariah
who cannot run, that he has another candidate
all ready to bring ont, that it was necessary to
please the old man, and the instructions did
not mean anything. All sorts of reasons are
given except that Tilden is good candidate
that plea seems not to have occurred to any
body. Perhaps the most interesting of the re-
ported remarks are those of Mr.. Smith M.
Weed, who took correspondent of The World
into his confidence and assured him that the
whole business was only question of money.
aWhat's the use of talking ~ said Mr.. Weed.
" If we don't have plenty of money next Fall
u we are sure to be defeated anyhow. The old
"man has no end of money, and is just in the
ShumOr to lavish it If we do the right thing by
@him.p
There is an engaging frankness about Mr..
Weed which we have always admired. In the
last Presidential campaign he made a state
ment to Colonel PeltOn singularly like that
which he has just made to The World He had
no sooner reached South Carolina on his famous
secret mission in 1876, and looked over the
field than he telegraphed to Gramercy Park:
"My hope small nothing but Copenhagen will
"avail -; and in the rest of the series of cipher
dispatches the requisition for "COpenhagen
was fixed at the definite sum of $4,000, for
"majority of the Board" Once more Mr..
Weed has looked over the political field and
reports: My hope small nothing but Copen-
Ghagen will avail" Mr.. Weed admits that the
Democracy cannot carry the next election with
ont the free use of money, and he has an I'M
shaken belief in the existence Of vast boards of
Copenhagen at Gramercy Park, upon which the
party managers can draw in an emergency.
lie had no doubt whatever in 1876 that what
ever was necessary to insure success could be
obtained at that establishment; and in spite of
q certain cOntretemps to which we need not
more particularly REFER he is apparently as we'll
satisfied as ever that the means for fixing things
will be forthcoming on demand if he and his
associates only do tho right thing by the old
man.
So the Democratic campaign resolves itself in
1880, just as it did in 1876, into mere qucs-
ton OF Copenhagen. The Tilden men them
selves do not like Mr.. Tilden, but he has
money, and without money they are lost They
believe that Mr.. Tilden has no character, but
he has money; no physical vitality, but he has
money; no popularity, but he has money. He
is hated at the South he is hated at the West
he cannot carry his own State unless the Re
publicans throw 1t away by fatuOus nomina-
ton his name has been smirched in moro than
one scandalous transaction but ho has money, |
and nobody knows better than Mr.. Weed what |
can be done with money in sharp campaign, |
or a close count. The public shas some idea by |
this time of the manner IN which Mr.. Weed is |
accustomed to apply Copenhagen to the further
ance of the great work of reform; and it will
watch the prosecution of his politco-commer-
cial enterprises with the lvelest interest.