The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-06-17
TILDEN'S PLANS.
Views Of a Pittsburg Physician Who has Talked
With Him,

Views Of a Pittsburg Physician Who has Talked
With Him.
DR., f, A.. Wood, Of the South Side, one OF the
delegates to the Democratic National Convention
at Cincinnati, on Saturday morning arrived home
from New York, where he had been in attend.
ance at the Convention of the American Medical
Society. The doctor was hailed by the reporter:
"You paid a visit to Governor Tilden while in
New York last week. will you favor me with
your impressions Of the Sage of Gramercy Park ~
MY visit was solely friendly, or such as one
citizen may make to another, and was for no
other object" replied DR. Wood, 81 did not go to
obtrude my advice, nor to get instructions. Our
talk, extending through two days, was informal,
and was not intended for the public"
Surely, during that time, you must have heard
him speak on the political situation 2"
True but it was not presumed that / would
abuse my privileges as a guest by retailing that
part Of our interview, which was held to be conf.
dental. Whatever might tell you outside OF
that is not worth the hearing"
THE people are growing impatient to know
what is to be the plan Of Mr.. Tilden."
zone more week Of patience will relieve them
Oub CuhIdCJGIlbIlG VI llluGu is llhL ne is SLOW Dut
certain, Nobody ever hurried him. nor can he
be hurried now. Any one who thinks Tilden ia
drifting uncertain, without having made up his
mind what TO do, is widely mistaken. He has the
whole campaign Of 1880 as clearly mapped out
as was that Of lS75-all except one thing The con.
tngency Of being thrust out by his party, a ontin-
gency which Mr.. Tilden Is too unsuspicious to
entertain for q moment. The Democratic party
is already organized without knowing II, or with
out knowing how 1t was done, OF by whom. In
the ~seclusion of his Punishment from the rights
out Of which he was defrauded in 1877, he has
mapped out In detail the plan which will give
the Democracy victory, unless they unceremoni.
ously thrust him and his plans aside"
us Mr., Tilden physically able to stand the or.
deal Of another campaign ?"
HE is. In making this answer I have care.
fully considered the subject in all Its bearings.
Life at least is uncertain, and health is precious.
Mr.. Tllden is sixty six he has oVerworked him
self, From the time when he began to champion
the peoples cause in New York city, then the
tempestuous troubles with the New York State
Canal Ring, and finally in the siege which ended
in the revolutionary Electoral Commission, he
Ia AANGhhNAJ anu bOhllllollg uGNOlGu I'LL LIE
time and talent toward the reformation of this
Government from the wrongs which encompass
it, Little wonder that he is worn with oyer'
work The wonder is that he stood the task so
: we'll"
Then you think he is not so broken physically
. as is generally represented"
y "On the contrary l was surprised to find him
enjoying general good health. He sleeps well
eats heartily and is a better walker than most
men Of his age. Indeed I think he takes too much
active exercise, saw him mount from the pave.
ment a spirited horse. He rides on horseback
every day"
THAT does not look like the dolngs of o palsied
decrepit."
} "His left arm is largely impaired in its motion,
Pand 1t shakes at times. This is caused by rheu,
l4matic affection Of that member. On account of
long continued pain and on account of deposit in
9 the joints Of the fingers and wrist, motion was in.
%terfered with so long that the muscles of the arm
% are become wasted. The trembling is not the
Shaking palsy; but is a local nervous affection
SCALED tremor, An arm immovable from stiff
t~ijoints and one immovable from paralysis are two
nj distinct forms Of disease"
=, why does not Mr.. Tilden take the rest which
he so much requires2"
GAS soon as the Cincinnati Convention d|djourns
he will, on the advice Of his physicians, Drs. Sim.
mons and seguin of New York, isolate himself in
the country for two or three months or possibly
90 to Europe. Mr.. Tllden prefers to remain at his
post. He has the vigorous will which enabled
Frederick the Great Of Prussia to conquer fate.
Such men never die Of disease, they wear out
and If Mr.. Tilden dies within the next fifteen
years it will not be from disease, but from a
nervous system worn out in the service of his
country"