Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-01-05
TILDEN'S TALK.
Gen Steednan Tells of HIS Visit to era
nercy PGrI;. and IFkdt ITS Occupant Told
Him.

mercy Park. and That It's Occupant Told
Him.
Toledo Democrat Editorial.
While in New York few days ago W.
called on hr. Tilden, and had free CONVEX
sation with him. We rang his bell, were
promptly admitted, shown into his parlor,
and sent our name to Mr.. Tilden, who in a
few minutes appeared and gave US cordial
reception. We were seated, and Mr.. Tiden at
once commenced the conversation, which
naturally ran into free talk about the cleo
ton of 1876, and the great fraud prepetra-
| ted in counting Hayes into the Presidency.
Mr.. 1'ilden said: 81 ain the only man ever
elected to the Presidency and counted out by
Congress, ono branch of which, the popular
branch, contained q large majority of my
protested friends. 1 have been ac-
cused of cowardice while my hands were
tied by the actions of my friends. 1 was
not consulted in regard to the electoral
bill, and knew nothing about its preparation
or intended adoption until MIR. Hewitt called
and informed me that the bill had been
agreed upon, and he replied that Senators
! Thurman and Bayard were acting in their
| public capacity, as Senators, and would not
consult any one outside their sphere, but l
consult you Mr.. Tilden. 1 said: Mr..
Hewitt, if Senators Thurman and Bayard
have determined upon their action and will
not consult me, | cannot give advice on the
subject to any one. If, however, my friends
have any doubt as to whether there has been
an election by the people, the con ,tituiion
prescribes the remedy,-an election Of
President by the House of Representa-
tiver by vote of States, and that is
what 1 expected Congress to do.
If the House of Representatives had elected
me 1 would have taken the oath and gone
| to Washington to take the Office, believing
that my friends would have put me into the
! White House. How could | take the Office
while my own friends we're arbitrating the
question of my election? l censure no one,
but have told you the truth. We then
said to Mr.. Iilden: After the Presidential
election q number of your friends in Ohio
requested a prominent Democrat, Frank H.
! Hurd, to visit you and ascertain your wishes
and purposes, aud when Mr.. Hurd returned
he reported that We had made no mistake
that we had elected brave old man who
was ready and willing to put his life and
fortune upon the result" eyes," said Mr..
Tilden, 81 remember the interview well, and
| was willing then, and l am willing now,
that it should be published We asked
Mr.. Tilden if he was candidate for renom-
in ton. He replied: 81 am in the hands
of the Democratic party, and will cheerfully
acquiesce in its decision
Mr.. Tiden's statement Of his case chang
ed our opinion of him, and opened our eyes
as to the action of certain gentlemen whom
we had heretofore supposed acted in accord
with his expressed wishes. 1t turns out to
be gray horse of another color, and places
Mr.. Tilden in o far better position than
that assigned him by very large number of
Democrats. If Mr.. TIlden stated the case
truthfully to us, and the published history of
the whole affair is in harmony with his
statement, he has been deeply wronged by
many of his own friends, who have believed
that he was party to the outrageous, IN
constitutional election fraud. In his state
ment, which We have given in his own
words, it will be seen that MIR. Tilden purges
| himself of all connection with the election
infamy, and clearly puts his case
where it rightfully belonged, with
in the purview of the constitu-
ton. Had his suggestion, that the House
proceed rs directed by the constitution,
when tine people fail to elect President,
to choose him by vote of the States, Mr..
Tilden would have been inagurated, and
his friends relieved of what frightened the
old fossils of the party at Washington
the charge of inaugurating President by
a coup d'etdt. 1t is well known that we
have never been specially friendly to Mr..
Tilden; that as delegate to st. Louis we
opposed his nomination, and that after the
electoral fiasco We censured him for what
we believed to be timidity on his part: bat
we are satisfied that the blame generally at
tributed to Mr.. 1'ilden is justly attached to
Others, some of whom have been unman-
ly enough to join in the clamor against the
man whom they wronged We do not now
undertake to say what ought to be done to
wright the wrong, but fiat justitia, ruat