Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-09-15
Tilden and Hendricks.

The Democrats have two perennial
candidate FOR President. They are
TiCen and Hendricks. They we're once
persuaded to pool Their issues and run
on the same ticket, but since then each
man has been for himself, against the
other ard against everybody else. AT
this vely Gay, three years removed from
the next Pres idential campaian. ana AT
time WHEN the people, bath Democrats
and Republicans, are chiefly concerned
ahout the life If an actual President Who
has won the respect and confidence Of
all parties, these two politicians are said
to be engaged IN working ups remote
chances Ion Democratic nomitl4tion IN
1881, which, ii obtained 10y either one
OF them, will place the success ful one
as far from the coveted Office as the one
who shall fail TO get the nomination.
There has never been more striking
exhibition Of inpotent greed for office
than that which Tilden and Hendricks
are now making.
The hand OF the willy old politician of
New York State is clearly visible in the
preparations for the local campaign this
coming fall. John Kelly is Oh deck. OF
course, but such opposition only serves
to whet the O. mans ambition to take
the wheel aud run affairs to suit himself.
There may he pretty fight, but Tillen
knows he will be no worse off than he Is
now II he goes down, lie he argues
that victory over Kelly, supplement ted
by victory over the common enemy
the Republicans will gan for him some
such political glory rs that which led TO
his nomination III 1876. Indeed, il is
limited that Iilden is actually willing to
run for Governor, ia proprid persona,
III order to monopolizs all the triumph
OF possible success. 1t may be, too,
that he counts upon some assistance
IRON the disaifected Conkhng faction,
either indirectly, if the machine shall
gain control of the Republican, Oonven-
ton, or directly in case the machine
shall be put down III that convention.
In the meantime Mr.. Hendricks is
sad to have gone to Saratoga III order to
fight Mr.. Tilden on his own croupd. He
points to the succes siye defeats of Sew
nour, Mcclellan, Greeley, Tiden and
Hancock as elinching Arguments against
the nomination of a New York candidate
IN 1884 He is said to have been III
close communication with John Kelly.
and to haze made a strong alliance with
Iammany. He does not hesitate to
criticse and antagonize Tilden, openly.
In recent interview with reporter he
Is credited with the following state
ment E
Did Gov. Tilden ever converse with
you on some JOINT course of action after
You We're both deprived of your Offices
by the Inauguration Of hayes and
Wheeler?"
'He did not; and There ] think Le
was at fault Perhaps his mind was too
much occupied with n great variety OF
suggestions from men nearer to him.
Bnt | waited, expecting he would con-
fer with me, but he never did SO. l
think Gov. Iilden, On that day when
Chandler sent his defiant message that
Iilden and Hendricks had not bee.
elected, ought to h We expressed him
self distinctly that he regarded himself
as elected, and meant to maintain the
authority OF the majority. Had bean
the candidate at the head of the ticket
should have done just that, and there
would have been no contention either,
because the orderly portion OF the Re
publican party believed we were elected,
and would not have resisted our taking
the offices, with Congress in our favor.
To those who are familiar with Mr..
Hendricks vacillatiDg and trimming
methods it must be very amusing to
read of that gentleman's condemning
Tilden's course after the election of 1876.
and telling of the bold things that he
would have done ii he had been in Til
den's place. At the same Time it has
been, and still is, the Democratic incli-
nation to blame Tilden sfor his conduct
then, and Hendricks may make some
capital ont Of j.. Both men ire likely
to create a good deal OF popular disgust,
however, by their Vaccinations at this
time, andeach may possibly prove ofsome
service to the country by helping to kill
off each other. - Chicago Tribune.