The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-09-02
WANTS TO Be THE NEXT DEMOCRATIC
CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT,

Tilden as suitable candidate for
president in 1884. 1t is perfectly
well settled in the minds of those
who watch the signs of the times that
he likewise is pn,ting forth his efforts
to that end. The problem that he is
now trying to work out to his salts
faction is to harmonize the discord-
ant elements of his party in his own
state. He is now endeavoring to so
manipulate the democratic state con-
vention so as to secure the nomina-
tion for governor to- himself, and ais"
to give nominations to sufficient
number of his opponents in his own
party SO as to quiet all oppo'ition,
and thus bring about a seeming
state of brotherly love between him.
self and those who have so bitterly
opposed hin.
1t is claimed, and no doubt truly
80, that this hero of gramercy park
has such complete control of the
democratic central committee who
are actively engaged in working
matters up in his behalf to such an
extent that the state nominations are
pretty surely at his disposal.
If he succeeds in placing these nomi-
nations to his satisfaction, his election
then depends upon discord existing
in the republican party, which is not
likely to occur. He no doubt hopes
that the late contest at Albany and
the opposing views of few republi-
cans to the administration will serve
his purpose in promoting strife in
the republican party. IF he bases
his hopes on a slender thread like
this, his efforts must necessarily result
in failure.
To suppose that because an active
contest occurred in the election of q.
S. Senators for New York, or in the
opposition of Robinson's appoint
ment, or that the views of some re-
publicans to the administration will
result in dividing the republican
party, is to suppose that the party
will be divided in every state in the
Union where republicans are elected
to the United States Senate; because
there is more or less contest and Bit
ter opposition on all such occasions.
In this matter there is one point
which Mr.. Tilden has not thought of
and that is the fact that true republi-
cans believe in abiding by the decis-
ion ofthe majority. and thus accept
the situation as they find it.
There are no republicans who be-
lieve in the rule or rain principle
adopted by Mr.. Tilden and his politi-
cal friends when they encouraged the
south to withdraw because they failed
in electing their president and could
no longer rule the government. Tn
this particular Mr.. Tilden will have
to erect standard different from the
-one by which he judges his own po-
litlcal adherents in order to predict
with any degree of certainty as to
what republicans will do. However
if he should succeed in being elected
governor of-his own state and then
obtain the nomination for president
in 1884, tit would be very difficult
for him to secure his election after the
experience of 1876
We are well aware that democrats
usually unite well, much better than
republicans do on their candidate.
Yet throughout the different states
there are enough independent demo
Gratis who would vote for democrat
ic candidate who suited them, yet il
Mr. Tilden were nominated they
would not suffer being polished over,
such facts as the barrel of 1876
being opened and portion of its
contents suddenly reaching Oregon
for the purpose of purchasing an elec-
tor in his behalf, and many other
things of a discreditable nature which
appeared through the investigation
OF the cipher dispatches and other
wise. Mr.. Tilden would deny any
knowledge of these things, yet it can
hardly be doubted but what he must
have known that they were going on.
We also have confidence in the
democracy to believe that there are
q sufficient number of them who
would vote against Mr.. Tilden and
thus defeat him for the reason that
they do not wish to place a man in
the presidential chair whose duty ii
then becomes to see that the laws are
faithfully executed, when years ago
he was actively engaged in evading
the payment of the internal revenue
tax on his large income which fortune
had favored him with, the payment
OF which was deemed necessary to
save thu snafinn,s life at that time