The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-09-08
Mr.. 1ilden Again a Candidate.

AhOAO oAO OCi uul1liObthdOlO
in the political horizon which Indicate
that Samuel j. Tilden has made up his
mind to become again a candidate for
the Presidential nomination of his party
in the campaign of 1884. 1t is said
that he has already got possession of
the machinery of the Democratic party
in the State of New York to an extent
that it will give him the control of the
next D. mocratic State Convention, and
that he will so use it as to secure the
nomination and election of his own po-
litical friends. That much achieved,
and the great Empire State redeemed
from Republican rule" and placed in q
condition where her thirty-six Electoral
votes will be cast for the next Demo-
cratic candidate, it will be becoming in
Mr.. Tilden to again appear before the
National Convention of his party and
demand the nomination as its standard
bearer for the Presidency. 1t is limited
that the warning factions in New York
are all so hungry and tired standing out
in the cod that they are all willing tc
bury their past differences and sit down
to a Widespread table, even though the
ghost of Grammercy Park sits at the
head and does the honors. John Kelly
and his Tammany Hall friends now ad-
y
gave the State to the Republicans then,
and paved the way for the Republican
triumph in 1880, was a political mis-
take, SO far as they were concerned.
which was frst-cousin to a crime. They
are now so reconciled and hungry that
they will gladly accept back seats in
the next State Convention, and will
promptly sneeze whenever their masters
take snuff.
1t is said that three important factors
have entered into the case to persuade
Mr.. Tilden to take the course that he is
now resolved to pursue. o. He be-
lieves that his record as Governor OF
New York, in dealing with the Canal
Ring and in reforming other crying
evils and abuses in the administration OF
affairs, has borne the closest scrutiny.
and that it still furnishes a large
amount of available capital for his
party in the State to draw upon. He
considers himself the strongest man in
the Democratic party in New York to-
day, and that he is the most sagacious
leader among them is freely admitted by
HIM. e. Added to Tilden's positive
strength, and to the general feeling of
confidence that is felt among Demo
Gratis of every hue in their ability to
carry the State at the next election, is
the hope that the Republicans have be-
come so demoralized by the Robert
son-Conkling-Platt imbroglio that the
triumph of the Democracy at the next
election is already assured. 1t was
charged last spring that Mr.. Tilden had
a finger in the Senatorial contest that
hung lire for eight mortal weeks at
Albany. and that he was in close and
friendly consultation with the leading
members of his party. He (Tilden)
was also credited with keeping the
Democratic members of the Leg
islature FROM agreeing to a compro-
mise whereby the party would have
been great gamer by the resigna-
tions of Conkling and Platt- That
compromise looked 10 union of
the Democrats and Stalwarts, and
Democrat to the United States Senate.
That would have been a positive gain
to the Democracy, but the far-seeing
eve of Mr.. Tilden and his plans for the
future, celfsh and sord:d as usual,
would not permit it. He wanted the
fight to 90 on in the Repub lean ranks
until Mr.. ConkGng was defeated by the
votes of his own party associates, with
out the aid of single Democratic
vote. The Republican camp was on
fire, and Mr.. Tilden was determin ed
that none of his friends should run with
their buckets to help put it out. He
wished to see Mr.. Conkling thoroughly
soured by defeat in the house of his
friends. (3). Mr.. Tilden and his
party associates firmly believe that he
was fairly elected in 1876. and that he
was euchred out of the Presidency by
the superior management of the Re-
publican leaders. He and they also be-
iieve that he ought to have been nomi-
mated at Cincinnati in 1890. in order to
vindicate Tiden, the Democratic party
and the large popular majority that
was cheated out of their choice for the
Presidency by the action of the Elect
oral Commission and the installation
of the Fraudulent Mr.. Hayes.
But Mr.. Tilden stood aside (because
hecouldn't help it), snd quietly let the
procession pass, with its military band
wagon and its fuss and feathers. Gem
eral Hancock was nominated, but he
failed of an election. His defeat, Mr..
Tilden thinks, has sufficiently demon
strated the fact that the Republicans
viii always be victorious in campaign
conducted as the last one was. and that
INC Icdl lSSuO OuS h1 W hdhO DOCh h1ehoO
last year on the dishonest election of
Mr.. Hayes, with him as the candidate.
As Mr.. Tilden came nearer the Presi-
dency than any man of his breed of pol
itics has in twenty years, it is not sur
prising that he and his friends still en-
tertain the belief that he would be the
successful winner in the next heat.
Nothing would give the Republicans
more pleasure than to encounter Cen
eral Tilden again on the field of battle,
and they hope his party will give the