The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1882-09-28
GOYERNOR TILDEN.
John BigelOw Says He Has Re-
tired from Politics.

Mr.. John BigelOw, of New York, one
of Mr.. Tilden's old and intimate friends
was at Seabright, and availing himself
of convenient opportunity when the
piazza was nearly deserted, a reporter
asked Mr.. BigelOw if there was any
scheme on foot to make Mr.. Tilden q
candidate of the Democracy for Govern
or again nilly willy.
Mr.. BigeIow promptly replied, "Of
course not"
But do you think it impossible" " the
reporter asked, that the convention
may get the drop on the Governor, nom
mate him, end then adjourn without
notifying him of his nomination OF
giving him chance to decline"
81 think it quite impossible" was Mr..
BigelOw's reply; "fOr no convention of
Democrats would nominate Mr.. Tilden,
or any one else, for any public trust,
unless they supposed it would be agree
able to him to receive the nomination.
|, as we'll as most of the men who will
hold seats in the convention, know too
well the perfect and absolute sincerity
with which Mr.. Tilden disclOses to his
friends his purposes, when the occasion
for presenting them disclOses itself, and
the good reasons with which he adopts
and the firmness with which he adheres
to those purposes, to believe that the
convention would for one moment m
tertain or cOuntenance the idea of nom
mating him against his expressed
wishes"
''DO you think that if the nomination
for the Presidency were rendered him
by the National Convention in 1884 he
would accept it?"
81 am quite sure" said Mr.. Bigelow,
"that he would not. There is no reason
to suppose that Mr.. Tilden will ever
again quit the repOse in which he has
been preparing to pass the remaining
years of his life to again assume the
leadership of parties, or to undertake
any official administration whatever.
No act or word of his since his retire
ment justifies the hope that his frequent
ly aVOwed purpose in this respect can
be changed. All pretended interviews
or information to the contrary with
which some of the partisan journals
have teemed, and which have found
some credit with Independent journals
and portion of their readers, are to-
tally destitute of foundation. Not less
mythical are the representations that
he has been, or is, busying himself In
trying to control or unduly influence
the action of the Democratic State Con-
ventiOn about to be held. He still be-
lieves that the Democratic party en-
braces the largest portion of those who
are governed by ideas and sentiments,
and the smallest portion of those wh6
are controlled by selfish interests; and
therefore it has a greater capacity than
any other party to be organized and led,
and made an effective instrument for
reforming and renOvating the Govern
ment.
"But," said Mr.. Bigelow, as he rose to
join party about embarking on the
river, "Mr. Tilden appreciates any def
erence to his opinion which is shown by
the Democratic party of his native
State, with whom he has been so long
associated. He is grateful for the gem
erOus support it has always given him
But he is also aware that, to be leader
on living issues, one must take the ini-
tiative, and be ready at all times to act
affirmatively, and to furnish promptly
the best solution of the complexities
that beset the combined action of a
great party. Mr.. Tilden knows that
this rule would involve the bearing of a
burden which he has laid down forever" +"