Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-07-15
.The OLD Ticket. /"

Presidential election. Ihls project,
which ought, at least as TO the head Of
the ticket, TO have been fact accom-
plished in 1880, has been discussed, off
and on, for over half year. The
HERALD has not engaged in the discus
sion for the reason that II remembers
the impressive way in which Mr.. Tilden
declined to be a candidate in 1880. His
letter TO the Hon. DaniA Manning was
eouched in the most conclusive terms.
Finding that there was still disposi-
ton upon the part Of his friends TO press
his pre-eminent claims, Mr.. Tilden tele-
graphed to Mr. Manning his peromptory
declination to permit his name to be
used before the Cincinnati Convention.
How far his action was predicated upon
the feeling that his nomination could
only fifty DO made unanimously, II made
at all. and upon his knowledge that he
would encounter an envenomed opposi.
ton, we do not know. We have always
believed that it was scandal and a
shame that that Convention did not
assemble with cheers Tor Tilden, and
that spectators and delegates together
did not join in one splendid acclaim
which, ignoring all rules Of parliament
AIRY procedure. would have proclaimed
the party's belief that great
an.Republican, un-Democratic enor'
nifty had been perpetrated in the
seating Of Hayes. The nomination
of Greeley, and the failure to re-nomi-
nate Tilden .by reclamation, to say
nothing of permitting the Legislation
which established the Eight.to-Seven
Commission, shows that the Democratic
party. Of late years, lacks good deal oil
its old spontaniety, which, in politics, Ia
equivalent to the instinct of success.
A delicate self-respect upon the part Of
Mr.. Tilden forbade that he should de.
scend into the political arena aud strug'
gle for what was rightfully his own.
The Hon. Henry Watterson, return
ing from visit to Greystone somt
weeks ago, described Mr.. Tildcn as in
the enjoyment of the most robust health,
although. he wound up the interesting
account Of his experiences with the
statement that, under no circumstances,
would Mr.. Tilden be. ever again candi
date for reelection to the Presidency.
OF course, one has to give a certain
degree of credence to such emphatic
statements. OF one thing we may be
assured, and that is that Mr.. Tilder
would disdain to be competitor for {
doubtful honor. Whether, If assured O
practically unanimous nomination, he
would accept, can only be determined
by trying him. The HERALD would be
enthusiastically in favor of Tilden fol
President in 1884. As to the remainder
of the ticket, we would not warm NJ
with any degree of enthusiasm. and foi
cause.
The probability is that Mr.. Tilden''
abstention from the contest was owing
more than to any other cause, to the
peculiar tactics of Mr.. Hendricks. Ac
eording to the belief of all Democrats
and Of the great majority of Republi
cans, as well, Tilden and Hendricks
respectively, were elected President ant
Vice President of the United States, al
though the Messrs. Hayes and Wheelel
kindly consented to serve out thei
terms for them. Such common an,
memorable experience would prove ,
bond of union with most men. Will
Mr.. Hendricks the associations involved
in common misfortunes seemed to hav'
no weight. He early distinguished him
self by invidious comments upon Mr.
Tilden, whose overwhelming persona
popularity was all that carried New
York for the Democracy and gave us tn,
victory, as recorded at the polls, though
falsified by the Electoral Commission
When the canvass OF 1880 approached
Hendricks distinguished himself by tn,
statement that, under no circumstances
would he permit himself to be nomi
mated as second on the ticket. In hi
provincial conceit, he doomed up, in hi
own eyes, as the one available Demo
cratic candidate for President, thu
showing himself to be oblivious of al
sense of deceney, and ignorant of tn,
fact that the ticket of 1880, with Hen
bricks and without Tilden, would b.
like the play of Hamlet with Hamle
left out, or like the Siege of Troy with
out Paris and Helen, on the one side
and Agamemnon and Achilles, on tn
other.
Mr.. Hendricks now says that he
willing to run as a tail to the old ticket
But the circumstances which we hay
enumerated form an insuperable obstael
to any such programme, in our opinion
The course of Mr.. Hendricks rendere
the denomination of Mr.. Tilden praC
tically Impossible in 1850. In our opir
ion, should Mr.. Tilden be re-nominate
in the next National Democratic Cor
vention, it would make the re-nomini
ton of Mr.. Hendricks very undesira
bic and a very improbable event. l
the person of ex-senator Joe No
Donald, of Indiana, tail for the Pres
Dental kite could be found in every wa
much more popular than Mr.. Her
bricks.
The HERALD throws up its cap fo
Tilden in 1884, bat it halts when tn
name Of Hendricks is mentioned.
the Sage OF Gramercy Park was not goo
enough for the little Hoosier Statesma
in 1880, he ought not to be moro palata
bic to him now. BY all means, give u
the old ticket, but with Hendricks lei
off. The head OF the ticket and tn
party would be all the better for
change. Tilden and Mcdonald woul
run like house afire.
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