The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-07-19
The cold Ticket" Movement.

The New ! ork Times has made Il gen.
uine political hit by the all but formal
notification by Mr.. Tilden himself that,
Notwithstanding all that Mr.. Henry
Watterson and other interviewers have
asserted to the contrary, he is prepared
In due time to accept a denomination To
the Presidency, and that number of
friends, or whose movements he is con.
stantly Informed, are engaged in IN effort
to secure that nomination. The author.
lty for this statement, it seems is "an
intimate friend who occupies position
in MIR. Tildcn's circle 80 confidential and
so close that his avcrmcnts NAV be taken
rs substantially those of Mr. Tilden him.
self" 1t is an open secret that the
author of the Times statement is Mr..
Andrew II. Green; that the statement
was prepared under the eye and super.
vision OF Mr.. Tiiden himself, and that it
was published in leading Republican
paper simply because there is no Demo.
cratic journal just now 10 the City of
New York with which Mr.. Tilden il on
friendly terms. The authorship of the
document thus being inferentialIy estab.
lished it is needless TO dwell on the inn.
nortance Of the following declaration of
the intimate friend:"
Being asked by the C0rrespon,lent
when he had seen Mr.. Tilden, the gen.
tleman responded Wednesday last, and
declared that he was, without oualifica.
tion, advised OF Mr.. Tilden's views and
purposes regarding his denomination for
the Presidency. According to Mr.. Til.
den,s friend, that gentleman views his
public career rs q matter no absolutely
in the control of the public decision that
he will tacitly abide the event of re.
nomination" In regard to the idea of
an excessive strain upon his physical
condition, Mr.. Tilden "has been fully
prepared for any contingency of this
kind, not merely by his rapid restoration
to health and vigor, but by its changed
relations to such a campaign should it
occur" That Mr.. Tilden will respond
in the affirmative to n proper demand by
the party for his leadership his friend
says there il not q particle of doubt"
1t Is also his positive conviction that
tile time, the opportunity and the ne.
cessity for Mr.. Tilden's identity with a
movement for q denomination of the
ticket which was elected by the people,
but denied by their tribunes in 1876. IL
now at hand" The recent course of
Mr.. Hendricks has, perhaps, given this
idea more positive vitality than it seemed
to have few months ago, "and Mr..
Tilden has certainly recognized the sig.
nificance of Mr.. Hendricks changed
plars, compelling him, as it does, Ito
face responsibility now which he has
heretofore been relieved Of by Hendricks
refusal to rum" at would be impossi.
ble," says Mr.. Tilden's friend, "for that
gentleman at this time to stand in the
way of general or organized demand
for historic vindication of the great
wrong and injustice perpetrated by the
installation Of Hayes as President" In
short, "Mr. Tilden is not candidate;
this is absolute but it is equally absolute
that If demand should arise spontane-
ously, and the convention should renom.
mate him; he will not repeat the person.
al plea presented in his great letter to
the Cincinnati Convention declining the
The ball is not set In
motion by Mr.. Tilden or his friends, but
"Mr. Hendricks has at last arisen to O
sense of the true Democratic issue, and
the movement must be worked out in,
this way" Mr.. Tilden "will have 90 bu-
reau, nor accredited staff, and will make
no personal effort whatever in the corn.
ing campaign"
Mr.. Tilden, according to his friend,
does not regard the legitimate duties of
the Presidential office as 90 arduous.
As to the present Chiof Magistrate, Mr.
Tilden "is inclined to think thss his
labor is in large degree gastrononaic
and the strain is mostly on his waist.
bands" ga practical business admins.
tration iron, tho highest and most intel
ligent standpoint--and this would GER
tainly be Mr.. HTilden's aim-Rould
present anrexecutipe almost as passive ss
The, great seal Of England" Having
doe regard to the concurrent jqriadiction