The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-07-26
WHAT THE BAR'L DOES.

The New York Times canvass of
sentiment. regarding preference for
presidential candidates, puts Tilden
first, Mcdonald second, Bayard third
and Hancock fourth among Demo-
Gratis, while among Republicans the
order is Blaine, John Sherman, Logan,
Lincoln, Gresham, Hawley and long
tail-end of clark horses" OF course
it would be a SANDER upon Democrats
to say there are only four candidates.
Preferences are reported for Thur
man, Hendricks, Cleveland. Randall,
Eaton, Hewitt, Wallace, Morrison,
Judge Field, Palmer, and few are
for Ben Butler. 1t may be reasona-
BILE to suppose the Times warps its
reports to suit the political situation.
A certain class of Republicans prefer
Mr.. Tilden to any other Democrat,
because it is believed he would come
nearer suiting their purposes than
any man outside the Republican par
ty. The Kelly faction has long ago
been enlisted in the high tariff cause,
and grand suspicious are entertained
that Mr.. Tilden would suit the high
tariff Republicans. The old mans
cunning has, at least, kept him from
saying anything about the tariff,
and the enlistment of Tammany
in favor of high protection rates, and
its late declaration in favor of Tilden
does not look very well for Uncle
Sammy, at least in the eyes of the
anti-monopolists. Meanwhile, thesto-
ries that are industriously circulated
as to the old gentleman's excellent
health, and his splendid physical con-
dition-equal to the labor of dozen
canvasses, and to the duties of at
least two presidential terms be
understood to imply that he is in the
field to stay until the convention de-
cides who shall be the nominee. As
to his being first choice, that is bare
stuff. He is no more the first choice
of Democracy for the presidency than
he is the honest selection of Tammany.
There are many influences outside of
New York city that may be controlled
by money. and we have no doubt
they will be thus controlled for Mr..
Tilden. Tammany has been bought
with the purpose of presenting a
solid vote from New York for the
Lord of Gramercy, but the moral
power of an immoral force will be
apt to have but little influence in de-
Gliding the nomination. If 1t should,
then the success of Democracy will
hang most tenderly by brittle
thread, ready to be broken by
the merest ripple on the sea
of politics. The Tilden movement
was begun, as alleged by its promo
tiers, in favor of a sentiment. The
"old ticket" should be nominated, it
was said, because of poetic justice"
It reminds Texans of the repeated ap-
peal for the reelection of Judge o
NJ. Roberts to the United States SEN
ate, because of his being cheated out
his seat. Tilden was cheated out of
the presidency, but the influences
which brought this about, and in
which he and his immediate friends
acquiesced, would sell the country
thousand times by fraud to the devil
himself for interested ends. Mr.. Til
den was party to the fraud, because
he was never known to protest by
word, letter or act against the base
iniquity of 1877. He has been tried
once and has been found wanting
when Democracy needed aid, when
the mind OF a bold and powerful
leader would, by mis- moral pow
er, have enforced right. He is
among Democrats, the choice of those
Republicans who have dictated the
course of the government under
Grant and Hayes and Gar
field, but he is not
the choice of the Democratic masses,
and to nominate him would be to defy
almost universal public sentiment
OF course no Republican would vote
for Mr.. filden; but, while they would
labor to elect the Republican nominee
the manipulators would dread admin
istration under him less than under
any other man named in the list of