Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-09-19
TILDEN,s HOME LEE.
How the Hermit of Greystone Appears
to a Nisitor-Improvem in Health.


to sitoF-Improvementi in Health.
Ne,o York Letter Philadelphia Press. Sept Is.
Will Tilden run again for the Presi-
dency? Is he candidate? Do the Demo-
Gratis think him the most available man 2
are questions repeatedly heard wherever
politicians meet and gossip. Then comes
the question: "How is Mr.. Tilden: |
thought he was hopeless invalid
1t has always been strange to note the
absence OF any particular information
upon the subject, even among the best in
formed politicians. There was a general
impression among them that Tilden is
better, but how much better few have
protested to say.
During the last week have been in the
company of Mr.. Tilden's friends. have
seen Mr.. Tilden and have watched him
transact business for upwards of an honr,
1t is true that his health has greatly i'm
proved. He is in really better condition
than he was in 1876, in fact, his friends
say, in better condition than at anv time
within the last ten years To the uues-
ton, HAS he strength enough to 20
through the excitement and wear ofanoth-
er canYass:' the reply of one of Tilden's
friends was, 'YOu, yourself, have seen
that Iilden is much better and stronger
than he was in 1876. Do you imagine
he could be called apace to 20 through
more than he did in 1876 and the follow
ing winter? What excitement could equal
the dragging wear of that period and the
disappointment that fOllowedg'
Then he continued: "Mr. Tilden is
perfect philosopher. / think the affairs
Of this world disturb him very little
Upon the day of the st. Louis Convention.
in 1876, he was at Greystone superintend-
ing the setting out of trees. When the
first ballot came it was the hour for his
horseback ride. He did not postpone it.
He rode away alone, and did not return
until after the news of the final ballot de-
clarlng his nomination had been received
one hour"
VISIT TO GREYSTONE.
| visited Greystone recently, and was
given permission to look over the place.
This took an hour or more. 1t has been so
often described that it is not necessary to
picture the place and it's surroundings
again. While l sat in his library. Mr..
Tilden came in to wait for his yacht. He
walked easily and without assistance.
lie stands very straight, and is not in the
least rOund-shOuldered. His color is GOOD.
His skin is healthy red. Upon his high
cheek bones the red becomes very pOsi-
tive. His blue-gray eyes are clear. with
good light in them. HIS hair, siIyerv
gray, is still thick enough to cover every
part of his head. 1t is brushed from the
right side across the top of his wide fore
head. His face is clean shaven. His nose
is combination Of the Greeian and RO-
man. The profile of Mr.. Tilden's bust on
the mantelplece suggests William III. Sew
ard.
His face has deeper lines in it than are
seen IN his pictures. Between his eve
brows the lines centre at the top of his
nose like the spOkes of a wheel When
Mr.. Tilden is following a subject with
especial interest these lines deepen. The
lines from the nOstrils down are very
positive. The only evidence of Mr.. Til
den's being feeble is in the trembling of
his right hand and the occasional culver
OF his lips when his face is in repose.
This trembling can be controlled. when
Mr.. I1lden puts on his eyeglasses or
picks up a newspaper, the trembling in
the right hand stops upon the exercise of
his Will. This trembling is not serious.
1t is no more than slight palsy.
THE OLD, OLD WHISPER.
There are plenty of men out about doing
business who are worse afflicted Mr.
Illden whispers in his conversation. as
he did in 1876 when numerous delegations
were admitted to his house at Gramercy
Park. But occasionally he uses his voice.
1t is strong enough to be heard at a short
distance. 1t is as strong as it has bnpn
for any time during the last ten wears.
During the morning Mr.. Tilden does
enough to free him from the charge of
being an invalid. He walks all about his
place with slow, measured step. Some
days he rides his favorite horse. Black
stone. This horse he can mount without
assistance. Then when he goes on board
the Yosemite yacht he walks down the
three hundred feet grade to the river. and
when he returns he walks back. All of
this is done without assistance.
After having seen Mr.. 1ilden. and hay-
ing had an opportunity of STUDYING his
methods of doing business, | am well con-
WINGED that he is as capable now of endur
ing canvass as in 1876. He is thanked
and surrounded by everything to sustain
his philosophic calm. Life at GreystOne
runs on with the regularity and quietness
of well-oiled and nOiselesS machine
In his house in 1880, CIarksOn Potter
advised against Tilden's being a candidate
for the second time, upon the ground of
his feebleness. Said Mr.. Potter: " Mr..
Iilden Will not live until the convention
meets This was said in a conference of
1llden's friends. A little later Jere 5.
Black, in the same place, gave the same
advice, and for the same reason: Tilden's
extreme feebleneSs. Yet both men. then
in the fullness Of apparent health, are in
their graves. while Tilden. calm and
serene, is conducting his business as if he
believed he had fifteen or twenty wears to
live at least.
BARKIS Is WILLIN'.
Is Mr.. Tilden candidate? IS a question
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