Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-02-24
Especial Telegram to the Globe. !

NEW YORK, Feb. 23.-YOur readers are
probably familiar with the name Of Al
exander Delmar, native of New YorF,
now of San Francisco, who was during the
administration of Andrew johnson very
conspicuous at Washington as STAT ssman,
revenue reformer, sympathizer with the
president and for a while editor of the
National Inteltigencer as long as it was
morning paper. Mr.. Delmar was riding
with me on railroad when I found him
reading the book called ''Democracy' an
English sheer at Washington life.
The conversation turning to American
subjects Mr.. Delmar said: II recollect
when bought the National TnteIIigeacer
during President Jackson's administra-
ton, that made your acquaintance, and
that recalls to me- queer little incident in
my career. 1t refers to the extraordinary
action of Manton Marble, who then edited
the New York World, withdrawing as he
pretentiously expressed it, Seymour and
Blair from the campaign of 1868, after
the reyerses in two or three states."
''What was the circumstance, Mr.. D ell
MARI"
why, you know Seymour had been
nominated in New York state after con-
hict between Henderson and Pendleton,
and next between Pendleton and Chase.
The campaign had begun, and although it
was uphill work against the military repu-
tation of Grant, yet we were profoundly
astonished one morning to find the
World come out with a leader
| stating that the candidates were not run
ming well and another nomination must be
made. It alarmed everybody in Washing
ington. President Johnson sent for me
and asked what it meant. The members
of the cabinet were thunderstruck. I tele-
graphed to Marble, to Tilden, and to
| Schell, asking if the editorial was inspired
| by the state or national committee, but
| got no satisfaction. The article appeared
on Thursday. Mr.. johnson and other par
ties asked me to go over to New York that
night and find what it meant. I could find
neither Mr.. Schell nor Mr.. Tilden at home.
then went to the Manhattan club and saw
Ben Wood, who denounced the article as
gross treachery. I went down to see
Mayor Hoffman, and he said he had
+, no idea what it meant. I then went to see
| Mr.. Manton Marble, and told him that l
came on behalf of the congressional COM
mittee and tAe president of the United
States, who was giving certain support
to Mr.. Sey mour, to know who was the
authority for that article. Mr.. Marble
few into passion and said he would give
no information on he subject. I refused
to 90 until I knew more than that, and he
finally intimated that the article might
have been printed merely as newspaper
sensation, to attract attention and show
the influence of the paper. left him I'M
der the impression that he was an unprin-
ciped fellow. I then went up to Mr..
Schelrs house again, and told Mrs.
Schell that l had very impor-
tant errand with her husband.
said she, II do not know but l am making
a mistake in telling you, but Mr.. Schell
and think Mr.. Tilden have gone up to
Utica" I then telegrapbed to Utica and
an appointment was made with me at Mr.
| Tilden's house for Sunday. At that meet
ing the two persons named were present.
and also Mayor Hoffman. I went in and
stated my Grand, and said that I wanted
from Messrs. Tilden and Schell an oral and
written statement that they had not been
prevy to Mr.. Marbles antic. Mr.. Schell
spoke up and said that as far as he was
concerned he never had suggested any such
publication as the Worlds and further
more he regarded it as the act
OF renegade and a traitor
Mr.. Tilden hesitated, and said he was
not responsible to the extent that he need
make any statement whatever. He thought
it was making altogether too much of a
newspaper article. My suspicious had
already been aroused that he knew some
thing about that article. Mr.. Hoffman
spoke up and sa id that he thought Mr..
Delmar's errand was proper one, and
that the congressional committee and
President johnson were entitled to an as
surance in writing that no persons on the
national committee had been privy to such
stab at the candidates. This speech had
such an effect that Mr.. Schell Immediately
signed paper for me to take to
Washington, and he added that
Mr. Belmont also ought to sign it,
who was then the chairman of the national
committee. When it came to Mr.. Tilden's
turn to sign, he SAID, Il will take this
paper and get Belmont's signature" Mr..
Hoffman remarked to me that he did not
expect ever to see the paper again, and he
was entirely correct Tilden kept it.
The damage was done to Seymour, and he
being ruled off the track for future
campaigns,asMr. Tilden got the nomina-
ton eight years later"
swell, what is your deduction from this
story?"
swell, you know at the next national
convention public feeling forced Belmont
out of the craftsmanship, and Schell was
put in. 1 will now show you how
Tilden suffered. Ny Investigations in New
York and the observations of other per-
sons had pretty we'll substantiated the fact
that Tilden had instigated Marble to print
the article, so as to shelve Seymour. After
the contest of 1876, when Tilden lost his
seat, he started again to direct the pat
ronage of New York state and secure its
undivided support for him at Cincinnati
in 1880. He determined to run Robinson
again. While that convention which was
to nominate Robinson for governor, was
pending I happened to be riding in the
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