The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-06-20
Mr.. TiIden Scratched for the
Presidential Race.
The Information Furnished by the Ed
it0r of the Louisville Courier
Journal.
His Time Employed In Study, Recon
Editors over His Farm.
NOTHING ON EARTH,


DIR. WattersOn Puts 1t, Gould Induce Gov
ernOr Tilden 10 become a Candidate for
the Presidency.
NEw YORK, June 12.-Hon. Henry Waiter
son, who has been spending some days with
Mr.. Tilden, has written the following account
Of his visit for the Courier-J Ournsl, in which
paper it will appear tomorrow:
have been spending few days at Greystone
with Governor TIden, and not merely because his
old friends in the West and South have an ever pres
ent personal interest in him. but because his name
is at the moment upon the lips OF politicians of
every class all over the country, propose to give
the readers of the COurier-JO urnal some partieu-
lar account OF him. When parted from him
year ago did never expect 10 see him again. In
deed, was skepcal of the stories Of his restor
s ssiOn to ,. health as to feel dslicsey
We was coed enough 10 send for me. and went
over 10 Gramercy PARK ia q somewhlt sorro1-
most exceeded my srStiiicauon The old Rouse
Is undergoing reconstruction and enlargement on
a magnifcant scale. but the old library Till the
splendor for the last. take It, as a tribute OF ST
feciionate remembrance of old times, old friends
ana OLD books. There found the Governor If
an separation had stood before me could not
have been more eStonisbed. The days of 1851
seemed to have come back His low voice was.
found agsin; his eyes were bright and his
ana clear and his wit as
ineikive as they were when he made nothing of
riding Blackstone 10 Harlem and back, or driving
the Kentucky bays from Gramercy Park 70
Greystone he took me all over the new house,
pointing out the various changes. explaining his
general design, and discussing architecture ana
architects with characteristic intelligence. He
quite tired ne out-a favorite aud molsgalant
way he has of Furnishing his Misunderstanding
long stairs, meandeTing through labyrintns OF
decorative art. and threading the tapestvfed aud
frescOed nszes OF corridor aud chamber. On
lEaNt
and esudor. When endurance he'd ceased TO be
virtue. said, Governor. don't you
his He Smiled, and IN bis dry, halt pltyinSi
half sarcastic way rspie1i if you ar tired We viii
go Gown slaiis. At GIeyEone his life is of the
simplest ard busiest. He has farm hard by aud
no END to pigs, poultry and bloOde1 stocE. OF
course had to tie dragged over this farm, aud the
devices which the old &c tlemsu put slyly forth
butter and eggs OF my blue grass country were
many and ingenious. l stood my ground ike q
farming is ike everything he undertakes, thor
gDghly well dOre. I askeG him whether he tried
! 70 make any =, mohey out OF L;
some other way. While was at Greystnne, not SO
much as the shadow or the ghost of poi ticiau
eIUsstd the threshold or appeared upo1 the
gTCunos- Surrounded V his nieces and MS b lOks,
the CID ttAtesmsn aud philosopher was as unre-
served Ia his conversation he was and always is
Simple and ccrcial in his hospitality. One of
young ladies told me that the little household had
got through over so volumes the last winter The
Governor IL a voracious aud versatile reader, no
less than attentive and wise observer of affairs.
and talked of everything from Thomas a
Ktmpis 10 Thomas n. Eelducks. he play
fully observed that the chief objscdol
he had heard 70 the election OF M.
Carlisle TO the SpeakeRhip that IN some recent
volumes published by one Mr. Froude, there was
suspicion that he had mistTeated his wife. Here
l must stop. know that the public is most Gu
riOus TO learn what are Mr. Tildsn's vis1s OF pollt
ical affairs. current as prospective. have little
doubt that had the night TO speak, l could By
faithfully reporting him, make myself at once co
tertsinitig and instructive. bat the opinions
Of every his own, and his
house is sacred. never knew
& man moro entirely frank in his intercourse with
his friends than this sage OF Greystone, but l am
not ms mouthPiece. and II IS not for me to coma
all the way from Kentucky to New York 70 do tina :
which he is so much better able to do for himself
! can say, however for myself that nothing passed
which leads me to modify the opinion / nave 50
often expressed that no power on earth could in
duce him 70 accept the Presidency.
(Signed) H. W.