Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-07-14
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EVENING, JULY n. 1888
Mr.. Ttldeu's Candidacy.

Mr.. Ttlden's C0n0ldacy.
The New York Times has been favor
ed with an interview on the subject of
Mr., Tilden's presidential candidacy, by
ss an intimate friend who occupies a rc-
sition in Mr.. Tilden's circle SO confiden-
tial and 80 close that his averments may
be taken as substantially those of Mr..
Tilden himself" The gist of the infor-
nation given was that since Mr.. Hen
bricks had reversed the position he took
at the Cincinnati convention, and was
now willing to serve in his former place
upon the "old ticket of Tilden and
Hendricks, Mr.. Tilden had revised his
purpose not to take the nomination for
president, and was now also willing to see
the old ticket set up. The correspondent
of the Public Ledger says that in regard
to such reports he has always heretofore
endeavored to see Mr.. Tilden himself,
but that in view of his ill success in
getting any information from that source
he has had recourse in this case to other
fountains. He found that Mr.. Andrew
II. Green was credited with being the
Times informant and that it was be-
lieved that his statement had been pre-
pared under Mr.. Tilden's eye and the
Times selected to publish it because at
present Mr.. Tilden is not on friendly
terms with any Democratic newspaper
in New York city. TIE Ledyer cores
pondent seems to have sought out Mr.
Green and favors us with his declaration
that he is without qualification" ad
vised of Mr.. Tilden's views and purposes
regarding the nomination for the presi
dency. Mr.. Green declares that MIR.
Tilden "views his public career as a
matter so absolutely i'm the control of the
public decision that he will tacitly abide
the event of a denomination. 1t is
his positive conviction that the time, the
opportunity and the necessity for his
identity with movement for q renomi
nation of the ticket which was elected
by the people, but denied by their
tribunes in 1876, is now at hand. d........
Understand me, Mr.. Tilden can never
be a candidate for Office again until the
people shall require it for the purposes of
his vindicatiOn. He is not 4 candidate :;
this is absolute. 1t is equally absolute
that, if demand should arise spOntane'
ously, and the convention should renOm
mate him, he will not repeat the per
sonal plea presented in his great letter
to the Cincinnati convention declining
the nomination"
That sounds very much like Mr.
Tilden. The manner in which the an
nouncement is made is Tildenish. The
conclusion reached is Tildenish, and so
is the argument leading to it. There
s no new development in it at all
Everyone has known that Mr.. TlldeD
would accept the presidential nOmina
tion if it was offered to him just as
everyone has known that his letter de-
c!aring that he could not accept it was
read to the Cincinnati convention only
when it was absolutely certain that he
could not be nominated.
Mr.. Tilden is in the hands of the party +:
but the party has no further use for him
as presidential candidate not only
because it elected him once and lost
the presidency through his hesitation
and timidity; but because its furthe.
enlightenment as to his character since
the old ticket was set up, elected and
knocked down, has not tended to a
strong party desire to elect him or it
again. Neither Mr.. Tilden nor Mr..
Hendricks enjoys that degree of estima
tion in the party which once eliminated
in securing to them its highest honors.