Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-03-28
BLOOMING AGAIN.
Uncle Sammy Tilden Preparing to Re-
Enter the Political AreRa-COnk.
ling Said to be
Perfectly Willing to Assist the Old Man
to His Feet and Help to Elect
Him President.

CNcISNATI, March 27.-The New York |
correspondent of the Commercial Gazette writes |
as follows: Among politicians here Satur-
day there has been little else talked of save |
the rumors of Mr.. Tilden's "Indian summer" |
81 suppose there ia little doubt" said a |
leading Republican here to-day, "that Mr. |
Coekling would be perfectly willing to assist |
Mr.. Tilden to his feet and help elect him |
president, if it were possible for him TO do |
so. President Hayes knew, and everybody |
else knew, that Conkling wss anxious to
count Tilden in in 1876, and that had it not
been for Conkling the Potter Investigating
Committee would have never been ordered.
Nor was that the only time in Conkling's
career when he showed himself willing to
beirsy his party into Democratic hands.
If yeu will recall an interview with ex- Presi-
dent Hayes, printed in the Cincinnati Com
msrcio' two years sgo this June, you will find
something OF interest in this same connec-
tiop. The question now is, How strong an
alliance can Conklipg. aud Tilden make, and
will they be able 10 ihwsrt the plans of other
politicians in the Democratic party? You
will notice To at Mr.. Tildeu is reported to have
been led 10 entertain the idea of re-enlering
the political arena mot more by his improved
health than By his great disgust at seeing the
Democratic party frilter away the opportu-
hAtiSb ahN III Tue tluAi wave
trium phs of last November Now the ques-
ton Id, will such men as Randall, and Hoad
ley, and Carlisle. and Holman, Morrison and
the Thousand and one other possible Demo-
cratic candidates step down and out at Mr..
Tilden's bidding? Possibly they will, and in
that case /, for one, will be glad to think that
the Indian summer on which he is now en-.
t-ring with rtjuvenated vigor is destined to
be period OF triumph, and that his life will
be rounded out in peace, contentment and
glory"
Ga this subject the Evening Post to ght
says: at is reported that consider able Dem
ocratic CONSERVATION has been caused at Al
bany by the rumor that Mr.. Tllden is about
to return TO politics. Stress is laid, Of course,
on his physical condition. His voice ia
clear and 6rm,' his eye is brilliant and
penetrating, his nerves are steady and his
| carriage is erect especially when he rides
| on horseback, and his tread is m aItial' His
mental vigor is in a state Of excellent pre-
servation, and he Ia described as passing
through the Indian summer of his life.
The Albany report might be dismissed as
idle gossip, but for its confirmation in
another quarter. We learn from Washing
ington that, in order to supply the wants of
Nsw York Democrats long lsnguishing for
an organ, our esteemed Contemporary, the
Democratic Advance, will be changed next
fall from a weekly into q daily newspaper,
in the interest of Mr.. Tilden. That this is
| probable, appears from the renewed vehe-
mence with which the latest number
Of the Advance supports his claims OF
course the greater part of the paper is
| occupied, as usual, with mention OF him but
whereas recently his name has been reprinted
in every paragraph, in a perfunctory way,
now the fraud of 1857 is referred to with
| ami hiatt dam md ~
made for 'Democr attic administration, with
| Tilden to the front, AMI one entire article ia
| given to his health One thing is certain
| il ever Tilden does return to uolitics, he will
| make his Iudisn GUNNER very hot one for
some OF our Democratic statesmen"
the esteem in which Mr.. Conkling ia held
by the Tilden crowd is very plainly shown
by an editorial in the Democratic Advance, the
new Tilden organ, in to-day's issue. The
AdUaRes, which reprints the ISmes's story in
full, and comments upon it at great length
and with great fervor, referring 10 Mr.. Conk'
ling, says:
1--WE understand that Roscoe Conkling, in
1876, with foresight in statesmanship that
has b: n vir dic-ted by events, desired, for
the best in crest of the party OF his choice
that they should not accept the stolen fruit
OF the system of fraud, perjury snd forgery
manufactured to defraud the American PEG.
pie OF t. - franchise rights. To this end
he found several OF his Republican CO.
adjutors well disposed; but his efforts with
the D. necratic senators defeated his desire
as they declined TO assist by their votes in
the United States Senate 10 prevent the vote
OF the Stale of Louisiana being counted fol
the Hayes electoral State ticket. This de
sire of Roscoe Conkling was, as events since
have demonstrated, the true policy of thu
Republican party. Roscoe Conkling, fail
ing to obtain assistance from Democrat
in the Serate, ard being over-pe.-uadet
by his PITY friends, did rot oppos
the counting of the vote of the State o
Louisiana for Hayes, because Democrat
declined to uphold their party ssains
the conspiracy, and he retired in disgust t.
Baltimore the day the count OF Louisiana
was brought up in the Senate. The silenc
Of Roscoe Conklipg on this question has beef
construed greatly 10 his disadvantage b,
many journals, the Democratic Advance beinI
among others who were misinformed 10 re
gard to the present food Of light upon tn,
situation. Justice 10 Mr.. Conkling requires
This amend, and we cheerfuly make it II
that interest. But what do the people thinl
of the Democratic representatives of tn,
United States Senate in 1876, who declined
to defend their party, the people and them
selves? Out on such peifdy."