The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-03-18
rho T,,den Boom.

We do not wish TO be understood as de-
string to help the TnDES boom. we are
not vet satisfied either that DIR. TILpEN
would accept II nominated, or that ne
ourbt TO be nominated. His health must
be in precarious condition. But we can
not suppress the news. A New York spe-
cial in the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
says:
.,Comment here to-day on Mr.. Tilden's reported
aeciaraiiou that he could not be induced 10 ieau
his party IN the coming rnrt,,o,y doe moi
SCI doubts a. rest In the minds OF Dem0cratic poi
tcians nor docs IL seem IN any way 10 nave cneck
al the onws rd flow Of preference IN his favor. ~
vas hardly 10 he expected thai he would at this
time declare his willingness To be the party nomi-
nee even did his ambition sun ne IN thst ,s,
he recognized as one OF the means that Mr.. Tilden
would naturally have adopted for his own prefer
ment in the days when he was confessedly IA ,ui
possession OF mental and physical powers. TITS no.
Heed also and commented upon. that the interview
rcnresents him rs declaring expressly two very IN
portant things-that ne Is NOT ,e ,ss n,
tive reform must be the issue In the cominE Sal,
patgn. II Democrats are 10 win, mr InGen
modesty does not keep him rom sayns, ~ Ie ~
strongest hold, aud that hope Of party success III
the direction towards which his official enorts
always aimed. His utterances 10 this respecs ~
In singular conformity TO the demanas Oh hui.Vn
Dana in the Sun-that the tarih must De lnroWn
overheard IL Democrats are 10 VII, ana mat az az
illustrative reform. or which illden Is Tue on''
c0nspicuous exponent. must be the issue.
- n appears to-day that ex-senator Bfrnum ac-
colnpasiicd ex-Speaker Randall 20 Tiiden's house
last Sunday, and remained there during the yer
mari of the day. Barnuin's visit was tmpelled ny
ihe evident drift Of Democratic sentiment 10.
wards Tllden; and Barnnm wanted TO guard
against the yacillating policy on Tildcn's part,
which hc believed lost him the nomination IN
1880. he represented 10 Tllden that his fail-
nre 10 express himself regarding his wishes
would soon endsnger ana possibly dis,upt
OF opiniUn on any other candidate. Mr: Iilden,
as In Yesterdays interview, deprecated further
movement towards him, but AIR. BLrnun suggest
ed that he ought 20 give the matter further consld-
Thought his powers equal TO IL, TO defer 10 the
wishes Of the party, and 20 that end he suggested
conference here, within month. OF party leaders.
Mr.. Tilden, sill doubling II anything could change
his mind, acquiesced In Mr.. Barnums sngges'inn'
which committed Mr.. Tildcn TO nothing, and Mr.
Barnum at once set plans on foot for such con-
ference. -
An accounts agree that Mr.. Tilden is in accord
with the conservative manufacturing business
element Of the Democracy, as distinguished from
the low-tariff element Of Carlisle. Morrison, and
Mcdonald. aud that in the Convention contest pc
tween these factions, his influence viii go win
Randall, Payne, and their friends. provided III Us
not entirely for himself l'aynes following IN
den has said and declare their belief that IL means
the nomination Of Payne, always excepting, oil
course. Tilden's decision to run himself.
IL Is said that rs the result OF the Darnuin-
conference there VIII SHOT ~ ne
meeting here OF prominent Demo-
crats from over the country, when full expression
will be had, and the situation and the party course
in respect TO candidates be definitely shaped"