Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1884-04-12
POPULARITY OF MR.. TILDEN IN THE
DEMOCRATIC CONSTITUENCIES.
Ine P"..ihil,,,e. a, Chicago.
From the Ny. ueraldl

| WASHINGTON. April 2, ,lss4.-Washington
| during the session Of congress is naturally "a
centre toward which political Intelligence
flows from all parts of the country. Repre-.
senlatiVes and senators are kept we'll inform:
ed of the public opinion in their dist ricts and
states, and ut this time, with presidential con-
Hentlons drawing near, they are particularly
| interested In the wishes of their constituents
| In regard to candidates. 1t IL a curious fact,
acknowiedsed in private conversation by
| many democratic congressman, that Mr.. Til
| dens name appears to have stronger hold
| on the people over considerable part of the
! country than that of any other democrat
spoken ot.. No one attempts to account for
| this, nor-is 1t easy to see why, as he was not
! nominated in 1850, he should now be favor
lite. But there is good reason to believe that
| his nomination next July would be extremely
anu extensively popular with Western, North
| western and Southern democrats, The
stories OF his decrepitude and feebleness have
no eject. apparently, upon his popularity;
and the conversation in which Governor Sew.
mour lately seemed to look favorably upon
Dir. Filden's nomination, in spite of his phy-
steal weakness, seems to have been read with
great satisfaction in different paris of the
country.
Nor Is this all. Several prominent AMI In.
fluentfa republicans have lately said TO yonr
correspondent that they regard Mr.. Tjiien as
the most formidable candidate their party
could have. He would certainly carry New
lork, they admit, aud he would not lose any
state which the democrats hope or expect to
carry.
Under these circumstances, the question OF
his nomination is quietly but seriously dis
cussed here, and Of course the question Of
VINO Shall have the second place on the ticket
sll. declared to be out Of the question. No.
body wants Mr.. Hendricks. Hut II Is taken
for granted that any man in the party spoken
OF t"rthe presidency, no matter how high his
preten>ions to the Erst place, NAV be cslIed
upon to take the second place under Mr.. Til
den, and one hears Of such tickets as Til,len
ana Bayard. T,lden and Morrison. Tilden and
Mcdonald, and even Tilden and Lamar-a
conjunction which would make poor Mr..
montgomery Blair furious, if he were alive,
to hear it named.
So far rs can be gathered here, the Tilden |
DOOM Is the only prosperous "boom" in the |
democratic party at present. All the others
are perishing little "boomlets'' which even
the most assiduous nursing scarcely keeps
alive. If the reports Of MIR. Tilden,s health
should be fair about next Fourth of JuIy the
convention which meets on the sth, many
democrats here believe, will nominate him by |
acclanation, and thereupon pick out the |
strongest man they can find for the second |
place, N
And the patform:o your CORRESPONDENT
asked democrat, who repied:-
II guess we should let Mr.. Tilden write Il |
in that ease"
In 1870 Mr.. Tiden was nominated on the |
second ballot. On the first he received Az |
Votes, not two-thlrds. on the second 535. The |
other candidates before the convention that |
year were Mr.. Hendricks, who received on |
tae second ballot 20 votes; General Hancock, |
o.; Mr. Allen, of Ohio, now dead, o. votes;
senator Bayard: II Joel Parker, of New |
Jersey. IS, and Mr.. Thurmau,T. In 1850 Nr. |
lllden received on The first ballot az vote, and |
on the second only q, the adrot reading of hin
lamou. la letter having demoralized his friends.
iho other candidates In 1880 before the con.
Sention were General Hancock, Mr.. Randall,
senator Bayard. Mr. Payne, Mr.. Thurman,
Mr.. Justice Field, Mr.. Morrison, Mir. Hen.
bricks aud Governor Seymour.