The Red Cloud chief., 1884-04-11
Mr.. TiIden's Little Game.

ur. IlIQen'S LltIIe GAmes
Our readers will do well not to con.
! clude that Mr.. Tildcn isn't Il be the
Democratic cand date be- .ausc Of his
telling the Atlanta COnYti ntion thai
this house is opposed To the old tick,
et." The old ticket was Tillcn and
Hendricks, and the old man probably
made the statement Ia show his 0pin
ion that the Hendricks pnri can ~ well
be dispensed with. Tildcn is sly. lie
| showed his opinion of Hendricks by
naming Payne. Hoadlcy and Randall rs
| good men for the nomination and for.
getting his old cOmraie in tribulation
of 1876. That settles Hendricks and
the old ticket as n whole. but leaves the
Tilden end open To suitable persuasion.
Mr.. Tilden understands the Democratic
mind. Hora:iO Seymour was feeble,
and played the dodge Of not wanting "a
make the sacrifice of being Il candidate
with such success that he got the nomi-
nation by acclamation, and then We
never heard anything more about his
inability to attend to the campaign and
all else.
In this very Atlanta interview Mr..
Tilden is careful to say that he is not
the p~layed-Out person he has been rep
resented, and also speaks of Mr.. PAYNE
as a suitable candidate, though Payne
is the older of the two and of much less
mental vigor. This leaves the matter
free from all distractions. except the
unwillingness of Ti!den to undertake
the labor, and that can be surmounted
easily; for. if Seymour could regain his
vigOr in a week, there is plenty of time
between now and the day OF the conven-
ton for Sammy to get strong enough to
knock Sullivan out in three minutes.
The naming of Payne. Hoadly and
Randall is another significant straw and
evinces Tilden's shrewdnesS. Tilden
sees that the Democratic majority. as
shown by the organization of the House
and the course OF Morrison. is in favor
of as much free trade rs the Morrison
bill contains. and is going to make it an
issue, and hold the party on the issue.
This being so, neither of the men he
names can get the nomination.. and all
must go TO the wall and become NAL
contents TO be cOnciliated. Somebody
must be nominated for whom these men
can work, and he must be able to carry
New York: and if it shall be made to
appear that Tilden is the only safe man
tn do it. the call for him will be made
and yielded to-.
Tilden has not given his views on the
tariff, and will not if he continues to
work on the present line. He will let
the tariff men infer that his preference
for Pavne and Randall is evidence of his
concurrence with their views, and he
will shout reform so loud that free
traders will be stunned into the belief
that tariff Reform is included. and Car
Isle, Morrison. Watterson, Springer,
Randolph Tucker and Hurd will all be
asked to name their individual prefer
enccs for Cabinet positions. Probably
this will be to them a satisfactory AS
Surance that he is at heart a tariff re-
former: but if it should not be enough,
he can 90 further and promise to
sign any bill they can get Congress
to pass. The very silence Of the old
man on the tariff is proof that he has
MOI retired from the field. Were he out
he could have no motive for conceal
ment or ambiguity. hut would express
III IL ooiiiN aS Auit vi
does. He is to be platform in himself,
and there is never such Il thing rs q
platform explaining itself by Il supple
ment and comm ,ntary. 1t must be ao-
cepted As built.
In this case there is more than usua'
reason for appearing not to be Il candi-
date early. To be in the field is t, he
in the way of all aSpirants. and subject
himself 20 their f~ault-finding criticisms
and hostility. Out of the way. the con-
teStants can spend their force in stab.
hing each other. Out of the field. Til
den need not be questioned. or if cues
toned he can he evasive out of dcl:cacy
and for the sake of harmony.
The country need not be surprised to
learn in the early summer that Tilden's
health has wonderfully improved. Dana
understands the old fellow. and sees the
necessity for taking him who is coming.
He is doing his best to help it along and
to smash all states but Tilden'S.--Na-
tionGl Hepublican.