Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-06-14
TlLDEX's LETTER.
uo~ II Affected the Carson nem-
Oerat6.

How Il Affected the Carson A'e" {
When the letter Of Sam. Iiiaen
declining the risk of being s!angh-
tered in November reached Carson
It was variously received by the
Democrats Of Ormsby. just at the
time the remnants of the Austin
convention we're in the city the HI
larity inspired by their presence IN
a great measure counteracted the
depressing influence, which other
wise would have necessarily result
ed upon the receipt Of the remark
able document.
MI. d. E. Nc Carthy, ofthe Chron-
;cle. one Of the delegates elected to
assist in the obsequies at the CHI
capo Democratic Convention was
summing himself upon the Capital
steps and enjoying the beautiful
foliage Of the square.
what do you think Of Tildens
} last declining letter." asked the
scribe.
"For a man Of his declining
wears" responded the Comstocker
E with a perfectly serious air and en-
p tirely overlooking the pun, i con-
i slider it the grandest thing that ever
r came from an American pen. 1t
/, combines the elegance of Addison
a and Goldsmith, with the keen satire
Of Voltaire. and the epigrammatlc
: vieor and terseness of Hugo. Look
! at the closing sentence where ne
- bows to the will of God and lays
his white head upon the altar OF his
y country"
= "Who will the Demmies run
~ now?" was the next query.
- aWho will they rum asked the
~ virginia with a superb curl OF the
, upper lip as he showed line set OF
" forty dollar teeth, why I'lden o.
course!'
in But he declines.
IN. .Declipes? Sam my dear fellow
I'M YOU we're never noted for profund
lis ity in politics, but l thought bet
TX ter of you than that. Don't yo'
au oo hot sandwiched in betwee1
on. what appears to the uneducate
mass to be refusal to run IS
clear acceptance ofthe nomination
=" It was written in one OF his be'
n cipher moods. By turning 1t VI
s :. eide down and reading to the le
HIS Won find his March Inaugural an
a. nortions of it am already settll
anu 70 music as an Inaugural marc
MY By skipping every other line W
find a rousing address to the Dem
crazy, and the lines you have SKI
doe ned when properly arranged is
led homily, on the great fraud o.
vere which makes the Declaration
.rm. independence as tame as a cars
Max newspaper in the Summer sease
.eas- Il is the strongest letter Of accel
ance ever written and when | re
It. could close my minds eye a
see Tilden standing on the steps
uine the White House as plain as l $
ress' you now. !,
ank- Hurrying from the spot the
d it rorter next found Col. Ellis. l
and Col was like the other man,
hard l;chted with the general trend
and the letter 1T means Tilden q
le !" victory.
Reno suppose he should die BET
many the convention meets!
mat "Tn that case we would lay
cornse out on the platform
nominate it just the same.
press see we have run along on Jacks'
.rlet corpse for good many years,
to ~ Tilden's is. in my opinion, Tres
ss,,oa than Jackson's. Of course ! m
~ the no disrespect to Jackson as \
but as a corpse ! lean to 1li
r., Tilden is my first choice as COZ
m 6 bear that in mind.
-, 9 How would English suit yo
Bush, a cadaver' g rno,;sh
el; E. Never hea,u -
l., door sponded tne oo'. u.noocl
"a ooh yes, that campaign "
T., har- blank 70 me - nom
= aoor. I was lost to politics that
;aa+;na Thousands of other Democrats
,w.ter the same way and it lost us the
.pA have vowed VOW never te
, - anv ticket as long as l llV
&Io, Tilden and Hendricks. III
:. IN embalmed body in the White
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