The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-07-02
4 THIN DODGE,
Tho IngcniOus Invention Of Some Dcs.
nerRle Eemacrnfu I.H.

revival OF the Tilden boom. 1t has come
to the knowledge OF certain political wire
pu!lers here, who thought they knew
everything before, that there has been
something going on in the political world
at large Of which they were in blissiul ig.
norance. The something referred TO is the
conference that was recently held in New
York, the significance Of which has been
closely guarded by those who participated
in it. 1t Was said that the conference had
been held with view to concocting a
plan 10 kill of Cleveland. It is now sscer-
taiLed tl.et that was one Of the objects Of
the conference, but that the great object
was to lay down q programme for the nom.
ination and election Of Mr.. Tilden. The
plan suggested wp1 based upon the double
barreled idea thst Mr.. Tildan W.T. the only
Democrat that could possibly beat Blaine,
end that at the same time he was not fit
man physically to be chosen President.
1ncongruous rs euch an idea may seem, it
may be eet down as a fact that it Was not
only entertained by the conference, but
that it YVES decided 70 have Mr.. Tilden ap.
pr cached on the subject. 1fi,a -.
THE PLAN. .'.
The plan, stated briefly, was-and il may
as well be added, still is-to place Mr. Til.
den in nomination at Chicago, let his
political record stand as the platform Of the
convention, and 50 before the country with
an appeal intended to right the wrong Of
1876. Then, if the Democratic electors are
chosen at the polls in November, hr. Til,
den is to come out in letter to the effect
| that the labors Of the campaign have com.
pletcllv exhausted him, that he cannot pos.
sibly think &: receiving the votes Of the
electoral college, acd that new Demo
|c..a!ic convention must =" =" held. Then
will LI.ame the convention. A n. man
must be chosen by it, and whoever ls
selected will be sure Of election, as the
electoral college h:s it all in its own hands.
Such scheme demands attention by rea.
aon Of its very ingenuity. One Of the argu.
that 1t would insure the most strenuous ex-
ertions on the part Of all the Democratic
leaders during the campaign. A defeated
candidate for. the Presidential nomination
could not be expected to work as hard as
the successful! candidate, but from half
dozen leaders, any one. oil whom has
chance of eventually having sure thing OF
ii, some very remarkable campaign work
might be expected. Possibly itthisschems
could have been arranged with Tilden, and
il it could have been kept quietly among
those who might be most directly interest.
ed, it might have amounted to something.
THESE "IFs." ..s..
Theae "ifs," however mark it for speedy
dissolution. In the first place, il Mr.. Tilden
accepts the nomination, he could hardly
be expected to have so far overreached the
limit Of his capacity, as to do 80 with the
full knowledge that he is only playing the
part OF the Trcjsn horeo, however much he
might be Influenced by the TACT that such
performance under the circumstances
would read we'll in history. Then, too,
there are so many Democratic aspirants
Tor tho Presidency that no sscret could pos
sibly be sale in their keeping. The natural
result would be that the mesa Of Demo.
cratic voters would not know for. whom
they voted, Tor their electors would be
practically unirstruc,ed, and no one will
suppose for an instant tha! such state OF
uncertainty would insure the polling OF
even bare majority OF the Democracy. 1t
would be entirely too much like buying a
pig in q bag. No doubt there
would be thousands oi Democrats
who would vote for Blaine electors
rather than for electors who know no more
than the voters themselves 81 to who they
would finally vote ior. !; Thus would the
Democracy bs hoistcd by their own petards
Such schemes IS this may be ingenious
they may be exceedingly crafty, but they
only 60 to prove one thing, and that is,
that the case OF the Democracy Is deeper.
ate indeed, and that the nomination Of
Blaine and Logan has knocked them clear
OF their feet. They may, think that Mr..
Tilden can fill the role Of Mcsts in their
present situation, and lie may think CO.,
too; but II they hope to run him rs race
horse and make winning for another at
the expense Of his brain, body and barrel,
they will probably find out that they have
walked up the wrong passenger. Is .1 N
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