St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-14
THE OLD TICKET.

The New York Star after carefully LOOKING
over the field comes to the conclusion that
there is a steady growth of sentiment in
every section of the country, in favor of
nominating the old ticket of 1876, on the
gound both of political expediency and his
torcal justice. 1t, also, believes that Mr..
Tilden's position was correctly stated some
time since, and is unchanged, namely, that
she views his public career as a matter so
absolutely in the control Of the public de-
cision that he will tacitly abide the results of
denomination.
The Star is the organ of Tammany, and
goes for the Old Ticket because it believes it
to be the most available, and sure to COM
mand success, but loyalty says, "Tammany
has no specially fayorite candidate-even the
old ticket exceptedn-but will support the
ticket fairly put in nomination by the Dem
ocratic convention.
In abiding to movement in behalf Of the
Old Ticket the Star said in June last:
1.-THE fate of the party lies in the hands of its
leaders. If in their judgment, as well as in
that of the friends of Mr.. Tilden it is the best,
and wisest, and safest policy to place once more
in the field the ticket which was elected in 1876
no Democrat has right to object. 1t is beyond
dispute that Mr.. Tilden was elected to the presi-
dency seven years ago, and that the suffrages of
the people were nullifed by the shameless
action of packed and fraudulent tribunal And
if, setting all personal considerations and indi-
vidual ambitions aside, the Democracy, through
their representatives In national convention
should conclude to revitalize and vindicate the
odd idea, it will be beyond the power of any
loyal Democrat to withhold his approval of that
action
The sentiments the Star still adheres to, so
it affirms does the Tammany organization,
not in dictatorial spirit, but in the desire,
above all else, to have put in nomination
the strongest and most available ticket to
strengthen the party and rescue the Federal
government from the mire of corruption.
Many damaging revelations have been
made since the theft of the Presidency in
1877, but the most startling of all has recent
ly been made by Congressman Blackburn, of
Kentucky, of nefarious plot by the Repub-
lcans to seize the Presidency by force if de-
feated in the passage of the Electoral Com
mission bill.
This revelation is now made for the first
time. The statements that the late President
Garfield privately told Mr.. Blackburn of a
cabinet officers, and General Sherman on the
evening of the final debate on the Electoral
Commission bill. The conference deter
mined to march 600 Federal soldiers to the
capitol in the middle of the night, station
them in the basement of the House, and if
necessary, employ them to overawe and in
timidate congress. Mr.. Blackburn further
states:
The flibusters were then to be notified by an
order from the president that the persistent fill
clustering in the face of the situation, would be
treated as an act of rebellion and the Directing
members would be arrested and carried out
Garfield denounced this programme. He said
such an act would arouse the country to pitch
of madness and that blood would flow in the
streets of every city. His objections were not
listened to until he said that if this resolution
was persisted in he should go to the telegraph
office and denounce the whole thing to the
country.
The conspicuous patriotism of President
Garfield in this act will add to his honorable
fame for his fidelity to the best interests of
his country by his opposition to treason
able plot to hold the reins of government by
usurpation, if fraud failed.
The character of Mr. Blackburn forbids
the idea that he could attribute such a state
ment to Gen. Garfield, unless he had actually
made it.
The public can see from this, the gulf into
which the country narrowly escaped from
being plunged into by the corruptionists,
nor will it be a surprise that such a party
stole the presidency, when their leaders. de-
termined to hold it by force if not by fraud,
More than ever will the people, in the
light Of such revelations, desire to rescue the
government from the hands of party whose
leaders were capable of perpetrating gigan-
tic vlliany by force, if fraud failed, by calling
the Old Ticket into the field, to give the peo-
pie an opportunity to redress the fraud and
wrongs perpetrated by gigantic conspiracy
of leading corruptionists.
1t will be qualification to the country tc
know that there is a growing feeling in favor
Of the Old Ticket. Mr.. Payne and Others
have only been spoken of, on the suppose
ton that Mr.. Tilden was unalterabIy opposed
to denomination. Every promin.
ent Democrat, whose name has been
connected with a possible nomin alton
for the Presidency, will heartily rejoice, as
will the general Democratic public, to know
that Mr.. Tilden places himself in the hand:
OF his party, and will acquiesce in its deci-
sion. 1t will be but poetic justice to put
Mr.. Tilden into the Executive chair from
which he was kept by fraud.
Mr.. Hendricks refused to be again a can