Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-03-09
Tllden IN Presidential Can.
didate.


powerful and virile journal would not
take step so decisive unless IT had rca.
son to believe that Mr.. TiIden had come
to the conclusion to forego his announced
determination to remain in private life.
Doubtless powerful influences have been
at work 10 make him reconsider his
original and often accentuated resolve.
The man who was elected President
In 1876 is now seventy years of age.
lie is six or seven years younger than
mr. Gladstone, the present premier OF
Great Britain. lie is FIVE years younger
than Earl Beaconstield was when ho at
tended the Conference at Berlin, at
which he was the most conspic.
nous figure. He is twenty years
younger than Lord Brougham was when
bis political opinions were still treated
with profound respect by the public men
OF one Of the most puissant nations Of
the earth. He is fourteen years younger
than the greatest Of the Roman Pontifis,
Gregory tho Great, was when he was
elevated to the See OF st. Peter. As
compared with Dandola, the greatest of
the Venetian Doges, Mr.. Tilden is q
mere spring chicken.
As compared with other European
public men, Mr.. Tilden is still sort Of
youth. Gortchnkoif directed the foreign
policy Of Russia up to his eighty.
fourth year, and he acquitted himself of
the task to the admiration Of his con-
temporaries. Bismarck is six years older
than Mr.. Tilden, while the Emperor
Wilhelm, who holds his own with the
best Of them all. and has more sense at
eighty.seven than he had at forty seven,
is fully eighteen years older than this
peerless statesman.
We might multiply these examples,
but need not. Samuel j. Tilden in
intellect Is in the full vigor and prime
Of life, and, should he be renominated
and reelected to the Presidency the
people Of the United States would have
: guarantee Of dignifed, efficient and
reforming rresdent- one Of the olden
klnd--one thai would be certain to
levdve the best traditions of the Re-
public. Mr.. Dana, Of the New York
Sxn, and Mr.. Henry Watterson, of the
Louisville Courier-Journal, both ostenta.
tlons personal friends Of Mr.. Tilden,
have been SO incessant in their assev-
erations that under no circumstances
would that gentleman be candidate
Tor the Presidency, that we had sup
posed that they spoke from authority,
and were disposed to regard the sug-
gestion that the sage Of Gramercy Park
might again lead the Democratic hosts
Is too good to be true.
Admitting that Mr.. Tilden is to be the
Democratic candidate the canvass will
assume Significance which otherwise
could not attach to it. Not even the
pure and patriotic character Of Gen.
Hancock obscured the fact that Mr..
Tildsn was the one and only man that
ought to have been nominated in 1880.
There was one overshadowing issue
which interested the people at that time,
aud it laid in the question as to whether
or no the masses had the right to elect
their President and to have him inaugur-
ated after he had been elected. Cheated
out,of the President of their choice in
1876, by natural sequence the masses
were compelled, in 1880, to submit to
the demoralizing spectacle of the out.
right purchase of the Presidency in the
Hancock Garfield campaign. The re-
nomination of Mr.. Tilden in this year
of grace 1884 would enable the people to
demonstrate the fact that they repudiate
all the rotten methods which have for
eight years kept the Republican party
in power,
With Tilden as the Democratic nomi.
nee there would be capital opportuni.
ty for the masses to show that they still
believe in popular sovereignty - in the
continuance of a government of the peo.
pile, for the people and by the people.
In addition, in his own person, Mr.. Til
den embodies all the best aspirations
OF the country, Of course saving the
hypocritical and make believe goody.
goody element represented in the pseudo
civil service bund OF the Republican
party. The county has II It forgotten
how the Sage of Gramcrcy Park over.
threw Tweed; aud how, later, he graz.
pied with and annihi!ated the corrupt
Canal Ring of New York. His splendid
integrity and single eye to the public
good were emphasized by the fact that
Tweed was a Democrat, while the Ca, at
Ring was II sort OF halt horse, halt ALI
gator creature, made up in about equal
proportions OF Democrats and Republi.
cans. Meth + have they forgo,tt that,
In all stages OF his career, the clearest
and happiest eNplieations of Dsmo,r ratio
principles have proceeded from the In.
mlnous mind of the man whose exalted
position was stolen from him by one
Rutherford b. Hayes.
With Mr.. Tilden once proclaimed as
the Democratic nominee for President
the widest enthusiasm ever chronicled
in Presidential campaign would be
spontaneously generated. The mere
suspicion of an understanding between
John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay,
to the prejudice OF Andrew jackson,
elected Old Hickory like a house aiire
ln the case of Mr.. Tilden there is moth
ing OF the character of suspicion The
absolute certainty that he was cheated
out OF the Presidency by Hayes, Sher.
man and the rest Of the eanting set has
long been apparent to Intelligent people.
With the opportunity fairly afforded
them To rebuke the most phenomenal
outrage in all the history of c0nstitu-
tional government, the masses will
acquit themselves of verdict that will
echo down the ages
THE advice to plant trees is one which
cannot be given too often to Angelelos.