Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-08-21

SOld, arouse the patient people to assert
their power.
n Very Pretty Democratic Quarrel.
a Saratoga correspondent of the Troy
Times says that an open breach has occur
red between Mr.. Tilden and the admins
tration. The sage of Greystone, he says,
has reached stage of supreme contempt
for Mr.. Cleveland and his advisers. and
towards Mr.. Manning in particular he en-
tertains feeling of animosity, which led
him even to violate the proprieties of pri-
vate hospitality, and to give Manning the
cut direct in his own house. The story. as
told is as follows
When Mr. Manning went into the Cab
met Mr.. Tilden felt an extraordinary in
tereSt in the success of his prOtege and
undertook from his retreat at Greystone
to shape the policy of the secretary, and
was even prepared to supervise the most
important of his communications to Con
gress and other public documents ema-
mating from the department. 1t is not at
all unlikely that if the Old-time relations
between Mr., Tllden and Manning had
been maintained, the former would have
taken upon himself the preparation of the
annual report of the latter to Congress,
and made it document of such com
handing ability as to attract for it world
wide attention but Mr.. Manning treated
Mr.. Iilden with such indifference, not to
say lngratltude, in the appointment of
collector for the port of New York, that
the ire OF the old man. is thoroughly
aroused. Mr.. Tilden wrote private letters
to Mr.. Cleveland and Mr.. Manning asking
for the appointment of j. Edward Sim
mons, president of the stock exchange to
the collectorship but not only did the
President and his secretary decline to
grant the request, but neither has ever
replied by letter to Mr.. Tilden's epstle
nd 1t has remained to this day unanswer-'
ed and unnOticed, the President emphas-
izing the slight by not calling upon Mr..
Tilden when he visited Yonkers before
taking himself to the North woods for
. month OF recreation and pleasure.
True, Mr.. Manning called at Greystone,
but he was received so coolly that he will
never forget the frigid aspect of the vet
eran statesman Mr.. Tilden was seated
at his table engaged in the examination of
some papers as Mr.. Manning entered
The old gentleman looked up, but with
out recognizing his visitor resumed his
work. Smith Weed was present, and OBJ
serving Manning 5 embarrassment invited
him to walk out upon the piazza. There
the two engaged in an animated if not
angry conversation, for Weed had some
matters of his own to settle with the Secre-
tary of the, Treasury, and settled them
/
the disposition of the spoils of the New
York custom house embraced the appoint
mcnt OF Mr.. simmons as collector, Will
liam +. smith rs surveyor and Democrat
Of Brooklyn as naval officer. The mis-
carriage Of their plans made Weed eX-
| it was his brains and aertness
and not Manning's dullness and
hesitancy which effected Cleveland's
nomination at Chicago and the OPP
pOrtunlty was embraced to pour walls of
hot wrath on the head of the Offending
secretary. When the storm subsidized the
gentlemen were called into lunch, but Mr..
Manning was informed that Mr.. Tilden
had retired for mis- afternoon siesta and
had left orders that he was not to be dis
| turbed. am not informed whether Mr..
| Manning saw Mr.. Tildcn subsequently or
not, but if he did see him the piazza scene
was repeated with new music and aces
SORES
/ The Times editorally endorses these
statements as follows I'VE have the
highest authority for the assertion that
they are strictly true; indeed it may be
said they but family portray the scene at
Mr. Tilden's house when the Secretary of
the Treasury called there recently to pay
his respects to the sage of Greystone,
and that the despatch itself does not eX-
aggerate the dislike which Mr. Tilden en-
tertains for the administration and all
connected with it, The highest author
lty, 1t is fair to presume, must be either
Mr. Tilden or Mr.. Smith Weed. Tilden
is almost in his dotage, but large share
of the Democrats of the Empire State
still swear by him; and he remains pow
er in New York politics The quarrel has
very direct bearing on the canvass for
F "a 10 70
which is likely to result in "A square issue
between the adherents of Mr.. Tilden, who
backs Hill, and the administration, which
has intended to place Edward Cooper in
the field AS its representative. Hill stock
is consequently rising; and if it comes to a
fight between Tilden and Smith Weed on
the one hand and Manning and Hubert
| Thompson on the other-the formers
chances will be the best.
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