St. Landry democrat., 1885-08-29
A BAD BREAK.

Failure TO Take MIR. Ti1den's Advice in
Regard to Certain Appointments Said
| to Be the Cause-How Manning Was
| Snubbed.
NEW York, August 22.-The Mail and
Cypress says: .@e-..~
Rumors of a bad break between ex.
Governor Tilden and the administration
have been rife for several days. They
first gained currency early In the week
st Saratoga. and now are openly dis
cussed in this city. Yesterday report
er for the Nail and Erpress succeeded in
obtaining more than a confirmation.
He found that Mr.. Tilden had not only
! turned his back on the admin istration,
but had actually snubbed both President
!! Cleveland and Mr.. Manning. This in
| formation was obtained from thor
oughly reliable source on promise not
| to divulge the name of the informant,
who is a loyal Tildenite and prominent
in both local and State politics.
"The story is an old one by this time"
said he ''and am surprised that it had
not leaked out before, and there is no de-
sire on the part of Mr.. Tilden's friends
| to suppress it. In the first place the
! appointment of Postmaster Pearson to
| succeed himself did not meet with Mr..
! Tilden's approvaE but he eventually
| became reconciled to it as a necessary
| concession to the mugwumps with
the understanding that nothing more
would be bestowed in the same
quarter, until the proper demands of
| the Democracy should be salts
fed. The President subsequently
| sought Mr.. Tilden's counsel regarding
| successors for Collector Robertson,
Surveyor Graham and Naval Officer Ben
| edict, and seemed desirous of showing
| some regard for his recommendations.
| President Simmons of the Stock Ex-
change was accordingly named for Col
| lector, and Smith M. Weed for Surveyor
by the Greystone sage, who also sug~
gested that it would be good policy to
select representative Brooklyn Demo-
crat for Naval Officer.
| elbow did the President appear to re-
ceiVe those suggestions?"
| The answer was that he did not seem
| to regard them otherwise than favorably.
At this point the narrator was Joined
| by another gentleman, who, although of
lesser prominence, stands quite as htgn
| in the estimation of Mr.. Tflden. He
freely Joined in the conversation, and
| furnished some points which might 9th
erWfse have been overlooked. From
| the two it was learned that
| after Mr.. Cleveland's departure Mr..
| Tilden, to make assurances doubly Sc
cure, wrote to Secretary Manning and
| Secretary Whitney to urge the President
to carry out his suggestions. According
| to the story neither of the Cabinet Off
GERS thus appealed to by their political
creator made any response. Mr.. Ttlden
| afterwards wrote to President Cleve-
! land himself with the same result. This
was on the eve of the appointments.
| When the selection of Messrs. Heddens,
| Beatty and Burt was announced, the old
mans indignation knew no bounds. 1t
proved to him that Cleveland, Manning
| and Whitney had no regard whatever for
his wishes. Furthermore, Burt's Sc
lection was additional evidence of Cleve-
| lands disposition to pander to the mug
wumps.
| When President Cleveland came to this
city to attend General Grants funeral,
| it was loudly announced in advance that
| he contemplated visit to GreyStone,
| and conference with Mr.. Tilden. He
| started in due time, but arriving at
| Yonkers, was met by messenger from
| Greystone who told him that Mr. Tilden
was indisposed and could not be seen.
| Thus rebuffed the President proceeded
to Albany. He Immediately telegraphed
to Mr.. Manning, whom he had left in
| this city, to visit Greystone and see what
allied Tilden. Manning did as
directed, but found the Greystone
atmosphere uncomfortably frigid.
He made his way to the
| library with confidence and there encoun-
tered Mr.. Tilden and Smith M. Weed,
/ both of whom met him in the most formal
manner. Finding the atmosphere of the
room too chilling Mr.. Manning sauntered
out in the veranda, followed by Mr..
Weed. Once out of earshot of the ex-
Governor Mr.. Weed proceeded to pitch
into the Secretary. He reminded him
that he owed his present high position
most to Mr.. Tilden's friendship, and that
without the same influence Mr.. Cleveland
could never have been elected. In like
manner he paid his compliments to Mr..
Whitney, and gently logged his hearers
memory regarding the liberal contribu
tions made by Mr.. Tilden and himself to
the cause when campaign funds were
needed, and as to his own personal eff
forts in Mr.. Cleveland's behalf.
Manning tried to explain that Cleve-
land alone was TO blame, but did not
succeed. Mr.. Weed proceeded to add to
his discomfort by telling him that Tilden
would henceforth be found arrayed
against the administration, saying in
conclusion: sIn such fight Mr.. Tilden
will come out on top every time"
nv
pearance Of a servant who summoned
the pair to dinner. The master of the
house was not at the table. Mr.. Man
ming inquired for him only to be In
formed that he was indisposed, and
hnd- nntirad tE, his The SncEa.