Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-08-05
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and Nauseas
ASS ciated Press Dispatch by Special Wires.
NEW YORK, Aug. 4.-Samuel j. Iilder
died this morning.
Mr. Tilden passed away peacefully at
Greystone at S45 a. nj. There were
present with him two doctors and his
niece, Miss Gould. His death was en-
tirely unexpected and was due to failure
of the heart following an acute attack Of
diarrhml and nausea.
THE ANNOUNCEMENT SURPRISE TO NEW
YoRK-sHERHF GRANTS VIEWS.
NEW YoRK, Aug. 1.-The unexpected
death of Mr.. Tilden was great surprise
to the community and politicians gene
rally. Sheriff Grant was very sorry to hear
the sad news. He said: MIR. Tilden was
one of the greatest men that ever lived in
the country. In his death Tammany Hall,
which has been very much attached 10
him, will suffer great loss
Deputy Sheriff Joel o. Stevens char
acterized Mr. Tilden as man of great
ability and statesmanship, who always
had the interest of this country at heart.
He showed his devotion TO the country
by his submission to the iniquitous pro
ceedings at the time of the election of
1876. His course upon that occasion
kept the country from state of anarchy.
Assemblyman Phil Herman regarded
Mr.. Tilden as a man of rare ability and O
great statesman whose death would be q
great loss to the country.
Deputy County Clerk Gilroy said ii is q
great pity that the fraud OF 1876 has NOT
been avenged before Mr.. Tilden's death.
That stain remains upon the history of the
country and always will. Mr.. Tilden was
one of the greatest men this country ever
produced, and even in his dying hours he
showed his ability by his views with
reference to our coast defenoes.
Judge Donohue of the supreme court
said HE was very able man and fairly
elected President of the United States, as
| suppose it is now generally admitted
knew that he had been very sick man
for some time past and his death was moi
entirely unexpected TO me-"
Judge Beach of the court of common
pleas, said: ''His death is great loss
both personally and politically"
RAPID SPREAD OF THE NEWS.
The news of Mr.. Tilden's death spread
through the city very rapidly. The
newspaper offices bulletined il early, and
so the news was soon scattered broadcast.
Expressions of sorrow were heard on all
sides and from parties of all political
faith ut the loss the country had sus.
tained. Though IL was known that Mr..
rilden had been in bad health for some time
past, his death not being looked for and
coming so suddenly, was quite shock 10
the community.
When the news was received at police
head quarters, some of the officials re.
garded it as hoax and refused to believe
it. The wires, however, soon settled the
question and then began a season Of
speculation and retrospection. The
alleged fraud of 1876 was recalled
and many were the expressions of sym.
pathy for the dead mun which were
evoked by the discussion of the event.
His noble fight for Hancock was remem.
bered, and many expressed the opinion
that it was the defeat of the Democracy
in that year that led Mr.. Tilden &c
declare he was no longer candidate
for the suffrage of his countrymen. Anec.
dotes of his early political life, as fal
back as 1916, when he was o member Of
the constitutional conventionYand mem.
Der of the assembly, mingled with memo
ries of his great aversion to official life
and his adherence to the principles of his
| party, were heard on every land.
The one great feature of the talk Incl
dental to Mr.. Tilden's death was the loss
| it would be to the Democratic party that
has of late been robbed by death of such
leaders as Seymour, Hendricks, John
Kelly and othesr.
| 1.-The loss will fall heavily on the DEM
oeracy," said Gen. Fitz John Porter.
''Mr. Tilden was regarded as mentor by
many of the leaders of the party, and
they will now be at great loss where to
4 go to for advice. doubt if they can ever
replace him. ON not surprised to hear
of his death, however, for the last time
saw Mr.. Tilden thought he looked very
! poorly"
sit seems to be-" said Senator Murphy
''that the Democratic party is rapidly
going to pieces. AL of its shining light
are being taken away by the hand of death
MIR. Tilden was man whom the Demo
cratic party can never replace"
1.-THE Democracy is having hard luck
and no mistake" said Senator Plunkett
Nov that the leader is dead, things be
| gin to look very cloudy. Samuel j. Til
denis loss will be felt for many day
after he is laid to rest, and there will
| never be found man to take up the
| party's cause where he laid it down"
~ had the honor of serving in the leg.
islature with Mr.. Tilden, !" said ex. Com.
missioner of Excise Haughton, land
found him to be man in million. AS
a representative of Mr.. Tilden's district !
had occasion to meet him very often and
must say that as statesman he was
never surpassed. His loss is not only a
great blow to his party but to the coun-
try as WE'LL"
The business men of the city lost no
time in paying tribute to the statesman's
memory by displaying flags at half-mast.
Every building of prominence down
town had its flag lowered to half-mast
The flags were also displayed at half mast
on all the public buildings as soon as the
death of Mr.. Tilden was verified.
AT aRAMERoY PARK.
There were no unusual scenes at Mr..
Tlden's handsome residence in Gramercy
Park o.day, and as yet no evidences of
the death of its owner are displayed on
the building. The curtains and windows
remain just as they have been since MIR.
Tilden left for his mansion at Greystone
Mrs. M. e. Fay was in charge of the
house and servants to-day. She stated
that she had heard of the rumor,
but as yet had received no informa-
ton of the ex-governor's death. She was
inclined TO discredit the report and said
that if it were true she would have been
notified almost Immediately. kilograms
addressed to Mr.. Tilden were received at
the house this morning. There were one
or two callers to whom Mrs. Fay made the
same statement. She said that il was only
yesterday that one of Mr.. Tilden's rela-
tives had said that he was doing remark
ably well. None of the family were in
the city to-day.
PRESIDENT CLEvELAND's TELEGRAM.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.-The President
has sent the following telegram to Col.
Samuel j. Tilden, Jr., Greystone, Yon-
kers, N. Y.
have this moment learned OF the sudden
death OF your illustrious relative Samuel j.
Tilden, and hasten to express my individual
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