Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-08-07
sAlpEL ]. TILDEN.

A. unexpsstsd - simeon came the sad
news yesterday of the death Of Hon.
samnel J. Tildsn, Of NewlYork, at hi resi-
dence near Yonksrs, aitsr m illness that
only lasted q lew hours. The reports 81
the demise at this writing are a brief 40
the illness, but it is sale to assume that the
departure OF "the sage"was comparatively
painless. Mr.. Tilden ranked among the
wonderful men that this country has pro.
duced. OF slight physique, he possessed
the wondrous will power that enabled him
to overcome physical inirmities aud live to
the age of ~ years. While in men Of
different stations of life this cannot
be counted 10 a rare age, in the case OF the
deceased it val remarkable. For years he
had been subjected to q wonderful strain
on his intellectual powers, and his frame
was not cast in the mould to enable him to
resist the wear and tear. That he lived SO
long and under such an immense brain
pressure can only be credited to the will
power of a wonderful man. In that re-
spect he was the counterpart OF Alexander
H. Stephens, Of Georgia, and Oliver p.
Morton, OF Indiana. In the brief space
allowed for . comment upon the illustrious
dead, there is hardly room to say o
than to voice the universal sentiment that
he was great in all that the term
Great as q lawyer, great as a
politician and greater still in the higher
rank OF politics denominated statesman.
he leaves the impress OF his genius
upon the country. As the Governor of his
State his administration ia not
to that OF JohnA. Dix, who held the
reins of government in the most trying OF
As the champion of good, morals,
and political reform his deter
mined prosecution OF the Tweed ring marks
epoch in the history of governments.
With convictions as determined as his will
he stood between the people OF his State and
that the thieves should stand
and deliver, and they did. In all the his
tory of corruption in municipalities there
mas never been a parallel case, and if the
OF Mr.. Tilden rested upon his distin-
labors in that case it would be
secure. But it does not. Behind him
there is a string Of triumphs in his chosen
profession that cannot fail to place him
the front rank. That he achieved
wealth and fame, is to his credit.
All of his instincts and his acts
we're on the side Of the people. 1t
Is hardly necessary to refer to the
campaign of 1876. During the
neat Of the campaign, and in the exciting
Ind trying days that succeeded it no word
yer escaped his lips that was unpatriotic
Dr. un-American. Robbed Of the highest
office in the land, to which he had been
egally and honestly elected, he agreed to a
that was at violence with facts
Ind did an injustice to his knowledge. That
lct was an exhibition OF his patriotism
hat should never be forgotten. A signal
rom him and trouble would have
but he Gained the troubled
waters and babe his party followers be
ilent. While time has indicated his
lction there is no need over his open grave
o indulge in ordinations. He was great
nan, n whom the party can i'll afford to
Use. He ranked with the Seymours, the
the Conklings, and that band
men who stand on q pedestal far above
he common level, and who are unfortun-
tely too fast being removed. When his
pitaph is. written it should simply say
here lies the body Of a man who was loyal
himself, his State and his country"
raver, better and more Trustworthy
ords cannot be written.