Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-08-19
An Oyerrated Man.

Oalh III Oiucluudtl EUqUtFtT: One
evening | met man named Conover, q
Florida Senator from the North, who
began to talk about Tilden having car
ried Florida, and said he knew it. /
saw the situation in few minutes, and
desiring to have no more fighting in the
country, | went down 10 Tilden's house
the following morning to inform him
about Conover's situation. Conover, /
suppose. wanted the state patronage of
Florida saved for himself and friends,
but was willing to present the Electoral
vote OF the state to the Democrats. The
same position was taken by John j.
Patterson of South Carolina, who saw
an indictment hanging over his head
unless he would work we'll in the Demo.
cratic harness, carpet-bagger as he had
been. When | arrived at Mr.. Tilden' S
house | sent my name To him. He came
out, but was Immediately pestered by
some bores of women, who had appar-
emily come to bespeak his attention to
the claims of office for their kin.
Tilden looked haggard, limp. and
without any decision of character. So
far from seeming to be q cheerful, hap
Ply person, who had come nearer to the
Presidency than any Democrat since
Buchanan, he could have been, fgura-
lively speaking, put in a spit-ball and
thrown against the wall to stick there.
He bore the guise of one who had neith-
er slept, nor eaten, nor been pbilosophic.
Having waited as long as thought fit,
considering what matter | had to tell
him, J arose to go. He came over TO
me and stuck his ear out rs usual. /
told him there were two Senators, as
believed, and one rs | knew, who were
considering the propriety of DESERVING
the Republicans in order TO settle the
Presidential matter upon Il basis of
peace and perhaps justice. He replied
to me in u whisper: Yes, know all
about it; and, now beg of you. don't
you print anything aboutit or you will
brighten them away"
bad been TO see Mr.. Tiden but u
little while before, whcphe seemed full
of joy, chiefly on account of his nomin-
alton Therefore, when met him who
had the reputation of being a man Of
courageous business decision and strong
common sense, so thoroughly unnerved
in the new standing he had acquired, |
thought to myself: This man is mol fiji
to be President of The United States.
He-haS been overrated for his real quail
tiles. He may be al! right in iinesSe,
campaigning, getting out the vote, etc,
but the country is going TO get along
without him."
| was not, therefore, surprised to see
Tilden lose the Presidency with every
wicket in his hands but one, and have
never been able to resist the conclusion
that he PLAYED his game with an empty
hand. Undoubtedly it is much in a
mans favor that he has had the decisive
character 10 go to war when his coun-
try expects war, and offers the extra
ordinary points Of career which only
military life can give Hayes wrote in
his letter to his wife when Mr.. Lincoln's
call for troops came: STANLEY Mat
thews and have agreed to 60 into the
War. | would rather die in the War
than live through it and not have taken
part in it, The soldier got the office
because he had the nerve not to trihe
with his friends who set to work for
him. Tilden, on the other hand, aban-
doned his friends as far as he dared,
and those who saw Pelton. after all his
labors, discarded and sent to die a
drunkard death, never looked on Til
den again as il he was man tit to rule
the country