Omaha daily bee., 1886-08-10
TALL TALKING ABOUT TILDEN.
Omaha Democrats Lament the Loss Of Their
Party's Leader,
THE FIRE AT THE FAIR GROUNDS
A Justice Assaulted-Two Runaway
Accidents-Caughtb by the Heels
The Exposition - Neligh's
wants-Minor Matters.
Talking About TiIden.

AT $50 o'clock last evening about two
hundred representatives of Omaha dem
ocracv assembled at Boyd's opera house
to take some formal action in honoring
the memory of the departed leader of
their party, Samuel j. Tildcn. The meet.
ing was called to order by G. h. Brown,
who nominated Judge Savage for chair
man. The nomination being ratified,
Judge Savage stepped forward and de-
livercd brief address in adulaton of
the departed leader. Tildcn held but
few public offices and yet his death ere.
atcs a void in the ranks of democrats
and patriots that il will not be easy to
fill. He paid high tribute to the ability
of Mr.. Tildcn as Il lawyer, and compared
him in his thoroughness of preparation
and clearness of expression to
Jefferson. He also referred to
Mr. TIlden's magnanmity in averting
civil war in 1875 by submitting to the
decision of the electoral commission that
gave Hayes the presidency.
AT the close of Judge Savage's address
the organization of the meeting was
completed by the selection of IL. w.
Yates Richard Kitchen, j. A. CREIGHTON
and &. $. Montgomery as vice presidents
and A. G.. Wakely rs secretary.
j. Nj. Woolworth, Esq, then delivered
an admirably written estimate
of the, character of the truly
herit his name, but made it"
splendid illustration of American So
cicty. He was not an herr to an historic
name, but he made his name more than
historic. He did not inherit the vast es-
tatcs of an English baron, but he gath
cred for himself vast wealth, and, what
is more, the reverence of the people. He
was Il scholar, a lawyer, a statesman, II
noble man. He mastered the literature
and the science of these days OF ample
learning and various invention and keen
discovery. He knew the varied and
mighty ways of the human intellect, us
written in the thousands of volumes
which lined the walls of his library,
and in graceful words and coDious
diction he traced them to the de-
light of men of letters. His
addresses on occasions of literary festiv-
ars whose lives were given to such ac-
complishments. r n Wisdom was his; but
the gentle graces of scholarship were
also his. But these were the incidents of
his life; his work was in the law, and here
his greatness was unmeasured. The
keenncss and comprehension of his view,
the skill and contrivance OF his strategy,
anu Lnc pTeSClcnCe VI Ills NiSlOU, WCTc
the marvels of his peers.
He was not great advocate, but he was
the higher advocacy ofintellectual might.
The annals of American Jurisprudence
are illustrated by no doctrine of farther
reaching application, and more benefi
cent service, than that of the jurisdiction
of the federal courts over the great RAIL
road corporations of the country; and his
service was pre-eminent IN its elucida-
, finn nd 1ovalnnn,pnt \
You know him most in the majestic
character of statosInan; and here he
ranks with the kings and mobiles of the
human intellect who have mastered peo-
pies and directed the progress of the race.
Reform was his watchword, and he
wrested from utter disorganization, first,
the affairs of his city and then the affairs
of his state. And they who had rioted in
the public funds and wrought ruin with
the public interests, were fugitves from
justice or inmates of the prison, or the
outcasts of society. His arm hurled the
thunderbolt that shattered the whole
system of political mischief and purified
the atmosphere, so that once again good
men breathed freely"
George w. Doane followed MIR. Wool
worth in paying tribute to the ability of
MIR. Tilden as lawyer, scholar, states
man and man.
Letters were read from Judge Wakely
and Mayor Boyd expressing their regret
at not being able to attend tho meeting.
The committee appointed for the pur-
pose then presented the following:
RESOLUTIONS
Be 1t resolved by the citizens of Douglas
county in meeting assembled:
l. That it was with a sentiment of the
most profound emotions OF sorrow that we
Samuel J. Tilden. That we deeply deploye
the removal from this world of such life of
usefulness and honor. TO lose such a man
is no common calamity to world, 1t only
Him who "maketh darkness his pavilion"
g. That with patriotic pride we do and
shall always revere the life of our great de-
parted, mau of undoubted patriotism, un-
leader and a statesman, not only
pIe pone for oSsr SaaS hsf 1f am09s Century peG,
prominent actor in state and national pol
right. After long md useful life lie has
travelled TO the end of his journey, and ear
ried with him to the grave an increasing
weight of honor.
g. That we not only as members of great
party, but as citizens without respect to
party, honor the memory Of a man who was
true; one who, IN sagacity and forethought,
was pre- eminent among modern statesmen !;
one VIII, by the simple majesty of his virtue,
those who sought to enrich themselves at the
expense OF n great state, sIood abashed and
confounded. That in his life lie completed
u monument more lasting than brass, and
more sublime than the regal elevation
of pyramids, which neither arc
innumcrable succession of years, nor the
flight of seasons shall be able tn demolisll.S
As a statesman, always great and unsehSh,
in private life pure, as citizen patriotic, as
u man magnamous as a friend modest ana
true. Such brightness, the darkness OF the
grave cannot obscure
Such Is the memory OF the man, whose de-
parturc we deplorc, but whose spotless ex-
ample still lives.
Tho resolutions were adopted and, the
other speakers who were billed To appear
not being present, the meeting adjourned.
A DEADLY BOLT.