The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-08-13
SAMUEL ]. TfIDEN.
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siuent Dy the Democrats.
The campaign was one of The most
notable in the history Of the country.
IL was under Governor Tlden's direct
ion, and up to the close of the polls
was without mistake. Its events are
sufficiently familiar not TO need re-
counting here, aud the question in
volved by the final settlement are too
complicated TO be stated in detail in
the time and space at our command.
All honest and fair-minded men III the
country believed and maintained that
Mr.. Tilden was fairly elected to the
Presidency of the United States, and
that he was cheated out of it.
Since the close of the famous Presi-
dental imbroglio, Mr.. Tilden has lived
in retirement and almost in seclusion,
his failing health. preventing him from
taking an active part in public affairs
during greater part of the past eight
or ten years He did, indeed, direct
more than one subsequent campaign
in an unobstructive way, through the
agency of devoted partisans who re-
ceived their inspiration from him, but
there was always more or less question
as TO the precise pSrt which he had
taken in the political movements of
the day. In 1880, his name was, of
course, brought forward in connection
with the Presidential nomination of
his party, and there were thousands
who oamored for his "vindication. ="
He declined, however, to permit the
use of his name in the convention of
that year.
Again, in 1884, his warmest adher-
ents demanded that he be placed at the
head of the ticket, but on June | of that
year he wrote to Mr.. Daniel Manning,
then the Chairman of the State Com
mittee of New York, reiterating his
declaration of four years before.
Since then his only notable appear
ance before the public has heen as the
writer of letter to Speaker Carlisle,
under date Of December /, 1885, in
which he urged that the surplus in the
National Treasury should be devoted
to the improvement of cur coast de-
fepses and the construction of great
navy.
Seven years ago Mr.. Tilden deter
mined to enjoy that repose which years
of arduous labor in public and private
affairs entitled him to have and which
an ample fortune enabled him to find.
His physical strength was impaired
and his health, never robust, was, with
increasing age, becoming precarious
His vital organs were, however, sound
He needed and longed for uninterrupt
ed quiet. He had always a fondness
for the country. Horses, sheep, dom.
estic fowls, and even dogs were TO hin
something more .han useful and orna
mental appendages of country estab
lishment. They were objects of study
and sources of intellectual recreation
and enjoyment.
The funeral was held at Greystont
on Saturday morning and the remainl
were buried at New Lebanon. The
body was attired in full dress. and il
reposed in double casket the outsid,
one being of Spanish red cedar cover
ed with black silk plush, and the in
side one Of copper lined with tuftet
satin, with full length glass cover
The caskets were placed in a self-lock
ing water and burglar-proof grave
vault, and this is incased in a marble
vault. Mr.. Tllden's fortune is estimat
ed at $4,000, 900, and is disposed of by
will. He was never married.