The Indianapolis journal., 1886-08-05

gnanship. who always had the interests of the
country at heart He showed his devotion by
his submission to the iniquitous proceeding at
the time of the election of 1876. His course
upon that occasion kept the country from state
of anarchy.
Assemblyman Phil Kenan regarded Mr.. Til
Cen as a man of rare ability and great states
man, whose death would be great loss to the
country.
Deputy County Clerk Gilroy said: cit is
great pity that the fraud of 1876 has not been
avenged before Mr.. Tiidens death. That stain
remains upon the history of this country. and
always will Mr.. Tilden one of the great
est statesmen this country ever produced, and
even IN his dying years he showed his ability by
bis view with reference to our coast defences.a
Judge Donohue. of the Supreme Court said:
He was very able man, and fairly elected Pres
ident of the United States, as suppose is now
generally admitted. / knew that he had been
very sick man for some time past and his death
was not entirely unexpected TO me-.
Judge Beach, of the Court of Common Pleas,
said: s'His death is great loss, both personally
and politically"
LAWYER David Mcclure said: "He was man
Of great ability. He was cheated out of the
presidency
The one great feature of the talk incidental to
Mr.. Tilden's death 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 others "The loss
will fall very heavy upon the Democracy" said
Gen. FitZ John Porter. Mr.. Tilden was re-
garded as a mentor by many OF the leaders of
the party, and they will now be at great loss
where TO go for advice. doubt if they can
ever replace him. am not surprised to hear of
his death, however, for the last time l saw Mr..
Tilden thought he looked very poorly
1T see ms TO me- said Senator Murphy, "that
the Democratic party is rapidly going to pieces
All of its shining lights are being taken away by
the hand of death Mr. Tilden was man whom
the Democratic party can never replace
1.-THE Democracy is having hard luck and no
mistake" said Senator Plunkett now that the
leader IS dead This begins to look very cloudy
Samuel j. Tilden's loss will be felt for many
day after he is laid to rest, and there never will
be a man to take up the partys cause whore he
laid it down"
Il had the honor of serving in the Legislature
with Mr. Tiden," said xCommissioner of Ex-
else Haughton, ''and found him to be man in
million. AS representative of Mr.. Tildens dis
trict, had occasion TO meet him very often, and
must say as statesman he was never surpassed
His loss is not only great blow to his party,
but to the country as WELL"
The clubs and hotel corridors are pretty well
deserted at this time of year, and little conversa
tion on the death of Mr.. Tiiden could be heard
among prominent people on that account Wher
ever talk was heard, sorrow was expressed in
unlimited terms. People of all political faiths
and callings united in expressing regret for
the dead statesman. Great man" and Demo
cratic parSys most able champion were fayorite
terms of description of the great leader Among
many the hope was expressed that the funeral
ceremonies would take place in this city; that an
opportunity might be had by the populace to
show the extreme feeling of respect that
is felt for the mans memory. 1t
was predicted that Mr.. Tildens funeral
would be attended by a gathering of
people that had never been equaled in numbers
or variety OF representation in the history of the
country. The Manhattan Club, of which Mr..
Tilden was q member since 1865, will meet on
Friday to take appropriate action. The Lotus,
Union and New Amsterdam Clubs will display
their flags at half mast tomorrow. The Bar
Association, with which Mr.. Tilden has been
closely identified since 1869, will take appro-
pirate steps at early day to honor the states
mans memory. Other associations will do like
wise.