The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-02-14
HOT AT HEWITT.
A SKELETON A. THE FEAST or
TILDEN's ADMIRERS.
some VALUABLE contributions
TO POLITICAL HISTORY,
The Late samuel ., Tiidsn Quoted as
aAIing THAT Abram 4, Hewitt hspt
Hlm From The Presidency,

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aaying THAT ApFam =, Hewitt hsp
HIN From the Presidency
JERsEY Cyr, February II, The first an
nual dlhhf " the Tlldep club, organized
10 %perpetuate w memory Of Samuel J
Tllden, took place Saturday AZ Taylor.
hotel, tho occasion being tho seyenty-dft
anniversary Of NJ, Hldsn's birth, Cover
were laid for about 20b, United State
Senator John Mcpherson, Governor R0ber
B, Green, Ex-Governor Leon Albeit, DAME
pougherty W, pourke Cochran, Mayo
Grant Of New YORK, District ATTORNEY
Charles II, Winfield, Congressman Mo
Adoo, the Hon, Allen L. MoDormott
Mayor Orestes Cleveland al0 Others mad
addresses, The principal address Of thl
evening was made by William 0, Nc
Dowell, Of Newark, N, Ju who responded 4
the toast Samuel ], Tlldon, his fidelity y
the Democratic party may tho memorl
Of his life aud acts DO perpetual" Am0nl
other things, Mr. Mcdowell said Lion
before the presidential campaign Of 1870,
had known intimately, and I learned u
love Samuel J, Wlden, can say truth
fully that his was tho greatest Intollec
with which | have ever been brought II
contact with a body 10 trall that II 70
qulred tho most constant care, with q face
nOn'eTpfefalYe, that gave no iHdloa
ton while At reat VI tho intellI
gence within, and with none o.
the magnetism that has always beer
considered indispensable n political leader
ship without family, and With but few In,
Innate associates q natural proorMtinatlnl
nature, In money Affairs not generous
finding his greatest happiness In solitude
and alone with his books, ho by sheer fore,
Of his great intelligence lifted hlmselI
above all obstacles aud left his impress
upon American history by the sIde o.
Washington, Of Jefferson and Of Jackson
lle was In his day and generation tho per,
aonlloatlOn OF Democracy" After 70,
ierrIng TO Mr., Wlden'S political work u,
chairman Of the New York Demo
cratic State committee, tho speaker
graphically painted tho scene NJ
tho Grammercy park, tho residence
when Mr. Tlden was notified Of his nomi
nation ~ candidate for president wit.
reference 20 the electoral commission, Mr.
Mcdowell aaidi Every Democrat hai
asked himself, "Was Samuel !, Tlldon rc
ap0halble for tho electoral oommIsfon9"
think | can answer that question In hi,
name 10 the complete satisfaction OF every
questlQnor, When tho electoral commits
sion bill was proposed In oongros, Abraham
3, Hewitt thon n member from Now York
CITY, and tho chairman OF the national
Democratic committee, came from Wash,
Ing 20 consult with tho president
elect about H. Mr., Hewitt presented
and read . tho proposed law Il
Governor Nldon, Mr., Hewitt read
uninterrupted until he came 10 that par
VI tho original bill whore tho selection Of
the fifteenth commissioner was TO DO sub
mlttod 10 chance, Tho names Of three Su,
prone Court Judges being placed In q TO-
ooptaclo, the ono drawn out 20 bo that Of
tho odd judge, Mr., Tildon stopped hin
there, aud said In substance that "wher
the presidency Of the United Statoa was u
DO rallied Tor, or submitted 10 chance, II
was time for decent men 10 have nothing
10 do with H." lo continued by asking
"what was the use Of this law, u and stated
that tho moment lao found that N,
vote In tho electoral college would DO close
ho had with able assistants, gone infinitely
over the minutes bf every joint mooilpR o
congress tor counting OF Tho electoral vote
over oyory dlgeusylo6 and law bearing upon
the question that could come before The
Joint meeting to count the Tlldcn. lIOycN
electoral vote, aud from beginning 10 end
precedence Was entirely TX their favor
That ho had prepared aud sent q brief L
OySry mombor Of the Joint meeting "Witl
precedence In our favor, what was the ~,
or advantage OF throwing away llis fol
some new tangled ld5a % At this Mr.
HOwott turned sharply on him and said.
~ did not come here TO ask your advice,
but rs your iriond 10 tell you
what our party representative,
In Congress have determined TO do, The
responsibility In this matter Is theirs and
they have decided 10 pass tho BILL" MI
Tildon answered at Is true tho response
bility Is theirs and II IL ono that should not
DO sought by any man, II Ia surprising
that they should DO willing TO take this
responsibility without consulting me,
but tho responsibility Is truly theirs, "
Never was n party or u maj In the history
OF this country placed IN q moro trying
position than that Of the Democratic party
and their candidate, from tho time that
they discovered That they had been de-
ooiyod or betrayed by one OF their "
number, and had the party or Samuel u,
Tldon boon less patriotic than they worc
the country would have been plunged into
the horrors Of n civil war moro terrible
than that Of '0l-but sacrificing every per.
sonol ambition aud realizing that 40 iur o.
the party was concerned that the great
wrong would 10 rightod by the people ho
poured oil on the troubled waters, Hut
well do | remember the look upon his face
when ho afterwards said 10 me ~ would
have been president Of the United States
but for Abram $, Hewitt no deceived me-
"You, the members Of tho Wlden club,
owe II 10 yourselves, to your party, 10 the
memory OF Samuel j. Tldon, your great
leader, TO soc to II that the NAH who dc.
oelyod him and betrayed you, shall 60
down 10 the place In history that ho 70
richly has earned, as moro than tho judas
Iscrlot OF his generation, for he, not salts.
fed With his work In 1870, duplicated II In
1884,
TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND,