Show I TELEGRAPHIC I TILDEN The Old Han Addressed by the Democratic National Committee New York 14 The democratic national na-tional committee reassembled this morn iog Senator Brnum presiding The number of the executive committee was increased from thirteen to seventeen The following were then appointed the executive committee W II Barnum Connecticu F O Prince JJajsachu setts George F Barnes Georgia Wm 0 Goudy Illinois Austin ± 1 Brown Indian M M Hall Iowa Hoary D JIcHonry Kentucky Onterbridgo Rut sey Mrylar dj P H Kelly Minnesota A H Lulloway New Hampshire Ores tes Cleveland New Jersey Ataum S Hewitt New York Al W Ransom North Cirr lina Win 1V Armstrong Ohio Vm L Scott Pennsylvania Thomas OConnor Tennessee and B B Smalley Vermon After routine business busi-ness the committed adjauruoil to tint < a i of the cbair Member subsequently proceeded in a b dy to tho residence of exGovernor Tilden to fay their respects to that gentleman The oiecutvo comm com-m llec will organize today I The national democratic committee on reaching Tildens residence Graraercy i Perk were received by Henry Tilden the exovernora brother Senator I Kernan Augustus Schell and others When Mr Tilden appeared looking unusually un-usually well the chairman said the committee com-mittee charged with the duty of informing inform-ing Hancock and English of the high trust which had been tendered them and which they have accepted would have but half performed their duty ifthey did not come to pay homage to him who by b large mnjomy was elected four years ago Your noble selfdenial in laying down all your claims to the exalted office of president of the United Slates because you did not desire civil war doe not take in any way from your noble and freight forward character There still another act of patriotic telfdeniai on record in your favor and that is tho relinquishing re-linquishing all just claims which you had on the people of tho country for a second term For thoso acts of self denial and patriotism the democracy of he United stales prayto the Almighty Power that your life may bq prolonged for many very many years more particularly icularly that you may live to see the country and its constitutional government govern-ment relieved from tho many lOcum iranccs heaped upon them as well as the rectificaton of the basest frauds perpetrated per-petrated upon the people by an overwhelming over-whelming defeat next Hovemfcer of the republican party I speak not only the voice of this committee but the voice of the democratic party throughout this broad land i who unie in paying you lornage simply because of your patriot ism virtuo ad exulted statesmanship Wo know that the country and Consti ution would have been safely guarded by you as by Madison Jeflereon or Jackson had you been inttillcd as presi dent entThe The speaker here read the resolution in reference to Mr Tilden pased by the Cincinnati convention and said it cx pressed the feeling of the entire democ acv Tilden replied I thank you for your words in which you have expressed the ommunlcation you make to me A solution so-lution which enable tho democratic artv of the United States to vidicate the right of the people to choose tho chief mAgistrate violated in 187G and nt tho same time relieves me from the burden of the canvass and four years administra ion is most agreeable to me My sincere sin-cere good wishes and cordial coooeratioa as a private citizen attend the Illustrious soldier whom the democracy have designate desig-nate as their standardbearer in the presidential canvass I congratulate you on the favorable prospects with which that canvas has been commenced and he promise it affords of complete and final success The committee then left The democratic national committee before > adjournment added the name of n F Jones Louisiana to the executive committee which numbers eighteen members The matter of two democratic demo-cratic electoral tickets in Virginia came up end after brief discussion was referred re-ferred to the executive committee |