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Show Invitations to attend tho New I York Chamber of Commerce banquet woro sent to ex-Governor Tilden, 1 Governor Robinson and tho leading i officials oTthe state of New York, hi.it : they all declined lest their "presence should aecTirr endorsement of tho 1 declaration of the. election of President 1 Hayon. It would certainly have . lcokei better if the president had 1 waived the formality of a public re- 1 cepjjion in New Yok at this time. 1 Th,e refusal of ex-Governor Tilden to 1 incWnnd rocognizo Mr. Hayes as PVesident is not romarkable, and may Vjo justified under tho circumstances, but tho abBoncoof Governor Robinson " from tho banquet on such an oxouse will bo moro severely criticijed. As the representative of tho whole people of New York, he might consistently have waived his political prejudices to pay his respects to tho acting executive execu-tive of the United State, who had buen installed in office with the consent con-sent of congreas and of the people, no matter how weak his popular title may have been. |