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Show IF TILDES. ' Governor Tilden was nominated-by the St. Louis convention not on personal per-sonal but on public grounds. He was not the favorite candidate of a majority, major-ity, either of the democratic voters or politicians. Hs has very few personal friends compared with almost any-other any-other democratic statesman. He is not a popular or prepoese-ing individual. indi-vidual. His habits ot life aro retiring, ind as a public man he has few iuli mates or bangers on. He ia by no means a boibtd product, or a spring chicken. He has slowly hut surely evolved himself from the depths ol his inner consciousness into a statesman who works from his own instincts and i method, in a given direction, in a great measure irrespective of surrounding sur-rounding influences. If elected 3 president he will naturally eur-- eur-- round himself with ablo men, and j mould his cabinet into instruments nod mouthpieces to carry out his policy. He will bo president in fact as well as in name, and will do more to re-establish law and order and bring the country upon a broad and stable basis of prosperity than any recent executive. He will be the leader of his parly, and bis administration adminis-tration will be signalized a3 marking the death of sectionalism in politics for the present century. With Mr. Tilden'a election will go out of existence the republican party, and it is not unlikely that the nucleus of a new political organization organiza-tion will be formed from both of the old parties to sustain his administration. administra-tion. W e may luok for a great change in this respect. The old parties par-ties no longer exist as they were be fore the war, and the country has no need of them. Parties must adapi themselves to the new and living issues. The republicans are trying to carry the country back to war times, but it will be a difficult task. |