Show DEATH OF EX governor TILDEN THE sage of Oram mercy park expired peacefully at this morning the heart that had been so frequently fired with high human ambitious ambitions suddenly collapsed and the spirit of samuel J tilden or as he was familiarly called uncle loncle sammy P was wafted wafred to the other shore mr tiddens Til dens life has on account of his great age and consequent physical i feebleness been hanging 0 by a slender iu ead for several years thero therefore fore ola demise will cause cau as e no astonishment he was a notable character being beine among the foremost politicians of the world during his long and eventful career he displayed no small degree ree 01 statesmanship and but few few men in his particular line ever gained a higher degree decree of popularity based upon the solid confidence dence of the people which there is no ground that we know of for believing unmerited the culminating portion of mr Tit Til dens career as a public man was in 1875 and 1876 on the of january of the ibe year vear he assumed ollice office as governor of new mew york state and in a short time displayed executive ability and unswerving determination that have nave seldom been excelled shortly alter after his installment he began tile the gigantic task of unearthing the mammoth f frauds perpetrated in the city of new york by the notorious boss tweed and his unscrupulous confederates the exposure was complete terror seized the camp of the conspirators whose chiefs were brought to justice the sad history of tweed in connection with the dramatic affair his escape capture and subsequent death are still tresh in the public mind the circumstances ot of that time contributed as much as anything else to throw mr tilden into st stronger roDger r national jit ional prominence resulting in his being nominated ax b the democratic socratic mo cratic national convention ot 1876 candidate for president ot of the united states it is now a nationally conceded fact speaking generally tuat mr tilden w was s elected to the presidency buta but was as with the party to which he was axe candidate defrauded by the notorious 8 toa to 7 high commission process the members of that august body voted strictly in accordance with party lines without rete reference relice to justice and the hignett office in the gift of the people of the republic was given to a comparatively ively insignificant person who was on that account dubbed by james G blaine as rather bather fraud B hayes haves the republican candidate the 0 office was not given to him however by tile the people whose voice expressed through the ballot box tendered it to the veteran who breathed his last this morning in 1884 1894 there was a strong inclination to unfurl the democratic presidential banner with the old ticket inscribed on it tilden and hendricks this idea did not preva prevail ilg however it is well for the country probably that it did not this view is not expressed because of any doubt rel regarding g 1 arding what would have been the result of the election it is more than likely that it would have swept the country and carried by a much larger majority than any other my many honest republicans would have voted forit for it being ibeling disgusted with the manner n which the successful candidates were cheated out of their rights in 1876 but had the old ticket been placed in the held field and carried the day the nation would have been thrown into more or less confusion the hand of death having laid claim to both mr tilden and mr hendricks mr tilden leaves a cleaner record than most public men of modern times do indeed his bis enemies havu have not been able to find anything tangible of the scandalous kind to fasten upon his skirts had there been a hook book on which to hang anything of that tort sort they would doubtless have found it for the political mud thrower is a remarkably cunning and industrious animal the greatest crime hurled against him by his enemies in 1881 was UN his advanced age and presumed consequent physic Tal weakness and mental incapacity ity he was a man of large intellectual powers which were polished by liberal education and extensive culture unfortunately he was a bachelor but take him all in all uncle sammy was a nian man among men the country could stand a good many such it is sadly in need of them now |