"Again, the effect of this bill is to deny to the people, to the local authorities, and the property-owners interested any opportunity to pass fairly upon the question, whether or not Broadway should be occupied by a surface railroad; it practically determines that there shall be a surface railroad in Broadway. "The only question which it leaves open is, Who shall own and operate that railroad? "In my judgment, this bill ought to be held under advisement, after the two former bills have been acted upon. "You will thus have opportunity for mature consideration, and for manifesting your vigilance in protecting the public interest. "It is very possible that you will come to the conclusion to withhold from it your approval. "That is my judgment of what ought to be done. "I have dictated this letter, after reading, this evening, the newspapers, and finding out as well as I could what has been done to-day. I will endeavor to write about the remaining bill to-morrow. Very truly yours, "S. J. TILDEN." TILDEN TO BIGELOW "GREYSTONE, _May 2, 1885_. "DEAR MR. BIGELOW,--I send you the two addresses. Do not cut them. Carefully preserve them. If lost, I probably could not replace them. "1. The address to which I referred in the account, I gave of it to you, is entitled 'Address of the Democratic Members of the Legislature of the State of New York.' "The first part of it contained on the first and second pages, and a part of the third page was, I think, drawn by John Van Buren, and prefixed after the preparation of the main body of the document. "One of the passages written in by me while revising a part of the address will be found on pages 11 and 12. It is marked. "2. On the subject of adapting a colonial system, or entering into a partnership with mixed races, you will find a declaration in the address of February 16, 1848, pp. 8 and 9, and also in a resolution on p. 16. They are marked. "I should like to know of exactly what use you propose to make of them. After you have read both papers, I should like it if you could run up here for half an hour and talk it over. "Very truly yours." TILDEN TO DANIEL MANNING "GREYSTONE, YONKERS, N. Y., _June 9, 1885_. "DEAR MR. MANNING,--I am sorry to hear that the President has been unwell. Having invoked Mrs. Manning's influence in favor, in your case, of a reform of the excessive and destructive sway of the 'interview' evil, I regret that there is no Mrs. Cleveland to co-operate in this reform in the case of the President. He starts with an admirable constitution, but there is a limit to what even he can endure. "Paper recommendations are a poor reliance at best. A regular trial on a paper basis, of fourth-class postmasters, is beyond the strength of any one man.