Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I muri i te tautohetohe mo te pōtitanga o 1876, ka riro a Tilden hei kaitono ā-iwi ā-iwi i te pōtitanga ā-iwi o 1880. I whakakahore ia ki te rere mo tetahi atu wa hei kawana i te 1879, ka arotahi ki te hanga tautoko mo te tohu perehitini i te tau 1880. Ko nga whakakitenga o te Komiti Potter, me nga raru hauora o Tilden, i whara i te mana o Tilden, engari ko tana whakahaere torangapu me tana waimarie whaiaro i whakarite kia noho tonu ia hei kaitono nui mo te whakaingoatanga a te Manapori. Ko te tu a Tilden me te roopu i heke haere i muri i te wikitoria a te Republican i nga pooti kawana o New York i te 1879. I roto i taua pooti, i wehe te whakahaere Tammany Hall i te roopu Manapori i roto i te tautohetohe tautoko me te roopu a Tilden. I ngā marama i mua i te Huihuinga ā-Motu ā-Tōrangapū o te tau 1880
I te mutunga o te pō, ka rere haere ngā kōrero mō ngā whakaaro o Tilden, engari kāore a Tilden i whakaae ki te whakamārama mēnā ka whai ia i te whakaingoatanga a te Pirimia.