New-York tribune., 1874-10-12

to do with thsi The shows
crganzed this great wrong on the pecDe a1d the
Ames was examined before the House Commlt,ee n no
Srsw s Ss Ss wa
He answered, "They were informed by counsel that
a ing STOCK omnancS ON he wth the
law" and he added that Mr. Samuel j. Tilden was one
Let us examine his interest and connection with the
railroad monopoly system beyond that or lawyer he Is
today as much identified with t ana part ana Mrr
Twain had presented Col Mulberry Sellers 10 tne
American people our candidate Ior m ae rail-
roads. and that there were millions In ~ ms ,nn ous
ss 0esn Of nor 70 to- ascertain
ton and particularly the number and value OF te mort
to learn the rights Of and sr%gne
corporations; to graduate and scale the
to conclude by scheme of consolidation OF several small
roads into grand colossal line TINS could aione ee
know how many laws have been passed in New-York,
PennsyvaDa, Ohio, Indiana, ILLINOIS, anG Mehgan ~
MI Idens instigaon especially intended 70 con
nected A..
system exclusive privileges It II stated that ne Is
identified In interest In large number OF roads, put 10
this statement It is not proposed to refF to W
refer to "POors Manual or "Yernons Manual OF Kan,
with railroads. Go into Wall st. you will find his
"trustee OF railroads There 10 such railroad as
Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicaeo in that Tilden Is
director Its liabilities are over s57OOoooo Take the
Michigan and Lake Shore road, in which he again
appears as director according to the MANUAL nas ts
are q consolidation OF several ROADS. Inc taisnt y,
Tden consists IN the nrehepsiTe that
$35 Of capital IN the United States Bank was Dan
gerous to the Liberties 81 me people oi .ne nOdreds
OF millions in few Statesi Thus lar we nave Only
referred to roads outside OF o ts sd tSs
Boston and Montreal Railroad In which Ilden IS a
director This road s made up of OF nye
d,N, viz fba No BOSTON.
and Duchess, Columbia, Pine Plains. and Albany ana
Harlem The capital sSoGOO Vs,noa ls toa,
Manual" that the are pecuniarly interested
in the Central Vermont road Among the roads ROADS a az
nothing more less than the consolidation OF .he Le-
banon Springs Rarosd with the @ ers aoG
the bonds OF the Vermont section or the route oDtaneu
after the foreclosure OF some OF the ponds ine Ore
closure preceded the consolidation with which I1iden Is
identified. This new organization passes from new
York through Westchester Putnam. Dutchess and Co
lmbia and other counties the easterly line OF our
State, striking piece Of evidence that every
delegate from these counties voted Tor llden nohna
t0p In the Liberal Convention. The only question re-
be answered is, Will the dslnteresteu peopio
ratify the railroad nominationsf
THE RAILWAY KINGS PURPOSES
The politicians cry that in the present contest the
questions are the amelioraon Of the condition Of tne
southern States and the third term Of Grant These are
mere pretexts for the the designs Of rail-
road kings 1t Is time look at hOmeat our own con-
dition in this city and State VIII any one inquire how
much the City NewSYork and the owners of property
received from the Central Railroad for the ION
of the Fourthave and the OF property n the
vicinity OF Fortysecondst depotf Today the city Is
endeavoag to defeat tax Of ssSsSS dr as
private advantage OF the stockhOlders OF he Senta
Road How much was paid tins city py the far
the road Why were the avenues and streets Ia tnat
vicinity closed for the benefit OF the roadt was ever
one cent paid for themf Do the people OF this city
that the west side OF the city new dep0s, VIII
grain elevators is to 6e made Ior the & @ G
,pat . of
their benefit Let watch and see how mucn tue ax
will receive for this Has not & Nr the psen s
zsnsi Not only the city but the state Is
Ser Of the Assembly appears that statstios col
lected subject OF county ana town Donulng ne
Unconstitutional Commission revealed an amount OF in
Indebtedness which amazed even those best informed
One city POughkeepsie) was found 10 oe Donuea or .,
Der cent Brooklyn BnghamtOn and Utica for IS to 1sa
Der cent In counties where town bonding for rai-
s9 sSe Starring Thus In Ulster it reached "a sl6
per cent of the whole valuations in Chenango 20 10 per
cent in Oswego, l6 per cent? in sullyan 2s per cent
The total unpaid amount issued by the towns cities,
and villages aid Of railroads was found to be t696
S62 In certain y, oDy 50w amost sns TO conscation
II time that the audacty OF The raroaa @ monoPoW W
the independent and dsDerested voters These cOrpo-
raOns may be able TO purchase members OF IS
Taught and IL aroused they will refuse to allow the
moneyed power to seize the executive authority vi tns
state The people have not yet lost their or ther
integrity They yet ready 10 become the vassas
~ he railroad barons There is struggle arising In
una nS abor When that comes the Democracy will
be found granting to capitai the same .aFoi 10
granted to labor, and nothing more An arlstocraey
yhch points to its money! have no hold on the
American people. -, ,,.. ,,..o,, =, cov
panth of California the railroad consplrators Is
the first triumph of true principles IL tne nrss sep
in the deliverance Of the masses from the ranny 9I
railroad monopoly The Democracy OF Nevada In their
ate Convention proclaimed their opposition 10 masseu
capital Why should not the Democracy OF tns oiate
IN call This Is war Wedth
against capital (Which is nothing more than accunu
ted aoor but it Is against wealth consolidated Dy
legislation so it enjoy the ADVANTAGES which
Individual wealth has not Our foreiathers Iougnt 11
;n The drstborn They opposed system. We must in
like manner war against system when ny Legislation
Improperly aud unnaturally increases Tue power VI
DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES.
Why does the sincere Democrat advocate free tradef
Recause It gives the laboring classes their coal az
cbeap prices their pots and kettles and gridirons at
cheap prices. their blankets aud clothing at chesp
ices and all these results the inevitable results Of
comnet,tion between our own people and foreign ma.
lions Why does the Democrat shout for hard money!
II is because it does not cheat the aDorer IKE paper
for his work. Why does the Democrat oppose the mo-
nopoy OF railroads. ses res 70 one
and high for freight thus making bread and meat
dear TO the consumer High rates OF passage ana Q,
dear bread and meat Tlden aud the Central Railroad
candidate to be put IN charge OF cur canals wne
monopohes and not with the people. 1t costs more
To-day to get pounds Of freight to SYRACUSE Roches-
Ter Auburn Emira, and Oweg0 by rail than does to
Chicago Is II not time for an mpoverlshed people 70
rise against mammoth corporations and defeat their
candidates, whose Interests are IN high frelghs aud
enormous dividends. Voters must look 10 tneir own
advantage. We are grOanng under load OF debt and
taxatlon. The poor suffering Bread ana meat are
dear In our country 1.-THE richest aud most fruitful In
the world agricultural resources. We are suffering
nor only from effects OF the war 10 emancpate our
coored but from system OF exclusive
privileges (given 10 wealth at the 'expense or laborl
manufactures, banking and railroad
rornOr.tons II Investigation be made the people will
that they being robbed OF the results OF
their Industry by the clandesne movement OF the mo-
noposts. ,,
II moves like ghost . -
All that ia required is to call the attention OF the