Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-11-01
TILDEN'S EVASION
He Is Altogether Too E..
nomical OF the Trush
IFr0m the Brooklyn Argus, Denocr,tl,

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The following puhgent. and by No M
tering, expression of opinion'' respss,1s -
Tilden's personal and official integri,, r's : u
the Brooklyn Arg',s, one of the afI.-. ~
soundest Democratic journals publ;sbs5
country: Z
1t has come at last, three or f,r-
columns OF special pleading and sopbi,.-- III
all 20 explain the income returns of ~ ~ a.
and TO contradict the charges thar -
been made This elaborate and voriT -, -,
ment BY james 2. SinnOtt, quondarl c--s-- 80
tial secretary Of Mr. T.lden, Is cle-s-,-- NC
gclher, ana Is wei calculated to deceive n
eager paTtisaRs OF Mr.. Tilden will aess-. 4. -
document as conclusive. without - ,ss5t.'-Ia Ia
and win swear by the head lines thai tb--5
/ cation is complete. Not 50 tho ,rbo - -
carefully examine the matter ard diseovs-.
I Suppressions of truth, the evasion, a-d -
/ by which this massive document is bolsfe--5s
! Mr.. Sinnott makes no attempt to meet ~ y y
! essential point, which Is that in 1862 NJ TgJ
/ swOre TO an income OF 81, us. and that in 1S-s
( al answer IN law suit, ne swOre to the raes.
( in that year of $40, 600 in two fees. n
/ clared BY him, for though the hand Is SinBo..-
the voice Is 1iiden's, that this uloney va, -
I in former years, and therefore no tsy 49,
upon Il. There is not an idiot in this Isni =
I Goes not know that such defrnce i a -
/ able pettifoggilg trick, worthy Of the -.
SINISTER that ever cheated Justice and -
beneath the contempt OF anv reasonable -
< To admit the application Of such r7Ia -
be 20 cut down income Il suy time 10 . ns,
nothing. Widen received these llrge suns -
other large fees besides. but kept them -
and played the Ananias 10 perfsation. v.bi5s.5.
Government was hampered for want of mo-
and all loyal men were doing their best 4, -
tain the arms of the Union. Another e.ss,,,J
point IS also CLOSED over, and that IS he n.
that after making MS income affidavit In rsg
and iS01, aud 50 getting himself in p5.f1
before the assessors, he neglected TO us-,
any further returns, and waited =
the assessors TO gauge his income T.
they saw TT. Naturally they would -
near his sworn return, and 50 it lcDDeB-
that while IiiieH was earning 4u avrrS-s5
SlJ1.0Ooa a yyar. some wears so OJl. he v-ssa-
Gaping the payment OF his Just dues TO "a.
Government, and was paving a tax on o7'-
$1,000 III th-s Is explained in q Ier.ecs.i-s
way by Alr- SinlOtt-Iilteu. Who UL-s in III.
pitifui plea thst "a return made under cal,
must be assumed 10 he correct uule.s Il can b.
shown to be false" II was ''assj.1e-I TO h. s7,.
reci-" i Is nuG "shown to he false and III.
Tiiien viii baye an opportunity to submit his
published defence 20 the verdict Oi iurv 5ei5rs
the year Is up- The papers for sui. 70 recover
-4i'-s Ni..'S-''i ALI. .i-' lhle.t>' anu pen
s.--~s' -lc Hl'-'l, lEsL1.e''' anu VIII be served
IL le" uals- Nj iAoeh hHoUs faat ne fer-
son who paid tax on Al income Of OverSi0Ooj
r-.ld a. the -2te Of FIVE per cent. aud be suous
thGt i O part o: this income had baeu derived
from diTideuds pI.d by corporations which lad
already paid three per cent, that the same va,
also char@elble. with an additional two usF
cent. 70 De PAID By the holler. IN er-erO
eFade tlis Two per cent. Mr.. IL..en resoFted 10
INC ti7hrCs,J suo'ei-''ee OF stanl-15, on hrs ds-
u! @I,~ m >'Is 10 return me language n
49, = - e-' 80 -l'--i7-il : = 4"-.'"s
III =, it-' % ile az --.-.,-ti9l ,Aat alter tVo
Years oi ne income tax A-r- ilidan made no Is-
t"I-- '-' i-is 'h-t i'Floti % ms tsi " men VS.
IN excess o. the payments Tor bis account nials
y the cor p1Faiio'.s- nose bonds anu s.ot5s he
Ee-o- 70 ne asse>sed under tlc n" By t-c es--
mare oi '-e pA--c r-iicers e;l,sTsr ls Simple.
me sla.uie gave tLe i1zp4Fe. the o.f.o1 .
take s-As course. ana good ara honorable rea-
sons existed )" "hy Scfupl-ioUs nan should &C.
ceP5 tnat option -1f. Iitdza fe-e'H'd 80 fetr
from fts scr-I741-t ot5csgg, G13 s5..att aes. Hs
~ ''olil'7 1.i- lai c-i thy i'- posed o. Hi'4'
lie sept Us JuIik-shop open and wanted 70 be
detected a5 3" receiver He held the stolen
property BIT made no s,-n. He was asa sheep
before MS slearer- 9ntr -h ianJ-iike innocence,
succuIn-eI 20 T..is the rll1.0n5 Ol Nr. LincClus
dcsp3tism put upon hin. The Tribune states
the ease with cutting severity when II says:
He (Itlden) did nos tel the h0rse-esr con-
GEc.1r he had paid his fare, but he 6ept bis
hands in rs pockets and looked CucOnce-neiy
81 LlC conductor. IS il he had. aud the effect Eas
the sane. When the conductor detects sucC
passenger he generally wants 10 pUs him OF tie
ear. When the American people and him run
ming a. 4 reform candidate for the Presjd aucy,
they are gong 70 vote Tor the other man"
This is tae picture iuss as iI stands, and Nss.
could not draa !, with more r ielity 10 nature.
Tie disiEgenuousnsss OF Mr. Tilden's state.
Rent Is apparent in every lire. His income tGr
The ten Years in question is a.5nittcl TO be from
I've to ten millions. he p2id IN th-t tine On
total Of abou, SiJ0.oOa. tie does not tel wh4:
be received, bu- he takes up certain newspaper
statements Of his receipts and specifically DE-
lies several Of them. TwO-thin;s of the state
nenS is taken up with tbese corrections aEd 5s.
liais. and the main allegations aTe lctt Un-