Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1876-10-07

y Mr.. Tilden has through his '.best
friend" Judge Sinnott, made what he in
tends to bea defense OF the charges of
perjury and fraud preferred against him
by the New York Times. A more d;sin-
genious statement. or one more thor
oughly characteristic OF its author, could
not we'll be imagined. That the large
sums of money chargcd'by the Times as
having been received or earned during
the year 1862 by Mr.. Tilden is notdeniea.
1t cannot be. It, is claimed that large
share OF it was earned i'll previous years,
and. although received in that year. was
not taxable. The balance of it he does
not, dare not. deny having earned in that
that year, although he claims that twas
not receiucd until after years. This i,
what Mr.. IilGlen's statement amounts to.
'.boiled down" Mr.. .Tilden. should not
confine his attention to receipts in one
part of his answer, and to earnings i'm
another. He must take some one con-
struction of the law aud abide by it.
This he does not do. however, for il
would prove him guilty. brr,D ,.rr
The ''dcfenser OF Mr.. Tilden'si failure
to make any returns of his income be-
tween 1854 and lS7l-the year iS6S alone
excepted-necds only to be stated to
deepen, the contempt which all honorable
n, a..
authorizes and the mali who signs such
plea. 1t is as follows: ..f....l I'll.
Mr.. Tilden received 10 lavor from the govern
mcnt officers, and sought none. n did nothing but
pay they imposed on him Near all his income
from investments pa'd the through The eorpo a
tions whose bonds and stocks he held wi bout al
lowance for the lawful deductions On the residue
after the lawful deduct ms were made he believed
at the time, that instead of paying less he oftener
paid more than wou have been the result of full
but troublesome acclunti g. re referred in that
way to he exempted from the difficulties inede ,
attempting specific statement of the affairs in
which he interested. and of the corporations
and busiPess in which was investor. and ais D
TO e cxemp ed from the responsibility of adiudr
cati on the facts and the law applicable uncer-
tain and huct,iatng elemen during rapid and vio-
lent changes of fictitious values. $50 - tai
Mr.. ridden knows. rs does every man
who has seen an income tax return, that
when an annual income exceeds $4,000.
and paid Il tax of five per cent, any por-
ton of such income which was derived
from dividends paid by corporations.
which had previously paid tile tax OF
three Ter cent, was still chargcable with
the rate of two per cent. on the return
of the person by whom the dividends
were received. The Times siys it does
not hesitate to assert that from the New
York mine alone Mr.. Tilden's income
was not less than yearly average o.
$4,000, between the years 1865 and 1872
being more than double the amount o.
his average assessments in those years
After waiting so long. it is somewhat re-
markable that Mr. Tilden should have
attempted any defense ut all after at
tempting it. nothing but conscious gull
could have made his answer the con
temptibIe farrago Of half truths and eva
sions which it is. The Times closes al
article upon the subject as follows: NV
are glad, however, that MIR. lilden h;l
rested part of his ease on simple issue
of fact. There we are quite willing t
meet him. and. shall with all the hast
which the examination of a mass of lega
aud other records will admit of, prov
that he has attempted to conceal perjlIr
by falsehood, and to hide fraud by tn
arts of the pettifogger and shysrer." ~