The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-10-06
An Explicit Rejoinder TO the New
York Times Charges.
IT. statements UNANIMOUSLY False
and Fraudulent.
Card from Hon. Abram s. Hewitt.

To IuE BLIC.-The Ncw York Time.
whieh flr yCars prior % $50 hnd been the
u.r-i.i a Governor Tilen. Immediately
sfe- 81 hrrlme a formidable candidate for
DE- Presidency, began series % assaults
upon hi, private character. Al length these
s..ril, contaminated "a iii- hats 81 inaA ing
atlI-s statement Ul his income ln lssiz. By
l.ue o; reiterlti0n aud fabricated specifca-
u0r- n items aud details having the sem
h'lrra Of actual accounts. some welI-mean-
lrrrer.1us were disturbed. n therefore
ocrlrrsd o. me % apply % the Secretary ~
tke Treasury i0r cerlihsd copies % the in
come returns ~ Governor Tildeu aud Gov
suor Haye.. and on the second day u sep
,emrer, ] made such an application. The
r1p.e- applied Tor have not been furnished,
no indeed has NV letter received tie poor
courtesy - an acknOW led.menf. Mean
WhI.e. fhe aiver-aFics 81 GOV. TIiden have
rprarfrf'V han free acress % these returns.
ana l4yt even been permitted % photo
lflr-raph 80 much Of them suited
fLe psre-e-. I submit This fact %
f-e American people without comment.
Meanwhile. receiving no reply from the
rltI. luthnrIfie-. who seem % regard The
l1cu u-uts boz their custody a. held in trust
'or ta- Republican party and not for the
whole people. / addre--ed a note o. Judge
james i. ~inunff, who VA the confidential
hw clerk - Governor Tilden during :he
ilenue Tax Wa ln force. asking him o. eN-
anime the pretended account q Governor
I.aeu', Income during the wear l-f1, pub
u.-rl hy the Times. aud furnish me with
such explanation. in regard thereto a. bic
le.e-tars familiarity with the details would
ec- hin 10 supply. l have This day re-
rffel biz reply, presenting full ana en-
ufet -1,i'i-eiory reiuiaii"n % the charges
H. answer herewith submitted 10 she
public Shows that out . thirteen pretended
tens ~ income amounting o. >llO. t'l.
e.eteu item. amounting 70 80 90 are who'll
fictitious. while - the other two. only
ole % ,l."v j. entirely true, and the second
q ,-s-001 0, only partially true.
ILere 8. therefore no ground FOR the 49,
.tTiIou that thc sworn return Was not a iusi
ar1 accurate statement - the net income ~
Governor Il1en. after making such deduc-
tl-- 90 losses, interest paid aud other
c-l--e-, ~ the law authorized him %
Ilka
deception he taken to Judge sinnot's
leits- % TIE ground that 10 does not con-
Tain detailed statement - the several item.
upon uhich tue return - 1>5s was made. 10
I. o. pfr Oh state thai the regulations % the
Department did not require such detailed
siaf uent-. aud very few professional men
made such sflfemt NJ, or could now recall
o. tem- 40 have Kept the memoranda upon
which their returns were made.
u Governor Illleu were not In nom ua-
lion irr u Prt,idency. 90 not know q
any man ir rrf. community whose mere
>iAir lner' of a fact would have been more
generally acceIted a- the truth. and failto
.et Nhy Toe eminent position IN which D.
la- teen placed ny a iarge body 81 his fel-
4W-ritif-n. should he held % detracf from
flc -anetty - BIZ oath.
ABEAy :. HEWITT.
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