The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-09-23
I',bill & eorpplsIils msiiitionea lFols. lac,

ITO aseertairf tie tifneso the rendition OF |
fsfic services oii accountso f which sucn pay
rnent wis made the reader ~ referred 70 |
the Opposite page, at folio ia, Wnere we
find It stated that Mr.. Tilden g was also tine |
counsel for said, iYers, and that nef alse
acted id the principal counsel fer tne sa!u
fret mortgage bond ders lefefhtion. to |
the foreclosure proceedings herelnpeloIc'.|
mentioned, and other proceedings Con,
nected Herewith, md that SUCH services Llau
commenced prior to the year 1889, anu W.T.
rendered from time to time duringia period
OF upward of three years there fter. Z
In other words, the services were ren7
dered i'm 1858, 1859, 1860, and. 1851. NO con-:
siderable mart OF these services belong 10
the year 1862. The foreclosure proceeds
ings In which they were rendered naa at-
ready reached decree in August, 1851. -
BY referringsto page II OF this same an
swer you will perceive that the 1ofeciosuls
suit in which these services were Ienue. ,ss
was terminated in decree as early Us Au-
gust 8, 1861 folio and that the ROAD was
actually sold in the month OF March, ilstl.
So that there must, have been at LEAST nine
months Of the year 1862 which couia n 1
have called for these services, ana as 10 o tne
interval between January ana March, .looL,
any lawyer will understand that TINS could
NOT have called for much service, being the
time occupied BY the running OF the adVer-
tisement of sale, &c. Furthermore, the
payments which give rise to the discussion
were both made beforethe close OF the year
1862, and it is so stated in the answer. It=t
Az the outset OF, these attacks on G0v-
neror Tilden in regard to his taxable income
| for 1852 still another allegation was maze as
| il on positive knoWledge-namely, that ne
| had received from the ST. Louis, Alton ana
| Terre Haute Railroad Company $50, QUO IN
first mortgage bonds during that year
This charge is unqualifedly false; anu
now that it has been pointed out in the pun
| lie Journals that the complaint itself In tne
st. Louis, Alton, and Terre Haute sum
showed these bonds not used up to the year
1864, the charge appears to have oeen aoan-
doned.
I It seems proper to say that return made
4 under oath must be assumed to be correct
unless it can be shown to be false. The SIM
/ ME fact is, the amounts returned were the
4 NET result OF income after taking out the
lawful deductions. For me it only remains
to assert that every fact within my knowi-
i ledge confirms the good faith and adequacy
OF the returns which were verified by the
affidayit of one who for more than gene
ration had lived life so pure and blameiess
4 that the breath of calumny had failed to
touch him, until by the general voice OF
great rarty he had become their. candidate
for the highest Office in the gift OF the peo-
pie. f..l .i7h,, 49,.
years of the income tax Mr.. Illden MADE
no return, but left that portion OF his tax
which was in excess of the payments Tor his
account made by the CORPORATIONS, whose
bonds and stock he held, to be assessed
under the law by the estimate OF the pubic
! officers. the answer is simple. The statute
gave the taxpayer the option to take that
! course, and good and honorable reasons ex-
listed why a scrupulous man should accept
that option. Mr.. Tilden received no favor
from the Government officers, and sought
none. He did nothing but pay all they i'm
| posed on him. Nearly all his income from
! investments paid the tax through the cor
porations whose bonds and stocks he held
i without allowance for the lawful deduc-
tions. On the residue, after the law
ful deductions were made, he believed
at the time, that instead Of paying
less, he oftener paid more than would
have been the result Of full but trouble
some accounting. He preferred in that way
to be exempted from the difficulties incl
dent to attempting specific statement OF
the affairs in which he was interested, ana
/ OF the corporations ana business Ill Wuici
he was an investor; and also to be exempted
from the responsibility OF adjudicating on
the facts and the law applicable to uncertain
and fluctuating elements during rapid ana
violent changes Of fictitious values. The
law was unsettled; questions OF real dith-
Guilty existed. Constructions were set up
by officials which were often conflicting,
unintelligible, or incapable OF Just or safe
application and it was not agreeable to
| make return on doubtful or disputed
theory, or in contradiction to even unme-
ritorious claims made in behalf of the Gov
| eminent.
Mr.. Hewitt, chairman Of the Democratic
Committee, in giving this statement to the
public, says, among other things, applied
ssto the Secretary Of the Treasury for certi-
fed copies of the income returns OF Cover
nor Tilden and OF Governor Hayes, and on
the I'd day OF September made such an APP
plication. The copies applied for have not
been furnished, nor indeed has my letter
received the poor courtesy OF an acknow-
! ledgment. Meanwhile the adversaries Of
Governor TiIden have apparently had free
access to these returns, and have even been
permitted to photo-lithograph so much OF
! them rs suited their purposes. submit
this fact to the American people without
comment"