The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-09-29

NO stCH ChdiEe WAS ever iDtCe, lcnuereQ
or collected by NJ. Tiden.
The observations in regard 20 iEe first
mortgage apply equally TO this. with the
additional force hat being. ftom The Datu'
of tbe case, in most respects a copy of tue
first mort gage, 1t furnished great deal less
basis Cor charge. In poiut of fact no
specific sum was ever paid for it.
Fifth Item. March 1. Fees for third
mortgage deed, &C., 81, 500."
The absurdi,y OF his charge is trauspar-
ept. This thiid mortgage was on the same
property and drawn for the same client as
he second, but secured an Indebtedness
only about two-ff. rs as large, aud yet ibis
ST. emept pu,s down S4, 500 as ihe fee for
d,awiDg 'he ihiId mo- gage, as against
50. 800 for ne second.
OF cou'se no such Charge or any other
specific charge was ever made by Mr.. Til
de, for he drawing of This instrument.
.SiJM Isem.--Maici 2. '.Fees for fiual
conveyance 10 railway company, subject o
the mori gage, Pr 'isburgh, Fort Ways ue and
Ch cago iaih Dad cumpaOy, So, 000.'
Nr. T,lden never made, iende ed or col
| lee ed, nor was he ever paid any such bill
or en- IL q bill
Nor is 'here any hing but the da;es of
these deeds on which to base the aSsump
tiou rhat the work out hem was exclusively
done in the gear 1862.
And right here it is proper to say few
woods in regard 20 Mr.. 1ilden's scale of
cba ges. ii is great mistake to suppose
that counsel muse have been paid in 1862 at
the high rates which ruled in subsequent
years. Nj. 1ilden at that time was in The
habit of charging very low prices. The
class of business in which he was engaged
required pa'i iiculaIy grea' skill in negoti-
aiion-n thorough knowledge OF men,
thorough knowledge of ,he railway SYST EN-
aud business CONDITION aud prospec, of he
country, and n constructive power of de-
visirg AID suggesting ways and means of
recouciling apparently conflicting pecuni-
| ary iuIetrs 10 The permanent benefit aud
saiisfac ion of all concerned. Tue mere
! q. awiug OF papers was hardly tbought of
! in eSi iiulaiing lie value of Nj. Tilden's SER
| vice. he was paid because he Teconciled
aud esCded, 40 o, her man in this conu-
! iry Conld then have done, interests woli II
m'ihons which to mauy persons seemed
| hopelessly lost. Yet in this publication he
/ Is set down, upon mere su mise, aud with
ont any GAIA or u,holity. as receiving
! $24. 600 for work which could not Ieasoua-
| bly, have occupied more thau one month of
! bis time, while tue answer III the St. Louis
/ A on aud Tere Htu:e case discloses the
! fact That lie was wo king AZ the same class
OF business, aud about The same time, at
he Iate of 5000 for four consecu, i've
years SCI vice, or at lie tate of S5, 600 a wear
| tSeDcRM Hem.-'.Juue il. Cumberland
! Coal and Iron Company. So, 000.''
| The Times allows that onc half OF Ibis
| sum should be deduc ed, on fhe grouud
| hat it probably was not earued in 1862 -
| Neither was any of il.
| Governor Tilden rendered no se' vices TO
the Cumberland Coal and Iron Company in
shat year. He did reutler il important SER
vices dnring previous years beginning with
| 1855, but they were all concluded before
the close of 1861. If anything was receiv-
! ed it must have been in bonds and in set
! tlement o! an old account, and not taxable.
/ Eighth Item. -''Oci ober II. Service TO
second mortgage boudholders of ST. Louis.
! Alton q Terre 5apte railroad company, as
/ per affidavit, $40, 000.'
| Of course no bill was ever rendered Ivy
! Mr. Tildeu in the above form. But this
| en-, and The one next following, furnished
! be only basis ON which the Times starr ed
| out on ibis defamatoIy crusade. 1t pre-
| teuded 20 have discovered an int onss ency
! betweco Governor Tilden's ieiurn of iu-
come in 1862 aud cei,aiu allegations con
/ tHTued i'll an answer in equity. filed by ile
! defendants, of whom Mr.. TIlden is ooe of
| fon', in a suit bought by the ST. Louis,
| Alon & Ter,e 1au,e abroad company.
| Ii you VIII turn to page 81, folio 145, you
| viii fluid these words:
THAT for such services ibe defendant
| lHden made a charge of $40, 600 again st
said secoud mor; gage bondholde,s auG the
said charge was paid by or on behalf OF said
/ second mos; gage bondholders. on tie 1 i;h
! of Oct ober. 1862, out of Il fund contiibu, ed
| by sad second mortgage boudholders un-
| der an agi cement between themselves dai ed
November 1, 1882
Now. then, the question presents itself,
| what were Che services for which this
| payment was made, and when were they
| rendered? To asceI tain this we need ouly
| look at folio 143 whei we find hese words:
| Aud they further say. touching The STATE e.
men,s in bin of complaints as 80 the ser
wees of he defendant, S,muel j. Iilden,
ti'at he bad long prior to and a the time of
y the commencement of tiie foreclosure suit
in The said bill of com mplaint mentioned
been the counsel for the second mortgage
| bondholdefs, in whose behalf such suit was
! instifui ed, and that he was counsel also for
! the trusi ees of he said second NOR! gage
| bondholdcrs, aud had 5eeu from some time
| in he year 1857
Itappeais theI efore, that this money was
paid for services runuing through five years
anterior to 1862. ard it does not appeal hat
4 any part whatever was earned in that yea.
! The decree fixing and confirming the rights
/ of The second mortgage bOndholders was
entered at the August term in the year 1851
and lie sale itself took place as early as
! March, 1862.
No appreciable part, If any. of this item
can theI efoie be appoi TONED to the year
1852
/ Ninth em.-''November7. Services TO
first st'mortgage bopdholders of The ST. Louis,
! Alton & 1eiIe Haure railroad company, as
per affidavit 500
This item was the original maips'ay OF
The Times SANDER aud is clung TO with
considerable tenacify, In support of its
theory ON this subject, the Times has ap-
pealed To tbe answer beftne mentioned
To ibis document we shall now refer, and
at page 81 we find the following state
meuts:
'sThat The defendant Tilden, for a part
of his services aforesaid. also made p charge
of the like sum of $4,000 on account of
professional services rendered to the first
mort gage bopdholders and the receivers,
which was paid 10 him by ile said Azariah
c. Flagg, surviving receiver as aforesaid -