The daily gazette., 1876-10-04
Tf EINCoME RETURN OF HAYES
Ern1n tho Tril1unn

r., ihe Dcmociatc newspapers. fading Gov,
lliueh income matter an extreue ely hard
nut 10 cracks have taken refuge in the gen
oIso 1ta.emeat IN t divers respectable men
nIso renuereu no account of their taxable
INCOME, put lett the assessors to x it, Gov.
hice. OF Ma,sachusetts, it is asserted, did
anx.ror 9ar, anu 70 aid Mr.: Wendell Phillips But
noserhor hice Is not running for the Presi-
nmeeney as n reform candidate, nor is Mr..
Philips IN nomination for that office. &"
Hayes and his partisans unable TO meet
the democracy. upon the broad issue of
needed reform in the Federal Executive.
and OF change of parties in power in the
National Government, took refuge with
the father of lies," and began svste-
matte assault upon the personal charac-
Ter OF Governor TILDEN In the Times
campaign supplements were published,
by authority" the brief from which
every Republican spouter should eject
partisan cant and rant. The brief ran
somewhat thus:
I1LDEN, AN ALLY OF TWEED
T1LDEN, a SEcEssloNIsT
IJLEEN, RAILwAY-W WREcKER
IILDEN, THE Tool OF THE SOUTH
TlLDEN, THE REpuDrAroR
These were the points which the speak
eNs were directed to emphasize, but they
utterly failed to win over to HAYES any
Independent voters of any nationality,
and u new edition OF the campaign sup
PIGMENTS was ordered by Zach Chandler
containing new lie, which was:
TlLDEH, REVENUE DEFRAUDEE.
The party spouters and sEouters were
instructed to divide this lie into two
parts, one, the allegation that two re-
turns, made il 1868 and 1861, were false
and periured. This declaration Mr.. Sim
mott met by a plump denial, and thus
| perished the first part of the calnmuy.
| The second was that. from 1861 to 1872.
Mr.. TILDEN made no return but was as
| eessed in each tax of $4,000, plus SO
per cent, or 22,506, and that this ne
glect and failure were dishonest, dis
honorable, illegal, fraudulent and DIS
| loyal. To meet this .seccnd part of the
| lie, the Democracy answered that the
| practice OF making no return was gener-
al throughout the country by men of all
parties and shades of opinion, and evil
J dence of it came forth in every part Of
the land. And how is this evidence
met? Just as the Tribune meets it, in
the extract We copy, which is by e an
swer that these men are not now candi-
dates for the Presidency. But in Mas
sachusetts Rice and Phillips are GER
tainly reputed 20 be loyal, honest and
Then the 1riJuae, shifting the issue
from loyalty and the bloody-shirt, -
exclaim: All Rice and Phillips were
assessed for the full amount, and TILDEN
was not! "
Lee us. see about that. Judge Sinnott
assures the public:
| "Neariy all his Income from Investments
| paid the tax through the corporations Whose
bonds and stocks he he'd without allowance
| for the lawful deductions" "
This left only income from his profess
s,onal fees, with propa" deductions for
losses ana bad debts. The Tins informs
u shat Mr. Evarts returned an income
OF about $4,000, Mr.. Stoughton about
10000 and We see that on Sir. TmpEN
was levied 70 TAX OF So 800 / is safe to
say that Mr., Egarts mad professional
business three or four times is large as
that Of lir. pILDES. liz. Stoughton
certainly, OF all men, viii not deny that
he had larger professional employments
than Mr. Tiiden, or assert that his .arit
OF charges was on @ smaller scale.
1t is true that neither Rice nor Phil
lips nor Egarts nor Stoughton is a Presi-
DENTAL candidate in csSe whatever either
may be il posse. HAYES, however, Is,
and will Zach Chandler make public o
fac-simile of the income returns of HAYES
Us he did that of IILDEs? That is the
question -I!'Orid.