Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-12-14

surplus from I,isosss 81
ss,ss7,5i4 O3
Debt tax, 796,9A 0O
Reduction. 100, $50 Us
Here then, is q reduction of tax from 1875 to
1876 oil Sc, loo. $50 03-a reduction due wholly
aud exclusively to the reduction of debt, maxim z
less tax necessary, aud not due at all to any re-
duction eli expenditure. that IS, to any economies
or savings. But the entire reduction of tax
from 1875 to 1876, as stated at the beginning of
this article. is $6,0lS, loan amount almost
identical with that which comes from the
ducton OF debt. IL Is thus absolutely demon
sirated that the entire reduction OF taxation this
year comes, not from any decreased expenii-
ture, but solely and exclusively from the
fact that the debt has been paid off, and no
longer requires the large tax for that purpose.
Now. Gov. Tilden did not pay off the debt or
have anything to do with ii. Not even his par
tisans have the hardih0od to pretend that be
did. The debt was paid and provided for, ss
shown above under Republican administration
of the finances Ii thus appears beyond the
possibility of cavil, that the whole reduction of
taxation this year comes from the extnguish-
ment OF the deot; that the extinguishment of
the debt was brought about by Republican ad-
ministration, and that the claim that Gov Til
den is entitled to the credit of the reduction is a
false pretense of the most bare-faced character.
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TiIden and Tweed.
From the New York Times.
We have demonstrated many times before.
and we expect to have occasion to repeat the
proof ut frequent intervals during the next four
months, that Samuel J. Tilden was personally
responsible for the rise and success Of tie Tweed
Ring, aud that he did nothing whatever to
break their power until their ruin had been &C.
-. L.1 Tt.ax Il
tainiy need no instruction on this subject, but
there is q large section OF the American people
who do. That is they are not sufficiently in
formed OF the facts to be able to recognize as
palpabe falsehoods the claims which Democratic
newspapers and speakers are making on Mr. Til
den's behalf. For instance, Democratic stump
speaker said in New Hampshire the other night,
1T was Tilden who took Tweed in the plenitude
of his power and convicted him, and sent him
to the penitentiary,' while we have the refresh
ing intelligence from Boston that Ito Tilden,
more that TO any other individual Or agency,
was tine Times indebted for its facts and figures
published agains; Tweed and Tammany"
AT the risk of rehearsing to most of our read
ers a thrice-tod tale, we must try to furnish an
antidote to gross and shameless misrepresenra ia
lions like these. Mr.. Tilden made TWO, and only
two, effective contributions TO the punishment
of Tweed and his confederates-their downfall
was accomplished while he yet in their
camp. The first was in the middle of Septem-
Der, 1871, when he helped to induce Connolly
to appoint Mr.. Andrew II. Green as his deputy,
and so assisted in placing the Controllers Office
and all the records OF fraud which were left
after the voucher robbery in safe and resoIuie
hands. Mr.. Tilden's recent biographies do not
claim any credit for this act and his ent pam
egyrists are silent on the subject, so that We
concede to him this amount of credit unasked
We need only remark that in this negotiation,
Mr.. Tilden was as horribly afraid as Connolly
himself of the power Of the men whose wrath
he had secretly braved, and that he was, at that
time. even less disposed to refer to the subject
than he is to-day. His second service TO the
cause OF public justice against Tweed was his
publication of the analysis of the private ac-
counts of the leading thieves in the Broadway
Bank. This appeared about the last week