The daily Argus., 1876-08-12
CHAPTER II.
WAS MR.. TLDEN A SHAM REFoRMER?

The Convention oyer, Mr.. Tilden
returned to the city to resume the arduous
and delic ate work of examining the books
of the Broadway Bank, where the accounts
of Tweed, Garvey, Ingersoll and the other
plunderers were kept On October 18th
1871, the Times published the following
Mr.. Samuel J. Tilden, on behalf of the
Committee of Seventy. has concluded his
examinationsof the books of the bank in
reference to the City's accounts, and is
now engaged in the preparation OF his re-
port thereon. The publication OF this re-
port will be looked forward to by the pub
lie with eagerness, and by the thieves of
the RiGg with fear. There have been
grave difficulties to overcome in the tracing
Of the stolen money. The bills, certificates
and vouchers in the Controllers Office have
been found apparently all right, and it was
left 70 the books of the Rings Bank to
find and tasten the men who have pro6ted
by the losses of the city. The forthcom-
ing report of Mr.. Tilden will settle this,
will set this and many other matters
straight, and it is possible that the golden
circle will find it necessary to devote more
time hereafter to their own salvation and
less to the annoyance of the Deputy Con-
troller."
MORE FROM THE SAME SOURCE.
Again, on October &c, 1871, the Times
referred to the man it now calls "a wreck
er of railroads" thus
IF anything can arouse the New Yor.,
public to that pitch of indignation which
alone becomes them in the present crisis,
it is the accounts which we publish to-day.
Here we have, thanks to the lobOrS Of
Mr.. SAMUEL j. TILDEN, full and conclu-
sive evidence that William NJ. Tweed
differs only from common thief in having
stolen tens of thousands instead Of tens OF
dollars. We refer to the
affidavit of Mr.. Tilden for detailed ac-
count of how the disposal of the money was
traced"
Here is also another little editorial
extract of the same date as the above:-
IF the people will not believe Republi-
cans, surely they will find it hard to retute
the evidence of Democrats like SAMUEL
j. J.TILDEN, CHARLES OCoNoR, ETC., etc.
A NEW ERA IN MUNICIPAL POLITICS,
Also the following:-
Some of the ablest men of both parties
will speak at the Cooper UniCn. The dp
pedrdnce on the same platform of SAMUEL
= J. TILDEN and Vim. NJ EUdrtS,is signi6
, cant evidence of new era in municipal
politics, and should convince every homes
man that the issues before US in the pres
ent election are above the region of part
Z, strife. and rest upon principles higher AM
: more essential than those in dispute be
p tween Republicans and Democrats.
q WAS S. J. T., TWEED PLANT TOOL WIFE,
J, CHAIRMAN OF THE DEMOCRATIC COM
u Mr-TEE?
On November 4, 1871, Mr. SAMUEL
TILDES, Chairman of the Democrat
d State Committee, was thus spoken Of
/ Remember that the frauds of Tweet
Hall. Sweeney and Connolly are no long'
mere newspaper talk. They are matter
t of official record. They have formed tt
"a basis Of suits in the Courts, under the al
>, vice of Mr. Charles O'Conor, the leader
the New York Bar. They are denounce
n in language quite as strong, as we hay
D. used in the Times, by Mr.. SAMUEL .
o. TILDEN, Chairman of the Democratic Sta
. Committee, &c, &.
&c VOTE FOR SAMUEL j. TILDEN.
e, The following explains ITSELF
D. [From tie Ne,c Yo,& Times. Nor. G. 1s7l.I
t. VOTE FOR SAMUEL J. TILDEN.
l. THE VOTERS OF THE EIGHTEENTH AS
EMILY DISTRICT OUGHT TO ESTEEM IT A
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