Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1876-11-04

WOulu CdiI lis dtICiIliOns siiu lhO "eeOu
ton of his friends, to his letter Of ac-
ceptance, IN which he said: Experience
has frequently erposcd the futility of self
imposed restrictions by candidates."
EDI0RIAL NOTES.
PRESIDENT GRANT has issued proc
lamation recommending that the 30th
day of November be observed as day of
National thanksgiving and prayer. so
f-....Ia sFfa.lsff -- .si f-l.f $50 fs.tr.
TILDEN's letter does not explain the
discrepancy between his real income and
the false oath he swore as to what if was.
That is subject he does not venture to
touch. tf.,.t
LOOKING at the matter in the most
favorable light, in the event Of Mr.. Til
dens election to the Presidency, only the
naked ,uord of Samuel j. Tilden stands
bet,cccn the people and the doubling of the
National debt. "H
TILDEN's letter neglects to promise
that, if elected President, he will do any
thing to protect loyal citizens in the
South against murder, outrage and vio-
lent Acknowledgement. Upon that sub
ject, though it is of more importance than
any question OF money, he is as dumb as
an oyster.
WHEN Cheboygan county Republicans
| are impOrtuned to vote the Democratic
| ticket under the cloak of reform let
them remember the words of Judge STAN
ley Mathews, of Cincinnati, Liberal of
1872.
1.-The people of the loyal states are thor
Oughly aroused to the danger OF solid
South, and will never consent to deliver
the government into the hands of those
who have predetermined to betray it,"
| In 1861, Tilden declared that any state
has right, at the will of majority of
its voters, to snap the tie OF cOnfedera-
ton which binds it to the Union, as a
nation may break treaty; and it may
also resist any attempt at coercion by the
National Government as a nation may
resist invasion. In Tilden's letter he
does not say what he will do if any state
| takes him ut his word, and secedes. On
that question he is as silent as the grave
IN addition TO the fact that VIM. L.
Weber is self-confessed KnOw-NOth-
ing. it has been ascertained that he is an
| ''artful dodger," as far as tho payment of
his taxes is concerned. When his prop
| perty was taxed for sewer purposes he
resorted to law and compelled the city of
his residence to pay principal and interest
for a sewer that he was largely benefited
by. The files OF the Auditor Generals
office show that VIM. l.. Weber, ct. al.
OIL the 9th OF July last. procured an in
junction against the sale of a large tract
Of land i'm the county of Lake, for the
taxes of 1875. The taxes amounted to
$4,000 90. The result of this enjoining
process was that the whole amount of
taxes thus barred is charged back. and
has to be reassessed against the property
of the county again. Then the balance
of tine residents Of the county have to pay
those taxes which VIM. l.. Weber the
Democratic candidate for Governor,
should pay. This is reform in earnest.
This is the sympathy the wealthy Dem
ocratic office seekers have for the poor
men. The poor farmers have to pay the
taxes for the wealthy land holders. Voters
of Cheboygan county, will you vote for
this kind of reform?
| CONGRESSMAN BANNING was elected
i'm one of the Cincinnati, O.. districts to
Congress, so the official report shows, by
eighty-five majority over Stanley Math-
ews the Republican candidate. The Re-
publicans thought that Mathews had
been counted out by fraud, and have
been investigating. In one ward l49
names were found on the poll lists as hav-
ing voted, more than there were voters
living in the ward, and the most rigorous
search failed to discover them, or an adj
vertisement in the papers TO reveal their
whereabouts. Nobody in the aodrd k1seaU
them, or of them. In another ward there
were 143. Already in Banning's distrirt
over 800 Illegal votes have been discov-
cred. In Sayler's district the same is
true. These facts show conclusively
that there was an organized plan to elect
these men by fraudulent votes. II Indi-
ana the same class of frauds are being dis
covered, and there is now no doubt. but
that Williams was c,unted in for Gov
ernor by fraudulent votes in the southern
part of the state, The same class OF
frauds are being discovered i'm New York
and Brooklyn. but it is hoped that they
have been discovered in time to prevent
any very wholesale fraudulent voting
1t would be sad C 'mentsry upon RI :
publican form of government, if it wee
ascertained that its chief executive had
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