The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-09-21
Tildeh's Income Tax.

The New York Times of the 9Th, publishc
q fac-simile Of the affidavit made by Samuel
j. Tilden OF his income tax. 1t appears up
on the face of the paper that he. had put
down $6,33S. II as the amount and Sl9O.14
as the tax thereon, but erased it., and substi-
tuted it with the figures s7,lls as the
amount and $213.54 the tax. The oath is
dated New York, Dec. Oath, 1872, and sub.
scribed by Sam'l J. Tilden before O. G. Hill
lard, assistant Assessor. Opposite the aft
davit is detailed statement and itemized
list Of some of the returns that should have
been made, amounting in the aggregate to
$l0S,000 and showing a fraudulent conceal
ment of income to the amount of sS1 $50,
after making all proper deductions, the tax
npon which is s4,236.46.
The Times, in the following brief para
graph, shows its confidence in its position
and its purpose to push the investigation:
The facts presented on our first page con
tain the most compact and comprehensive in
formation in regard to Mr.. Tildcn's perjury
and fraud in his income tax returns which is
at present attainablc. They are, however,
merely the first instalment OF thorough
analysis of the subject which we hope to be
able to complete in the course OF the next
two or three weeks All the stuff which has
been talked and written in regard to the rul-
inus of the Commissioner of Internal Rev
enue, the distinction between income re-
ceiyed and income earned, &C., is manifest
IL inapplcable to the Indictment now pre-
sented. We have made liberal deduction
from the income of Mr.. Tiden in 1862 on
the score of fees received for services rem
dered in preyious years. We have met his
apolooists on their own ground, and we cllal-
lenoe them TO contTovert the substantial ac-
curacy Of the figures given. Our statements
of to-day cover but small portion OF very
extensive field, but they are sufficient to
bring home with unanswerable force our ac-
cusation that Mr.. Tilden stands before the
people as a convicted pcrjurer and swindler
>--
There is some one fumbling with the press
dispatches in Washington city, whom Judge
Harris ought to have suppressed. Every day
or two telegram is sent over the country
to the effect that the democrats everywhere
are rejoiced at Harris nomination, because
OF the national reputation he made as chair
man of the election committee, ard especial
~ in the case OF GOode, wherc nc opposed
Plat, although his committee had reported
in favor of him. We think il there was ever
an act that ought to consign man to polit-
ical death it was the vote and speech in favor
OF Goode. He had no more right to the seat
than Hottentot, and the entire Virginia dem
ocratic delegation that voted for Goode strlti-
fed themselves when they did so. Mr.. Harris
will get enough Of his action in this matter
before he is through with this canvass. He
will find that his constituents are not so pill
able rs the partisan members OF Congress
who subordinate right and justice to party
behests. Mr.. Harris may rest assured that
he is not to walk over the track quietly. He
will have an opponent who will not be afraid
to expose his political record, and hold hin
up In his true light before the people.