The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1876-08-31

d. u HOW. he swTAR !.
i Governor ridden : swtndler and ! Per
I rs jurer s. ss. III i b
4 It il bad enough for i preside ntiall
to. ::be defendant; in suit
which involves q charge Of breach Of
trust, II not Of actual embezzlement,
The answers to which charges are in
effect conf ession Of the most serious
Df them or an evasion by means Of
legal bubbles and techincalities. But
the case is made infinitely worse when
the same candidate is charged with de-
frauding the government as well as his
clients, and with covering up his ras-
calities with deliberate perjuries. q
This is the exact position in which
Samuel J.. Tilden; stands to-day -
Mr.. Tilden, in 1868, filled out his in |
come tax return, and swore to it., set. |
ting forth that his entire income liable
to tax from the LIST Of January, 1852,
to the 3lst of December, 1862, after
making the deductions allowed by law,
wa R7'118. The Ileductions made IN |
his ;ref,,rn for:l803 arpreQated 86.552.
It conld not posaihlv' be much. If anv
oreater in 1852. THUS his entire in.
Gomez for the whole Of the wear 1869
was under $l4, 900. To this Mr.. Tilden
made oath and the affidavit is on file.
A few days ago Mr.. Mlden filed the
answer Of himself and his associates
- the ST. I,onis. Alton and Terre Haute
Raiiroad suit: In that answer it is
averred. ..That for such, services, the
defendant Tilden made charge OF ten
,thonaand dollara aoainst gaid second
roo,t~ara >I,omdhoidsrs and Tia aid
CHARGE 'was 'Iaid. hv or On behalf If
sa;d, Second mortoa1e hondholdera: on
tha nth If -Octoher. 1862: 49,.
that the defedant Tilden. for the mart
If his services 'aforesaid. Also made a
CHARGE If the ike s1,m NJ ten thonsand
do11a1s m account If nrofeasional serv.
10. rondorod - tha f;rst mortoaca
h"ndho1dore ond tho roo; vora wR;ch
w. ,>o;d ~ III, Nv tho ao;d A7ar;ah
- Tie~r ~ ~ ond which ravn,oct
ernears ondar date If NovnmHer :
SPao =, . sto+anoon+ ornoxod - +,e
800 are , a. s af"rasa;S nc hav;n~ heen
raoo;ntod for hv +ho sold T;iden .on
aoco,,nt - ,,yofaes;ono ear.,;cos ~
Thme NJ T;,den hav;no sworn in 1QR2
,hot h;a ent;ra taxahla INCOME waa hit
~ ia which added r. tfa dednctions
mada Under tha law hro,ioht h;s gross
;nconce for tho vaar nnder Nil mn he
s..,eors;n 1e7e {hot f,hn, two sonroae
o;o..a 30 rooe;vod <son 0oo ~ tho* uoer
e.o 49, ~ Ts,,,s ~ $1,000 faise1,1 -, o@a
% ; 70 1o7c - 80 anco,,,t a. c,,a,. "a
0 ~ 80 noro 81 w. %.J ~ nt,,or ;noo W. -;
v 1ooo 0'''' - '1o A<'>% 'Ao o''AoA 4"o"o 40
10g w. - - ,,o,,; ,ra,, ,,,o,,,,, l.. ,,.a
put ~ - Nety w. H'lV"n no ns'o
49," 800 .,,ao,,nt r. 10 f,rtha,. sh "", ~
tHa oo " ~ ~ a"1,n,;++on W 10y ~
SHo a ~ 10 To,ro Wn,,+" po;' ~ cnS
onron"n1 80 -. ~ Gouarnor 1s;9Ten "nne;"
o ~ d,,~;1r ~" son,o +;ma stnol, ~ ~
ro,I - q ,orr. an1onnt m 10 ;nd;v;d
~, 49, ac w snd IN a1d;+;on racatvef,
$sA 0no ~ Tho fret mortaaoa honIe
and ~ as11 ;nteroat Thaee SENS ware
not ;nclmdad in h;s income +ax re+rrn
Tha income tax W. was ;mnoeed IN ' Iaa a;i
o,d con+;nnod .'n+;, 1870 Evaru 49, re,'
so,, ,ros ran,,;rod ~ nale . ra+',,, ~. ~
h;s ; m.o ~ ,,nJor oo+h orJ n,;t% ~ - ~
a; ~ 1o+n;i T%oso mho ~" fo;Io ~ ~
~ ~ ~ +ha;,. ;,onnoos 80 dn'..n a - W y
oerto;n s,,r, occord;n~ 70 10 ;v1n,,e 'v
~ y".n "~an w. .nH ee.u
" .o os e.o'v s.s"o . - pe4 49, " 10y
H. T;iGcn " md" ret"rn NJ fnr +%a voar.
1890 and 1aes hnt FOR an ~ the e"h
seonent wears allowed the assessor tc
ouess at his income and add the nen.
altv. For the whole neriod. from iS61
to 1872. Mr.. Tilden. the milli0naire,
naid tax m an average income. ;nclnd'
inc fiftv ner cent. nenaltv. Of only
ahout fifteen Thousand dollars ner vear
Dnrino this neriod he wrecked thf
ST. Louis, Alton and Terre Hanto Rail,
road Comnanv. and according tn h;s
sworn statement rece;vad non nm FROM
it one wear for his services. besides the
1aroe amount If cash and honfa he an an
nronr;atoj from tho wrect na ~ wa go
IT tha same t;ma 90 mariner conn"e, ]
and ' trustee cohhl;nq m The Gaiens
and CHICAGO Railroad Comnanv in mi;
no;s and snnronr;at;no to h;mseif th<
oraat motifs nf tho nont;nanta1 IN
9rovena ont comnanv tho Grand Pan;d.
and 1nI;ane Pa;1rood Comr.rv nn1
the Peninsula Railroad Cnmnanv ;r
MICHIGAN He was ut tho sanc {;ms
0;v;n9 Oak Amos odv;ca wh;ch 1od -