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

| Rochester and open the proceedings Of the pack Of
vention in thai CITY ast week We saw il was an in
suit TO his friends and neigh b0rs and 10 every honest
man in the city. He knows he sat there simply as a
cover for fraud and robbery of the kind.
lie ought not, after having done it, to be
able TO drive past Tweeds new house and garden on
Filth avenue without blushing ano hanging his head.
He knows where the ex-chairmaker got the means ~
paying for that mansion; aud knowing IT,, how could
which was TO put fresh plumber in the recent me
chanc's packets. and proract the reign Of pack Of
cheats over his feliow-citIzeus?''
On the 3oth of sep ernber Times again held Mr.
Tlden to responsibility TOR lending his responsibility
to aid the designs aud pepeuae power Of the ring
MsSovernment Of New York"ssa Sn'iu sSa. Mr'
Tilden has been singled out for especial
reprobation, for the part he has taken In
power, but only because Mr. Tiiden happens 10 he a
man oil unusual respecaoility and consPieuousness,
and by no means because he is the only offender Of
his class" There are thousands Of others who are
open 10 criticism 'eu they are less influential and
eecting REFORM II has been impossible get frauds
before the public in striking way. After referring
To the efforts OF the Press TO expose the robbers the
| Of these denunciations and exposures, men whom
nobody suspects Of dishonesty, and who occupy
| high social and Commercial posIiions,
do hesitate to join Tweed in securing
to him the continued control, both of the
city aud state IL naturally treats charges mere
talk partisan abuse at all events exaggerstions,
aud lets things go on as they are" On Mr.. Tilden
hem as their political associate even Il he coa-
| hnes his cooperation simply TO dec anaton about
standardization OF IMPERIALISM Cuba. san Do
mingo or the currency, or The debt and says word
at ali of State politics. occupies toward them posi-
ton strictly analogous 10 that which the fence
pies TO the thief. He helps them 10 dispose Of their
'swag' and destroy the evidence Of their guilt, and
lends them disguises in which they exhibit them-
selves In pubic. or get entrance to decent men s
houses"
/ We might ill up the res, Of this page with quota
tions of like character IRON the Times, during the
hardest and IoneIes, period Of its drh n did not
/ SiffuI mt Mr. hcCn he ham.
Some OF It's heavIesi blows Tell on Republicans who
were In the pay Of the Ring. II held Mr. lilden re-
sponsibe rs Mr. Greeley often had BEFORE because he
had the power, by single, brave, and honest word
expose aud break up the combination of plunderers
thinly disguised as Democratic politicians, who were
running, not Only the city, but the party. 1t did
say that Mr.. 1ilden sympathy with the gang
over whose partisan movements he presided. and TO
position every day that he tailed to ex pose aud
denounce them. And AT the Rochester Convention,
where he the ruling power, he culmi mated his
treachery the reform by allowing the ring
delegates IRON this city-some Of whom, their
ciates had relieved him OF his watch his way TO
of the party. We should like a cartoon by Mast
headed "Iwo ReIorfners" which should represcn, ON
fearless atirude Al the Diet of Worms and nv M! ,
rlble denuncis ion OF the evils of his aud
order. and Samuel J. Tden at the Rochester Conven-
tion blandy smiling at the ring delegation from this
| city, and euphonesusly denonnciug the dangers of
| ''centraisrn aud 'imperiaiism."
| We do not forget what we afterward did toward
breaking up. the ring. No man knew better than he
| that IL could not stand the exposure OF the
had, and which 1t published July 70, ISL No man
knew better that the ring would crush him soon as
1t was able to dispense with an ornamental figure head
SO, like the wiry political mariner that he is be
tackled just before the squali struck hardest, and
boldly assumed the CARO- Of "Reiormer'-lke most
Of such tardy converts, making louder preientions
than those who had borne the heat and burdens and
pers OF The most dangerous and doubtful parts
| contest. For what he did 10 himself and his
party, We have always been ready 10 make full ac-
know Judgement. He proved himself, at the last. a
most skIiiiul party manager. a worthy pupil OF his
| adrot master, Mr. Van Buren,. But rs "keiormer''
1t Is enough TO make horse laugh. the patent ab-
| surdity OF the idea
Even late in the eight as when the committee was
| organized, ne was unwilling publicly take part
with an bipartisan organization to which the people
had committed the conduct OF The against the
RIM. H7was urged to join Il. He plead excuses and
| declined When such decided Democrat Robert
b. Roosevelt glad 10 belong TO that committee and
| openly Denounced the Ring villainies, AFR. Tiden
would lend his name to the committee Not until
the battle was won DID he join, iand then,
member Of the Assembly, he turned cid shoulder
the committees city charter, aud Gould nos H. until
the session closed, whether he would wouI not
/ vor the charter.
Such is the record. part Of IL. of Mr. TiIden as
"keormer" Mems memories are briei, but when he
people Of this State asked support him for the
Governorshlp. ia place Of OF the admittedly best
Executives New York ever had man whose pairiot-
Ism impeled him 10 offer his life for his country when
mere boy, ana again TO cer IL when, laden with hon
ors from stale aud Nation, he entitled to exemy-
tion from military Service who was one OF the fsi 10
lend his all In the against the Ring; who has been
the Governor. not OF the parry but Of the Stae who
Is statesman and not partisan; whose whole record
Is radiant with brave deeds and words at such tme
people ought 10 look into the claims Of this adroit poll
iieian and see whether he Is entitled to masquerade
a"Reformer."
GFrom the New York Express, Deuocrstl
The Terre Hauie Resord-Ihe Cass Asaiast Gov.
| TiIden In the Unitcd States Courfs-Interestiss
| Questions Which He Does Not Answer-The
| Fleeced Stockholders Demand an Aceosnt-As-
fouHdiag Admission BY One OF Tilden's Commit
tee.
| The Express Yesterday laid before its readers
the substance OF the complaint ia the case OF the
| st. Louis, Alton & Terre Haute Railroad Com
psny against Samuel ]. Tilden, Charles Butler
ct al. now pending before the United States
Court OF the Southern District of New York, si'.
ting in equity Appended TO this document are
a number of pertinent questions which the Court
is asked to compel The defendants 10 answer
under oath. Mr.. Tilden being especially and
personally called upon to render "ful true,
direct, and perfect answer to the following:
QUESTION NUMBER ONE
whether or not, at the time OF the reorgani-
zation of the ST. Louis, Alton Terre Hauie
Railroad Company. as herein before stated. or
at any other time. there were issued or deiv-
cred TO the said Purchasing Committee, or To
the said defendants, or any or either OF them.
as members of the said committee, or In any
other capacity the herein above mentioned
81 200,0 900 Of first mortgage bonds, 50 800 600 OF
preferred second mortgage bonds, l,700.00o of
income second mortgage bonds, $1,000 of
preferred capital sock, and 81, 100000 OF COM
mon stock OF The 81, Louis, Alton Terre Hau,e
Railroad Company, or whether or not the said
Purchasing Committee, or the said defendants
or any or either OF them, as members OF the said
committee, or in any other capacity, ever had
the said bonds and stock. or any part thereof, in