The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-09-21

such campaign as the Republicans are ma,
KING was never known to win. All the charges
made against Mr.. Tilden were made in 1871 wfer
he was candidate for Governor of New York He
was elected by majority Of over $1,000 and that
| IS about the way it will be this year He made 4
good Governor, and will make good President
| have been requested to answer these as
scrtions, probably because lam attached to
| the Democratic party, and through nv paper
the Argus, helped elect Mr.. Tiden Governor
| in 1874. The Argus has already answered
and disproved the points involved beyond
contradiction, in this section of the country,
will now undertake to do it for the State Of
| Ohio, through the columns of the State Jour-
nal.
l. The charges now made against Mr.. I'll.
den were not made in 1874. The Democrats
of this State did not know of Mr.. Tilden's
connection with the Northwest Railroad
ring. never heard Of the facts until I read
of them in the New York Express, a Demo.
cratic newspaper in May, 1876. | did ROT
| know that Mr.. Tildcn had swindled the Gov
eminent by ssueing illegal currency in
Michigan, until | saw the account Of thc
transaction in the Cincinnati Enquirer. in
June, 1876. | did not know that Mr.. Tilden
had defrauded the Government on the taxes
due from his Income, until the :month OF
August, 1876. OF the Judgment rendered
against him in the case of the Galena 81 Chi
cago Railroad Company stockholders. in 1865:
Of the Judgment by the same court for his
land taxes due the State of Michigan. in
1873, and OF his Congressional ssRelief'' bill
from penalties ana taxes, can say the same
thing.
2. Mr.. Tilden was not elected Governor If
this State by $4,000 majority. His majority
was only 3S, All on q total vote of over 100.
600. Over one-third of This majority, Il. 99S,
was obtained in this city by the help of the
Argus. Outside Of New York and Brook
Ign, Tilden was beaten in the State by II. :
or majority.
The people of the State had been robbed on
their canals and on the new Capitol building
at Albany; the city OF New York had been
robbed by the Tweed Ring, and the people
OF Brooklyn had been robbed by an equally
Infamous ring, composed OF men in both par
ties. The financial panic had occurred the
previous year. Grant was planning for a
third term. In the latter part of 1871. I'll
den had repudiated Twecd's gang. and came
out as rcformer. He was the Candidate for
Governor in 1874. When the elections that
year came off, you well know that the tidal
wave, swellcd by ti-Casarism, unemployed
labor, PROSTATE industries, and the cry for
change, commenced in Oregon, swept over
across Indiana, Ohio, New York. Connecti
cut, Massachusetts, and cndedin the granite
mountains of New Hampshire. 1t revolu-
tionized all OF these States; made Allen Gov
ernor OF Ohio; Tilden Governor of New
York by a change of IA per cent. of the
vote, and Castor Governor of Massachusetts
by change OF 80 per cent of it's vote. In
one year CASTOR was turned out of office in
massachusetts,, Allen in Ohio, ard Tilden,s
State ticket was beaten outside of New York
by over 10000. That city gave a Democrats
lc majority which saved the State to the par
ty by $4,000. So much for Iildcn's election
as Governor
8. LAS he made good Governor? When
lnauguratcd, he took an oath ssto obey the
Constitution, enforce the law, and protect
the interests of the people OF the State. .
He knew, because Senatorial Committee.
appointed by his predecessor, Gov. Dix, had
SO reported, that millions of dollars had been
stolen from the tax payers by men who had
charge OF erecting new State capitol build
ing. Lie did not enforce the laws. No lega. &C.
ton has been commenced againstthe plumber
ers. The same is true ofthe plunderers of the |
city OF Brooklyn. In each case, the men
whom he said should be in the State prison,
and whom he was elected to duly punish,
have become his fast friends by well known |
and instead Of being on their
road to prison, we found them shouting for
Ti.den for President in and out of the ST. |
Louis Convention. Perhaps these are the
acts Of Il good Governor
The Constitution Of our State says:
The Legislature shall not pass a private |
or local bill in any of the following cases +:
Granting to any corporation, association, or |
individual the right to lay down railroad
track. The Legislature shall pass general
laws providing for the eases enumerated.
etc.
COY. llluen was interested in street rail |
road in the, city of New York. A bill to ex-
tend the road by special legislation. IN uioza. |
tion OF the Constitution, which he had sworn
to obey, was gotten through the Legislature |
by the well known use Of money. Gov. Til |
den signed the bill June II, 1875. OF It the
New York World, Democratic newspaper.
said:
sit is an eternal disgrace to the State that
such dishonest practices are allowed to con-
Linue.
Members are bought up on these bills as
you would buy pound OF beef.
"Ihe Dill known as the Greenwich Street
Elevated Railroad bill was passed by the
promise of 500 each for sixty-fiye votes. "a
majority in that assembly.
"a noted lobbyist, formerly public prin-
,er, Van Benthuysen, held the stakes, So
)O0, to pay Barber, Tweed and Tilden's for
ner lobbyists. when the bill became law.''
Perhaps this was the act of Ga good Gov
srnor.'
A bill adding about $50 900 per annum TO the
oherlif's fees of this county--the office was
before worth $4,000 per annlm-was signed
" Gov. Tilden after knowing all the facts,
md being opposed by most attorneys ac-
lualnted with them. 1t was bill in the in
crest OF ring who control delegates. Per-
laps this was an act for which the 70, 600 yo-
rs of Brooklyn ought to cali Mr.. Tilden
good Governor
Mr.. Wardell said, in June last, that Gov.
'ilden has appointed some of the worst men
o office who ever disgraced the State. A
nan connected with the Insurance Depart
nent OF the State was defaulter of the State
we're investigated and laid before the Govern
I by friend. He begged that the facts
night be suppressed, OH the ground that the
efaulter was his most efficient agent in get
ing up Presidential delegates. He subse-
uently nominated this same man to a lucra-
i've position, but the Senate refused to con-
rm the nomination. In 1875 the city of
BROOKLYN indicted, tried, and convicted sew
raj Charity Commissioners for robbing the .
eople OF large sums of money. The Ring
len requested GOV. Tilden to appoint one
these convicts, who is a valuable ally at {
lection times, to valuable position. Other t
iSLis VIoHOuI lClCICHCC W parry, OI course =
against the appointment. The APP
was, however, mace by the Gov
rnor, and the appointec is now drawing
llary from the State Treasury. Perhaps s
lese acts are becoming q 'sgood Governor" c
nd man who is using reform capital.
Gov. Tilden lays claims to reducing the
ebt and taxes of the State. In the first I
lace, an Executive can not do this; in the c
'cond place, the changes in these items,
hich did occur in 1875, were the result OF :
gislation by previous Legislature and by !.
! amendment of the Constitution, adopted
1874; and in the third place, the State tax +
as never so high in the history of the State,
to so6S, 900, as they are the present year.
he annua! State taxes for several years have T
zen as follows:
". Observation-Disclosures. 40 .e1O. 0OO :
- 3194,000
IS Observation-Disclosures. 2 12s 000
5o24,00O
Perhaps this is financial economy and re-
rm worth Boosting OF by a ssgood Govern :