The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1876-10-03

road could obtain redress. When w
! supposed everything was runnin
smoothly and lovely, in comes MI
Tilden and lot Of men from Ne'
York City, and slip into the Offices
and in very short time the road wa
known as the Chicago and Northwes
tern RailwlB, and il has remained 8,
since. Aud the documents TO TIA,
scheme were drawn in the handwriting
OF Tilden, and the whole thing wal
manipulated by him. We had not tine
leaa idea that there was an effort be
ing made to obtain control of the road
and Mr.. Tilden and his friends wen
round and borrowed stock in order &c
get a majority. The first thing the
New York crowd did was to declare 0
three per cent. dividend (most of which
they stole from our Treasury, and
this sent up the stock and enabled
them to unload at an enormous profit.
l never heard the profits Of these men
estimated at less than Sl4, 900, 900.
They got possession of every road
running from Chicago north. 1t is
my opinion that il Mr.. Tilden is elect
ed there will in few years be but one
railroad in the United States, and that
will consist Of all the others. Laugh
ter.
Judge TrumbulI says that Governor
Tilden IS very superior man. He
certainly is, in one way, for he can sit
down aud draw a bill which will take
more money from the pockets OF the
people than the work Of any other man
would do. The consequence of the
combinations made by Tilden and his
companions was that the farmers and
mechanics had to pay extra fare and
extra freight throughout the land. nj
the farmers are satisfied to vote for
Sam. j. Tilden, Let them do so and
they will vote for the worst enemy
they.have. There are thieves in the Re-
publican ranks, and always have been
but there is this difference between the
Republicans and Democrats: The
Republicans are not running their
thieves for the Presidency. APP
plause. Aud the prominent Demo
cratic thief wfp is put forth is Samuel
j. Tilden, backed by united South, a
barrel of money, and the State of New
York. He says to the railroad men.
"We viii repeal all those infamous
measures passed by thegranger against
you. Elect me. the friend of the
Southern planter aud the Northern
monopolist, and / will make it all
right" Laughter and applausel.
i. It did mt matte. how any man stood
before the war. If he was q traitor,
or sympathized with treason during
the war, that constituted him good
Democrat Judge Cation. has given
Tilden certificate or loyalty, ana says
he heard him say that he (Tilden) was
- e.. a q II -. q.
vor of a continuance of the war requu-
ing a perpetual sending of telegraphic
messages and the continual transpor-
tation of troops. Judge Cation owns all
the atmosphere above the railroads, in-
Guiding the telegraph, and Tilden owns
the railroads. Applause. II
Now, Tilden claims to be reformer,
in consequence of what he did with
Tweed. He is Just entitled TO as much
consideration for that action as the
squealers in tie whisky ring of this
city.
TILDEN WAS ONLY soUEALER
in the Tweed ring. Laughter and APP
plause. Tweed was poor, illiterate
chair-maker. Tilden was n cool, de-
liberate, calculating lawyer. He took
lNttu uuutE AAS pIptcCtiOh tHiiy III
life, aud they both rose xom poverty
70 nsf saeRce SeEs dalP tie aen Sa1s PERIOD p@s
lawyer and could steal with discretion.
while TweeT in his ignorance, had to
stumble in has thievery. Tilden went
on his way rejoicing, and Tweed was
caught and branded AS villain. APP
plause.
Judge Trumbull, Ia his speech the
other night, said he would not say any
thing of a personal nature against
either Of the two candidates. So far
as Hayes is concerned he said this with
"A very good reason. He cannot say
anything against Governor Hayes.
lGreat cheering.
his CHARACTER Is WITHOUT BLEMsH.
But he could say great deal about
Tilden II he had n mind to. Mr.. Trum-
bull is well acquainted with Tilden's
career. La speaking of the character
of Governor Hayes, Mr.. Wentworth
said he was not yet properly estimated.
The speaker sketched the prominent
traits in his character aud the chief
points in which his ability has appeared
prominently, aud showed that he was
of President of the United States. lie
was quiet in his disposition not a
noisy man; but that did not disqualify
him for the first position of the nation.
Tilden claims also great credit for
lighting the canal ring in New York
State. Did you ever hear OF railroad
man in the world that did not fight "A
canal ring? A canal ring is his natur-
al enemy. OF course he would fight
it. Loud Applause. He was never
known, hewever, To fight a railroad
ring Iaughterl-o the contrary, he
has always tried to get into as many as
he could.
The main point of the campaign I
now come TO. People say that it is
fight between rebels and thieves, but
they fail TO say where the thieving is.
It has been conclusiyely shown that
the government OF Grant has been the
most economical we have had, not ex-
cepting Washington. The money is
stolen by rings before it reaches the
public Treasury. We have school
board rings, legislative rings.
County Commissioners rings in Chica-
go, and why should we not have a few
national rings against the public mon
ey at Washington
As to
THE "BLooDY-sHIRT" BUSINESS,
he said the Democrats were response
BILE for that in putting into the field
pronounced sympathizer with the
Southern Democracy; that it meant an
attempt to restore the Democratic par
ty as il existed before the war, with
all their proclivities, and concluded by
urging the support Of Hayes by every
loyal man and every opponent to mo-
nopolies and rings.
As Mr.. Wentworth concluded, an en-
thusiastic burst OF applause rewarded
has efforts, aud the audience then dis
pursed.
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