The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-08-16

tuition. We refer to those who have been
deceived by his buncombe TO the reformation"
in New York city, which, duriug the years
named, was absolutely under the control of
Tilden, Tweed and Connolly.
Tilden's residence is in Twenty-f street.
His Office is in Wall street. Every day, when
in the city, he twice passed a building in
course OF erection, but not yet completed, in
the City Hall Park, known as the New "Court
House. 1t is not large or an expensive
building. Itought to have been completed in
twenty months at cost not exceeding 81 300
Uo0. Mr.. Tllden knew that millions of dollars
were being stolen by the Ring from the funds
OF the new court house. Every man OF ordi-
nary intelligence in New York knew it, for it
was matter of daily discussion in the news
papers, and each appropriation was published.
When the firm stopped business the court
house was abandoned, and $14OO0OO0 had
been expended in its name. During those
seven years Mr.. Tilden probably passed that
building, saw the scattered stones and men.
tally discussed the robbery three thousand
times. But during all those seven years. not
one demurrer or protest was ever sent from
Samuel j. Tirlen to w. NJ Tweed against the
plunderiDg. Upon the contrary, way down to
the time of the collapse, Tilden was writing
his "dear friend" Tweed the most cordial
letters, and they were much together at Tam
many Hall, at the club and elsewhere. 1t is
childish nonsense to say that Tilden did not
know that, which every other man knew, that
the city was being robbed and plundered by
the men with whom he shared political respon-
sibility.
Rebellion against the robbers was well organ
lied in 1870. Tweed and Tilden were in a mi
nority 10 the Tammany committee. Three
hundred and twenty-nine members sent dele
gates, headed by Henry L. Clinton, to the
Rochester convention. Ten members of the
Tweed and Tilden clique sent their delegates.
linden called the convention to order and had
the say. The anti-ring delegates, representing
TWO hundred and twenty-nine members, were
excluded from the convention; the Ring
Tweed-Til0en delegates-representin ten mem
bers, were admitted! Mr.. Tilden made speech
commencing the action. and was responsible
for admitting Tweed's mnions to make nomi-
nations for the people of a state to support.
OF course state Ring ticket was nominated.
The same Hoffman headed the list who, two
years before, accepted the Office, obtained by
$1,000 fraudulent ballots, counted for him in
New York city, through the instrumentality of
Tilden and Tweed. What delightful "Re-
former Sam Tilden is. ~
One year later, in July, 1871, the Ring, but
not the Ring hackers, had gone to smash An
Indignation meeting was called September A.,
I1lden was not yet certain what it was best for
Tilden to do, and he did nothing He did not
attend the meeting. He waited another month.
The tide was then at its food, and finally he
waded in. This is Samuel Sham Tilden's rec
ord in connection with breaking up the New
York Ring" What ne did to perpetuate that
Ring, and what his influence cost the city OF
New York, the city of Brooklyn and the state
at large, is yet to be disclosed. Enough is here
exhibited to show that the kind of reform
which Tilden would give to the nation-were
he in power-would be the kind of reform
melted to SodOm-total destruction.