Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-10-05
Reasons why Hayes Should bc Elected.
l. Rutherford B. Hayes is i true

l. Rutherford B. Hayes is true
man in every respect.
2. His past record is without stain.
3. He proffered his services to the
Government in the hour of need.
4. He was brave soldier, and shed
his blood in defense of his country.
S. lie gave his time andl money
for the good of the nation.
6. lie has never betrayed a trust
nor a friend.
I. He has never wrOngcd Il person
out of a dollar which was due him, or
failed to keep his promise to the hum
blest.
s. lie has made 4 good Governor
during three terms and has kept him.
self free of jobs. His hands are as
clean to-day as when he entered upon
his duties as Governor of Ohio.
8. He is favor of keeping faith
with the nations creditors, and re-
deeming every pledge made in time of
war or peace.
10: lie is in favor of free schools
and the maintenance of the systam
free from sectarian influences.
IL. He is earnestly in favor Of the
highest possible purity in the civil
service, and would surround himself,
If elected, with men of recognized
ability and integrity.
IL. His past record rs Il man, as an
official, as a soldier, is the best proof
OF MS eminent fitness for the nigh Of
fice of President.
l3. lie belongs to the army Of loyal
men who love the Union and who have
given evidence of their devotion to it's
highest interests.
IL. His election would secure a
sound currency, protect and improve
the public credit, advance throughout
the world the national honor, and re-
store to the people prosperity in all
the great centers of trade and COM
merce.
Is. Lastly. Rutherford i. Hayes
is model husband. father, and friend,
qualities which honor the man, and
would honor the highest Office within
the gift of the people.
Can any one doubt the superior fit
ness of such il man for the Presidency!
Can there be possible risk in calling
him to rule over the Republic ? Is he
not just the man that is needed to
shape the destinies of the next four
years? Study his character, examine
his record, weigh him in all those
qualities which go to make up the
citizen and the statesman, and he will
come out of the examination the same
noble man. With such a leader the
Republican party must win with such
President the nation could not help
advance in the path of material prog
ress.
Tildcn's Thin and False Explanation.
From the n. Y. Commercial Advertiser.
''Six weeks ago the grave accusation
was made against Tilden that he had
defrauded tho government in tho mat
ter of his income tax, and had con
cealed the crime by perjury. Demo
cratic organs made light of the charge
and Tilden closed his lips and refused
to speak on the subject. But the peo
pie took it up, and said everywhere
among themselves that no pcrjure1
should be elected President. Whel
| the news of this determination reached
the great reformer he sent for his fol-
mer law clerk. before whom he ha'
been used to make his affidavits, an
whose subserviency he had rewarde
by a Judgeship in the Marine Court, il
the teeth of remonstrances from tn
more respectable portion of the bar
To this man he dictated an answer
and after forty days of pondering an
study it now lies before the people,
transparent tissue of falsehood, eva:
ion, and trickery. AS pettifogge
Tilden has heretofore been 4 success:
but the methods of the shyster ia
when he appears in the role OF +.
formed ring-robber, whose object is
reform others. The popular light
exceedingly keen in the President;
year, and nothing less than straigh
forward explanations will be received
But look at Tilden's reply. In 1862 i
returned his income at So ,ll8, and sui
sequently he allowed the return to
by default, leaving his income to I
estimated by the government at Sl5
, 900 wear during the whole period tt
tax was levied. Now there is not
business man in the city who is a
, auainted with Tilden but knows tn;
his income was from six to twelN
, times that sum during these year
, reaching sometimes to the annual i
/ come of quarter Of million. Il
home expenditures, railroad receipt
and Western mining investments pro-
. this incontestably. Coming down
E. items, Tilden has curious way of di
) posing of them. He alleges that thre
fOurths of his receipts in 1862 we
. earned prior to that year. Grantil
l that this might possibly be true, VIII
| becomes of the money he actual
4 earned in 1862! It does not appear
3 the record of subsequent years, and
/ certsinly never paid any taxes. VIII
Z he acknowledges receiving $50, 900
!. a single fee, it is not possible that
9 sharp railroad lawyer, who had half
t dozen wrecks in tow, only earned S
Y ll8, or even SIS, 600. in the height
his renown as a wrecker. Why does n