Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-10-05
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR OF THE
BROOKLYN ARGUS.
An Indictment by a Democrat
ic Ex-Member of Congress.
TO WHICH We INVITE THE ATTEN
TIONOF HON. A. r. BUSHNELL.
And Other TiIden RefOrmers.

| have noticed the following and
similar paragraphs going the rounds
of the Democratic Ohio newspapers
"Such a campaign as the Repubi-
cans are making was never known to
win. All the charges now made
against Mr.. Tilden were madc in
1874, when he was candidate for
Governor OF New York. He was
elected by majority of over 5000,
and that is about the way it will be
this year. He made a good Cover
nor, and will make good Presi-
dent"
| have been requested to answer
these assertions, probably because |
en- attached to the Democratic party,
and through my paper, tie Argus,
helped elect Mr.. Tlldeu Governor of
this State in 1874. The Argus has
already answered and disproved the
point involved beyond contradiction
in this sectitn of the country. | will
now undertake to do it for the State
of Ohio through the columns of the
State Journal.
l. The charges now made against
Mr.. Tilder were not made in 1874.
The Democrats of this St..te did not
know of Mr.. Tilden's connection with
the Northwest railroad ring. | never
heard of the facts until | read them
in the New York Express, Demo
cratic newspaper, in May, 1876. |
did not know that Mr.. Tilden had
swindl4d the Government by issuing
illegal currency 10 Michigan until |
saw the account of the transaction in
the Cincinnati Enquirer, in June,
1876. | did not know that Mr..
Tilden had defrauded the Govern
mont on the taxes due from his in
come until the month ofAugust, 1876
OF the judgment rendered against
him in the case of the Galena and
Chicago Railroad Company stock
holders, in 1865 Of the judgment by
the same court tor his land taxes due
to the State of Michigan in 1873, and
of his Congressional "relief bill' from
penalties and taxes, / can say the
same thing.
2. MIR. Tllden was not elected Gov
error OF the State of New York by
90, 900 majority. His majority was
only 38,4l1 on total vote OF over
700, 600. Over one. third of this ma
jority, 12,99S, was obtained in this
city by thebeIp Of the Argus. Outside
OF Now York and Brooklyn Tilden
was beaten in the State by 1917.
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 con posed OF
men of both parties. The financial
panic.had occurred the previous year.
Grant was planning for a third term
In the latter part of 1871 Tilden had
repudiated Tweed's gang aid came
out as reformer. He was the can
didate for Governor 10 1874. When
the elections that year came off, you
we'll know that the tidal wave,
swelled by anti-Casarism, unem.
ployed labor, PROSTATE industries,
and the cry for change, commenced
in Oregon, swept across Indiana,
Ohio, New York, Connecticut, Massa.
chusetts, and ended in the granite
mountains of New Hampshire. IL
rnuolntionizad all of these States ;
made Allen Governor of Ohio Tiiden
Governor of New York by change
of fourteen per cent. of the vote, and
CASTOR Governor of Massachusetts
by change of thirty-two per cent
of its vote. In ono year CASTOR was
turned out OF office in Massachusetts,
Allen in Ohio, and Tilden's State
ticket was beaten outside Of New
York by over 100000 That city
gave Democratic majority which
saved the State to the party by H..
000 So much for Tilden's election
as Governor.
3. Has he made good Governor
When inaugurated he took an oath
"to obey the Constitution, enforce
the laws, and protect the interests of
the people of the State.o Hs knew,
because q senatorial committee ap-
pointed by his predecessor, Governor
Dix, had so reported, that millions of
dollars had been n. sttpl&sfR 6 s~6 had charge
of erecting a new State capitol
building. He did not enforce The
laws. No legal action has baen
commenced against those punderers.
The same is true of the plunderers of
the city of Brooklyn. In each case
the men whom be had said should be
in State prison, and whom he was
elected to duly punish, have become
his fast friends by well known
arrangements, and, instead of being
on their road TO prison, we found
them shouting for Tilden for Presi-
dent 10 and out of the St. Louis Con-
ventioD. Perhaps these are the acts
of e "good Governor"
The Constitution of our State says
"The Legislature shall not pass
private or local bill in any of the
ICliUWfDH CabCH : OIaEltuk u any
corporation, association, or individual
the right to lay down railroad tracks.
The Legislature shall pass general
laws providing for the cases enumer-
ated,' &c.
Governor Tileen was interested in
q street railroad In the oity of New
York. A bill to extend the railroad
by special legislation, in violation of
the Constitution, which be bad sworn
70 obey, was gotten through the
Legislature by the well-kuown use
of money, Governor Tilden signed
the bill June 18th. 1915. Of It the
New York World, Democratic
newspaper, said
sit is an eternal diagrace to the
State of New York that such dis.
honest practices are j wed to
continue.
members are bought up on these !