The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1876-10-04
The Morristown Gazette.
COY TzLDEN,S INCOME TAX.


large sheet, most perfect and com
plete denial and refntation of the
miserable lie promulgated against
Gov. Tilden by the New York Times
in regard to his income tax for 1862
We do not reproduce the World s
article in full for several reasons.
First, it is too long to suit our col
umns. Second, the lie told. first by
the Times and taken up by the small
fry among Republican politicians
has always been so foolish and SO
improbabIe-such a miserable bare
faced lie, that it has scarcely needed
to be refuted.
To our mind, the effort to defeat
Gov. Tilden by this low blackguard
attack on his private character is the
meanest thing that ever happened
in American politics. We have been
amazed to see men who ordinarily
pass for men or intelligence, affect
to believe there was truth in the
miserable twaddle of the Times.
1t is we'll for the country, howev-
ever, that that charge is now COM
pletely refuted. and that Gov. Til
den was not under the necessity of
saying one word about it. The re-
action of this low attack upon the
Republican party. will overwhelm it.
We give below such parts of the
refutation as will show how complete
and perfect it is.
It so happens that during the year
1862, a gentleman was the law-clerk
in Mr.. Tilden's Office, who now fills
high position on the bench in the
State of New York. He was in a
a position then, to know as much,
and even more about Mr.. Tilden' s
income than he knew himself. This
man, Judge James P. Sinnot, among
other things says the following:
was in Mr. Tilden's law Office during
the whole period covered by the allega-
tions of the TnaSs, and was more famil-
lar than any other person perhaps, even
than Mr. Tilden hiImself-with bis pro-
fessionaI services and with the earnings
of his office, it being among my duties
to keep such record or memoranda of
them as was preserved
The charges to which you specially re-
fer are epitomized and placarded on the
front page of the Times, where in paral-
lei columns are displayed facsimile of
Dir. Tilden's income tax for the year
1862, contrasted with a pretended state
ment of his real income for that year.
/ have examined this statement with
care, and from MY personal knowledge,
find it to be false in every important par
ticular.
The first six items of this statement re-
late to matters connected with the Pitts
burg, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway,
and a right understanding of Mr.. Til
den's relations to that enterprise, prior
to and during the year 1862, is import
ant at the outset.
Now, the fact is that no such accounts
as are contained in these six items ever
existed, and no one of these pretended
items has ever been made the subject of
a specific charge by Mr.. Tilden against
any individual or corporation whatever.
With these preliminary observations,
1 will proceed to examine the fabrica-
tions of the Times in detail.
EXAMINATION OF ITEMS.
First Hem-This is enteredsunder date
of February 10, 1862, as ''Fee for Trus-
tees and Master Commissioners Deed,
&c, $4,000"
No such charges aoas eDer made, rendered
or collected By Mr.. I1lden, or any one on las
behalf, at the date mentioned, or at any
other time.
Second Iem.-February 25. "Fees and
expenses, with reference to Deed OF
former Railroad Company, pursuant to
order of Court, &c, $4,000.
No such charge soas erer made, rendered
or collected By Mr.. 1glden.
Third Iten,-March l. ''For drafting,
&c First Mortgage Deed on Recon
structed Corporation, So, 5000"
| No such charge as this, and no specific
charge acsatecer, acas ecer made, rendered on
collected 6y 1Hr. IElden.
Fourth Hepa-March l. Fee for Sec
ond Mortgage Deeds, &c, So, 800
No such charge aoas ecer nude, rendered
or collected by Mr.. 7aden.
Fifth Hem.-March /. ''Fees for THIRD
Mortgage Deed, &C., $4 500"
The absurdity of this charge is trans
parent. This third mortgage was on tho
same property, and drawn for the same
client, as the second, but secured an in
debtedress only about two-fifths as large
and yet this statement puts down 81, 50t
as the fee for drawing the third mort
gage as against So, 500 for the second.
OF course no such charge or a1ay 0thel
specific charge aoas erey made By Mr.. 7Glde'
for the draaoing Of this Instrument
/ SErtb Iem.-"March 2, Fees for fina
conveyance to railway company, subjec
+! to the mortgage, Pittsburg, Fort Wayne
and Chicago Railroad Company, So, 900.
N1. TSld1en necer made, rendered or col
lected, nor acas lie eUe1' paid any satch 6iR 0
item IN a Jiu.
Serentb Item-"June IA, Cumberland
Coal and Iron Company, So, ,O00."
The Times allows that one-half of thi
SUN should be deducted, on the groun
that it probably was not earned in 1866
Neither was any of it.
Governor Tilden rendered no serrices
tie Cumberland Coal and Iron Company 4
that gear. He did render it importan