Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-09-14

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dence were needed, could not refuse to
testify on the ground of eliminating
himself.
If such suit is brought. we can
suggest to the Government where it
will End some conclusive testimony.
On Dac, rs, Mr. Tilden swore to re-
turn, under oath. in which he said
i hereby certify that the following
is true and faithful statement of the
gains, profits, or income of. Samuel J.
Ti]den, of the City of New York, and
Countysof New York, State OF New
I ork, whether derived from any kind
of property, rents, interest, dividends
salary. or from any profession, trade,
employment or vocation, or from any
other source whatever, from 1st day
of January to 31st day Of December,
1872, both days inclusive, and subject
to an income tax under the Excise
laws Of the United States. Income
from all sources, $7,118.
In other words. in December, 1868,
Mr.. Tllden swore that his. entire iu-
come liable to tax during the year
1867 was qIl18, and upon that sum,
and that sum alone, did he pay anv
tax But in ,his answer to the com
plant in the Circuit Court of the
United States in the suit of the St.
Lonis, Alton and Tcrre Haute Rail
road Company against himself and
others. which answer was fled q few
davs ago. MIR Tilden swore under oath
as foilows:
That for such services the defend
ant ritden made a a,charoe of fen tbon-
sand dblIars against said second mort
gage bbndh6lders, and the said CHARGE
was paid. bv or On behalf of said sec
ond mortgage bondhclders on tbe nth
of October 1869. x x * that
the defendant Tilden for mart IF HE
services aforesaid also made CHARGE
of the like sum Of ten thonsand dol
lars on account Of profession ! services
rendered to the first mortoaoe hond-
holders and the receivers which wos
paid t. him nv tbo .aid Avor;ah =
FIage. X x and which nav
ment appears under date Of Nov
1852 s1.a,. statement annexed to the
first report aforesaid, as having been
receipted for by the said T1lden ..on
account OF professional services
In other words, having sworn, in
1868, that his entire income for the
year 1862 from all sources liable to
taxation-counsel fees, dividends,
rents, proGts-was only S7,118, he,
in 1876, Swears that during the same
year, 1862, he received from two
sources alone-his seivices to a single
company twenty thousand dollars.
BY his own sworn admission. there
fore, Mr.. Tilden stands indebted to the
Government in considerable sum for
unpaid income tax for 1862, and we
have two oaths by Mr.. Tilden, utterly
Inconsistent with each other. And
vet this man is the honest man. the re-
former of the country
We, Of course, do not overlook the
fact that Mr.. Tilden's oath in 1862
was that his income liable to taxation
was only S8,118. and that, in arriving
at his taxable income. he was locally
entitled TO make certain dadrcfions
from his gross income. But it will be
in the first place, that even ifI
he had no income whatever in 1860
except the twenty thousand dollars
which he admits receivino from tbaI
Terre Haute Railroad Comnanv his
deductions for expenses taxes &c |
would have been nearly thirteen tbou-
sand dollars
~ That there conld NOT bonost1v howe
been anv such amount of dodnctions
is clear from the factp tb,t 1rban ~
1863. Mr. TiIdan msdo . do+aiiod 10
turn of his income bo co,IJ fnnro ant
his dednot;ons for avnon.aa - - : @
taxes ard o+bar ;ta,os - = oIIo@o1 ~ Pat,.
tba law - onlr eee55.,s 80 ~
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