Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-08-31
THE GREAT SHAM"
Tiiden as a Persurer.
Rumors that no viii Withdraw from
the Canvass.

will withdraw from the canvass, the
the terrible exposures in the Times
having told strongly against the sham
Reformer:
| The Times shows conclusiYcly that
Mr.. Tilden was guiltyof swearing
falsely to the amount OF his
income, and the question IS
whether a man guilty Of this
offense is the right person to set
| up as a model at the head of the ma
ton. From 1868 to 1872 Mr.. T..
made no return of his income, leaving
the assessors to fix it, and paying so
per cent. penalty attached to noncom-
pliance with the law. 1t may be sur
missed that he did not pay this penalty
without substantial reason therefor.
During the time mentioned he paid
tax on SIS, 900 though he was known
to be millionaire, and though he adj
mits now in his answer to the suit
brought against him that he received
in one year $4,000 in cash and a
large amount of bonds for his services
| in one matter alone 1t was during
this period that, as counsel OF Cakes
Ames, he gave the advice which LED
to the Credit Mobiler, with its crop
of frauds and scandals. 1t was dur
ing this period. too, that he stands
charged upon the books of the Erie
Railway Company with $4,000 paid
him for legal services, extending over
two months only.
The expose has created great ex-
citement, the moral sense of the COM
munity is shocked, and there is gen
eral feeling that TILDEN must be
thrown overheard. 1t is rumored that
tho World will demand Tilden's with
drawal. The article in the Times is
| as follows;
eff suit is brought we can suggest
to the government where it will find
some conclusive testimony. On Dec.
20, 1863 Mr.. Tilden swore to a return
under oath in which he said: i here
by certify that the following is true
and faithful statement of the gains,
profits, or income of Samuel j. Tilden
of the city of New York, county of
New York, State of New York,
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 the lst
day of January to 3lst day of Decem
Der, 1862, both days inclusive, and
subject to an income tax under the
excise laws of the United States.
income from all sources, 81, ills.
"In other words, in December,
1853, Mr.. Tilden swore that
his entire income during the
upon year 1862 was s7,l18, and
that sum, and that sum alone did
he pay any tax. But in his answer to
the complaint in the Circuit Court of
the United States, in the suit of the
St. Louis, Alton and Terra Haute
Railroad Company against himself
and others, which was fled a few
DAYS ago, Mr.. Tilden swore under
Oatl as IOIOWS. nat Ioi 9"o" -
vices the defendant, Tilden, made a
charge of $4,000 against said second
mortgage bondholders and the said
charge was paid by or on behalf of
said second mortgage bondhoiders,
on the 18th of October, 1862; =
that the defendant, Tilden, for part
of his services aforesaid, also made a
charge of the like sum of $4,000 on
account oil professional service rem
dered to the first mortgage bond
holders and the receivers, which was
paid to him by the said Azariah
G. Flaoo. and which pay
ment appears under date of
November 7 1862, in a statement
annexed to the first report aforesaid,
as having been receipted for by the
said Tilden, 'on account ofprofession-
al services.
In other words, having sworn, in
1868, that his entire income for the
year of 1862 from all sources liable to
taxation-counsel fees, dividends,
rents, profits-was only 81 ,118, he, in
| 1876, swears that during the same
year 1862, he received from two
sources alone-his services to a single
company = $4,000. by his own
sworn admission, therefore, Mr.. Til
den stands indebted to the Govern
ment in a considerable sum for I'M
paid income tax of 1862, and We
have two oaths by Mr.. Tilden, utterly
inconsistent with each other. And
vet this man is the honest man, the
Reformer of the country y
The expos ure of Tilden is the sem
sation of the ay. When the article
had been read, and it became appar-
cnt that Mr.. Tilden had sworn to q
lie, either In 1862 or 1876, the gen
eral opinion expressed on every hand
was that if he were Republican can
didate he would be at once with
drawn by his party. '*Eyen Demo-
Gratis admitted that the story, if it
could be proved, was a very danger
Gus one but they doubted that it
could be substantiated. One well
known anti ammany Democrat went
so far as to say elf the Times can
furnish conclusive proof of what it
charges, Tilden should withdraw
from the canvass. l for one could
not and would not vote for him"
Similar expressions were heard on
every side
District Attorney Bliss being inter-
viewed, said ~ cannot at this mo-
ment see how it is possible for him to
explain the matter. Why, just look
at it. lie pays taxes OH about 900
in 1862, yet be himself has recently
sworn that in that very year he re-
ceived $4,000 of income from sin
gle company. At that period his
professional income was VIGOROUSLY
very large. He could hardly have
received less than $4,000 from other
sources. On the other hand, his re-
turn for 1868 shows that the entire
| amount of daductions tn which he