The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-08-29
TUESDAY, AUGUST %, 1s76.


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The income-tax was passed fifteen
years ago, and was repealed in 1872.
Near the close of 1868 Governor Tilden
made q sworn statement of his income
during 1852. He set down the total
amount ct $1,000, from which he made
such reductions as the law allows, leav-
ing his taxable income S7,116. No doubt
the Assessor, If he knew the man, u S
pected this statement to be fiat perjury,
but he could hardly have substantiated
the charge, and, as a matter of course,
made no complaint. But a few days
ago, in utter forgetfulnesa, probably, of
that income statement, Mr.. Tilden made
q deposition in which he specified two
items Of income during that year, which
amounted to $4,000. 1t is certain,
therefore, that he swore TOT lie on n
Of two occasions.
We are indebted to the enterprise Of
the New York Times for unearthing
these clashing statements, both Of which
were solemnly sworn to by Tilden him
self. The latest is a part of his answer
to the complaint of the st. Louis, Alton
and Terre Haute Railroad Company, in
which he spoke of his services to said
company and the compensation received
thereof. The following are the two
statements. q = n
INCOME STATEMENT.
thereby 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, and
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 LIST day of
January to 31st day of December, 1862,
both days inclusive, and subject to an
income tax under the Excise laws of the
United States. Income from all sources,
9 7,118.@
THE STATEMENT.
That for such services the defendant
Tilden made a charge of ten thousand
dollars against said mortgage bondhold-
ers, and the said charge was paid by or
on behalf of said second mortgage bond
holders, on the 18th of October, 1862; =
= that the defendant Tilden, for
. part Of his service aforesaid, also made
y charge Of the like sum Of ten thous-
and dollars on account Of professional
services rendered to the first mortgage
bondholders and the Receivers, which
va paid to him by the said Aza-
riah G. Flagg, and which
payment appears under date of Novem
Der Z, 1862, in a statement annexed to
the first report aforesaid as having been
receipted for by the said Tilden, on ac-
count of professional services,
1.-THE said Tilden''should be promptly
brought into court and held responsible
for the perjury. If, as is probable, the
falsehood was in the statement of his
income tax then he is now liable for the
tax on the amount of income to which
he now owns up in excess of the amount
acknowledged by him in December, 1858,
namely, Sc, 1880. The sum is small, but
It is sufficient to make its collection a
binding duty. ifa picayune cigar-yen-
der should attempt a fraud of THAT mag
nitude, he would be made to suffer the
penalty of the law whenever discovered
and no special leniency should be shown
Tilden. Clearly he is very much out of
place in trying to play the role of honesty
and reform. For the first time in the
history of the Republic a self-convicted
perjurer has had the ~effrontery to put
himself forward as the leader Of ssre-
form. ,,(Chicago Journal.
SIS Governor Tilden a p~eriurer?n is