The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-09-29

the issue being Joined. its only proper reply
would have been the reduction Of proof. As to
the first six items ~ the true income the
Times states that the way in which they were ar
rived NJ wac by - Hiking to 1.-THE titles of GER
tam Instruments contained In the manual of
documents OF the Pittsburgh. Fort w vnp and
Chicago Rdlwav" certain charges. "bcliercd to
hare been GpprUrimdt,V correct; declares Mr..
ildcn's answer deliberate evasion 81 the
main issue" without pointing out IN what re-
speCt IL is an evasion; promises to show ut some
unspecined future time that u had realty "un-
dcrstatcd the amount earned by MIR. 1iden T. ON
inns source IN iS1Zi ana rs 20 the second OF the
Instruments, which Mr.. Tiden says he did not
draw witt draws the charge. As to the
grounds on winch the original charges rested. IL
says that " former officials Of the road (names
not 81 en- " tcsuicd F" Oime nd place not IN, IL
toned to the general fact that "Mr Itlden
received ~ lraet $25oOO for services rendered To
the bOudholders IN 1853" Second, with regard
TO he charge that N,r. Viden received $1,000
which no replies that be rendered no ser
vices In 1st2, the snes declines To admit
the relev ncy Of defence ike this" because. IL
says Mr. ildcn Is mau VINO seems " well dis
posed to { IKE refuge III a suggested falsehood."
Ihird. Win regard to the two fecs Of $4,000
each, received Il ON the st. l. uis, Alton and
lerre Haute Railroad. which MIR ridden Va
were earned before 1852. the Thnss rerles that
they were canned in isE2 hut brinns forward no
proof except the dn ca OF cert In acts and con-
vevances OF ". which Mr. .ildcn u IN his IL
swer shown to br merely form !. aud withdraws
one SiU'VJO 81 arge' thouth which We do not
make out The most serious thing about this
part VI the case Is the way IN which the Times
IltPareh tne oTiglial cuil4o Oh perjury Nhicn
was simply bg publishing extracts IN parallel
columns from Mr.. Ildcns income returns ana
from his answer Va tho ierre llaute case, omit
ting. however, All mention uf tho imnortant fact
that In the other defendants answer It was
Gle rly shown that, though the money WAS paid
IN lt02, the services hai IN all human probability
been rendered long before. Fourth. As to The
Item S20O0l which the Iinss says sNr. 1llden
received from the Chicaso and Northwestern
ltaiirotd, ana wnt0h he decllrcs Is Totally
false the Im,s rel " Is that II he did not re-
CeiVe N he cert iiuly learned IL: but no proof
Is produced. FL n. The denial OF Mr.. llluen
mat ne ever received any money from the Toledo
ana MHn ia y accepted 10y the Tunes as "Con-
elusive and the charge ae t. tl5,UOJ Is with
draWn, with the admission that IL has
not, md never had, any VrOof OF n.
though u saws that proof was prom
tine Chicago aud Alton Railroad, ne proof is
brought forward but the Times saws, I'VE must
teiterte tins Oh rye with renewed emphasis"
II wing thus disposed II MIR. Tilden's reply. the
Times makes cut a new true income." with
the withdrawn charges omitted, liking 1t this
lime al >1NO'O. adds a ntw charge mat he re-
ceived fljUUJ from the Union Pacific Railroad
In letH, submits 1t to the puulic tna Mr.. lilden >
answer, ms cad Of uisurOving the general
charge. furnishes a very strong presumption II
its truth" admits that its DILL OF Items was
partly hvpotnetical in statement declares
that MIR. Iilden's defence for neglectinc to make
returns after 1864, aud allowing the Government
to doom" hun for what 1t pleased, l. "disiu-
genuous" and thoroughly characteristic Of It's
author though how IL does not explain, and
as to the whole rels y. adds that nothing but
conscious guilt could have made his answer
tue contemplate fsrrago Of half truths aud
evasions which It IL, and finally promis es. at
some future undesignated time. to provo that
he has attempted to conceal perjury by false
hood, and to hide fraud by the acts of the
petiifogger and the shy ster." Ia order that the
reader may see at a u nee how the matter now
stands, we have prepared the following table;