Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-09-21
TEEDEN.
Reasons why "a Democrat who
Supported Him in 1874 Cam
moi support Him in 1876.
Letter from the Edit0r Of the
Brooklyn Argus.
BROOKLYN, Sept. 9, 1876.

BROOKLYN, Sept. 9, 1876.
To the Editor of the Ohio State Journal.
1 have noticed the following auC
similar paragraphs going the rounds O
the Democratic Ohio newspapers:
"Such campaign as the Republican
are making was never known to win
All the charges now made against Mr.
Hilden We're made in 1874, when ht
was candidate for Governor of New
York. He was elected by majorit.
of over 81, 900, and that is about tht
way it will be this year. He made
good Governor, and will make gooC
President"
l have been requested to answe
these assertions, probably because | an
attached to the Democratic party, anC
through my paper, the Argus, helpSl
elect Mr.. Tilden Governor of this State
in 1874. The Argus has already an
swered and disproved the point invol
we'd beyond contradiction, in this sec
tion of the country. Twill now under
take to do it for the State of Ohio
through the columns of the State Jour
nal.
L. The charges now made againt Mr.
Tilden were not made in 1874. The
Democrats of this State did not know
of Mr.. Tilden'S connection with tht
| Northwest Railroad ring. | never
heard of the facts until | read them il
New York Express, a Democratic
newspaper, in May, 1876. 1 did not
know that Mr.. Tilden had swindled
the Government by issuing illegal cur
rency in Michigan, until | saw the ac-
count of the transaction in the Cincin-
matt Enquirer, in June, 1876. / did
not know that Mr.. Tilden had defrau.
ded the Government on the taxes due
from his income, until the month Ol
August, 1876. OF the judgment rem.
dered against him in the case of the
Gdlena ami Chicago Railroad Compa-
ny stockholders, in 1865; of the judg.
ment by the same court for his land
taxes due to the State of Michigan, in
1873, and of his Congressional Relief
bill from penalties and taxes, can say
the same thing.
2. Mr.. Tilden was not elected Cover
nor of this State by $4,000 majority.
His majority was only 3S, All on total
vote ofover 100000. Over one-third
of this majority, 1898, was obtained
in this city by the help of the Argus.
Outside of New York and Brooklyn,
Tilden was beaten in the State by II,
or majority.
The people of the State had been
robbed on their canals and on the new
Capitol building at Albany; the city of
New York had been robbed by the
Tweed Ring, ond the people of Brook
lyn had been robbed by an equally in
famous ring composed of men in both
parties. The financial panic had oc-
Cured the previous year. Grant was
planning for third term. In the lat
ter part of 1871 Tilden had repudiated
TWeed's gang and came out as relormer.
He was candidate for Governor in 1874.
When the elections that year came Oft,
you well know that the tidal wave,
Swelled by anti CesariSm, unemployed
labor, proStrate industries and the cry
for change, commenced in Oregon,
swept across Indiana, Ohio, New York,
Connecticut, Massachusetts, and ended
in the granite mountains of n. Hamp-
shire. 1t revolutionized all of these
States; made Allen Governor of Ohio;
Tilden Governor of New York by q
CASTOR Governor of Massachusetts by
a change OF 32 per cent of lis vote. In
one year CASTOR was turned out of Of
flee in Massachusetts, Allen in Ohio,
and Tilden's State ticket was beaten
outside of New York by over 10000.
That city gave Democratic majority
which saved the Stale to the party by
900. So much for 1ilden's election
as Governor.
3. Has he made a good Governor?
When inaugurated, he took an oath
"tO obey the Constitution, enforce the
laws, and protect the interests of the
State" "he knew, because a Senate
rial committee appointed by his prede.
cessor, Gov. Dix, had so reported, that
millions of dollars had been stolen from
the taxpayers by the men who had
charge of erecting new State capitol
building. He did not enforce the laws.
No legal action has been commenced
against those plunderers. The same is
true of the plunderers of the city of
Brooklyn. In each case, the nen
whom he had said should be in State
prison, and whom he was elected to
duly punish, have become his fast
friends by well known arrangements,
and instead of being on their road to
prison, we found them shouting for
rilden for President Ia and cut of the
st. Louis Conventions Perhaps these
are the acts ola good Governor
The Constitution of our State says:
"The Legislature shall not pass. a pri-
vate or local bill in any Of the follow
ing cases: Granting to any corporation,
or individual, the ri hit to
lay down railroad track. The Leg isla-
ture shall pass general laws providing
for the cases enumerated" /" etc. aj |
Gov. Tilden was interested in a street
railroad in the City of New York. A
bill to extend the road by special legis-
ation, in UiolatiOR of the Constitution,
which he had sworn to obey, was got \,
en- through the Legislature by tie
we'll known use OF money. Gov. I'll