The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-09-21
Political Notes.

tion was made by Republican Legislature;
but he can most certainly claim to be an
adept at reducing his o,ca taxes.
Before Governor Tilden asks single
workingman to vote for him for President,
he should go straight to one of his barrels
of money and make restitution to those
Michigan iron workers that he so outrage
ously wronged.
While Governor Tilden was member of
assembly in 1872, the roll was called / ,5G9
times and the governor answered l07 times.
But on pay day he answered to his name
every time. Most reformers of his stamp
do so.-AUany Journal.
The Louisville (Ky.) Con,meriical per-
tinently asks the Democrats how much their
party has improved since the time when
John J. Crittenden exclaimed indignantly
that out of a total of sixty-fve Democratic
land Office agents sixty-three were thieves
General Boynton telegraphs to the
Cincinnati gazette that, with all its show
of indignant virtue, the Democratic COM
mittee on the Freedman's bank, when it
found Representative Pierce, of Geor-
gia, Democrat, as badly involved as any
body, hushed the matter up, and omitted
him altogether from its report.
The Tilden campaign grows active in
Mississippi. A Republican club was or
ganized last Tuesday night at jackson and,
ex-senator Peass, while attempting to
speak from balcony, was pelted with eggs.
That is the method of securing a 'united
South," and the loyal people will hold
responsible the party whose strength
consists in such disgraceful conduct.
When the Democrats of the South cease
with the lash and bullet to make bloody
shirts, the loyal people of the North will
cease speaking of them. When all those
that were engaged during the late war try
ing to destroy this great government are
anxious to have Tilden president, / think
all loyal men should try and prevent it.
-t 4 SOLDIER
The Hon. Frank w. Hughes, of Potts
vile, venerable ''war horse of Democ-
racy, has concluded to nibble his oats no
longer at the ancient crib. He has with
drawn from the Tilden Democracy, and
has accepted the position of elector at large
on the Cooper and Carey ticket. He gives
as the reason for the change, the fact that
"the st. Louis platform, especially as
regards the finances, is a trick and fraud,
and that no good Democrat can support
either the platform or it's nominees
Governor Tilden runs political shop at
SO Liberty street, New York, which is
managed by relative, greatly to the dis
gust of the politicians, who think they
should have finger in the pie. Any one
wanting a photograph of Uncle Samuel, a
smaple of his handwriting, or lock of his
hair, can obtain it by addressing note to
No. SO. Everything can be had there, in
fact, relating to Mr.. Tilden, but fac simile
of his income return after the year 1862.
Cincinnati Commercial.
Tildens defense against the charge of
perjury is that an income tax is not a tax
on income, but tax on earnings. For in
stance, if Governor Tiden received $4,000
in 1862 for work performed during several
years, the whole $4,000 would not be
subject to tax on income This is con-
trary to all legal decisions on the subject;
and if Mr.. Tilden cannot get up better
defense than that he had better withdraw.
Judge Benedict, of New York, decided not
very long ago that the tax was tax on in
come received during the year and not upon
the earnings of the year. So that defense
is swept away.
The San Francisco Post prints the follow
ing extract from letter received by gen
tleman in that city from the East: "You
know am director in the ST. bonis, AL
ton and Terre Haute Railroad Company,
and one of the committee following up
Sammy Tilden in its suit against him. We
have always been good friends until this
suit, and now we don't speak. Whatever
he may say about it, or the Democratic
papers say for him, it was rascally piece
of business, of which Tweed Would have
been ashamed. He had no more right to
that S650,00 of securities than you had
but he is sharp and devilish sly, and he
may succeed in worming out of it by some
technical defense He will never face it
on the merits"
The New York Herald notes the fact
that six or seven savings banks hate brok-
en- up in that city since last year, aud that
in several instances the grossest of frauds
were practiced The Bank Superintend-
ent, it seems, neglects his duty, and the
poor depositors arc swindled. The Herald
says:
We have been waiting to hear from
Governor Tilden on this subject. lie is
the Chief Executive of the State. The
Bank Superintendent is his subordinate.
The Governor is responsible that his sub
ordinatcs do their duties faithfully. But the
Governor is busy with politics. lie does
not seem to care about the poor depositors.
At least there is no evidence in any act of
his that he either knows or cares about
their moneys. There is so much talk about
reform in these days that We wonder some
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