The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-08-03
widen, trustee. and Terre
Haute.

TiIden, Trustee. and Terre
Haute.
From the N. y. wltnss.l
The Terre Haute Railway Company
have been trying for q long while 70 &c. 81.
Tilden into:a court Of justice TO explain
what he did with half . million o. secu.
rities belonging to the St. Louis, Alton q
Tsrre Haute Railway Company. Tilden,
Who Ia himself a knowing lawyer, mas
hes ear successfully staving of the inquiry
for Al least eleven years. 1t is natural
for Tammany elected judges to give
a prompt and acquiescent ear to me oy .,a
ernor Of the State and candidate Tor tne
4 Presidepcy. But ordinary folks, who are
more attached to principles than mem arc
;nor;r;nu how il comes to pass that one
Who il charged with appropriating TO his
WIZ 10 DorsonSI nae hundreds Of thousands
~ sa1nr;ties intrusted to him for the ad-
Uan,sTc nj The corporation which he re-
presented can for years eVaoe ihVesuga,
Hon. Sensitive men whose private and
nubIic acts can stand an investigation are
aIways ready for speedy trial. They
cannot afford to have ugly accusations
hanging over them. But Il would be dill.
ferept with men whose bank accounts had
been swollen with money taken without
authority. Investigation never suits that
class. .U
In connection with the 81, Louis, Alton
& Terre Haute Railway Company four
trustees-Tilden, Sage, Bayard, and But
ler-were appointed TO reconstruct the
road, and for the purpose Of reorganiza-
ton all the bonds and securities oil the
old ompany were placed in their hands
A thorough accountant has examined the
books, and he finds slight discrepancy
OF about four hundred thousand dollars
for which there are no vouchers. The
charge is that each OF these trustees,
besides drawing regular remuneration
for his services, gave himself an ad-
ditional hundred thousand. Why they
helped themselves in that unceremon'
ious manner is the question which
is being pressed in our courts, and which
the accused are evading. When conf.
DENTAL clerk is detected helping himself
in this way it is extremely rare that he
gets the nomination for a high office.
Ordinarily he is sent to jail for ten years.
But We are not to forget that every rule
has lis exception, and the Terre Haute
trustees are the exception in this remark.
able case. Those who are acquainted
with the crooked transaction are not sur
prised that theBtock Of the Terre Haute
Company is selling for few cents on the
dollar. Governor Tilden and Russell
Sage had charge Of the Terre Haute Com.
pany, Gould and Drew managed Erie Q
while. Neither Terre Haute nor Erie
are now valuable properties. They are
not sought IA investments.
Gould STAYED of the Black Friday
suits, with the aid Of the lawyers and the
Judges, for period OF ten years. Tilden
and Sage are following his example: We
have question TO ask: Is an unfaithtul
trustee, or one who will not give an &c.
count Of his stewardship, eligible for
President Of these United states2 Such
a thought never entered the heads Of
party leaders all through the first hum
bred years OF our history. Is the thing
possible now? The country, through the
press and the pulpit, has been demand.
ing honest men for the public offices, and
the reply the great Democratic party
make to the Just demand ia Tilden and
Hendricks-the one accused OF keeping
to himself valuable bonds which do not
belong to him; the other doubtful wheth.
er the flag of his country, when imper:
lied, or an honest currency, is entitled
TO his support. The candidates pre-
sented by the Democratic party
10 the American people may receive the
votes OF the ex-rebels, the rum.sellers and
Romanists, but surely all decent citizens
will withdraw from the unholy connec-
ton. Breathes there a man with a soul
30 dead as to remain identified with
party that has within il so much that is
disloyal to humanity? Wise, OF Virginia;
Hill, Of Georgia; General Butler and DR..
Pierce, Of South Carolina, smiling over
the bloody crime Of Hamburg, have set.
tied the next Presidential election. The
Terre Haute affair helps In the same di-
rection, unless Governor Tilden shall
push instead Of putting of investigation
and come out clean before the election.
We want man for President in the be-
ginning OF our second century who will
bear some resemblance to him who was
our first President. Washington was u
trustee who commanded respect and
whose managementimproved everything.
Terre Haute stock selling at five cents
on tue dollar shows us the value OF TIL
den's management. aa3-t
. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Generation