The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-09-27
THE RECORD REVIEWED.
AND ANOTHER LIE NAILED.
Judge Sinnott Shows the Utter
Falsi y of the New York Times
Charges Concerning TIL
den Income Tax.
TO THE PUBLIC.


Mr.. HEwITT's ADORE s-REPLY To JUDGE
sINNoTT WHO REVIEWS TIE RECORD IN
THIS CASE.
To the Pub ic-The New York Times, which
for years prior TO 1875 mad b en- the eulogist of
of Governor Iilden, Immediately after he be-
came formida ole candidate for The presiden-
cy, began a s. S OF assaults upon his private
character. AT length these assaults culmina-
ted in the charge of making a IA Sc statement
of his income in 1862. By dinL of rel Grafton
and fabricated speci dc ttions OF items and de-
tails, having the sem blaDce of actual account
some weil-meaning persons were dis uTbed.
1t therefore occurred to me to apply TO the sec
retary of the Jrea-ur Tor cert tfSd c. piles OF the
income re &lrns Oi Gov. I1lden and OF Gov.
Hayes, ana on the second day of September,
made such an application. The cOpie. ap
piled for have not been iuruished, nor indeed
has my let e. rece1V' d the poor courtesy OF an
acknowledgment. Meau uwniie, The adversa-
ries of Gov. TIlden have apparently had free
access to tn returns, am have oeen per-
mttted to phOtC-itht graph so much OF them
as suited their purposes. L submit this TACT
to the American people without comment.
Meanwhile, receiving 40 Teply from the pub
lie auJhorItles, whJ see ~ to re al the dOcu-
mems in theiT custody as held In trust for the
Republican parI y, and not TOR the whole p-o-
pie, addressed a note 20 Judge James j. Sin
mott, who W s tue cOnf1dential law CLERK Ol
Governor l1lden during the whole period In
in force, ask ng him to examine the pretended
account Oh OONrE Qcu luCOIuc
the year lob puOliSned by the lnos, aud tur-
nisa me ian such explanations In regard
thereto IS hi n crsssry familiarity wi. n the
details wOuld ens bic him 10 sup Iy. have
this day receiv, d Tepl, presenting a full
and enlirey satlsfactoTy reiuta Ion OF tne
casIges o, ne y ms h,s anSSe IN n sWi,n
teen pretended Items of iuc Jme amounting ID
s11u,OBi, el Ven items mOunt1lg to Ssf0Uu ar.
WHOLLY flo ious, whtl OF he other Two, only
one of 81 % il g" nelly True, and - tecO u Of
f2l,UO0 Is only partially true. There Is there
fore no ground Tor tn a sertion hat the sworn
return was Dot a Just an sccurate statement
ment OF e net leone OF Governor
T1lden, after making ch dedu
tlons for losses, interest paid and other
charges, as the sw auth rized hi TO make.
II exception be taKen TO Judge SlnnotG's IeI-
ter on the ground that lt does not contain .
detailed statement OF he several il ms upon
which the return of 1872 was maze, iG IS proper
TO s ate that the res u ations OF the depart
ment did not require such detailed sIaCe-
ments, aud very lev professional men made
such Statements, or could now 7, cali the
items have Kept the memoranda upon
which their urns were made. I Governor
TfIden were moi In nom nation for he Presi-
dency, do not Enow OF any man In this ON
ID unity whose mere statement of fact would
have been m re generally accepted as the
truth, and fail to see why the eminent posi-
tion In which be has been laced by a La ge
body Of hi fel o~-cltzens should De held 10
detract frUm The sauctltN of his oatu.
ADAM 3. HEWITT,
Cha imam Nat. Dem. Com.
NEW YORK, Sept. -, 1916.
REPLY TO JUDGE eINNOTTs
NEW YORK, Sept. 20. 1875.
Hon. Abram 8. HeweIt, Cn'n. My dear sir:
have received your note with the copy of the
Times of =. prember 8, in reference 10 Mr.. nj
den's income return for 1862, and have taken
the earliest lime which my oficiaI engage
menis would permit to send you the infoIm ma
ton you solicit. 1 was in Mr.. Tilden's law Of
hce during tue whole period covered by the
all nj h. Inn w
lar than any or e. persOn-perhaps even tnan
Mr.. TildeU htmself-R tth his professional ser
vices and with he earuIng Oh mis- Office, it be-
ing among my 0utles TO Keep such record OF
memoranda of them as as preserved. The
chaIgss To " hich you pecially refer are epitO-
mized al pl caToed on Jne ront rage of the
play ed a &C simiIe'f ar. II den's income tax
return for the ear 662 cODuast-d wi a prt-
tended statement his real income Tor inaI
ye r. have exa ined Inis st Jenient Wi b
care, and frUiu NV Per .Ona Knowledge fiod 1
TO be false In tVeiy Important par icultr The
d st thing in his fabrication of the TinI~s
which arr. sted my aiJenIo OF Was the evI-
de mt inten 10 mIsle which characterIzes o.
1t puTp'rts TO be made up OF seIa-
order to give the reader Tho idea that the
items had be u taken dire ly from bill s,Or c.
counts which h ave ben IenIered to some one,
or had beeb en- ed 4 some nook OF account.
Fos example: ne first tJem reads, "F bruary
1s. Fee or rustees and taste Com mission
ers' Deed" &c Out ne ordIng OF the s. cOnd
item is M de diff Tent, n d re ads: February
Is. Fees aud exp. nse- with reference 10 deed,"
&C., and Ibe I rd Item l. pu, in stu another
end fortnt mIde of expression, thus:
"March For DIa' ting, &c. rst Mortgage
Deed" while in me our u Item the word
fees" (aad l. time without the Tex lenses')
Is brough n to r. QuIsitiOn.
The obvi as intouL of tnese conirivances is
TO give colo ~ Jhe-e OOgus lt ms, and The ap
pearance OF bsIns copied frorn some real pa
PER.
Tue first six items OF his statement relate TO
matters conn c.. q with the PILIsbur, fort
WaX X al AZ a d m
derstandiDg dr T.idsu's Ie,ai rs ia al
enterprsr, p iOr to aud curing the year lso2 is
Important AT tue .suJset.
E,w THEFACr Is
that no sue accOuufs ss are contained In
these Fix ms ever exsied. ard 10 one OF
these pretended ems has ever been made the
subject OF n spe nc cha ge by MIR. TiIden
against any ipdivi u or corporal on what
ever. Mr.. iIden bee me counsel for the hold
ers OF various elias Is Of bon is secured uppn
the Pitisbu' x, Font Wayne al d Chicago rail-
road, winch is railroad Tunnif
through fOu f-r-nt 8 at 8, and built Sec
tions oy three q ff-reot corporai1o 9. which
were ar erwa ds 20 Oi dai.d. When Mr.
Tlden became counsel for the md holders
In 1859, a. bad ding nine different
classes OF o"nhs; uI"n 81 81 wnlcn oelault nsd
been made, aud ITS anairs in z neral we're In
apparently hope e-s bankrupt y and con u
sion. To rescue tnis pr 50, Mr.. riid N a.
bored coDunasify, and much more Iabori-
ously than H. Yer ordinarily does ia rega, d
to any particular sc, from 1859 to he
early part Ot So The abor was par
Gcularly s'dus u during the yea 1856
o. 1851. eui Of fD"- 1 -nre were ins tn d
early IN escn r he ates, and these hs 50
far progressed by Juoe, 1oCi, that decrres of
10 eclosur- sod le h-D ente- ed. The
road was sciu ~ 50 d on he "a Of Ocio 1er.
1Ss', and p's-e sion Ken u der III sac. ~
course {. a. nOI Oe TN pIs b. q until
al the COT a iT z inter-Ss he ine different
classes of b ..s'hO d r the secu ed crtdi oss,
the unsscus. d CT dltTs nd IN stock hs ldeFs
had been nsf uouIz-d aod sati-fed; or no IL