Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-08-30
From the New York Times.
Is Gov, Tilden a Perjurer p.


The first income tax law was passed in
August, 1861, and imposed 4 tax upon the
incomes of that year, to be collected in the
spring of 1862. Amendments were made
in July, 1862. and at various later periods.
As is well known every one was required
to make Il return of his income under oath
an with considerable detail. On Decem
bcr %, 1868 Mr. Tilden swOre to 4 return
under olth, in which he said:
hereby certify that the following true and faith
Td.n, OF the city Of New York and county OF Ne"
Nind of property rents interest, dividends, salary.
ar from any other source whaeyer from the lst day
January the 3st day of December, e62 both da,
ss aws 1 u" the tinted states Income from ali
sources, $7io.
! In other words, in December, 1868. Mr..
Tilden swore that his entire income liable
to tax during the year 1862, was $1.1lS,
and upon that sum. and that sum alone.
did he ptv any tax. But in his answer to
the complaint in the circuit court of the
| United States in the suit Of the st. Louis,
Alton and rerre Il.ute Railroad Company
against himself and others, which answer
was filed few days ago, Mr.. Tilden swore
under oath as follows:
That for such services the defenitnt Tilden made a
cha of SUOUJ aEalust sad second mOrt1aEe bond
h rrs "A! The sall charSe vas PAD hy or on behalf
i. that the fendant Tden, Tor part of his ser
vices aforesaid also made charge OF the IKE sum OF
the rst mprtEaEe b6nd ,iders and receivers, Which
paid to HIM u. said Azdriah G. Flag. and
winch payment aprears under dat OF NoE =. 49, III
statement annexed t. the nrst report af"rtsald as
nnt II Hern tittd tpf toy 'e s' On a'
In other words, having sworn, in 1868,
! that his entire income for the year 1862
from all sources liable to taxation &C run-
sci fees. dividends. rents, profits on
| " $7,llS. he, in 1876, swelrS that durin"
he same Year, 1862 he received from Two
! sources alOnc-hlS Service, to u single
company 900 BY his sworn admls-
sion therefore, Mr. Tlldcn stands indebted
To the government in :; considerable sum
for unpaid income tax for lN62 and We
have two oaths by Mr.. TIldcn, utterly in
consist cnt with each other. And Vet tins
man is h. honest man. the rttorn"r OF die
country.
But it is clear that in lN62 Mr.. Tilden
must have had much income other than
the 100000 he admits having received
from the Tcfrr lltutc Railroad Company.
HIS professional income from other source &,
in that Year must have been large. More
over. that he had II considerable income
from Other sources is rendered certain by
the fact that in 1868, " hen he mad a de-
tailed statement OF MS income for that
Year, he dl>clus Il IN income of nearly
$4,000 from dividends and Interest on IN
ve>llncntS. 1t seems TO us that II would
he we'll for the Government to give Mr..
Iildtn Il chance to explain matters under
circumstances where Il cros>-cX limitation
would refresh his memory.
| Mr.. TIldcn> answer in the Circuit Court
To which We have referred. contains other
pregnant evidence OF still greater profit OF
his which escaped taNttIon he com
p!;lint IN lhat case chai ged that There WAS
about S2>u,UOo of moll.agtd bonds, and
: i9l 900 OF stock OF the lvrrc llnu.e, Al
ton n Il st. Louis Railroad Company,
which was issued to MIR. lIicn ana threc
other persons IT. trustees, and winch they
had failed to account for. Mr.. Hidden ;
answer, in effect. admits the charge Of the
rtccip pit Of the stock an! bonds, or some
portion OF til, III, but says lhcN We're rrcelv-
rd bv linn and hI> associates not H. trustees
bat a, MtA otrfI lfoI, ftg. IN return Tor
risks assumed ana services render Il. II
this be 50. ANA Mr. Hidden certainly c;tnno!
hereafter be permitted t. teny II. here ".'>
Il iArgc amount OF profits made dullng the
period when the income tax Was IN l'rVc.
which should have paid Il tax, but dld not
How much stock and bonds Mr.. llIdrn
personally received We c.tnnut aN, but NE
report I'll lht- Goa nitt,c OF the directors OF
The Irlrc llautr Railroad Company, viii
We pub.i-hrd Saturday. shows. 10y the
>.,ttc:.rnI OF MIR. HaN.ud, who delivered
Jhcni, that ont Of Sl3! 900 OF first mort
-aye bon l., " INCH formed portion OF the
aggregate Mr.. IIldcn received $50 o.
he. moreover. received from Mr.. BaNaru
about : 90 ui interest on those bonds.
MI B.kard says ;htt he rrce we'd some
thing from the other securities, but lie
did nol y,t Is much Is Mr. Iildcn and the
others We hazard nUjhinr III saving ihal
Mr. Hidden certainly sol his lull siIale OF
the lunUcr.
Can Mr.. ldcn produce ANY reason WY,
on this Statement of itc;>. n should not
Toe branded ~ i >Winilrr and a pcriurrl: