Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-10-25
tn DNs ANua1,s aA1aaAD RINGS.

In 1867 "Parton's Railroad and
Political Ring Manuel made its ap-
pearancc. 1t thu ew the Tilden Rail-
road ling into CONSERVATION. SO
damaging was it to their plans, that
an Injunction was issued to restrain
its publication. It was finally sup
pressed 10y the payment OF about
szO,0o0. A number OF copies how
ever. had been circulated, and some
Of them have recently turned up to
plague Tilden and 20. III their Presi-
Dental aspirations.
From y copy now before US We
make a few extracts. la speaking
vi tue failure OF Peto and Schuyler
ia their railroad schemes Parton
says:
1.-The mistake of Peto and Schuyler
was III not dividing their risk 'und
..ga.illnY their proceedings by &
cumulnauIuu with Utiler parties III u
.u4uner now technically hhown as u
l.luS. lnio pun was nrst adopted,
as lar as Anowu, Ia the Oulteu
states Ny AL eminent lawyer III " all
.olreet, .. }. lllu,n, ana IL pr inlnent
Chicago Iauu operator, lilaM Is.
Oa,teu, and has answered au admir-
aDio purpose, not only III relieving
lueIu vi a. position lar worse than
,Iluer 'relu or Schuyler before their
,.enou,tnteut, out also enabling them
10 extend their operations until the!
gov ,ont,U, the longest aud largest
ANYWAY interest Iii America.
ne VINO would ple-emlnentIy
pusoeos poiltlcal power must proper
,ionauiy cUntroi raliways
%. j. Iliuen,a VIII De hereinafter
SHOWN, cUntrois, through one King
VI which nc Is the grand ieSaIlZer,
over 1.-Two miles vi railway from
Chicago, branching III all directions
west, WINE he has great lniluence
IA tue .lne to Plttaburg OF 90 miles,
OF which he is truS &C, and also OF
Tue lue To st. Louis, some 3Uu mi es,
ia same way. by means OF these
avenues OF income and the peifec-
uun Of his llns organization ne
could command mltllon where the
lumente ed Richmond could not divert
one hundred thousand Tor contingent
expenses.
MIR. Tiiden may reach the end OF
life before the railway across the
continents completed, or he might
oe expected TO assume his accu,tomed
position in it, aud thus sway his
'oceptre' from shore to shore across
tne continent, which is inevitably to
DC ru,ed i'y the Democratic party OF
which he Is now the Acknowledged
neau.'
MIR. Tilden owes his exalted posi-
tiou Chairman of the Democratic
Central Committed to an energeti,
and persistent adherence to the
King principles in his railway con.
nectiol 3.
samuel ]. Tilden had been more
or less knownin State politics before
but about 1860 he boldly stepped
into the arena of national affairs ,anc
took rong grounds in favor of con
cliiauun to the South. lie visited
Washington and firmly warned
Abraham Lincoln Of the danger o.
forcing drafts for soldiers, bat could
not stop those hi gh-hauded measures
IL was also ready 20 have acted as
y cidcator between the different
sections OF the Union in the name Of
tn Democracy, but President Lincoln
did hot give him an opportunity to
slow his ability IL that direction
Returning, he aided materially il
he ec;i1n OF Seymour a, Cover
or Of New York in 1862, which
showed the President that he was
not to be despised'
"i.e made one Of the thrilling
speeches ~ the Convention 1
Chicago, in Which he said: We ayt
assembled here 20 Pc. form lie creates
,,s,i yrun!eSt tcsk ttat eng Sc CT me,
hace scsr snieHuk'e9. The reno
-rri~ parry ,-3 pit dorm lespotj'a,
bernnss Il bates he jS11odie t5rGUR5