New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-09-10
VOLUME X.-NO. l3
THE CHAMPION REFoRMER.

THE CHAMPION REFORMER.
It seems to be Q question whether the
New York Times, in attacking single
handed the banded thieves that had
loaded New York with debt and taxes,
was entitled to the merit of having
caused that extraordinary conviction and
reform. There are those who vaunt the
superior virtue of Attorney Tilden, who,
like Abraham of old, gave up his favorite
son Of Tammany as an offering upon the
altar Of outraged political integrity.
There can be no doubt, however, that
when the New York Times has absolutely
captured and convicted him who claims
to have captured and convicted Tweed,
that the Times must be the champion re-
former of the century. 1t is the practice
among pugilists to bestow upon the
brawny rufian that has bunged the eyes,
broken the noses and stove in the ribs Of
his rivals belt, signifying that the
wearer is supreme over all other bullies;
but if at some subsequent time another
bruiser should defeat the wearer of the
belt, that ornament, symbolic of su-
premacy, is transferred, with all its ac-
cumulated glories, to the conqueror. The
same thing prevails among the Indians.
Any brave who captures in combat the
scalp of foe thereby takes all the pre-
vious fame of his victim.
Attorney Tilden having given away his
political associate Tweed, staggered
around, exclaiming, "That's the sort of a
man ami" He had captured the scalp
Of Tweed-though, as physically repre-
sented in the gallery of convicts, he has
not really the vestige of scalp lock-to-
gether with all the political achievements
of that Democratic Senator of New
York. The New York Times, to settle the
question of comparative ability to cap
ture revenue robbers, bounced upon the
betrayer of Tweed himself. 1t has brought
out the proof that Attorney Tilden sys-
tematically withheld from the Federal
treasury money due on the tax on his an
nual income. The New York Times has
boldly added that this Withholding money
from the treasury was accompanied by
perjury on the part of Attorney Tilden. It
has thus given cause of personal action for
defamation of character, such as has ar
rayed Parson Beecher against his ac-
cusers. The Times evidently means busi-
ness, and dares Attorney Tilden to bring
an action for damages before New York
jury. That Times is powerful Repub-
lican journal 1t claims daily circula-
tion of about fifty thousand, which may
be copied into at least seven thousand
papers of the same persuasion. Having
made this charge against the great re-
former, the Times is proceeding to collect
the comments Of the press. We have be-
fore US, extracts copied into the Times,
from thirty different papers, extending
from the extreme East to the most remote
West. We will even give few specimens
of the weight which these papers attach
to the charge, with the assurance that all
the others concur in opinion.
This subject is harshly headed, It'll
dens false swearing" 'The self-con-
victed perjurer." "The artful tax dodger,"
etc.
An honest construction of the law re-
uuired every citizen to make return of his
actual receipts in excess of those expendi-
lures which the law allowed to be deducted.
If Mr.. Tilden did not do this, and if, either
by placing q false construction upon the
Law, or by making no return, he kept back
money which the law required him to pay,
he defrauded the government.
A district attorney says:
SEQ no escape from the perjury of Til
den. It is precisely the same kind of proof,
and apparently jast as conclusive, as that
upon which have convicted number Of
men.
Will the Democratic party support per-
jurer for acknowledgement (Naine) Jour-
nal
The latest definition OF Reformer is an
income tax axjumper.-Fort Wayne (Indiana)
Gazette.
Mr.. Tilden is certainly ruined man un-
less he can explain the matter in better
fashion than he dOes.-Philadelphia BM
letin.
No man can be elected to the highest
Office in the gift of this people with perjury
branded upon his fOrenead.-SyracnSe
Standard.
1t Is a damaging exposure, and is sending
through the ranks of Tilden's
porters.-MancheSter (New Hampshire)
Mirror.
Unless the Democracy want not only to
be beaten, but ignominiously routed, they
had better take off Mr.. Tilden at once
Elisabeth (Ntc Jersey Journal.
The scandal has no attained such form
that unless Tilden enters prompt and full
he muet be branded by all
honest men as a swindler and perjurer.-
Cincinnati Gazette.
What shall be said of q man, guilty OF an
infamous crime like this, who aspires to be
President Of the government which ne
sought to destroy BY perjuring himself as
to the amount of his income2 Will honest,
Democrats stultify them
selves and cODdOne perjury by voting for
such q msna-Raleigh (Norh CarolinaD
Constitution
We remember that he swore as Governor
that he had not spent money to procure his
election as Governor. Is he reckless about
"a matter of formY"- Yonkers Statesman.
Yet We do not see what answer can be
made BY Mr.. Tilden. His own oaths are the
matters in issue. Ore swears that he had
twenty thousand dollars; the other swears
that he had only seven thousand dollars.
How is he going to get around that!-Colum-
bus (Ohio) State journal.
From Iii the showing it appears clear
that the great sham reformer is not only
guilty OF making q false statement as to his
income. Int has done so with view to
the government ont of large sum