Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-09-22

Of the advertisement! of sale. e. Furthermore,
| the payments which give rise 10 the discussion.
werr bath mad before the close Of the year
1862 and it is so stated IN the answer.
|! rec lect rightly tn" Times has on for
mer occasion referred to the date OF the agree
ment o! first Durtgage hnndholders setlorth 10
the answer (Aprl Is, 1861, as evidence that
the services were OF short continuance. But
this agreement was but tn, 6nal confirmation
ct negotiations which had been going on Tor
three years. There was prelim nary agree
ment. adopted at a meeting Of bondholdcrs,
Sept -, 1859, and modified from time to
10 time, and this earlier agreement was itself
The result Of prolonged negotiations, the affairs
Of the road being almost hopeessly involved
with cpnhlc!lng claims and interests. Pursu-
ant 10 this preliminary agreement, POSSESSION
Of the entire railroad had been obtained as tar
back as d rembcr II. 1859.
TENTH Item -'Dcccmher 81. Fees during
year Ircm hcago aud Northwestern Railroad
Compavy, $4,000"
his item i ro'al'y false Mr.. Ti!den re
ceived no fees compensation or payments from
the Chicuyo and Northweste'n Ratlway Conn
pun2 IN the gear 1852
Ehreuth Item les during year from
Toledo and Wabash Railroad Company,
$4,000 p"
5 lnc rcckcssness Of this talsehood will ap
pear when it is known that the Toledo and
v abash Railroad Company nerer at any time
vas = chert of Mr. Tiltct'- aud that hH Nicer M
J the gear lS62 on ut any other time recetred any
[ ices ironl that Company nor rendered them any
s professional service a0jtutever.
ItCeJH Item -"Snarc ot bonds retained I0l
81. lcr, DUNG year connected with the recon
s,iuc ion Of the Chicago aud Alton Railroad
Z Co"na y, S25 900 "
Y No Gonds Uere returned or recetred for such
t services III 1862, u0r was so large amount ever
u !ec.l"4G, including expenses and d>burSe-
j nents Services We're rendered. ard no doubt
they were iakcu INTO account IN computing The
: gr,.s carnlI ot that year.
D Thirteenth aud last item Salary as lrns'
T tee auu President Of the Balance Dock Com
raby, $1,000.
TINS item Of 81 900 is correct except as q
j the Gaze, and is the uuly one OF the whole thlr
y teen OF which that Gao be said
: At the outset OF these attacks on Gov. llldcD,
c 10 regard to his taxable incomo for 1862, still
J. au0rher allegation was made, as ii ou positive
q knowledge, namely. that he had received from
the St. Louis i ton and rcrrc Hau'e Railroad
D Company $50 900 IN Flrs, Mortgage Bouds dur
. ing that year.
: The charge is urquai6edIy iase and, now
that 1t has been pointed out IN the pubic jour
u uais that the complaint itself 10 the st. Louis,
Alton and Trrre Haute suit. showed these
u bonds tol used up 10 he year 1861, the charge
t appears to have been abandoned, even 10y the
e Times, Which newspaper, after asserting the
j Tact 10 positive terms, subsequently, plblisbed a
II report of committee OF that Company, also
y at.tagorsiic to Mr. rden, but which showed
u that in 1870, these bonds were still IN the
hands OF the Purchasing Committee, and So
could not have formed any part OF his income
I. IN lSG2.
: Ii Stems proper to say that return madc
r under oath must be assumed TO be coirec!
Il upicss II eau br shove to be false. This NJ
d tempt has been made by the Tine, aud
u grrviu. 3oldcr trou day to day its efforts
: have lnaly cu!mioated 10 II specification oft3!r-
q teen i;cus twrvc OF which arr wholly or MAJ
II Iy fictitious. Will. the TmtS Was thus MAJ
l. ing excursions Int" the regions OF hcuon, il
:; seems 10 nave found t co0veulcnt to oVeroo
/; tnr pos>ibiiile, If Lawful deductions such IS
/ exp USES, rtnt, later st and losses. he simple
d la.. is, the amou,ts returned wcr2 the oct re-
&c suit II ice m a GER taking cut the lawful de-
due ions. For me it DOLLY remains 10 assert,
IS That very fact within En- knowledge confirms
$ the good faith and adcquac9 f the returns
It .7h CT were yer I'D by the affidavit OF one VII.
+. for more than il gcntrati"n had lived lie 50
If lurc aud biaue!es, that he breath oi ca u my
d had failed 10 touch him, until by the general
C voice o! a great party he mad become their can
;. uidaie for the highest Office 10 he gift Of the
u people.
L. respect to the allegation that after Nv"
. years 0F the iDcOmc tx Mr. Tildeu male 20
return, but left that portion OF his tax whIch
) W = il .xc IS O! the payments Tor his accJunt
mace by the corporations whose bonds aud
C sock h2 held ia be assessed under the law By
L, A. ,tl,> =.
e simple. Tho -ta;ute gave the tax payer the op
: t!ou 10 axe thar C, urse and good and honorable
E. rca>nuS existed why scrupuuuS man Shouii
/. accept that option. Mr.. Tlideu received nc
favor from IN. Government ofic rs, ami sought
t none. lie did nothing but pay all they lmpos
t ed On him. Nearly all lis Income from invest
meets :aId the tax through the corp,ratlJn-
e who's boud> and stock he held with U; allow
: aDc" Tor he lawful Deductions. Gu The resi-
! due, after the lawful deduc zoos were mad.
: lie believed AT the time that Instead OF
paying less, he ottcncr paid more than
t would have been the result OF full, but
i troublesome, accounting. He preferred 10
+ ha: way To he exempted from 'hr dtflcuIrle>
t Incident t. attempting specific Statement OF
: the affairs in which he was interested. and OF
the corpora! ou- and business in which he wa
an investor; aud also TO be exempted from h"
responsibility Of adju Heating % the facts and
thu law applicable to uncertan and ductuatlng
elements dufng rapid and violent changes O.
, fictitious values The law was unsettled; quo
ions of real difficulty existed. Constructions
were set up b. Officials which we're often con
f.ering uniutehbe or incapable of just Or safe
/ application, and it was not agreeable to make a
return on a doubtful or disputed theory, or III
contradiction TO even unm,l Itorlous clalnls
made 10 behalf Of the Government
Respectfully y2urs.
JAMES p. SINSOTT
HE'LL GATE.-So general is the apprehen-
.ion ot DANGER from the rynosiOu at He'll Cat.