The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1876-09-28
EX-GoV. sALOMON's ADDRESS.

Turner Hall was packed to its utmost
capacity last Saturday evening to heal
Ex-Gov. Edward Solomon, of New ork.
He had come here with the intention OF
delivering an address in the English
language, but it having been announced
that Senator Howe would speak at the
same time, large number of German
citizens turned out, and rather than dis
appoint them, Mr.. Solomon spoke in
English but twenty minutes and the
remainder of the evening in German.
After speaking on the financial and civfl
service reform subject for time, he
proceeded to show up MIR. Tildens
record as Reformer.
Having been one of committee of 70
appointed at a mass meeting held in
New York city in 1871, by men of both
parties, to devise means to rid the city
ofthein famous Tammany Ring, he was in
a position to know the part played by
Mr.. Tilden as 'tring -smasher," and
proceeded to tell the audience. He said
that when the great mass meeting was
called, Mr.. Tilden was asked to attend
and lend his influence to the work of
redeer1ing the city from the control of
the thieves who were then running it.
This Mr.. Tilden, then Chairman of the
Democratic State Central Committee,
refused to do. One OF the results Of the
meeting was a determinatiye to elect
members Of the Assembly from New
York city who could be relied upon tofur-
ther the cause of he people against the
thieves, and because Mr.. Tilden could
make his influence felt in that eonven-
ton, he was elected as the peoples can
didate. At subsequent meetings of
members of the committee the laws ne
cessary to be enacted in order to enable
the citizens to reach the leaders of the
ring through the courts, were drawn up
principally in the form of a new charter,
and when the legislature assembled they
were handed to Mr.. Tilden with the I'M
| derstanding that, having been elected
for that very purpose, he would use all
diligence in pushing them to their final
passage. Did he do this2 Mr.. Salo-
mon, who had himself been sent to Al
bany, with others, to assist if possible
in securing the passage of the new char
ter, enphatically says he did 'aot-but
on the contrary was a hindrance to the
success of the movement that by alb
senting himself from his seat in the
Assembly; by refusing to present the
bill to the legislature and in every way
possible to crafty, cunning politician,
he stood directly III the way Of the peo-
pie who had sent him there solely for
the purpose Of doing what he persist
emily refused to do. This was Mr.. Til
denis record as a ''ring- smasher." This
man, who refused to take sides with the
people as against the most villanous set
of rascals in the history of the country,
is the same one who is row held up for
| the admiration of the people of the
United States as the champion of Re-
form For fear of injuring the Demo
cratic party he refused to assist the citi-
zens of New York in Kidding themselves
of the oppression exercised by the Tam
many ring each member of which was
a Democrat
Gov. Solomon spoke of these things
not from heresay or as the knowledge
gathered from newspapers, but as stern
facts happening under his own observa-
ton and as one personally acquainted
and having dealings with Mr.. Iilden.
That Mr. Solomon spoke the truth, there
is no question. He came to Wisconsin
to visit old friends, and not as one seek
after any favor from the present or fu-
ture administrations short, he had
no ''axe to grind, and his remarks
were the utterances of man who had
been invited to address his old acquain-
tances and took occasion to show up Mr..
Tilden's record in its true light. Meth
er did he charge him with any criminal
ity in his connection with the Tammany
ring, nor did he dispute Mr.. Tilden IS
ability-he simply showed the falsity of
the statement that Tilden was the great
Reformer his friends claimed he was.
The Governors remarks upon the
currency and civil service reform were
| interesting, and he showed by COM
| prehensive statement of facts how each
would be bettered and improved under
the administration of r. B. Hayes. The
address throughout was attentiyely list
ened to, and cannot fail of resulting in
good.