The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1876-09-07

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The story of Samuel J. Tilden's al
legged perjury in connection with the
false returns OF bis income during the
war has travelled all oyer the land,
and although many days have elapsed
since it appeared In the Times, not
one OF the watchfrl friends of Mr..
TiIden has attempted to deny its truth.
All the facts were taken from official
records bearing the signature Of Dir.
TiIden himself, aud these Identical
records now present him in the pitia-
bic light Ct swearing to false state
ment for the purpose OF cheating the
Government. The proof against him
does not admit of question. On Dec.
%, 1858, Mr.. TiIdeD, in making a re-
turn VI his income for the previous
year, deliberately took the. following
oath: e
81 hereby certify that the following
is a true and faithful statement OF the
gains, profits, or income Of Samuel j.
Tilden, of the City OF New York, and
County of New York, State OF New
York, whether derived from any kind
of property, rents, interest, dividends,
salary, or from any profession, trade
employment, or vocation, or from any
other source Whatever, from lst day
of January to 3lst day OF December,
1852. both days Inclusive, and subject
to an Income tax under the Excise
laws of the United States. Income
from all sources, S7,llS."
he paIo UuO-AAx nniV un0n this
comparativelY small sum. The year
| for which he made this tritiing return
of his income witnessed the success OF
his gigantic scheme to capture the
Terre Haute, Alton and st. Louis
Railroad, and to issue stock to the
amount of hundreds of thousands oil
dollars beyond its liabilities-stock OF
which he has never yet given an ae'
count, although tystill stands like q
nightmare OF debt on the books OF the
organization. When compelled, after
the lapse of so many years, in which
he succeeded in evading the question
at issue by means of legal tecnnicalt-
ties. to come into the United State:
Court of this District and account fol
his scandalous il not criminal stew
ardsbip as q Trustee OF the road, he
sWore that he was paid S2O,OOO Ior M
services as such Trustee in 1867 th'
very year in which he stated undel
oath that his income was only S1,llS
Mr.. TiIden's oath on this point ap
pears in his recently filed answer tC
the complaint of the unfortunate
stockholders of the Terre Haute, Al
ton and st. Louis Railroad Chmpany
and reads
~Thst for such services the defend
ant Tilden made charge of ten thou
sand dollars against said second mort
gage bondholders, and the said chargI
was maid by or on behalf OF said sec
ond mortgage bOndholders, on tn
18th of October, 1852 =, tha
the defendant Tilden, for part Of hi
services aforesaid, also made eharg'
of the like sum often thousand dollar
on account of professional services
rendered to the frat mortgage bond
holders and the Receivers, which wa
taid TO him by the said AEariah c
Fla0g. as and which psymen
sppesrs under date OF Nov. z, 1862, il
: statement annexed TO the first re
port aforesaid, IS having been receipt
ed for by the said Tildeni on accoun
: of professional services. ~
II the criminal law now operated il
> A case like this, to convict Mr. Tilden
J Il would perhaps only be necessary T
present his two affidavits to q jury.
The evidence as to his large incom
In 1862 is fismagingly cumulative
He was connected as counsel an
Trustee with a large number OF raj
roads in that year. He was the legt
adviser of the Northwestern Railroad
! and was q Director Of the same. ID
! was also counsel to the Chicago
Alton Road, the Pittsburg, FtsWayn
& Chicago Road, the Cumberlan
Iron Company, and to other cOrpor'
tious, The Northwestern Road GlOnt
il appears, paid him annually q e
varying from $4,000 to $4,000, an
as the other organizations were
y wealthy as the Northwestern, M
lTiIden's income from all the cOrpOri
: tIons could hardly have been less tina
S50, 600 q year.
In the same year, 1862, Mr.. Tide
u was President and Trustee OF I'll
New York Balance Dock COmpaD
which then, according to report filt
a by him in the County Clerks offiC
:, on Jan. i, 1863. had paid-up eapit
L of $50, 600. The whole record is /,
ugly one for Mr.. Tilden. II refor
consists in cheating the Goyernme
As well as railroad eorporatiOns, tn
y ne can lay claim 10 the tide He,h'
le however, placed himself within real
Ie of the law, which may be invoked
'K u, the proper authorities to compel hi
to nay into court the amount he wit
held from the Government during {
war. h