Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1876-08-16
Is Samu'l ]. Tilllen q RefOrmer?

(Testimony Of the N. Y. Times.)
Let the fact be noted and remem
bered that the ". y. Times here ad-
mi,s that Messrs. Seymour, Tllden and
Herman were thrust aside from the
contro! of party politics in the State
for gears, by the scourdrels of the
Tweed and Sweeny ring.
DID MIR. Tn.DEN PROVE HIMSELF A
SELFISH POLITICIAN
In the Times OF October 6, 1871,
the Times, in its report of the proceed.
ings of the Convention. says
"Mr. Tiden proceeded to denounce
the Tammany organization, and de-
clared that he would not, this Fall,
vote for any OF the nominations for
Assembly made by that organization,
and if that was undemocratic or irreg
ular, he would resign his position as
Chairman of the State Committee, and
retire to the bosom of his plundered
fellow citizens
The Times correspondent, in de-
scrbing the effect of the above speech
on the Convention, and the unpopu.
lar reception it met with, wrote .
As further and conclusive evidence
of this fact, it should be noted that
when Mr.. Tilden told the Convention
that he should go back to New York
and work and vote against every local
candidate nominated by Tammany
Hall, he was greeted with storm of
Kisses, accompanied by very feeble
applause.
And IN the report of the proceed
mos of the same date, the following
were the editorial comments OF the
Times on the course pursued by Mr..
Tilden at the Convention -
There would be no doubt where a
gentleman Of Mr.. Samuel j. Tlldens
character would be found in such a
contest as this. He tried every argu-
ment and every expedient to induce
the Convention to come before the
people with clean hands. No portion
of the blame for the suicidal course OF
the Convention attaches to him. He
did all that an honest and bigh-mind.
ed man could do to save his party
from wallowing in Tweed's sty.
WAS MIR. TILDEN A SHAM REFORMER
The Convention over, and Mr.. TIL
ded returned to the city, to resume
the arduous and delicate work of ex-
amining the books Of the Broadway
Bank, where the accounts of Tweed
Garvey, lngersoll and the other plum
derers were kept. On October 18th
1871, the Times published the follow
: ing -
Mr.. Samuel j. Tilden, on behalf Of thu
Committee of Seventy, has concluded hi
examination of the books of the bank il
reference to the City's accounts, and is nov
engaged in the preparation OF his repor
thereon. The publication Of this repor
: will be looked forward to by the publ
with eagerncss, and by the thieves OF tn
f Ring with fear. There have been gray
difficulties to overcome in the tracing O
the stolen money. The bills, certificate
and vouchers in the Controllers Olllc
E have been found apparently all right, an
7 it was left to the books of the Rings Ban
to find and fasten the men who have profit
3, ed by the losses of the city. The forth
6 coming report of Mr. Tilden will settle this
will set this and many other matter
straight, and it is possible that the golde
' circle will find it necessary to devote NOR
} time hereafter to their own salvation an
= less to the annoyance of the Deput
Controller.
=, MORE FROM TIE SAME SOURCE.
v Again, on October &c, 1861, th'
! Times referred to the man it now call
"a wrecker of railroads" thus -
If anything can arouse the Ne,
3 York public to that pitch of indigni
, ton which alone becomes them in tn
n present crisis, it is the accounts whic
!. we publish to-day. Here we have
/. thanks to the labors of Mr.. SAMUEL j