The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-09-01
TELDEN'x PERJURY.
Sac Swears F aIseiy 10 SwindIe
HE Government.
HOW are yo.. ..lseEorm:'''
Talk of his vvIthdrawul.
A STIR IN NEW YORK.

New YORK, Aug. 24--There is
quite stir here oyer The possibill-
ty of Mr.. Tilden's withdrawal from
the canvass of the presidency. The
terrible exposure in The New DIRK
Times of Tuesday aud Wednesday
has told strongly. anu it Is question
able whether candidate with such
a record can keep the field. The
Times shows conclusiveiy that Mr..
Tiiden was gaiIty of perjury in
swearing to the amount of his in
come, aud the question is whether
man guilty of this offense Is the
right person to set up as model at
the head of the nation. From 1863
to 1872 Mr.. L. made no return OF his
income, leaving the assessor to fix
it, and paying the so per cent. pen
atty attached TO noncompliance
with the law.
It may be surmised that he did
not pay this penalty without a sub
stantial reason therefor. During
the time mentioned he paid taxes on
1900, though he was known to
be millionaire, and though he adj
mits now in his answer to the suit
brought against him that he receiv-
ed in one year $4,000 IN cash and a
large amount OF bonds for his SER
vices in one matter alone. 1t was
during this period that, as counsel
of Cakes Ames, he
GAVE THE ADVICE WHICH LED TO THE
CREDIT MoBILIER,
with its crop of fraudsand scandals.
1t was during this period, too, that
he stands charged upon the books
of the Erie railway company with
$4,000 paid to him for legal SER
vices, extending oyer only two
months.
The Times article, alluded TO,
says:
i'If suit is brought we can sug-
gest to the government where it
will find some conclusive testi-
mony. On Dec. %, 1868, Mr.. Til
den swore to return, under oath,
in which he said: Il hereby certify
that the following is true and
faithful statement of the gains,
profits, or income of Samuel j. Til
den, of the city of New York, and
county of New York, state of New
York, whether derived from any
kind of property, rents, interests,
dividends, salary, or from any pro-
fession, employment, or vocation,
or from any other source whatever,
from 1st day of January to 3Ist
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, S7,1l8.
SIN other words, in December,
1868, Mr.. Tilden swore that his en-
tire income liable to tax during the
year 1862 was 81, l18, and upon that
sum alone, did he pay any tax. But
in his answer to the complaint in
the circuit court of the United
States, in the suit of the st. Louis,
Alton and Terre Haute railroad
company against himself and others,
which answer was filed few days
ago, Mr.. Tilden swore under oath
as follows: SThat for such services
the defendant, Tilden, made charge
of $4,000 against said second mort
gage bondholders, and the said
charge was paid by or ON behalf OF
said second mortgage bondholders,
on the 18th of October, 1862;
that the defendant, Tilden, for part
of his services aforesaid, also made
q charge of the like sum of ten
thousand dollars on account of pro-
fessional services rendered to the
first mortgage bondholders and the
receivers, which was paid to him by
the said Azariah G. Flagg,
and which payment appears under
date of Nov. z, 1862, in a statement
annexed to the first report afore-
said as having been receipted fol
by the said Tilden, 'on account OF
professional services
sin other words, having sworn in
1868, that his entire income for the
year 1862 from all sources liable tt
taxation-counsel fees, dividends
rents, profits-was only $7,118, he
in 1875, swears that during the same
year, 1862, he received from two
sources alone--his services to 8 sin
gle company-$20,O0O. By his OWL
lsWorn admission, therefore, Mr.
Tilden stands indebte to the gov
eminent in a considerable sum fol
unpaid income tax for 1862, and WI
have two oaths by Mr.. Tilden, ut
terly inconsistent with each other
And vet this man is the honest man
the reformer of the country!"
THE EXPOSE HAS CREATED MUCH EX
CLEMENT
in New York and at Saratoga
where the Republican convention
was being held. 1t was the sensa
ton of the day. "When the articl,
had been read, and it became ap
parent that Mr.. Tilden had sworl
to lie, either in 1862 or 1876, tn
general opinion expressed on ever!
hand was that if ne was Republi
can candidate he would be at one
Withdrawn by his party. Senator
Woodin exclaimed, after reading
this article, Jim Blaine, even at tn
worst, was an angel to this old rss
cal. and still we refused to nomin
ate him. Even Democrats admitted
that the story, lift could be proved
was a very dangerous one but the!
, doubted that it could be substantia
ted. One well known anti-Tam
: many Democrat went so far as t.
. cay: 'If the Times can furnish
conclusive proof of what it charges
TiIden should withdraw from tn
canvass. l for one could not an,
} would not vote for him. Similar
, expressions were heard on ever,
side"
District Attorney Bliss being in
tervieWed, said:
"I cannot at this moment see hoy
| IL is possible for him to explain tn
matter. Why. just look at it. Fl
paid taxes on about $1,000 in 1S6;
yet he himself has recently swor
: that in that year he received $4,000
: income from a single company. A
that period his professional incom
was VIGOROUSLY very large. III
could hardly have received less tina
|, $4,000 from other sources. On tn
/ other hand his returns for 186
: shows that the entire amount of de
auctions to which he was entitle
by law was less than $4,000, yet
1862, if his return is honest, he de
Quoted at least $4,000, and probs
D bly, nearly $4,000 of his iDcom
= that year escaped taxation. More