The Portland daily press., 1876-07-19
The Light Turned On.

The New York Express, the Cincinnati
Enquirer, the Albany Times and several 9TH
er Democratic papers which protested against
the nomination of Mr.. Tilden enabled the
Republican editor with the aid OF pair of
scissors to fill his political drawer full of ex-
tracts showing up the character of the pres
ent Democratic nominee in his various bust
ness relations. A few of these biographical
sketches have already appeared in the PRESS.
Others we retain possibly for future use. In
view OF Mr.. Tilden's loud profession of devo-
ton to reform, these extracts from anti
Tflden Democratic papers are mighty inter.
estin' readin' y. They show how Mr.. Tiden
obtained his vast fortune, and afford strik-
ing example of that sudden goodness which
often overtakes man in the last years of his
life after he has made fortune by Industrious
walking ways that are dark and practising
tricks tnat are vain.
More than anything else, Mr.. Tilden's
much heralded professions as a reformer have
caused the light to be turned upon him and
during the next four months no man will
walk in brighter or hotter glare than Sam
uel Jones Tilden. His sharp practises will
be exposed, and his acts both as business
man AMI political leader will be brought in
to the light of day.
Some time since the Springfield Repub.
EcGn, that versatile, independent journal,
which in a now-and-then manner supports
Gov. Tlden, called upon him to lose no time
in explaining and clearing up the charges
made in suit begun a year ago in the
United States District Court of New York
by certain stockholders of the Terre Haute
& Alton Railroad Company. The charge is
that Mr.. 7 ilden and associates as trustees of
that corporation have fraudulently retained a
million dollars of its bonds ard stocks. Ia
similar transactions of that character the
act would be called embezzement. If it was
a case where clerk did not account for S.
bill, it would be called theft Such IS the
charge. The case has been postponed from
time to time. A few days since the time for
the trial of the suit came about and
Mr.. Tilden refused to file his answer and his
petition was granted that the time for filing
the same be extended until October. Here
is candidate for the Presidency OF the
United States charged upon the oath of re-
spectacle men with an infamous cTime-the
EMBEzzLEMENT OF A MILLION DOLLARS
WORTH OF PROPERTY which he held in trust
as trustee. Does Mr.. Tilden beg for more
time because he fears to meet TIE issue?
What is the inference? 1t is q most critical
time for Mr.. Tilden. If he could clear him
sell OF this serious charge upon his integrity
would he not do it? Does not this delay in
dicate dread of the investigation?
There is not an intelligent man in the
country who is not in possession of some
facts respecting the Credit Mobiier in con-
nection with the building of the Pacific rail-
road. BY most honest men, it is considered
fraud. 1t was corporation organized
within the Pacific Railroad Company by
which the officers of the latter contracted
with themselves to build the road and there
by stole $37,50O,000 and "gobbled up'' the
capital stock. just now the remark OF Mr..
Tilden to committee which recently visited
him, that he had chad much experience and
labor in reform," recalls to the mind of some
one that Mr.. Tilden's name was associated
in some way with this Credit-Mobiier. He
turns to the report of the Wilson Investi-
eating Committee. and on page 292 finds the
testimony of Oliver Ames. After explain
ing how the two companies were worked by
the same men-the Credit -Mobilier swallow
ing up the other-the testimony reads: