Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-09-06

| publican party Will again achleve new
triumph. Applause. What shall be
our duty in this canvass l tell you,
| freemen of Vermont, what I know.
The Democrats are making great efforts
to reduce the Republican majority in
this State; will you permit this, friends
| Voices, No, no. The banner of
Vermont was never yet trailed on the
battlefield. Let your ballot protect
the work so effectively wrought by your
bayonets at Gettysburg and on many a
cid of strife. AS you value good gov'mnt
as you value the sacrifices of the past,
as you hope for the future, let your de-
votion to the cause of the Union be
proved by your ballot on the first Tues
day OF November next. May the star
which never sets beam with new efful-
gence to light the other States to VIC
tory. Great and prolonged applause.
Tilden the Reformer" Perjurer.
New YORK, August 25.-There is
quite stir here over the possibility of
Mr.. Tilden's withdrawal from the cam
vass for the Presidency. The terrible
exposure in the New York Times of
Tuesday and Wednesday has told
strongly. and it is questionable whether
candidate with such record can keep
the field. The Times shows conclu-
sively that Mr.. Tilden was guilty of
perjury in swearing to the amount of
his income, and 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.. T. made no return of his income,
leaving the assessor to fix it, and pay
ing the 30 per cent. penalty attached to
non compliance with the law. It may
be surmised that he did not pay this
penalty without a substantial reason
therefor. During the time mentioned
he paid tax on 81 900, though he was
known to be millionaire, and though
he admits now in answer to the
suit brought against him that
he received in one year $40, 900 in cash
and large amount of bonds for his
during this period that, as counsel of
Cakes Ames. ne gave the advice which
led to the credit mobiher, with its crop
of frauds and scandals. It was during
this period, TOO, that he stands charged
upon the books of the Erie Railway
Company with $40, 600 paid to him for
legal services, extending over two
months only. raao.
The Times article, alluded to, says !:
elf suit is brought we can suggest
to the government where it will find
some conclusive testimony. On Dec.
26, 1868, Mr.. Tilden swore to q return.
under oath, in which he said: &c I here.
by certify that the following is 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
source whatever. from the LIST day Of
January to the 31st day of December,
1862, both days inclusive, and subject
to an income tax under the excise laws
of the United States. Income from all
sources, ST, 118.
Gin other words, in December. 1868,
Mr.. Tilden swore that his entire income
liable to tax during the year 1852 was
$7,11S, and upon that sum, and that
sum alone, did he pay any tax. But n
his answer to the complaint in the Cir.
cult Court of the United States, in the
suit of the st. Louis, Alton and Terre
Haute Railroad Go. against himself and
others, which answer was fled few
days ago, Mr.. Tilden swore under
oath as follows: sIhat for such services
the defendant, Tlden, made a 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; < * x that the de-
fendant Tilden, for part of his
services aforesaid, also made a
charge of the like sum of ten
thousand dollars on account Of
professional services rendered to the
first mortgage bondholders and the re-
ceivers, which was paid to him by the
said Azariah G. Flagg, x
and which payment appears under date
of November 7, 1862, in statement an
nexed to the first report aforesaid, as
having been receipted for by the said
Iilden, 'on account of professional
services.
In other words, having sworn In 1905
that his entire income for the year 1862
from all sources liable to taxation
counsel fees, dividends, rents, profits
was only $7,118, he in 1876 swears
That during the same year,
1852, he received from two sources
alone-his services to single COM
pany-$2O, 900. By his own sworn ad-
mission, therefore, Mr.. Tilden stands
indebted to the government in a con-
siderable sum for unpaid income tax
for 1862, and we have two oaths by Mr..
Tilden utterly inconsistent with eaoh
| other. And yet this man is the honest
man, the reformer of the country -
How to Find Persons Name.
| From the Agriculturist
Let the person whose A B D III G
name you know tell you G G E I r
in which of the upright E F F J s
columns the first letter G G G K s
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