The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-08-19
Ghe Daily Arens,
WHAT T1LDEN HAS DONE.
Continued.

but one third Of the amount of the fraudu-
lent bills had reached the persons in
whose names they had been made out,
and that two-thirGs had been divided
among the public officers and others COM
posing the Ring. Mr. Tilden also traced
some of these dividends directly into the
hands of some of the thieves. This ex-
animation furnished judicial proof, and was
the only one which did so. On this e0a-
dence and on Mr.. Islden's a6adavtts, the
action brought By Mr.. OConor, acting
for the Attorney G en- eral of the State. 'ols
founded The Neso York Times said,
Oct. %, 1871, in referring to the Broad
way Bank investigation: "Here we have,
thanks to the labors of Mr.. Samuel }.
Tilden, full and complete evidence that
VIM. NJ. Tweed differs from a
comm % thief only in having stole tens
of thousands instead Of tens of dollars
The Times had now published its figures
and was 6ercely assailing the Ring whose
charter it had the year before approved.
Some notion of the skill with which these
thefts were committed, and the difficulty
e e of detection may be had when it is learned
l. that Sweeny's share, and the devious ways
by which it reached him, were only dis
n months, made by an expert under Mr..
IT Tiiden's direction.
It At the great Reform meeting in Cooper
:, Institute during this campaign, Mr.. Tilden,
d although Chairman of the Democratic
State Committee, advised a union of all
elements against the Ring, without refer
- ence to State or national politics. For
this he was bitterly denounced, but the
| result was that nearly 10000 Democratic
| votes were cast for the Reform ticket, and
: under the weight Of them the Ring was
n crushed.
ID After the election he continued his in
g vestigations until the opening Of the E,egis'
ne iature, of which he had been alnacE- nan
az imously elected member, and at ever.
De interval afterward which he could com
he mand. Nearly eueyy judicial proof Oh
at tanned IN the suits against the Ring aoa
lt6 derired from these Investigations made pei
sonally by M. 1ilden
- In the Legislature MI. Tilden devote
himself to the work of driving Tamman
q judges from the bench. The infamcu
81 Barnard was impeached and convicted
81 and the no less infamous Cardozo Wa
.+I compelled to resign What was said b
Rz fore of Mr.. Tilden's unwilingness to clair
i Es the credit of his work, can be illustrate
sI 10 here. When the Bar Association of Ne
are York sent their memorial to MIR. Tlldel
then in the Legislature, as the most prom
inent representative of the movement +
ED judicial reform. he sent it back, suggestil
e ei II that it be put into the hands of prom
ing nent Republican, because the work mig
the prosper better in his hands.
DER Mr. Tilden had thus far devoted sirte
sol months of unremitting and exhaust
- labor to this task, giving up all his il
mense private practice and suffering Il
of actual income, together with the {
"a penditures involved, amounting to WI
WUuiu D6 d CuuO" ulSht Va
public charity.
Even when the Tweed Ring had pass
into the hands of the Courts, Mr.. Tile
did not relax his efforts to aid the proset
ton, and when he became Governor
first work was to carry through the Les
lature bills facilitating the Prosecution
y unfaitEful public officers, under VIII
ting, successful suits we've brought against
,oupt ID. I -: ;z. No
ufac- hlDg. IN one action AGAINST 1--WE
DIS OF brought under these laws, 100000 ,
AGO. recovered He also pardoned Ingers
by whose testimony an important S
was won This plain statement of ia.
! which cannot be disputed, and VIII
could be fortified by countless details i
were necessary, shows:
'lent |. That Mr.. Tilden began the attack
OLA the Tweed Ring
IL. That he began the attack when
Ring was &C the height of its power,
was in complete control of every branch
the City and State Governments.
oS III. That, while enjoying one Of
ior largest and most lucrative legal pract
the in the country, he gave up sixteen NOR
vork of his time to the work of destroying
. powerful combination.
". That he finally succeeded in tt
THE ing 10000 Democratic voters agains
and overthrow it.
V. That his personal investigations
y "" nished almost every item of legal proc
which the suits against Tweed and
rs guilty confederates were founded.
that he arranged the machinery by "
these suits were brought
nj, VI That he drove Tammany ju
from the bench, and perfected legisla
by which official plunderers might be
ished.
TO be continued,
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