The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-09-28
The Sworn Return a Just Ore
Mr. Hewitt's Explanatory Letter.


-. yewitt.s Explanatory Letter,
r N, Public:
The New ork Times, which for years
,...- - 1875 mad been the eulogist of
,,,ye-por TIlden, Immediately after he
,.-csme formidable candidate for the
p-a.ilepcv. began series OF assaults
..,., b.. rrjyatc character. At length
those assaults eliminated IN the charge
%. making = false statement OIL
his income ~ 1852. by diht
60, rclteration and fabricated specihca
ton, Of items and details having the
scmbancc Of actual accounts. some we'll
meaning persons were disturbed IL
therefore occurred t" me to apply TO the
Secretary OF Inc treasury "'' 'o'''nou
cPe> oil 'n' income FetU'' IL u >'o''' ''V'
I.irh ana u''c'""r A'"y''' an" va Wv
second day OF September | ''"uc SUN III
application. The copies aPp''eo lot n"'e
1t been 'urh''hea' HOT '"''''' nus my
ever 'e'e''eu '"0 p' =
ahao"leus'le'' "'an " ""' '
'''''','' o' "o' q ''' Wv, I--l,.,,,..l,
P'''"''S "'1 w "'o,'' :, ,'.r-'
an! nave been Perhi'''ou ~ P''''' '''''o
y-,ph so much of them rs suited their
-, 7 s,bp,it. this fsct IN the
ID, ,t
N"''"'' P''P'' "'
Meanwhile, receiving no reply from the
nrn.. authorities. who seemed to regard
L ,,,ol,. 40 hold
'"' ''0' "Hi''''> ~ '"'''
10 Trust for the Republican party, anu
r., f,r .be whole people. ! addressed u
I,l., I.,,., p S,,rot, who WAS
rI
a''"Hd'''''al ~" ''''N u "'''' '''' ! ~
den during the whole period IN which
o., n,w imposing Mn income tax WAS in
L., .. -,.,,;,, ,L, nro.
'..'.' ''"'"7 "'''
l'"..d account "' uoNtrhor iH"cn III.
c,,1r .lu-,nr N" vrsr lSG2 published by
g.. J.... ant ..,o,-r-l ~, with such
-
"\p"Na''h. }" "s''" '"ere'o rs HIS
necessary 'au,'linrl'y with the details
y..,,.., .r,r,..h,. ,o.unpIv have this
TN
va, ''1'''," Ms t'Pl' P''s,,..,'', -
""' "'''H sN''s' ~.
'", ."A. - % t"' I.''H' .,..Oo
'' ~. answer "'''"'s" S,'1 m;.,,S. 49,.
P''.' SHOWS 'ua' o"t VI I"'' -" 300
'..''' items amounting u ; .S''oo,
r'''. items OF income "ilouh',nS w.
''h''V are wholly HcI''ious, "HI'o VI
HE other Two, only one i'ooU Is SnI
"f'! true, ana the second "' Fzo''Vo
only partially true.
IAe'r is therefore no ground lot INC
assertion that the sworn return was not
aust and accurate statement oil the net
income Of Governor TiIden, ate? making
.'. .. T'I.", I'onS w 80 o,,Lo,i~aI
"'' "'"cI 'H"rSc> us 'uc IN" ""'"''' '''"
"' r' Nv MAKE 49,, ,, O..
ro,... r.,!ar -, Tho ,,rnrpd tbot II does
I.t contain 9 detailed statement of the
,..,-,f TENS mon which the return of
Isl. g..s nsJn Il is nronar 10 state the
rr,g,,,,nns of the dersrtmcut did not re-
cure such detailed statements. and very
few professional men made such state
lu"nts. or could now recall the items or
have Kept the memoranda upon which
A"r returns were made,
II Governor TIlden were not in NOM
n,on for the Presidency, | do not
Naow of any man in this community
whose mere statement of a fact would
have been more generally accepted rs the
,.ath, and l fail to see why the eminent
position in which he has been placed by
= arGe body of his fellow citizens should
,hehed TO dctract from the sanctity OF
LIS oath.
ADRIAN ;. HEWITT.
oa.mml National Democratic COM
n'tse ,.Ne,o York, SEPTEMBER ~, 1876.
Ind. s,. u.,I,. IN IN.
S'h""is neP''
New YORK, September 20, 1876.
Hon. 45rgo s Hs,,;H Chairman.
My DEAR SIR; | have received your
TENDER : in refsrcrcc 70 Mr. TiIden's in
come re,prn for 1860 and have taken
the esrlie.t Tina which NV ofic;sI on