Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-08-07
GOvERNOR TlLDEN's LETTER.

Tilden and Hendricks have at las
broken the silence, and their letter
are now before the people. 1t woult
take more space than the ordinary
newspaper can devote to one topic so
review them, and we observe that
our exchanges have thus far Demo
cratic and Republican like) merely
skinned over the surface, presenting
conclusions without an adequate ref
ercnce to the precedent premises.
Every thoughtful man-and every
casual reader for the matter of the:
has known all along that tbc let.
ter Of Governor Tilden would be q
master document planned and
penned by an able bend, and dictated
by head long accustomed to graphic
with intricate national problems. We
naturally measure his letter by the
standard Of Hayes epistle of the
same character, and do we find that
it win bear comparisoni Let us see.
Hayes pronounced in favor of a
single Presidential term. Tilden
went jus. step further on the same
course and recommended constitu-
tionsl amendment making more than
ese term impossible. 1nasmuch,
then, as both candidates and both
parties are as one on this question.
the dangers Of Ccsarism are for the
time past. On the point of civil
service tenure, Tilden, although hav-
ing his Opponents views before him
and knowing that . renovation in
that department of government is
what all honest citizens demand, WAS
stiil unable to transcend the Ohio
statesman. In regard to the cause
of the present business depression
and the prevailing hard times in all
part If the country, the astute Demo
era, makes some broad, general state
meats which would carry more con-
yiction If accompanied by categori-
cal and comprehensive proofs. For
instance, the hardship Of an sill
adjusted and most unscientltic method
of taxation that increased the sscri-
fees of the people far beyond the
receipts of the Treasury" is sorro~-
iacly alluded to without hint As to
what would be the well-adlusted
and scientific method. But upon the
alteration of circumstances from the
time the taxes were first fixed at 50
high rate "a necessity growing out
of the war which the Governor care
fully omits to state) and now, the
following remarks are pertinent and
convincing:
1t was quite easy when values were
doubling under repeated lssue- Of
legal tender paper money to pay
these taxes; but when values recede
and sink toward their natural scale
the tax-gatherer takes from US not
only our profits but also portion of
our capital.
The nail is also dealt a telling
how on the head when the writer
says in effect that the rules of econo-
my which apply to al individual
will fit with equal force and proprie-
ty to government in debt Live
within your means" is a maxim as
safe and as true as the wisest heads
can evolve. Upon the financial ques
ton and the most desirable road 70
specie resumption, the Governor is
elaborate, reconcile and apparently
logical. This question, however. is
one that statesmen, without regard to
party, are at variance on, and is
theme too multifarious in its various
aspects and manifestations for the or
binary mind to fully digest and COM
prehend. The portion Of the letter,
therefore, treating of this problem
will not carry 80 much conviction as
the rest of it. Readers should study
the letter for themselves.
If the principles laid down in
what We have glanced At so cursorily
in the foregoing were carried to
practical conclusion, no one would
have cause for dissatisfaction. But
have We any reasonable assurance
that the party Of which Mr.. Tilden
is the head will do sol Mr.. Tilden,
even if he we're President, would
have but limited power, and is but
an individual. Tho record Of the