The New York herald., 1876-10-04

OF the act by saying he had mo reason 10
suppose that Il had any evi. purposel" ON
the 4th OF September. 1871, public meei-
ing called lor the ayowei purpose OF taking
TO put end to this system OF depreciation
and 10 bring the perpetrators TO punishment. Mr.
Tilden not present. There is doubt that hs
absence intentional Tweed stil powerful
M rilden, spite OF all the denunciations and
cntreaties addressed TO him during the three preced
Ing years, was, no doubt waiting TO see whether his
political chief would be successful resisting tho
assault on him. or whether he would snccumo 10 IT.
And i say, without fear OF contradiction, that
there was no cooperation on his part with
those who were laborng to put end to system Of
pablo punder which had long been undeniabIe, until
the overthrow OF Tweed 10 be inevitable Mr.
Hewitt, on The noor oi Congress with that atai pro.
clivy which attends every attempt 10 defend
Mr. Tldcn, for the that he Is ndeensble, said
that he had been "ior more than three years like a
sleuihhound upon the scent following these people
patiently. secretly, diligently" &C., when. as has
been seen, he during that Whole period in close
political companonship with them and sustaining
them, so lar as the influence OF that companion
ship could In their career OF piundcr. Now, fellow
citizens, you will bear in mind that this
parison not mine. But, it has been made by
one OF his bosom friends. trust Of respect
for the Congressman viii be imputed to for
carrying his alegory by saying that, II
Mr. Hewitts ngurative hound was on the scent for
more than three years tan admission for which am
thanklu, he took part IN the fatigues and
pcrlls OF the chase, but stuck 10 his kennel like
a cunning dog until the game was caught When tho
downfall OF these public plundcrers had become iDevi
table, and Mr.. Tiden became satisfied that he had
nothing to by their friendship or lear from their
enmny, he yielded TO the solicitations OF Mr.. Have
meyer, though not without much hesitation on one
with him and others in the work Of reform in which
they were engaged.
GOVERNOR NEW
Let us ascend IRON the lower 10 the highest plane OF
his Official life and review his course Governor Of
the State OF New York, and the pretended
form on which his supporters set up hts claim TO be
President of the United States. Let us see whether
his has been dsnerested, manly and truthful,
whe,her It has been selfish deceptive and suled by
the paltry acts of party manager His first mes
sage TO the Legislature in January 1875 was
generally acceptable. No man can be moro pro-
fuse OF fair promises. His canal message,
which soon followed, was still more acceptable. A
public meeting held in the city OF New York to
couragement and the pledges Of support which were
rendered to him. His message pointed out the pro-
by which the State had bcen defrauded by canal
contracts. He made exhibit Of n OF them In
merical order, examples General Dix here de-
nounced Governor Tilden for allowing bill to become
which II was his duty under the constitu-
approve it send 1t back to tho Legislature
with his objections, and which there was appro-
pration of s55 900 the wilard-Jo ohnson contract
and which contract Mr.. Tilden in his message on the
canal frauds declared 10 have overpad S7 359 IL
He also denounced Governor Tiden in
his duplcity III appointing John Bigelow one of the
Canal Commission, thus making It partisan, knowing
he did that Bigcow had abandoned the republican
party. He coniended that the republican Senate had
given Mr. Tden all the power he asked Tor, yet all
cost tho State nearly $780, 900; not one OF those
whom ho denounced had yet been brought
to punishment and after all the camor OF his parti-
sans, holding him up to the country tire great
former OF age and "the smasher OF canal rIngso
those Frauds only two OF which had been tried and
one OF them dismissed by the Court
IN EXPENDITURES AND REDUCTION OF TAXES
regret, fellow citizens, that am compelled TO
speak OF my administration OF the affairs OF the State
but cannot otherwise eucdate Mr.. TIlden's false pre-
tensions economist
While Tweed and associates plundcring the
city OF New York. the democratic party, MIR. Tllden
being its political manager as chairman OF the Demo-
cratic state Committee punderng the Treasury
aud violating the constitution Of the State by
ing Tor current expenses tho sinking funds set apart
npds sol m "a nay q Sfuto
debts. The republican party commenced the work Of
reform in 1872, before my election, by cutting of the
APPROPRIATIONS local CHARITIES, tor the part
secaran which amounted the three preceding years,
under democratic rule, to more than So, 900. |
After the adjournment of the Legislature at the
sion succeeding my accession to office discovered
that tho sinking funds had been violated above |
stated AT early period OF the next session. alter
aud ing TO tho subject my annual Message sent
special message the Legislature stating that of
Sl55e4, 9ol o5 constituting the sinking funds, neary
thirds only paper and that the moneys
belonging to them had been consumed in derayng the
current expenses OF the government, in direct viola
tion OF the constitutional requirements and of the
plghted iaiih Of the State.' These deficiencies
were all up and the moneys safely invested be-
fore the expiration OF my term OF office In speech
in this hall on the Goth OF October 1874 said that in
my annual Message OF the preceding January had
stated that these moneys were be replaced. l
added :.rhcy have already been The sink
ing funds now complete. During the same period
duced more than IS, ,00o00o II continued IN
power until the spring OF 1877 the bounty debt
amounting to s2l VIII be paid of without any
OF taxation. added that these and other
pay OF debt thus provided Tor would reevo the
people of the state from The annual payment Of
81 600 OF taxes On the 18th OF August, 1875 at
Utica about eight months after his accession ofce,
without Legislature OF his own party for the Senate
reduction OF taxes as the result OF his own man
agemsnt After stating that the taxes In
1874 were seven ana quarter % mills he
SIX, ana continue still further TO reduce
them to three or two and half mills, until they
low they be lore the late civil war;" BY the
term s'we' Governor Tilden understood to mean
himself and tho democratic party. is not ruo that
ho Legislature alter accession TO oice had
made the reduction. 1t made through tho dimi
mutton OF the outstanding debt. which had been
vlded Tor by the preceding admin stration But It was
announced by his friends, and allowed by him to DO
announced of the fruits OF his policy OF reform
aud II has been harped upon and exaggerated
from that day to this IL falsely proclaimed through
the Upfon that he has reduced the expenses Of tho
State government IRON s16.000,000 to SS,CO0,000 A.
New Haven aud elsewhere Lieutenant Governor Dors-
homer, the echo OF the assumptions and alshcations
the Executive Chamber, has given currency TO the
statement. He did not say that Governor Tden made
the reduction He said :"The last year OF Governor
Dx's administration cost the State SIG 600 900; the
the State only IS, ,ovo," leaving 1t to be
falsely inferred that the reduction made
by him. 1t Is not the "lie drect" bit ono OF the best
possible examples OF what The immortal bard calls the
'.lie circumstantial" Even II such an economy
has been impudenty claimed Tor him had been
effected the credit would have been DUE not to Cover
Tden alone but equally TO the republican Senate
in 1875, and the Legislature of 1876, both houses
OF which were republican. The assumption, inde- |
pcndenty OF It's faisy is bold act OF efrontery of
which no fair would be guilty. These ground |
less pretensons have been exposed and exploded by
the late Comptroller, Mr. Hopkins, OF the most
capable faithful officers who has ever had the
agement of the State finances He shows, first that
the reduction OF taxes claimed Tor Governor Tilden
due 10 the reduction OF the State debt provided
under his predecessors and that the ior the
general purposes OF tho government ior tho year |
1876 excccds that OF any other in tho history Of
the State by the sum OF $56s, 554 -
THE FINANCIAL QUESTION.
General Dix next went to review Mr.. Tilden's /
course the financial question and showed that |
though he proved himself "a pronounced buionistn
his rst message TO the Legislature and signed bill
requiring all State taxes to be paid in gold LIST
OF January, 1879, yet when at ST. Louis, ho
.'yoked" 10 iniauonst, ''hnding II necessary TO
concilac interest without the aid OF which be-
manifest there was no chance OF his elcction,n
he consented to stand before the world .'vo- |
OF the public iath He argued that the purpose
OF the democratic party was to get the control Of |
the government by the aid OF solid south, |