Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1910-07-25
NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
The Four Million Dollars
That Tilden Spurned
BY "HOlIand."

In 1879 Samuel j. Tilden under
torious Tweed ring in New York City
To aid in that work Mr. Tilden be-
came a candidate for the legislature,
to which he was elected. and there
he was largely instrumental in bring
ing about the impeachment proceed
ings against two judges of the SUI
preme Court who were accused OF
having been no more servants of the
Tweed ring. MIR. Tilden was also the
leader OF those who undertook the
criminal prosecution of Tweed, and
IL was chiefly through Mr.. Tilden's
marvellous power of analysis that it
was possible TO demonstrate that
Tweeds share In the stealings from
the city of New York was twenty per
cent
At first Tweed was defiant, believ-
ing that he had not only courts, but
legislatures, at his control. His de-
fance went so far that he asked:
well. what are you going to do
about it?" But it was a very different
Tweed who discovered that Joseph II.
Choate was correct when at a Cooper
Union meeting, the great lawyer took
presentment and accusation. and said I:
This is what we are going to do
about IT," And It was a still more diff
ferent Tweed who. when the prosecu-
ton had been begun and he realized
that the various supports upon which
he relied we're no more than broken
reeds ventured TO call upon Samuel j.
Tilden. What occurred at that inter-
,.{.us hoe hffhorfd ran, a In ed fnnuhligh l.
ed
One stormy evening Mr.. Tilden was
informed by a servant that Mr.. Tweed
had called and was anxious to speak
with him.
SHOW him into the library" was
Mr.. Tilden's reply. In the library, in
addition to Mr.. Tilden were one or two
others. II was a most abject, broken
down wreck of a man who presented
himself 10 Mr.. Tilden. He said, using
substantially these words:
mir. Tilden, / have called upon you
to see whether all this prosecution
against me cannot be called on.
1T is beyond my power to call Il
off," replied Mr.. Tilden.
mo. il is not Mr. Tilden; you can
stop this. Il has gone far enough.
am willing to agree to any terms you
may name If you will only stop the
prosecution
THAT I cannot do"
81 neg of you. for the sake of my
family, who are suffering everything
to put a stop to it. | am willing to
leave the city, to leave the country
will go into complete retirement. ask
YOU. for the sake of my family, ia
I L,.t.. f.a 10
81 can only say. Mr.. Tweed, that
am powerless to stop this. Even If
should step aside, another would take
my place"
stop this, I will agree to leave the
city, to 60 into complete oblivion, and
there will be, in addition. four mil
lion dollars for you
Not for me. Mr.. Tweed If you have
any restitution to make, you must
make Il to the city of New York. You
] should have thought of your family
before. / cannot help you. The prose
cution will continue. And you can
only escape through the verdict of a
! Jury which, I assure you, will be made
up of honest, fair and impartial men.
"Then you decline?" said Tweed.
"I cannot stop these proceedings,
Mr.. Tilden. he replied.
Good night, Mr.. Tilden, and good
bye." and with these words Tweed
left Mr.. Tilden's library. Soon after
he was convicted on twelve counts of
the indictment aud served a term in
the penitentiary.
Copyright. 1910, by r. j. Edwards.
All rights reseryed)
Tomorrow Mr.. Edwards will tell
of "A Story of a Face of Scars