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Show I'NCLE SAM.UY. Tlie Last Political Kick at Him. District Atfornoy Bliss Tells an Improbable Story (on ecru iug iildcn'M Oeliu-qui'ueicw. Oeliu-qui'ueicw. But it Homos Too Into to bo Ol Ni'rvice AuuittNt tho Nation's Savior. Tlldeu'a Rend to the White llouite is I uubMiriicteil. Chicago, 27. The Tribune's Washington Wash-ington special says the correspondence correspond-ence given below presumptively proves the charges against Tildou, unless ho can gtvo indubitable proof of their falsity. Tim vindication it alleges ho can make of himsolf lies in the hands of his friends, and they refuso to furnish it, but merely say there is no legal power that cau compel com-pel them. Evidence in the hands of United Stales District Attorney Bliss ueems already to establish, pretty elearly that tho Pittsburg & Fort avne railroad company, about 1S09, paid Tilden $50,000 for services, this being tlie year that he returned only $17,000 income. The evidence shows that this payment and Til-deu's Til-deu's receipt is among tho pnpors of that company; that the hosts containing con-taining this information have been transferred to un otticer of tho company com-pany who is a special friend of Tilden, Til-den, and who refuses acccn , to them. This refusal coming from tho board of directors, of which Tilden is a member, has special significance. On the 2oih 1 of October, District Attorney Bliss, writing from JJew York to Hon. Ureen B. Raum, com mission or of internal in-ternal revenue, s:t forth the following follow-ing facts: that in tho courso of tlie preparation ho had been making to carry out Raum's instructions to commence action against Tiiden U; recover unpaid income tax, he 1 learned from credible enurces that alwut the year 1So9, Tilden received from the Pittsburg ii Fart Wayne railroad $30 010, and that tho entry ol that pay men' appeared upon thu Uxiks of the company, and was substantiated sub-stantiated byTilden's voucher, which was among tho papers of the company. com-pany. As Tilden, m ISti'J, paid tax only on $1 ,000, he thought ii essential nnd just to vorify the information, and therefore ro-(jucstetl ro-(jucstetl a revenue agent to procure 1 aeces to tho books of the company in Pittsburg, never for a moment doubting thst the otlicers would gladly ussUt th government on arriving at the facts. However, the agent learned thai since the publication publica-tion of the ftll-i; itions cincerninc Tilden's tax. thn books and p ipers of the company had been directly trans- 1 terred to the control of a;i ntlicer who is a political friend of Tilden, and that the genllsman peremptorily re fiiRed access to the hooks, referring the ageut to S. 1. M ever, presidwut ol the como.iny. Ou O -tobr 3i:i the district attorney wrote to Myers, re questing him to give instruction allowing tiio examination id tlie books. In reply he promptly stated that he had rcf-rrod the matter to t'ie directors who w-ro summoned to moet on the 12h. Ou the 7th Meyer wni'e asking under wnat autlinrity of law the right wc!ainifl, and Ltli-s repud tiiat wiule tnere woj mfhcient mtthiinly to r.:no: the prtxluizt ion that ho iiileivl'tl ouij to place tiio tuattvr on the lo-din ot a request to th officers to ai i l:n-governrn'nt l:n-governrn'nt in iU flirts tn recover taxs, by giving it information ai to matter-) winch cool I nol prejudice thtrm, nor indc-rl anvnie txc-pt tlie person, if any who had e.-ic..;)t"l pay 1 nieul of his jmt duei. '1 no dipvlor did not reply until D.-tru t Allonu-y HIl-i h.id rynewtil hit req'ictl on tin-i tin-i J-1.1, wiin M'-y-T unt a tmin drciiu 1 mi; to give inlirm il;u, jjUr;i n.m cif ami I'nn company ou their h-gal right. He dm taiiiiid any di.-rt-p.;.-t i Uj tiie goTerntnent or the district attorney. The district attorn-y c. uiUnu'-n: Ii is, ot coiiriecharlh.it a', tne proper tune thu government can and wiii 1 cornp'd Die jiro-hictMn of uie iii-;ril inlormatiou. li.v n-f-.is il is i-niy ol imp- rtancti h'o nino it rinin fro-n a boanl of dire-dor, of nhorn Tilden is 1 one, and the meio tict of thn rlol neeius lo mo to confirm tti tnith ol ttie inlormatiou I h .J reccvtol. It ran hardly be b'huv. d th .t if the Ixxiks and vouchers did ' uwuuin tlie tatemc nl4 lnuiv Would have tjet'ii any hfnitaiion in allowing to tlit-ut. I may further add tal I Li nt I (or the same yenr, 1 1 ilden rendered S'tvicm for which ho 1 charged and receive" I 1 1 ii,mn from t'iH Union Pacific radrnnd enmpany 1'uis id in addition to iJ.yHJ ehurod the panio com p ny lor wrvicf n in 1 17 and l'yiSnnd 17'), wiii 'h wern pa:d 10 and reoeiptwd by 'luilen. 1 nern in In -aides 1 1. paid on M :wch 23. IWiS, by low mriiuj couipAny, winch is rHcsipted for on aci-ounl of prolan Hiinal servicn, tho rare ij it li;:ng iv;neil "S. J. l ildwn, per J a men 1". Siunott," but I iri-innn tnrr- 'o no doubt of Sninolt'H authority to act lor Tilden. Til leu's account to the Union J'acilic railroad rompanv ohows that ho at tne timo covered by the-io oh.irgp, rendereil ootiiidttr-atilo ootiiidttr-atilo dervicfli to Ui-i Hohmwhat no Uirioun Credit Mobdicr act, HMadvm ing wdh releri'iice to bilk in equity prepari'd in its behalf, drawing a cm Lrast let,wecn thu Credit Mubiber and Oakea Ahm-b and other, con-mltine con-mltine tut U tho unit nf MeCanh agnuiHt thn Credit Mohihcr, which -nut led to tho dwdourn ol thn oper a tors (f tho concr.ru, all nf which Her-vices Her-vices limy hav been covered by the charges again.Ht the Union Pa die 'ompany, thnugh X have information wliirrh leads mo to Ihn opinion that Tilden alio reeniveil con-Midurablo con-Midurablo Bums of money from the Credit Mohilji-r. I hav gathered a good deal of information as to the charges for services niadu hy Tilden, and payment made him lor service lo other corporations nnd persons dur ing the perasJ covcre I by tho inc une tax. They will no to show that he Heaped taxation oil n very large amount of income. J mn rtill pur-xuing pur-xuing my examination, for, though there is abundant ground for the immediate im-mediate commencement of an action, it nrmiiH to mo that there are reason why delay is advj-ab(., ijipmiially an a brief delay now will not postpone the Hint trial of tho cmiflf, whtlo it give opportunity for a inoro carolul and aocfirnt" prejiarnl nn. Vour obedmot s"rvan(, Oi:onnn Hf ii-h, United Mlates Attorney. |