. The great American book of biography . cted tallies, and of all the regular tickets, and went over them step bystep, by which process they were enabled to perceive and demonstrate, each forhimself the impossibility of the alleged transposition. Within fifteen minutesafter the case was submitted to the jury, they returned with a verdict in hisfavor. Mr. Tildens wonderful powers of perception and analysis gave him greatsuccess in the management of legal business of great corporations, where intri-cate accounts and statistics, and the conflict of many different interests, hid andconfused the re
. The great American book of biography . cted tallies, and of all the regular tickets, and went over them step bystep, by which process they were enabled to perceive and demonstrate, each forhimself the impossibility of the alleged transposition. Within fifteen minutesafter the case was submitted to the jury, they returned with a verdict in hisfavor. Mr. Tildens wonderful powers of perception and analysis gave him greatsuccess in the management of legal business of great corporations, where intri-cate accounts and statistics, and the conflict of many different interests, hid andconfused the real questions. .So able was he in rescuing them from ruinouslitigation, reorganizing their administration, and re-arranging their affairs, thatit is said that more than half the great railway companies between the Hudson THE -TWEED RING. 42; and Missouri rivers have at some time been his clients. In this practice heacquired both extensive fame and a large fortune. But it was as a reformer in politics that Mr. Tilden acquired his greatest. THE STATUE OF LIBERTY IN NEW YORK HARHOR. and most lasting fame. In 1869 the Tweed ring of thieves and adventurershad secured the absolute control of New York city. To illustrate their powerover the city finances, it may be mentioned that at one meeting of the Board ofSpecial Audit, three men ordered the payment of over six million dollars, hardly 428 SAMUEL J. TILDEN. ten per cent, of which in value was realized by the city. Nearly fifteen millionsof dollars in fraudulent bills against the city were paid in a single day ! Thethieves had so securely intrenched themselves that they defied any one to dis-lodge them. •• What are you going to do about it ? was Tweeds famous replyto criticism. But there was one man who knew what to do about it. A combination ofcitizens was formed to attack the ring, and to this work Mr. Tilden gave hisbest powers. By obtaining from banks the checks which had been paid, andcomparing them with accounts in the Comp
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