"GREYSTONE, YONKERS, N. Y., _June 5, 1886_.
"DEAR GOV. HILL,--There are two bills before you which
ought to be rejected.
"1. The bill pretending to abolish imprisonment for debt. Your
inquiry as to its effect upon Tweed's case, if this bill had been a
law in Tweed's time, shows that you see one of the important points.
"If there are cases where the present law ought to be ameliorated,
they should be specified. The present bill is not fit to be passed.
"If you will compare the bill with the existing law, you will see
that the bill is deceptive and fraudulent.
"2. The bill appropriating $200,000 towards doubling the line of
the locks on the Erie Canal will not be of the least utility to the
navigation. Some time ago, I sent you some papers on this subject.
"If you have lost or mislaid them, I will send you duplicates.
"I have but a few minutes at my command this morning.
"Very truly yours,
S. J. TILDEN."