Tilden had led the fight to end dishonesty in government in New York state. He had ousted a group called the Tweed Ring, which controlled New York City politics for years.

蒂尔登带领结束了纽约州政府不诚实行为的斗争。他驱逐了一个名为特威德圈密友的组织，这个组织多年来一直控制着纽约市的政局。