Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-04-29

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TO eonsince d AMI me pnslic NOT ony that he
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.sar rsmsrtI upou hsss olIlcid readsst in sh<
following slightly abusive manner. We print
hsessisaeshaaanss4 xa~a disRosed n DO jas. :,
tee - far ~ re are able BY IL men and, be.
esnsc the raiiisss Of Nonasenr Jennings are
sny thing but daSgesssssssa
EDiroas GAzrfrE-Sirs:- Allow me Z small
space in your column, not Tor the purpose ef
s9s~er:ag the low Ausg. costsmpdble attempt
~ SANDER perpctratsd BY the editor Of the
Hawk Eye, against me-, h his fusae Of the ISL
bnt for the purpose 81 showing the puislic--she
tax PAYERS and my condiments, thar che con-
temp;ible, 1ncaiied for charges made against me-
| are pn!ounded in fact and should be without.
weight IN The minds Of honest men. a contiD-
naace in ONCE for Eve years should be sufficient
| svi se.ice 70 satisfy any one that the tax payers
! II Burlington are satisfied with my o@ciAi acts.
/ II is faise that Thousands and thousands of
| dollars have been lost 70 the city" through my
carelessnea or neglect The personalities for
| 1884, delinquent, amount in the aggregate TO
che enormous sum Of $3.50; and this amount or
i large portion Of it IL due from class OF reo-
pie - poor as 70 be hardly able to supply them
selves and families with the necessaries of life
other portions are due from class, iag proof
and other portions again, from persons who
have left the country. The entire revenue for
fha. year was from $4,000 to $50, 0oo--out of
that amount only $3.50 delnquent-1 submit. ii
that is not pretty close collecting. Delinquent
for 1853, $500 and in about the same condition
vita that of 1854. Delinquent for 1855, about
$500 and nearly year yet TO make the collec-
uon. A delinquency, then, in the aggregate for
the last three years Of $1,000. The aggregate
OF the city revenue for the three years referred
n to, was ONE HUNDRED AND TEN THOU
SAND DOLLARS. Does this show negligence
| in collecting? #
Il is false that have advertised single ar.
ticle Of personal property; nor have l gone
through with any mock sales Of personal prop
erty. advertised the names and the amount
due, partly for their benefit and partly for my
oyn and that of the city There are hundreds
OF men that do not know, nor eau / find them.
II is false that l have suffered business men to
escape without paying their tax. 1t is not in
my power to know when business men are about
10 break-make an assignment or be shutnp by
legal process, or run off yS5% 3@s ~
II is false thar my affairs are in great confu.
sion--they are as they have been for four or
Eve years, and as they will be at the next set.
tlement--pIain as they can be. 1t sJatss that
. ! am guilty of criminal caressness. And 1t Is
false, too, that am required to give any la'6lie
exhibit of receipts and expenditures
Is.gas, u 90 ). H. JENNINGS,
City Treasurer & Collector.
We have had and can have no opportunity Of
) examining Jennings books, and we do not ask
the public to discredit his statement over his
own signature, and do not dispute its truthful
ness, vet we have few remarks to make. The
: negligence and carelessness Of Jennings as q
public officer are proverbisl. He has been snub'
bed by the Mayor and City Council time and
again for his shortcomings as all our City Faith
ers will acknowledge and as our Reporter has
had abundant opportunity of knowing. This
matter is notorious. The matters whereof we
spoke came to our knowledge through the pro-
ceedings of the City Council His own political
friends in the Council and out, have spoken very
plainly upon the subject, even to us. And we
are rejoiced that he has thus been punched into
making collections, and hope he will thus bt
kept up to performance Of his duties as Ions
nc he il in Office