The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-09-16

He paid no attention to the notices, and when sa5se
aSicn n PfGdeiEhG and shogd pgg his faSeS Gsre
The matter stood thus for time The officers hoped
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When business called him to PhadephiG il did once
animation Of the hotel register aerward showed hat he
Chunk The tax collectors finally employee counsel and
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that lie had legal residence Philadelphia rcsortcd to
Rads Who consulted Yit Ge counsel 81 the o
payment finally, the 9TH day Of February 1868 handed
In the meantime the commission and fees of counsel.
with the other neces ay 81 the protracted nego
PACKER dishonesy Attempted to cheat 1T % hs own M nais &
@ out OF @ taxes due the SchoS
Gliding soldiers widowsa and orphans and actually
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disgaceful they ndisputabe But they not ALL
The whole amount Of his assessment here, in the ,-
His real efate in this borough was assessed at $3.50
As the amount Of his personal certainly small
sggreaates about saSoOUo But to avoid Contrbatng
even his taxes 70 his own borough and county he got
deGa se books n that city %eTe Searched and E
for how mrc For total Of is5cC This was made
up as foows:-
saIaS IaTys as 81 Vice President L. H. $500
Two gold watches 900
VIII fortune, which at that timeony two Years.
ago-ms have equaed at least ten millions, neatly all
Of which the head OF personal property he
returns for taxation, paltry sixteen thousand. His
personality at the extremely moderate
goes down to Philadelphia and gives in Sl65OO That is
while he only succeeded in celng down his assessment
here where something known of his property
than million and quarter he had the hardihood 90
return one inion one hundred and twelve thousand
| dollars less.
Ii il claimed by his friends that he did not return his
large amount Of railroad and other stocks 10 the officers
empt stocks from local taxation in that city But admit
ting the existence OF such provision concerning local
taxation il manesty could not absove him making
full of all his personal property for state
ttn. II would be monsrous absurd TO suppose that
Packer resident Of Mauch Chnn required by law
TO taxes his whole property but that by taking his
caTpetbag TO Philadelphia and pretending to reside there
he could escape tayaton for State purposes nearly
| ninety nine hlIndredths of it.
Neither this false be justified, win doubt
ward. eXcmpng in many cases individual stockholders
from taxation their stocks. No such statute
istence at the time Judge PACKER, eigning residence
in Pniadelpha, made the false return mentioned aud
honesty ard honor which should characterize the
! who nspires TO be Governor of Pennsylvania.
But than all this champion of Pennsylvania De-
moeacy, this pride of Valley" Notwithstanding
Philadelphia his home, has not paid cent of taxes
there and since the year 1857 when forced TO pay has
paid no personal here Since he persisted in
counting himself Philadephian, the officers here
at &C great cost but let him pay in Philadelphia The
result that for 1868 and 1852 he has eYaded pay
personally altogeter We have space for
comment and none Ia needed.