The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-03-03
Mr., DAVENPORT AND HIS
-- e TAXES. -sJl4
HOW HIS ENEMIES M1SREPRE-
SENT HIM.
The Beauties Of auysrs Court
KULL's CASE AND DAVEEP0RTs CASE
EXACTLY ALIKE.

How the Republican Party staltihsS Itself.
Probably no man ever lived in Rock Isl
and who cared less for the ISLANDERS Of his
enemies than Bailey Davenport He new
or cares enough about the lies Of his
enemies to contradict them He proba-
bly, would not walk across the street to
refute the vilest Islander ever circulated
in regard to him He prefers to trust to
time and the rectitude of his own life to
yindicate him from Misrepresentation put
in circulation by those who never saw the
little Ratchet Of George Washington.
Read the following from the linton
Me- Bailey Davenport one Of the wealtticst men
Of the city refuses 10 pay his taxes ~ all Instead
lion Of the peblic burden equally With the little
tot.holdcrs, mechanics and qboriP5 men mn, ui ~ NY,
city he Ohstuattly rcfu-es ana pnt, the eiy o tne
dues Ne has notyct paid his taxes for fSIt' and
N, snow pending In the circuit Court : '
NJ, has not paid his taxes either Tor 1871 tsis,
and The city has been compelled % sue him for the
same. The case l. now pending in the court.
1t is false that he refuses to pay his
taxes at all. "
It is false that he has paid m portion OF
is taxes Of 1871.
II is false that he refuses to pay his tax
O. Of 1872.
It is false that he or anybody else has
been sued fur the taxes Of ls72-they are
not yet past due.
II IL false that the city has any suit
against him Of any sort.
IL is false that he was ever sued by the
city for his taxes
The facts are these In 1871 there
we're two assessments. The first assess
ment ii is claimed, was the only lega
assessment. The second is claimed to b,
Illegal The first objection made in court
by anybody, 10 this second assessment,
was made by II. Hull through his
attorneys, Sweeney a jackson. These
assessments were both made by the Re.
publican party, under a Republican adj
ministration, and hundreds OF our citizens
including M the banks, and the G.. r. l.
\ j. II r. etc etc declined % pay their
taxes The bank taxes alone amounted 10
about 5000. The first case in court was
that Of H. Hull On hearing Of his case
by Judge Guyer, after argument and writ
ten objections by Sweeney 4 Jackson,
Guyer decided that the assessment wa,
illegal, and that Hull was not liable I'm
mediatcly after this decision, Mr. Daven
port presented, in writing, the very sam,
objections the paper having been handel
into court previously but Guyer would no
listen to his case, because his papers haC
not been filed by the clerk, and because
his attorney was not present Guyer ther
proceeded to give judgement, in the nam,
Of the State against all the deGnqueuts on
the list Of 1871 among whom was Mr.. Daven
port, although five minutes previously he
had refused 70 give Judgment against Hull
whose case was exactly ike althe others on
the list The next day Mr.. Davenport
attorney appeared and asked rehearing
hut Guyer said he had decided the cas-
and he didn want to hear any more abou
It, Tie did consent, however, 20 having
the written objections fled The case wa
then arpealed-nJt Davenport's alone, bu
the G. Z. l. & p K. RS case, and, o
course the whole list including goo
many Of the tax payers Of lS7
among whom we copy the foll0win
from the delinquent list now on file i
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