The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-06-18
THE RECORD WAS NOT "DocroRED."
Will our Republican Friends Pay Their
Taxesf

4
Taxesi
! We suppose our late little lamented
postmaster will never forgive Mayor Daven-
port for refusing to sign city order and thus
permit him to draw money from the treas
ury while he is owing some $S5 city taxes
for 1871. That act of the Mayor makes
the little fellow squirm. Every day, there
fore, we see some SANDER in his little organ
in regard to the Mayor or the City Gov
ernment For a month past the little
woodpecker has been trying to make some
body believe that City Clerk Barge, at
! Mayor Davenport sinstigation, had changed
or d0ctored the record of the Council
proceedings The whole story was so utterly
absurd that we did not consider it worth
notice-especially as the Council, without
even calling the yeas and nays, approved
the record But, having a little leisure
this morning We feel like telling the whole
/ story about that matter: At the regular
meeting, May 9TH, the Mayor notified the
Council that the c., r. |. 4 2. T. T. Co.
would pay its taxes Of 1871, on the basis of
/ the Philleo assessment, regarding that as
the only legal assessment for that year
| the other being the outrageous and illegal
water works assessment made as every
one knows, without color Of law and only
for the purpose Of apparently legaizing
the issue of water bonds without per
hitting the people an opportunity 70 vote
on that question. The case against the C.
/ f.. |. 4 T. r. Il. Co. was in circuit court
and the cost Of prosecuting the company ;
/ the apparent certainty of defeat the fact
that Nurdock had settled with the Bridge
Company on the same basis all tended 10
show that the city had better take the
money and end the suit. 1t was discussed
in a Conversational way, by the members
generally and then Alderman Stengel said
Mr. Mayor, | make a motion to that
effect These were his exact words After
he made this motion, more conversation
followed, and another member Of the
Council said that there were a good many
other delinquents besides the C. r. x P.
K. r. Co, and suggested the propriety Of
including them all in one motion, for the
reason that if TIE CopatH y,tHed oHe ease
on tlIt basis Il must necessarily ytt9, 0H IL
Ha e,g-it could MT make fish Of one and
flesh Of the others. The discussion went
on, in a friendly quiet way, for little
time. and II ,r1y app2rs4t TINT Pee ob.r
r1ars, rour9 b, parSu.a ont TO .ss1t aH
a7ka AID Steasel was then asked by
the CLERK, if be modified his motion TO that
effect. and he said ?, d,7. 1t was then put
and carried, without objection, and 50 re
corded and published in both papers on
the 6,haui -tA of May
On the gth Of May another meeting was
held but ao on, oljsr's7 10 tls rc-ord
In the mean time the Imam commenced
It's vile ISLANDERS OF the City Attorney
charging him with corrupt collision with
the Mayor charging City Clerk Barge
with c1rrupty changing the record and
charging both with being corrupt-taols Of
a corrupt Mayor. These SANDERS were 50
violent that they failed in their object for
no decent man believed a word of them.
On the second of june, at the next reg
ular meeting of the Council the minutes
being read and about TO beapproyed, AID
Koch said he had seen something in the
papers about dpctoring the records, and
he would like to inquire if anybody knew
o..any such thing The matter was then
fully discussed and hsr,egr9 algraysf r.H-
ov tru cdijag Hs gcqs and HrAe Ord
uarily sane people would suppose that. at
ter this action the ISLANDERS should cease
And now, having told the whole story of
this matter we wish o. add that there are
some 400 to 500 people in this city who are
indebted flr taxes Of ISL, among whom
are the editor Of the yrtea, his candidate
for Mayor, f, J. Reynolds; DR.. Gregg.
Mitchell Il Lyule. r. j. Robinson. and
others, and Bailey Davenport wants them
o. come mp and pay lie has paid bis
taxes and he don I see amy reason Why
these men aud the hundreds Of other, aot
named for want Of space shouldn't come
up and pay their taxes. VIII they pay q
or viii they wait for Baiiy Da,eupIrj t.
levy On their property?