The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-09-22
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James Taylor, Of Edgington. Fires q
Broadside at Guyer b Co.

James Taylor, Of Edgington. Fires a
Broadside at Guyer Co.
To the Editors Of The Argus.
In the Union of last week appeared an
article headed Unequal Assessments, -
from the prolific pen Of Judge Guyer.
The Hon, Judge, in his celebrated article
signed Tax Payer" made quite sensa-
ton, and feel sorry. in common with the
rest Of the county, that the Judge intends
TO write no more, I then take it for
granted that the battle is about over. and
all we now can do is TO bury the dead and
take care of the wounded. ,a
The charge that the Union, Judge Guy
err, Company make is not much, If any,
behind Tennyson's immortal 600, and is
fully up to the order given, that some one
had Numbered. Has it not been a mis-
representation; from beginning to end |?
Believing that the subject needed ventil-
alton" these are Guyer's words, not mine,
have thought it not amiss to run the
whole subject lightly over for the edi6ca.
ton OF your readers.
In the first article on the subject, pub
lished in the Union of Aug 7th, entitled
"Glaring Injustice" and condemning
township organization, and the people of
the several towns for electing lot of ir-
responsible and ignorant Supervisors and
Assessors, it was charged that the town of
Edgington paid too much tax; that the
horses were assessed $40 and the cattle
$5 too high; and that the people Of our
town would suffer great injustice.
The next week there was different story
from Tax Payer" saying that Edgington
don't pay half enough, and charging the
IL ~ Ia Al IL
thing but honest; that John Edgington !
and the irresponsible Assessor of Edgipg-
ton township metamorphosed 81 horses,
good and bad, into 10, at $50 per head
pretty good days work for $3.50. This
is fully up to the 'hocus pocus' game of
''Now you see it and now you dom see IL"
There were returned from Edeington
SOB horses, but according to Judge Guyer
there ought to have,been 200. Does not
every person know better? The only over
sight that the assessor for Edgington
seems to have made was that he didn't
even charge Mr.. John Edgington with the
10 horses after stewing them down frop
Judge Guyer's article, signed IL.
Payer" was answered, denyir~ Tax
The Assessor, when aske' 4 the whole,
Of the Union if he asS II by the editor
in the town,replio' .-essed all the animals
such as blir' Ia All but the worthless,
Then be Id, lame, and unit 70 WORK
Sec /, says, how about colts Ihe AS
,ssor told him young colts and calves
were never assessed. The Union goes on
70 say,if / had only published that in my
written reply it would have been quite sat
isfactory. | thought this was very easy
wav of being satisfied. There are about
10 horses in Edgington which were not as
sessed, because they were regarded OF NJ
value. | thought of the charge OF q
horses Knocked into 10, but, presto, thi
beats it beyond comparison. Here the.
are willing to be satisfied with the II
blind, worthless horses, for the 600 goo
ones. But as everybody "snickered "oVe
It, something must be done, and out come
the Judge to the front, as he says, an
publishes the assessors oath, with com
ments, saying, "How can any man tax
that oath and not assess worthless horses
and then goes on to show that, anon
those worthless horses there may be SOU
old blind mares, perhaps 30 years OLD
whereabouts, that have been known to hay
colts worth from $50 to $500: This epist;
needs no reply; it is complete in itsel
Alas Poor YOrick."
In the last Union appears what the
DIS. would call the amen powder. l am so
ry,for the people will be deprived of muC
light reading. Judge Guyers forte is u
so much to instruct as to amuse, and tn
he has certainly succeeded, beyond the
pectation of his most sanguine FRIEND
must be allowed by all. In the last do
is comparison of the residence OF y
Stewart and the house of JAS. Tayl'
Dear, amiable, friend Doc. Stewards hou
is as large again, and cost as much aga
The Judge says the contract price "
$1,000. Please say didn't it cost 81, 90
and cheap at that. Taylor's hou
which the Judge says is much larg
and finer, cost 81, POOL and done by
day, Perhaps it might be we'll for Jud
Guyer, before he makes charges, a
firmly asserts" to examine for hims,
Now, once and again,is the assesso
oath, with the plain violations fully expla
ed. Judge Guycr cant see that tn
is the shadow of chance for any OF the
SCISSORS of the county, or state, ever getti
to heaven. 1t is not so much for the j
tice or injustice Of assessing afew watch
or old Thomas clocks, and the azores
blind mares, as it is the eternal welfare
the l6 assessors of this county. And
congratulates himself on his good miss
by saying that he thinks "mueh good ,
result from his christian labors. Who
the certain assessor that counts 10 hor
as 10, and II as 8? Well, this is
enough,-but 1t is not near SO bad as
as TO- There are some hopes for the
demption of this last one.
Lastly, comes the Montgomery Bro
ers. Judge Guyer has been kind enol
to add up, for them, what their hogs ;
cattle amount to. 1t is nothing more
less than $l4,475.15. The FIVE dollars
fifteen cents, think the Judge ought
to have charged to their account, as tn
must necessarily be some outlay going
coming from Chicago,-but no doubt
is an oversight. Again, he firmly asst
that they were on hard at the time
assessment was made. Judge, who +;
you? Don't you know that the Montg(
cries are buying and selling stock all
time? If you don't know it, / do.
the Judge rather insinuates that they W
through the John Edgington process
now you see it, and now you dcn't see
Please be little more guarded.
Montgomeries have always fully given
their property.
Again: In his last, Everybody is SC
about the last, and hopes he will kindly
consider and write much more) he sti
that the assessors have been in the hi
of meeting to agree on basis for as
sing. which il. according IN the dec;s