The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-08-11
HOT SCOTCH"
The Edgington Assessor Puts our
County Judge in a Corner.
Guyer's SANDERS Exposed.

Guyer's ISLANDERS Exposed.
Rock ISLAND, Aug. 10, 1875.
To the Editor of the Union.
was shown copy of the Daily Union
of this morning in which appears an article
signed Tax payer" The article was so
personal upon my official integrity that |
demanded of you the name of the author,
which you readily gave as s. S. Guyer.
The article charges that I met Mr.. John
Edgington and asked him how many
horses he had, and that he answered 81
head. good and bad. Judge Guyer then
says asked Mr.. Edgington if they would
average ten good horses and he replied
| that they would, whereupon / assessed him
for ten horses at $50 head.
In answer to this it is only necessary for
me to say that John Edgington il not a
resident Of my township and that [ never
had any such conversation with him or
anybody else; and that have never asked
any man how many horses or other stock
he had and assessed him for fewer num-
Der. The whole premise of Judge Guy
er is false from beginning to end.
| returned COB horses at an average of
$44.60 from Edgington. Rural returns
567 at $39.70; Coe 651 at $4l.s2. These
towns are about equal with Edgington,
and my average was greater than either.
Had pursued the practice Judge GuyeI
falsely attributes to me my average would
naturally have been much less than the
towns named, would it not? III had as
sessed but one half the horses in my town
! how does it happen that my average il
number IS about equal to Rural and Coz
and greater in value? The returns con
Wet Judge Guyer of false statement.
Judge Guyer says, it is we'll known
that Edgington is one of the best ant
richest, if not the very richest town in tn,
county,"
: There is good deal of public misap
prehension Oh that point. Along tn,
t whole north side of our township is tn,
. width of section and half of broker
land called 'barrens," Then, Coppera
creek rises about in the centre of GU
township and runs northwesterly through
: the township and through Buffalo Prairie
r and Drury to the Mississippi river. Aloni
3 that stream the land is broken and rough
d There is ridge of land through GU
a town, the same as through Rural ant
: Bowling. which is very fine land, bu
}, taking the township together | do nc
h think it is equal to Rural and Coe. Blu
the average assessment is $l4, 81 per acre
G while that ofCoe is 1881, and Rurs
y Sl5.O3. Edgington is a good township
IS but not superior to the others, and tn
J figures show that it pays and always ha
'e paid its fair share of taxes
This year think the Board of Super
Is visors ought to have equaIized persona
L property, and had they done so our az
e gregate would have been considerably IT
l, duced.
r Judge Guyer says he Estates in thi
d public manner that the Edgington Asses
s. sor's book is a fraud upon all the othe
g towns in the county," and he says
lie knows that Edginston has been playing
9, sharp trick"
n Judge Guyer states what is not tru
e. | believe have not been known in tn
9t county as trickster, and do not think
ly becomes Judge Guyer to charge me wit
a being one, or to charge that the people
IS, my town would connive at anything of Il
G. sort.
at | think the people of Edgington W
% compare at least with the average of til
lie county for upright and honorable live
IL and think they will resent the imput
y ton Judge Guyer seeks to throw up
Us them. when he says - 1t may be true tn
W other towns have been playing sharp al
ID Sinking taxes, but Edgington know has
'st Judge Guyer knows nothing of the SO
and he SANDERS the people OF my TOW
no when he says so.
no JAMES TAYLOR.
ng Assessor for Edgington.