The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-08-11
Smoked Kim out and Exposed Elm.

1o"n, Ala oA oAtASAO SiSuC0 L ak aver.
Mr. James Taylor, the assessor for Edg-
ington, happened to be in town the same
day, and, seeing the article, he went
straight to the Union Office and demanded
the name of the author Of. the offensive
and lying article, saying that it was full of
faisehoods; that it attacked his integrity
as public officer, and that he had right
to know its author. The name of S. s. |
Guyer was given him, as the author.
Guyer attempted to hide behind an
anonymous name, but Mr.. Taylor has
dragged him to the light aud exposed him
to the people Of the whole'county as SIAN |
derer and falsifyer, in his reply to the arti-
Gle, which he requested should be given as
prominent place in the Union and as wide
circulation as the attack upon him,
Guyer charged that Mr.. Taylor assessed
John Edgington for 10 horses when he
had 81 horses, and this charge is made
in the face and eyes Of the well-known
fact that John Edgington lives in Buffalo
Prairie, not in Edgington, and that Mr..
Taylor had nothing to do With assessing
his horses. Mr.. Taylor denies the conyer-
sation which Guyer says took place, and
denies that he ever had any such conyer-
sation with anybody. or that he ever as
sessed anybody for less number of ami
mails than they reported to him, but he
toli the editor OF the Union, what every
body knew before, that it was never Gus
tomary to assess sucking colts, or blind,
manned or worthless animals.
The Union, in publishing Mr. Taylor
letter, tries to break the force of it and
help Guyer out by saying
While 1t may be true that with the exceptions
noted live stock was fully enumerated this year. ii
g the practice that Is charged to have heretofore
obtained that our correspondent dealt with.
No it is not "the practice that is charg-
ed to have heretofore obtained" that Guyer
dealt with" He speaks of the present,
not the past, Of the assessment of this gear
and says
I here state, in this public manner that the
Edgington Assessors book is fraud upon all the
other towns in the county.
Just think of the pure, innocent, and I'M
tricky Guyer charging fraud" upor
Honest Scotch Taylor! That's too funny
for anything!
The palaver of the Union is no
warranted by Guyers language, fol
he says, in so many words, that the assess
ment in Edgington was made ''by taking
one half the number of horses cattle, hog
and sheep" And not satisfied with max
ing that false statement, he places tn
o words in Italics, in order to give the false
S hood greater prominence. Further on, il
d his article, Guyer says, ''the Edgingto
assessor only counted 81 horsesas ten goo
= horses" Now, this had no reference t
d the practice that is charged to have her,
tofore obtained" but it has reference t
- this year. the very latest assessment made
is Mr.. Taylor, over his own name, brand
/. these statements of Guyer's as falsehood
IS and says that in no case has he ever asses
= ed fewer number of animals than VS.
a. returned by their owners.
<, After having attacked the integrity {
st James Taylor, Guyer grows bold and a
~ tacks all the people Of Edgington tow
lie ship, as follows:
Is the assessor any more to blame than his co
stituents, who from year to year wink at the frau
of said assessor upon every other town in the cou
CT 1t may be true that other towns have been play
sharp in Sinking taxesA bnt Edgington know hi
Not satisfied with charging Mr.. Tayl
with returning an assessment which lis
ew fraud upon all the other towns in the cou
hn ty," Guyer proceeds to attack all the pc
ed pie Of the township, saying that they wi
;co at the fraud of the assessor" and charg
we them with playing sharp trick in shir
ar ing taxes" and says he knows it." '
de very much mistake the temper of the pr
or pie of Edgington township, if they do I
in resent these yillainous charges again
ere Mr. Taylor and themselves. ut is
he tonishing," said leading farmer FRI
Rural Yesterday, "that any man shol
make such charges or any newspaI
publish them without knowing whe;f
ar they were true or not.
an Guyer probably expected to escape
Up hind an anonymous signature, and WI
ter stabbing in the dark at Mr.. Taylor and
3D. good people of Egdington, he hoped to ms
Don point against township organization.
Up he discloses his object, at the close of
) 10 article, when he says we ought to b,
ent one head assessor for the county instead
say one for each township. And the Una
ork in its comments on Mr. Taylor's lett
,ck- sbovs itself 70 no y fool IF tho r;ro of
as nacles whose object is to abolish towns
organization. Speaking of the assessm
tier alluded to, the Union says it afford
lon' striking instance of the injustice perpetr
men ed through township organization.
ler- That's the cat in the meal! Guyer and
and set want to break down and destroy to,
'hai ship organization and have three cou
'all' commissioners, of which Guyer shall
cult head. Then his little ring of cour no
barnacles can have things all their {
lese way, control all the Offices and contra
speculate in county orders and keep
o,a people in ignorance of how public aft;
yles are managed They will fail, The pee
will not abolish the systeuh to please 6
er or anybody else.
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