Daily Republican., 1879-08-15
Nfsfranehia d Voters.

to realize the fact that they are totally
disfranchised, especially ii they happen
to be Republicans. OF our own know
ledge we know Of quite large number
that are not on the assessment and
therefore they cannot vote, and an in
stance has been related to US OF an as
sociation which contained over thirty
members, upon comparing notes a few
evenings ago on the City election and
expressing desire to vote, they found
that fully one half of them were dis
If.anchised-that is that their names
wcr. not upon the assessment. We do
not want to chide our friends for We
sincerely wish they had right to vote,
but we will venture to ask whose fault
is it that they cannot vote ! 1t is true
that much is to be blamed upon the
Nv and Democratic officials under the
law. 1t is true also that these laws
were passed almost with the express
purpose Of dlsfrancLising Republicans
but they do not necessarily dissranchise
unless the individual is really willing
to be disfranchised.
There are plenty OF Republicans Of
moderate means who have never yet
been disfranchised by having their
names dropped from the assessment for
non payment of .axes, simply because
they always hunted up the collector
and paid their taxes. Such persons
never lose their votes because they
always keep themselves in voting trim
and when the time for an election comes
around they are on land ready to vote
if they wish to, and to exercise their
privilege of voluntarily staying away
from the polls, and not voting If they
sse proper to do that. People who pay
their taxes always have votes and their
names rarely ever are left of the as
s.ssuents, After all that has been
said there is no real excuse for
voters being disfranchised. The
/ law though unwieldly crooked, and un-
accommodating, offers facilities enough
for every voter by very small sacrifice
OF ii 80 and trouble to be assessed, and
persons who do not avail themselves
of the opportunity to bs assessed which
is offered, certainly are not anxious tt
become voters. The assessors have al
ways given notice where they can be
found at certain hours by any one whl
NAV have reason to think that their
names are not upon the books, besides
this they 60 through the wards hunting
up those who they think have not been
assessed. We know that Mr.. Ward oI
th. N,rthern District did that last year
and We know that even before the regu
lar tiual notice a week before the meeting
of the Levy Court, he had notice in
the city papers of his location in Ger
tain Office where he could be found by
anybody wishing to be assessed, and HI
never failed to assess such person |
they had right to be assessed. Ii
addition to this the collectors have hat
standing advertisements in the paper
giving notice where they could be foun
by any person wishing to pay thei
taxes. With these facilities Offered
there really is no good reason why any
body should be disfranchised, but if vo
ters never look after their assessments
and never think of hunting NJ
the collector to pay their taxes
such persons are always sure t.
find themselves disfranchised whel
the lime for the election comes around
There are now upon the tax duplicate
the names of large number of voters
who have not paid their taxes for tn
resent year, and in all probability un
less those persons are tree holders the,
will not Re called upon to pay any tax
IS, and consequently such persons i
they do not hunt up the collectors, ,anc
nav their taxes their names will ais
bs swept from the books and they will
also be- amongst the DISTINGUISHED. TIL
collectors are now in their Offices OF
Sixth street between Market and Kin
receiving the taxes of all who come anc
offer to pay. The collectors Joseph L
Carpenter and G. IL. D. Bedford nav
desks contiguous to each other, and nj
citizen can possibly nuke mistake
farther than to apply to the wrong ma
in which case he will be referred to tn
right one. Mr.. Bedford Is collector fo
all that part of ths city north OF sixtl
street, and Mr.. Carpenter Of all tina
part of tha City south of Sixth street
and 18th this understanding no on
need go astray.
The PROPOSITION of Mr.. Lichtensteil
last evening to instruct the Mayer t
en- ploy a couple Of special detectives
to farrest the thieves who have beeI
committing 80 many depredations, judg
iog from those who participated in tn
dahats assumed a political aspect, a