Daily Republican., 1880-03-06
NOTE.
XmTamoas Actions by the Levy
GOaFt.

lists contain only ssvsnty-six more
names than they did when the court
opened on Tuesday. Had the Levy
Court felt SO disposed there would have
been five hundred names placed on the
lists. The history Of the week is sad
commentary on the ways Of politicians,
that are dark and tricks that are vain.
The court will be very much mistaken
il 1t thinks the public eye does not PEN
citrate through the gauzy covering
which the members have drawn around
their actions. Never before was there
so much interest centred in the actions
Of the Levy Court, and we can also
truts fully say that never before were
the 1soceedings Of the court SO fully
report ID and spread before the public
through the medium Of the press Let
US in summing up see what the court
has done. 1t met on Tuesday, March
tLe ssesnd, .as usual, to transact the
business of the county which was the
assessment Of voters whom the assess
ors had omitted. How was that duty
performed! We will see. 1t is well
known that after the most determined
efforts to get assessed by the regular as
eessors, hundreds Of citizens entitled to
vote were left off the assessment. Those
thus omitted had one recourse left, and
all looked forward hopefully to the
meeting of the Levy Court. Surely,
thought the over con6ding ones who
mad thus far been disfranchised, the
Levy Court elected by the people and
sworn to do justice to all, would hear
their plea and grant their reasonable
and just requests. The court met and
as soon as possible after the appoint
ment Of the usual necessary standing
committees were appointed, Anthony
Higgins, Samuel Guthrie, and S. A.
Macalister, E!qs., and Marshal McMul-
len appeared SIS committee on behalf
of these disiranchised voters.
Mr.. Higgins asked the Conrt, in Or
der to economizo its TINA and save ex-
pense to the citizens in waiting, to
name a certain day when these persons
could come before the Court and be as-
sessed. He represented that there
would be probably thousand oE mors
who would apply to bo assessed if thi:
plan was adopted. He also respectfully
represented to the Court that there
were already upon the assessmsn: listF
the names of four hundred persons who
had been returned az delinquents al
the March term Of the L3vy Court o.
1879, and consequently they could not
be legally assessed until one yeal
thereafter. OF course, though Mr.. Hig'
gins did not state that fact, it was well
known that the four hundred persons
illegally assessed were Democrats. II
is matter Of record and fact that nc
Democrat was refused assessment, thu
assessment lists themselves being proof
while thers were from thousand tt
twelve hundred Republicans lef! off thu
lists. 1t is well known that long list
of names Of Democrats we're gathered
up at cigar stores and liquor saloon
and sent to the Assessors, all OF wLicl
we're placed upon the assessment lists
while the Republicans were denied as
sessment unless they appeared in per
son. and even then, though in every
respect qualified, they were refused, o
at least their names did not appea
upon the assessment lists when pub
lished.
On behalf Of those who had suffered
such monstrous injustice the gentleman
named appeared before the court. Mr.
Higgins pleading for full asJessmen
and protesting as firmly against thos
who had been illegally placed upol
tho assessment. What was the respors
to Mr.. Higgins reasonable request
None whatever has been made. Bu
on the contrary nember of the cour
made motion that the matter be dc
ferred for the present. This was sig
nificsnt. "For the present." ambiguou
term It might mean for the ne1
hour, the next week, the nezt montl
the next year, yes, forever. 1t ws
right and proper to expect such IN,
ton from the individual who made it ,bt
as this is not g question ofmorals We wi
only refer to facts. What became
the list of four hundred names Illegal
placed upon the assessment As N
Higgins concluded his sensible, man
and respectful address, he held out tt
list containing the names expects
some one would have common polit
ness enough to socept II. Hs wait
an instant IN vain and was then col
PEELED to lay i. upon the taole, whe
it was cnntemp.uously allo we'd to
and prob4hiy now occupies 3 place
the waste ha5l;tt :.
The character Of this petty COT
which sits briefly enthronad in powt