Daily Republican., 1880-10-13
The Levy Court Again.


The Levy Court Again.
The Levy Court Of New Castle Coun
~ met yesterday at New Castle, for the
purpose Of qualifying and giving in
s.ructions to the assessors elected OF
the 9Th inst. Though this was thu
prln opal part Of the business for which
they had met they were perfectly fre'
TO transact any other business which
nigh. come before the court over which
they had proper jurisdiction. 1t will
be remembered that at the session o.
the court held during March they were
Aeset by hundreds of citizens, white
and black desiring that their names be
placed upon the assessment. The tardy
measures resorted 10 by the court Ia
prevent the assessments were exposed
aud commented upoh at length by the
REPuRLIcAH at the tine and they need
mot be reiterated. Notwithstanding the
many devices resorted to by the court,
Gy main psrsistency some 500 odd
names we're ordered to be placed upon
the assessment, when April came in
and cut the work short, several hun
drsdS Of persons having been repeated
ly turned away, and consequently
were net assessed.
The clerk of the court, Mr.. Springer
aud bis deputies, in:transcribing the
names from the minutes Of the Court to
tbs tax duplicates of the collectors, in
the confusion and press Of business
omitted or overlooked q number Of
pames and when the tax duplicates
Were Issued number OF persons who
Fhad spent several days in getting as
ssssed, found after all the expense and
.. tins lost and the troub to which they
had been subjected, they were as far
from bsing in q condition to exercise
the elective franchise as they ever were.
When Mr.. Springer was made fully
aware OF the errors that he and his
clerks had made, 1t must be said to his
credit that he went to work snd did
all he could to have them corrected.
He even employed assistance and ex.
aminsd the vouchers and assessment
books making list OF the names Of all
who had been omitted, with the in
tentioA Of having them placed upSp
the tax duplicates that those persons
should through no omission Of his be
disiranehised at the November cleo
tion. Bet here difioulty stared him
In the face. His term Of Office had ex-
pired, and his successor alone possessed
the power Of making the corrections.
Mr.. Cochran In soms instances did give
certificates to certain collectors instruct
ing them to place upon their duplicates
the names of certain persons who had
been omitted. Some of the collectors
did as requested, but the Brsndywine
Hundred collector, Walter Pierce, posi-
lively refused to accede TO the reques,
Of Mr.. Cochran.
In this emergency 1t was not doubted
that the Levy Court when 1t met yes
terday would pass an order or resolu
tion, instruoting the collectors in thu
Comfy to place the omitted names upor
the tax duplicates. This It was fel
would settle all difficulty and fully
carry out what the court intended whsi
ths names were ordered To be place.
upon the assessment.
The Levy Court however after It me
yesterday saw proper to act quite dit
ferently from what was expected by
almost every body that gave the mem
bers credit for any degree Of fairness
End Just intentions. There were som'
however who expected nothing from
them that would SAVIOR Of fairness, e.
pscialiy II such action would favor the
Republicans. A court that appointed
such men as Knight, Daley, Mccall
aud Pat Gardner as inspectors to hold
the Little Election could scarcely b,