Daily Republican., 1880-03-09
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Only for the Levy Court 10 Read.

Ig s0s60r and nave thelr names put up0
+ the list, without coming before th
Levy Court Surely if he undefgtoo
ot Il the matter thoroughly he would nc
ask that question. If he does not knoV
he ought to know that the Assessor
gave very little opportunity for voter
to get assessed. The advertisement il
-. the papers announcing that the Asses
sers would be found at certain place
in the evening was very indefinite
taiMvny evenings they could not be foun,
%, at IL, and on other occasions they ,diC
- not putin an appearance until a lat
hour, and still at other times they cam
IL. early to the place appointed and lef
at an early hour, before the peopl,
w. :, ould come. The same game was play
.o ed BY them that the Levy Court ha
= been playing during the past week
b Z The Assessors were about as anxiou.
as the Levy Court to place the name!
upon the assessment, and Mr.. Brigh
a. knows all about how anxious the Levy
. Court is to assess the hundreds of Re
publicans who have been in WAITING
during the past week. Mr.. Ward, As
SCISSOR for the Northern District, had
his Office in the collectors office, and
when the latter removed he had no of.
fee. AT that tims Mr.. Saville, who was
active in trying to have full assess
ment, came to Mr.. Ward and offered to
furnish him with an office, heated and
lighted, free of cost, if he would only
sit certain evenings for the accommoda-
tion of those who were not assessed,
but he declined Mr.. Saville's offer,
though scores of men were waiting to
have their Games put upon the list, or
TO use Mr.. s&ville's expression, "they
were fiocking around the corner like
Crows" Of Mr.. Hughes district we
have not heard so much. He had, it
seems, his Office in his own house, and
gave notice that he would be found at
his office in the evenings, but the no.
tice did not-say every evening, or spe-
city any particular evening. Complaint
was made by large numbers of men
that unless Mr.. Hughes was caught at
~ home at q very early hour in the even
ing, after returning from his work,
be cOuld not be found at all. We
do not say that this was pre-
arranged system of chow not to DO it",
by Mr.. Hughes, but it cannot be denied
that it fits in well with the manner in
which the Levy Court does business.
Under these circumstances President
Bright or any other reasonable member
OF the court can very readily see how
men trying to get their names placed
upon the assessment get discouraged
and resolved to abandon the effort of
going to the assessors Offices for that
purpose, aud determined to make the
effort at the City Hall when the as iess-
Ors would sit to correct errors and add
names TO the assessment that had BEEN
omitted. Great fault has been found
with the appointment of sups visoys ofI
assessment, but had the assessors shown
any disposition TO act fairly in making
a full assessment before the CITY Hall
effort was made supervisors would ne7-
er have been appointed. Tbs City Il .7TI
assessment will Le remembered by
many. Never WAS the like seen in
Wilmington before, knowing tha. there
would be witnesses present 20 witness
the actions Of the assessors. fifteen
hundred disfr2uchided men black and
white rush 4 and crowded up to the
assessors to have their names put on
the lists. We do not wouler that the
assess0rs were confused, for here was a
work to DO which they had som how
managed 70 avoid before. Even at the
City Hall no haste was made by the as
SCISSORS, and they even found time to
take a recess CT an hour for refresh
ments while several hundred men stood
in line awaiting their return. On that
prrticular day both Msssrs. Ward and
Hughes had to get exceedingly hun
cry, though they only Commenced their
work at half past ten o'clock ard fvs
O'Clock was the hour to close. OF course
Democratic assessors get hungry like
other people especially on assessment
day when there are hundreds Of Repub-
licans in waiting 10 get assessed though
at other times, even on an election day
they have been 'known TO wor-
ry through without losing one
hour of precious tina. 1t will be
remembered also the great difficulty
the Supervisors had in inducing the
Assessors TO sit on the following Mon
day, the day before the meeting of the
February tern of the Levy Court, and
when they consented it was only until
twelve O'Clock and commencing at half
past ten O'Clock. The crowd in wait
ing On that morning was greater than
ever, and. to adj e the complications t
the Court OF QuarterIv Sessions rrat ~, ,