Daily Republican., 1880-11-01
Apri9ger and HIS 'e2Is"

manu- hAs@
We have read the fable OF the moun
tain Iaborlng and bringing forth mous6
but We have never seen anything 30
near skin to it as the ttensndous ex-
ertiops Of ex-Clerk OF the Psace John
p. Springer, who sweat and s~ore and
tore hi hair over the mouutaia Of cr-
rors he him elf made, aud afterwards so
manipulated matters that hs reported
Il names in Wilmington which had
been omitted fIo1 The tay duplicates
and the Every Evening BneeziDg when
Springer takes snuff triumphantly
faunts the gross misrepresentation in
the face ot the people, telling them that
only u omitted names could be found
and il adds, ''the maj)rity of them
weIe Democrats" Nrver was more
rnblushirg un,ruth published. Tbr1e
times Il names omitted in Wilmington
alone would hava besD nearer the mark
and had Mr.. Springer employed us We
would without charging him or ths
County one cent for our labor, have
shown him from soto 80 omitted names
In two hours time The assertion that
over half of the omittsi were Demo.
Gratis, IL another gross misrepresenta-
ton CT the sianderOus sheet hat made
the assertion. Voters OF New Castle
County do not be- deceived Or misled by
untrustworthy reports. Besides from
100 10 $50 names entirely omit ed from
the tax duplicates of those wLo were
assessed, there are $50 to 200 misspell-
ed names which are used as bar to
Republicans payin their taxes and get
ting receipts. An examin alton of the
tax duplicates and the as es mems,
.anh a comparison Of the two will con
v;ncs any . rson VIII, undertakes 1t
,,of the tr,. h Of what We assert.
What! spo' g'z9 to L'vy Court the
gary fra. ao,ior n, which was to refuse
to strike eff ov,r 400 n'udulently as,
gesssd D Democrats altsr their own aIt0r'
ney had decided b1fore, thar such
names coul d he stricken fr,m the A''
setsnent? We have not forgotten the
subtarfuges eud the d~vice3 resorted 10
by the Levy Court We arc asked to
apologize TO, 10 prevent th3 hundreds
OF citiz3us who presented themselves
day after day to get assessed and some
Of them are not assessed vt. We
have not forgotten the hundreds o.
names that Clerk Springer aud his
deputies have mixcd up, spelled wrong,
and the hundreds Of others which were
entirely dropped after they had been
ordered to be Ilaoed upon the assess
ments. We have no. forgotten how
that This same out hen 1t met TIL ee
weeks ago, and when asked to correct
these errors AMI p ac1 tbs um cd
names upon tie tax du plicltes, took M
action except o adjou to meet withil
one working day OF the election when j
would be Impossible for want of tim
to make the oorrec, 8.
Yes, bear it m'.d ve honest voter
OF New Castle county, that the Lev,
court, sworn to do justi, lid meet las
Saturday an did t ga pass r solut on
that corrections sho Ii be made an
omitted names pl cal nYon the dupl
Gates. Had this action bsen taken tw
weeks or even one week ago, it w0ul
then have looked a. I the cour; reall
intended to justice, but me' ny 0
II did within one workin day OF th
election, and then instructing IL
clerk OF the Peace - snmmon the co
lectors OF the respective Hundreds
appear before him hat the correction
might be madp, ia but another Outr,
gsous insult 70 an already outrage
and insuited peo2e. How could u
collectors ga.herto. y o IS, audwir
toB aot bir h'a?ra I'll I'd IL NJ
astlr It, h ~. .ar,' -..1c5 20 recLel i