The daily gazette., 1880-02-02
SECOND EDITION
Saturday's .Assessnse,,t.
OVER FIVE HUNDRED NEGRuns n~-- ..r
ON THE ASSESSORS FROM CITY AND
COUNTY.

S~~~~stH t1ttH . A0OFOC0HtCtgts
OVER FIVE HUNDRED NEGRUns
ON The AsszssoHs FROM CITY AND
COUNTY.
The work OF the Assessors In receiving
extra names for the County assessment
on Saturday, continued until Eve O'Clock
in the evening, when an adjournment
was had until ten o'clock Monday morn
ing. During the day George @. Ward,
Assessor for the Northern District, put
on two hundred and sixty five napes,
and David W. Hughes, Assessor for the
Southern District, three hundred and
forty making total of six hundred and
five names added to the lists. Fully
five-sixths of these were the names Of
negroes, and many of them were already
on the books OF Messrs. Carpenter and
Bedford, county tax collectors. They
evidently did not know this, their sole
idea being to get their names placed on
the lists by the Assessors, most of them
thinking that this was the only thing
necessary to fix them all right for voting
"early and often" at next falls elections.
DuriDg the day it was clearly apparent
that the old tactics Of the Republican
party are to be employed next fall in a
desperate attempt to carry this State. In
many instances negroes came up TO the
Assessors twice giving q different pane
each time, while quite number came in
from the country for the purpose Of get
ting assessed in this hundred.
Five In one batch were observed to
proceed directly from the hall to the p.
W. q b. 4. Il. depot, where they board
ed the Delaware Railroad train and
went down the country. Negroes from
the surrounding neighborhood came in
and got assessed, finding good Republi-
can vouchers in every instance. In fact,
il q negro had arrived direct from Africa
he would have found a Republican you.
cher ready to swear that he was q quail
| fed resident of Wilmington Hundred,
duly qualified to be assessed. In many
instances men kissed the book without
being aware what kind Of an oath they
were taking, as on account of the crowd
they had to stand several feet away
| from the Assessor, while the noise and
| confusion prevented them from hearing
| a single word Of the oath that was ad-
ministered.
The champion voucher was letter-car-
rier James l.. Hawkins, whose knowl-
| edge of African identity was really won
derfnl, while ex-Marshal Dunn, II. f.
Pickles and Washington Hastings also
did yeomAn service in vouching for the
| goodcitizenship Of their colored breth-
reu. In the Southern District Dan Stew
art and O. q. Carpenter, from the Post.
office, were the active Republican
workers, aud they were ably assisted bv
Charley AgDess, the negro night scsv-
enger, and his gang Of odorifsrou en-
plOyes.
Between four aud FIVE o'clock the
scene became quite animated. Two
dense lines were formed from the Asses
sors' stand to the lear Of the hall, and
whites and blacks slowly worked their
way towards the head OF the line. Many
white men, seeing they would not be
able to get up in time, and getting
sickened at being. squeezed SO tightly
| in between dirty negroes, became dis
gusted and left the hall.
| AT five o'clock the Assessors closed
their books, and Assessor Ward an-
nounced that business was adjourned
Mr.. Pickles stood up and spoke TO the
crowd, requesting them to be on hand al
nine O'Clock Monday morning and form
| In line, so as to be ready promptly at ten
| o'clock. Then tue negroes gave three
| cheers, and rushed into the streer like a
bowling mob, as though they had ac-
| complshed great days work.
During the day the negro party work.
ers were conspicuous by their conceited
acti ons and boastful utterances as to
| how many names they had "put on
They worked shoulder TO shoulder with
their white allies, who did not dare to
remonstrate or resent the Intimacy
claimed for the time by their negro
brothers.
An incident of the day was when Mr..
| ii. +. Pickels, who desired to be quail
fed at time when Assessor Ward was
busy, requested Esquire Brady to ad-
minister the oath to him. The Squire
smilingly refused, and as Mr.. Pi3aels
stood glowering upon him, holding the
Bible in his uplifted hand, his face was a
study for painter, and would have
| formed a central subject for one of the
best political carl eatures of the times.
During the crush and confusion Incl.
dent upon the proceedings of the day
the benches in the hall were broken into
splinters, while tho "pris oner's PEN
lice court there, was broken down COM
pletely. The room, when the crowd
left, looked as though a secondplass
tornado had just swep. through 1t.
| THIS MORNINGS WORK.
At 10 o'clock, this morning, Assessor
Ward took his stand in the City Hall
and commenced work. Assessor Hughes
followed In about ten minutes. and soon
the excitement was as high as on Satur-
day. The lines were formed by nine
O'Clock, and shortly after ten were NOV.
ing forward slowly towards the Asses
soTs' desk. II. r. Pickles, James L.
Hawkins, Danl Hamilton, COL, Edward
Prov ost and Joseph hyde were the
chic vouchers for the Northern District.
In addition to Hawkins, the postoffi ce
was represented by Frank Stout, @. q
| CarpeDenter, j. Horace Rudolph and d
Stewart. Marshal McMullen was also
present. The work was continued unit
| IL o'clock, when the Assessors stopped
| CLOSING OF THE BOOKS.
Promptly at II o'clock Assessor Ward
of the Northern District, closed his
books and refused to take any more
names. When he announced his deter
mination the Republicans set up how
of Indignation, and a number of them
desired him to recall his decision, buI
Mr.. Ward remained firm. Some of the
leaders begged him to continue for hall
an hour longer, but their appeals were
useless.
Seeing that it was Of no use they de.
parted peacefully, announcing their de
termination to go before the Levy
Court.
Mr.. Hughes, of the Southern District
closed his books about IL o. ,lock having
been summoned to New Castle to attend
court. During the morning, Mr.. Ward
put on about 105 names ,aDd Mr.. Hughes
about 60. There was no disturbance dur