New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-04
TIE TAX DEPARTMENT.
TIE CANDIDACY OF JoHs WHEELER
cHARGEs BIT PzEsEDEET AsTES ~ zzSAKD 10 Els
cOrpsR WHY a COMlnssIOyER.

Among the vacant Offices Tor which n0Eni-
rtt5ns srs 20 be ns6s 81 tie Mayo 81 ihs nsIs He
t,z ., tie Board o. akieruaen Il that Of Tax cOna
s.grer 90 -ueesed George B. Vao1srPoeL IEe H'os'
IRON fneuf candidate sOs tks Place IL ex-IAx CSfa'
s,c.sr Holm Ehsessr A TEIsrsE reporter yesterday
e.ss uuou IhguAs B. Asten Prss1sns q tie Board 0,
Taxes sut Assessments. % make soBs inquiries a 70
gard % NJ. ThssIsr- Nr. Astsn s4ia
an or,o.sI 20 the sDpolntmcnf o. Mr. Weeeisr and
~ ,e.or. are DO. Lssed or anything personal 90 ny
It b, Wholly on grounds q iaPorSAnes 70 every TAX
uavsr IN the city. have 10 candidate iof tas ONCE
-, have in eomzOD With othsEs, laid before ssgpf
Toa The fact. that prove that Mr. Eheeef = unr FOR
- &c Mr wheelsr Va, prezsds-s Of this depart
eut so- over seven yesrs and dnrrg ,he Woe y tn'
re ana f0- seTerzl year. previous 70 e-s appointment
Va member % the Board % Assessors Tniea =
brrau Under tie Board o. TaIsz sn1 Ass<ssners Oor
relations have always been friendly Bot ssE gSAs
desl before I beeans Tax COmuasst0aer, and maeA
more Eace hare had secs 70 al The reofcs o. ts u1
r--reu. 70 eourfnss re thzt Haryhtng shOG1 happen
70 Nv. NJ Wheeler AAEz a eoafv0lIn< interest Il sns
departent is would De n0thing Isss than calamity fcr
the ety.
what we're she facts laid before the NaT0r =
-They are in TIE shape q Asdsvits TIE pzrc0Es d
.oe % which vii 70 you- ne l2v requires the
TAI roll. 10 Be completed ard 10 complete On
80 .sond Monday In Jsuuary After that they Be
reyfsed and assessments can Be reduced taken OF On
staTi:s OF prover1y-0Ensrs bit 10 nev names ear Be
risesa On TIE rors f0- that year I vii mentor
r.eliar INSANE % TIE manner IN Which NJ. Wheeler
violated the spirit Of th&s nos ia iet'er he FRO
cured lists o. members Of TIE Union League, seT-feEk
Travellers. ard Union Clah snd cent oat notices 70 Soi
Of taen informing them that they we've assessed for 20
rnueh each on personal property. have tie hss OF
nance here Nov : matter Of fact L0s one Of those
361 psrsOus Asssssed re tax rolls FOR snS1e
dollar o. personal property, and il Toald have BEEN
nlsisaeAnoE to place Of their DsEes o. Tie roA
ate, the lat; had been sworn to a. complete There
f, ts sendiuz out OfAose notices could not have been
q, ne interest Of tie city Some o. the persons 20 sd-
drs.ssd Ike PsrT Belront here 10 the oee and
made sds. ts that thsT liable for peraonzl
tai Nearly AL .. them however 90 far a. tie records
In Mr. whesle-s book show. took ID notice Of TIE
alleged II one % them vent to the Tax
es to pay his tax ihakinz he ls6ie Re must have
be.u sur2rfsed % End tazt his not % tie
rolls
But What eouIt Been the purpose n sen ting out
such notices Aftsl me rOls we're eo,rPisted 7
-Iuiu Dot say what Nr. Wheelers motive VA 61'
DO know saz; offered great Opportunity for some out
ds person % 20 20 thsss gsntleuen and Oer to gst
them released from the asssssuelt which vO1Id nos
have Teen ssslit thing 20 accomplish seeing that no
Is.l a.sszueas had or could be made for that year
Thsrs a evidence THE department to prove that NJ
Wheeler n numerous dircted the sssessenss
on real and personal property 70 ee inrsed anc
tAsu AfterwArd himself re3Hced them This vas
He uozld order Asessaen, nereassd and then WHEN
The property owner complained Be would say thst Il vas
tie WORK Of depasy the BoAaL aad that be Eo1ld
"a. his inf leace 20 have it reduced s.d. Of coarse
"a reduced beeazss there good reason WY y
,hozd have been Increased 90 not however be1eFe
thar was Always the explanation Now, for instance
here "a cAs where - tie time that M Wheeler esDe
tB.o -. aepzrtueai IN 1878, gentleman paying
resonal tsr on an assessment o: $4,000 Hr Wheeier
"a tnerea 70 $4,000 on which the gentleman paid
atsr n 1874 Bui Mr. Wheeler reduced the amount 10
OOO the next year ~ with h KEEP, u Tor several
vears II $50 deputy. who thought tAe ~aessa-s1'
%, l,r Increased it to $4,000 vka-eGpoH Mr. Ehee!eE
81 il s--.ekn OF Altogether he next year love
Nr Wheeler being oct o. os5ee. TIE gentleman Tas
..e.,ed ~ $4,000 OF which BE has paid tax since
that time
HIKING CLEREs UNNECESSARILY.
What Es-e the facts laid before the Mayor il regard
20 an Unnecessary Increase o. tie fierce q TIE Depart
u1ent :"
@wsyor Cooper refused % ren3uinate NJ Wheeler
and ~ ia another name for tie Oee- There vas
ds.doe IN re Board o; AlderEea. which NJ WAss.er
-.I 20 keep up For that and other reasons Il flr-
n..hed ulaees % politicians VAO had Influence Bat be
could no, exceed tie app.oprision toF re dsP.riasn
iorr5d leave % shseEee WiLa0SG pay; IEese e.sl.s
were Eeeiet IL ne buy se2soa hisias l-ia -, 81
,ase leave Of absence vloat PAJ n ores tesi others
- 1-. al tse tine We had two olsrks b0tn ..
- ~. uee,lei in tie osee. Nr Wheeler word
% t;e,re T Aikea. OF them that be must end Il
b. woui ~ removed vent 20 Mr. Wheeler - protest
sss.' a. d A15 Mr. wssesr ' itod Ne Isst be
LAD % k and protect the department and tnI ~
I-seefrrlt he said that patronage L2d 70 Dc given.
told hil that Nr. AtEsn was valuable uan and that
very vel aEord 70 ose several offers Fsshos
nan NJ Aiken but il lad eEess NJ Atze1 aud tie
oths-- who we're compelled 70 take enforced cave. 81
So sfeTv ard sred toe cry sou eoslSi 'Sfeces
FOR the iull amount o. Iseir sslhries " IL jasper
secretary o lie BoAr q Ass .sls. eeee t2Al .9 -s
Of ssesee FOR sixty days without pay ee ~o1d be
removed The jures found that the RAVES OF absence
sn0uut 10 about $1,000 against tie cry. Men we're kept
OF h~ psV rUls whom there work and 10 one
instancs 70 which called Mr.. VEeel-rs attention be
sAsd the employed AZ tie res1sst Of well
kept one Of the 81 dePrTmeHt ~ Albany for
lO65ying parpOses Tat elcrE sac paid elsV0 year
larly ~ york. when he IL Albany for months ~
tine. have IN my possesslo1 letters taei vers s'nt
the Finance Department. calling lis attenoa 10 ne i@ct
THAT clerk Of the Tax DegsrtTeni vas II iIe o'oy AZ
pleased TIE Board. while he Uas IaenlogF bed no
sta,ed meetings. lie had powerful political backing
ana was SLOWED 20 do 81 he Wished
IEz NOTICES To TIE CLUB MN CONTRARY TOL LAW.
Isit practice foE the Tax Department TO send no
tees 20 persons that they have been ASSESSED fOE personal
taIes when their names are not on the rolls =
It Is not and. moreover it il contrary To law Every
such letter he the face OF h. because the
person addressed had not been assessed"
Are you that the letters 20 the Sol
club members were NOT forwarded before the rOs
were sToTn a complete :"
-Ihaye the Adays o. the clerks WAC sent those let
tars By OF Mr. Wheeler that rolls had been
closed and the records show that have been fact
Not one OF those persons could have been legally taxed
zeal. II simply offered easy way for some out
slider pretend 70 get persons released frOn taxation
What other possible object could there bsye eeen ~
keeping these OF he rolls rdinS nOtIoes TO
persons that they hal been sss. when such A. not
the fAct These are inccntrOVertibe facts, which W.
wheeler cannot deny. however De may ny explain.
can prove that another time pacedC on
rOs by Mr.. beeler after tie rolls had been
complete and that told by hgh legal authority
a nisieue4nOT. There l. the sworn evidence Of
several before the Supreme CoaEt that Nj.