Daily Republican., 1883-11-13
The Assessunent Laws.

The smyrna KecOru HAS 'o's Sln"''
refuge of hope to fall back upon when
it refers to an article published in the
Morning News, to prove that the as
sessInent laws are impartial and unpar-
tisan. No doubt the News audibly
smiled to itself when it saw what use
had b en- made ofs its editorial. AS 1t
is good advice, the truth, and about the
same import as some articles we have
published too, from time to time, and
very applicable at the present time we
reproduce it:
care you assessed Every male
,erson in the city over twenty one
years of age, and not a maleiactor, has
u right to be assessed. The municipal
election is not quite months on, anu
it is every mans y duty, as II Is his right'
TO participate in that election. num-
IN YOUR assess or at once. Mr. Wllllam
j.. Maxwell, 229 Tatnall street, Is asses,
sor of the First district, consisting OF
the First, Second, Fourth and Eighth
w,rds Mr.. Hewson f. LannaD, l1o3
West Front street, is assessor OF the
& rond district, consisting of the Third
Fifth, Tenth and Eleventh wards, and
Mr., Francis D. Talley, 1898 Walnut
str ct, is assessor Of the Third district.
consisting of the Sixth, Seventh and
Min b wards.
We sincerely hope that every kepuo'
lican not assessed and seeing the above
no ice will hasten away to the proper
"a lessor and get assessed just as ad-
vi cd But where anything can be
tortured out of the article in proof OF
the fairness and impartlality OF the as
s-ssmeLt laws is something we cannon
grasp. 1t says "Hunt your assessor
at once" Is that the peg upon which
the Il, cord hangs its 'plumed cap o.
victory? If so it is very weak peg
fit had said, Be ready when the az
SCISSOR comes around. to get assessed,
then we would have seen the point
Yes, it is hunt up the asse sor, and 1t Il
!, hunt with vengeance sometimes
and when found ten chances to one
the name appears on the assessment
especially if it b. the name OF Eepup
mean Itat ulu Iuf mum III A'N>h So ~
cur to the mind OF the Record tina
"hunl" in this connection is yer.
suggestive word. Why should a per
son be put to the trouble Of going upol
a "still hunt" or any other kind OF
hunt for assessor TO get assessed
1t seems TO us that asse-sors are electe
TO assess the people, not that they ma
simply vote tor this or that polltlca
pa.,y, but that they may be compelie
to pay their proportiOnate share OF take
which they justly owe the State. I'M
thing of assessing with apolitlcal en-
in view, is contrary to the spirit OF IN
law as it stands upon our statute books
but wer gret not contrary to 'he spir
that actuared the political plotterS thi
changed the law TO permit OF perve
sions from its original purpose whenevt
ass-ssors AMI collectors can be ioun
Who ill take advantage OF the law an
nse I as diStranChislng machih
The Record has had some practlca. |
Illustrations o! "stiIl hunts III It's ow
county. We referred to one or mo-
of them in former article, A cole
tor was hunted over the county fro
one hundred to another until he W;
run down and captured sometime abo
midnight in a swampy piece OF WOO
land, where he was hiding from Ii
pursuers and being carried back
Dover, he was glad to accept the pre-
,rr,d taxes from "A number Of Repub
r"n, he was attempting to dlsfrahcLlr
to,,,ape prosecution. This thing W
Let done i'll ii corner that even I
E,coId if it wanted, could find o
nothing about it. Yet in the face
,lu, 1t ia. ks Of fairness and ilnparti
inv in The law. If it would insure ia
ness and impartiality on the part
these WHO administer the law the IL
ord would soon find the biggest kind
a revolution in the State Of Delawa
Easop's fable Of the friendly hospita
ties betw cen the fox and the Stork
applicable to the assessment laws
the Record sees them.
Once upon time, EaSop te'
us, the fox invited the stOrk to III
with it, The stOrk accepted the in
tation but to ts modification and ct
grin tie bill Of fare which consisted
soup was served on shallow dlsi
which put the stork with hi. long ne
and b Il Ia a very great dlsadvau'a
The fox, however, wa just suited, a
Tapped Up all the soup with his brt
tongue Without any Inconvenience.
fox in this instance may very apl
priately be called the Democratic
SCISSOR and the styrk The person seek
to be assessed Now the Record wo
say that the fox acted perfectly on
s1uare There is the soup alike for
let the Democratic foxes and the
publican storks all go up and parti
alike. But thia is only one half Of
fable. The stork wouldn't be unnei,
lDrly and refuse to resnrn the hospita
of the fox, no iudeei, not he 80
last the fox was invited to dine "
the SLOIh hIN Ilt " ''N'H' "'oOl''"
Invitation The stDrk had Il splen'
feast prepared Of the most dainty CHI
Ell and other choice meats tha' ~
love 80 much but this time the fox
to bear the mUr'hcatiCn Of seeing
htork ram his long neck and bill dc
long narrow necked jar and Cobb,
the savory chicken with the greatest
while the fox had to plead a want
appetite, and he " didn't like chic
any how This time it is the j
ocratiC stork aud the Republican
The ,nOra Of the fable need not be
char illuatrutr1 I,ug tn. IprOri