Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1883-01-24

Almost every Imaginable kird OF
hills covering almost all imaginable
subject, have already been introdnoeu
into tho Legislature, hut there is one
that has;uot yet bsen touched, and that
ana ia a,nona Al the most important OF
all. Since the passage thai aiheh''o
tbe law IT ha, beeu ussd 49, it was ib-
t.nded--to keep, il possible, kspuo l.
CANS from voting at the expense OIL 'he
State. Annually thousands OF dc 'aE'
ara lost ~ the State by errors re.uIheo
60 the Levy Courts hy collectors "uo
never made tho ieaot attempt o. col
,sotinz the taxes which thoso h'"r'
onouts you'd have paid-Laa I"eS
been ca cd upon by tue collectors ana
asked t. pay. The sulclia. ana ''oti7"
policy Of never asking n man 10 pay
what he owes has los 20 tb" e7u' es
of the STATE, untold thousands u "o'-
larg, In New Castle County alone II
would amount to three thousand COZ
lara. So much money IS WotJA maElhs
al EFFORT to collect. II Collected, l.
would TO that extent iessen the taxes
on real estate which Is held hrmIF mo-
only for what it legt@mafelg owes u
the County, BUTT is held ion the u"Pald
taxes OF all who are returned as errors,
and who would DO DO errors II the
same means were used to collect deots
from them that are used by other cEeoi
tors to collect thsdebts due them.
The Levy Court OF New Castle Is no"
about TO borrow one hundred thonsAia
dollars, the Interest Of which will not
be less than four thousand dollars an q,
inually. This interest OF course VII :
Ihaye to DO raised by taxation, and /
these delinquent taxes are not pa'A' me
tax pay err will have TO pay an Increased
proraLa to meet the interest Tor the new
loan.
! Has Senator A. B. Cooper's eagle
, ava not seen that reform IS necessary
} in the collection OF taxes? he mas al
ready paid com mendsble attention y
! some needed reform ia the crimira. awe
of the State, for which he Is entitled u
g the thanks Of humane public, but ir
{ .cooplop in these little reform measures
= has 40 a drag net, gathered the nee"eo
= reform in the collection Of taxes. W.
- cannot buL think that she Senstu. Aa'
t seen the bad workings Of this law, ant
! we would not criticise him WIN updu'
= severity, when We hint that .he b"nett
i accruluk to his party through them
: NAV &C. asa bar ~ the exercise 0
q his Individual and private opinion o
d the law. The Senator has a chance nov
y to make popular strike for the repoA
It ofap uniu., and discriminating las. n
g has al opportunity OF no" p.acInR tA
y collection cfcJun,ytaxes upon p"reI,
/ tnaI cial ana business basis, cn'irei
/, remove from the m!re and slime {
~ poIit,cs. III which ii Las been KEPT IL
l. tRr l.s, ten Or twelve years. He can q
70 thIa by repairing eac" collector 70 Us
u the same Efforts to cole county Ia
~ from each vo.er, MAT Mo butcher, II
ie baker, and the grocer would have
{, make t. collect his Dll.s,
Il. The collection Of taxes IN this cit,
can be- fact,ilaCed by the means we Su'
pestnd ia IN editorial yesteruay-by q
ytling the city into tour co
10 lection dislricts aAl tho appDin
al ueut of tour collectors. l. Is III
o. po,sible for two to do the work as
Il should DO done, even If they wer" dis
to pp.ed to cali upon all the voters I'll
LIS AK them personally for their take
ur with four districts and four collector
NJ this coul0 be done etteCtually, and u
re- result ~Uuld he Al increased amount
eif taxes collected, Voters would th'
10 begin 70 pay their own tax instead
its depending upon the political parties
) a which tnoy belong to pay IT for thel
ii. and thus honesty III politics would
L. encouraged. We hope this importa
I'll matter wal 10 IonSer escape MI Coo
OF Ut = attention..