Daily Republican., 1883-10-17
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER II, 1883
Tax Notices ana Tax Csilectors.

TAX COllcCJOTS W btllotIdhn wiz July
pay a poll tax. If this is 80 it is right
for Democrats whose names are on the
assessment to pay their taxes, and the
proper way to notify them of their duty
is to send them notice in the shape OF
an unreceipted tax bill, just as it is
said the collectors are doing.
But we have not heard of any Re
publicans who only pay apoll tax re.
ceiving any notices in the shape of I'M
receipted tax bills. If there is thi,
partiality shown then it is wrong. AL
should be served alike. Republicans
are just as ready and willing to pay
their taxes as Democrats are, if they
are properly notified, and the county is
entitled to all the taxes that have been
levied and can possibly be collected.
If this discrimination is really made
it is an indication that the present tax
collectors intend to walk in the foot
steps of their predecessors, and to sir
against individual Republican voters
and against the county which they
have sworn to serve honestly. We
give the collectors credit for half doing
their duty, but there is a higher mora
law that gives no credit unless the
whole daty is performed.
The evil consequences of neglecting
or refusing to collect taxes from one
half or more of the poll tax payers are
aggravated fouriold if neglected or re-
fused upon partisan grounds. If an
honest attempt was made to collect poll
taxes from the members OF both politi.
Cal parties alike, nothing could be
said against the collector if he failed to
collect from some of both parties, though
AN honest collector will try his utmos,
to collect all he can from whoever owes
a poll tax without regard to party OF
the color OF mans skin. 1t is this
partisan discrimination that should be
objected TO by all honest voters.
Collectors, under an honest administra-
ton of the law, are appointed to collect
the taxes due the county. A duplicate
book containing all the names of per-
SONS who are assessed aud taxed, and
the amount each owes to the county is
put into their hands and they are ex-
pectell to collect those amounts and pay
the whole ovrr TO the County Treasurer
less the percentage to which they are
Q ntitled aS their salary. Under the old
honest RUE Of both parties, allowances
or Attachments were made only for per-
ms who were deceased and others who
had removed from the county and were
beyond the reach of civil process. n
der recent Democratic administration
this rule Of an honest collection of the
taxes has been changed.
The greed for holding on to the offices
became 50 great that the Legislature
which could always Oe depended upon
III base partisan emergencies, being
called upon changed the law and II ade
it an easy matter for a tax collector to
distranchi.e all poll tax payers if he
saw proper to do SO except those who
called upon hi III between certain hours
On three certain specified days. Those
W 40 do not call at that time to pay their
poll taxes are virtually diafranchised
40 far as the modern law is concerned
D; course as WAS expect, Il, but few call
under taiS arrangement 10 pay their
take. They are accustomed 10 the old
plan of having the collector call on
Jhem. The butcher, the baker and the
grocer call regularly for the amount o.
their bills, upon honest business princl.
pies, why not the tax collector" 1t is
impossible to get plain practical matter
of fact people TO look upon the question
in any other light than that Il tax col
lectOr should call and get what is due
him. 1t is nothing more than natural
for kepubican poll tax payer when
he sees his Democratic neighbor get an
unreceipted bill sent to him, 10 say
Well, expect mine will be along iu
day or two" Good honest soul That
day or two never comes any more IN.
der the new tangled Democratic rule.
Because this new law which received
the benign benedlction Of Senator Bay
ard makes II easy for collectors to diS.
franchise one halt at least pI the Re
publican party, 1t IL io reason WHY
u, Il
accept its provisions and do 50 The
emergency has not yet required pro.
vision making il u misdemeauOr TO col.
lect taxes from Republican poll tax
payers and unti such provision Is made
Democratic TAX collectors, though they
may they are not required % distrau
chise Republicans by making no III n
TO collect their taxes.
Still it may be possible that the pres
ent collectors are sending blank tax r.
Ceipt notices to Republicans as well Il
to Democrats. If they are We shall b
gratified and give them the credit fo
imparta)ity and fairness that had To b
withheld from many Of their predcCes
sOrS We can only say that we hear
that such notices are being sent to Dem
cratic pol tax payers while we hav
not heard OF any having been sent +
Republican poll tax payers II ther
are any Republicans who hav" receive,
such notices before The publication l.
,I,u artinIa uu WDuII Hike IA ipur frnt
them, and if we find that any consider
able number of them have receive
such notices, we will cheerfuIIy acror
due credit to the collectors.
. aH
WHAI HAVE the Democrats game
in Ohio that they should 60 wild wit
rejoicing! Last year they carried III
State by lo,0o) majority and This yea
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