Daily Republican., 1883-02-02
v,xtnr she Assessments.

r,t and bisdistricti1 thoroughly Demo
cratic Assessor Talley, OF the North
Assess,nent District, is Republican,
and his district is as thoroughly Repub-
Iican "a the South is Democratic. The
North has several thousand more popu-
latiop and polls more votes at an honest
election than the South district does, but
the latter, thanks to Democratic ger
rymander, has one more ward ana eIe'ts
two more Councilmen than the North
district does A special assessment has
lust been completed by the assessors, and
the figures foot up surprisingly large
for the South district. Mr. l.anhah
seems to have had the good luck to find
1865 new assessments necessary, while
Mr.. Talley made $50 new ones i'll his
district. In the First Ward MIR. Ian !
nan found 30 new entries to make. The
Ward is already strongly Democratic,
and did not need very heavy or strong
assessment, hut the number of new as-
easements in the Second Ward is abs'-
Iutely surprising. 1t will be remen
hred that the Second Ward, usually
very strongly Democratic, elected he
Dublican Councilman for two years At
the last city election, Something hand
some had to be done to save the Second
Ward and Mr.. Lannan seems to nave
been just the man to do it. He has ap-
parently found enough material in tn"
ward to make 4SO new entries in the As
sessment What a power of voters mus
have been disfranchised i'll that ward.
If 4SO new assessments are made IN
All off year, when an assessor IL not
supposed to make a regular canvass
to what enormous proportions "oh!a
full assessment reach? 1t looks ~ II
Mr.. Lannan had provided fully against
any danger Of the Second Ward "lectlne
any more Republicans at the next ele',
ton at least. In the Third Ward, which
is also strongly Democratic, but whlrl
at the last city election, elected "a lie
publican Councilman for two years, there
will not be a repetition OF it next june
for Mr. Iannan has added 80 new
names to the assessment.
There was just a little danger that 1t
Fourth Ward at the last election wonl
elect Republican Councilman, h'i
there is no danger now that one VIII h
elected at the next election, for MI
I.annan has added 400 new nalneS
the assessment. This should be cnoug
in all conscience TO keep tn" war
stra ght in Democratic trace.
The Tenth Ward, the ward in While
Mr.. Lannan lives, gives already DrIn'
cratic majority OF 500, hut it COME
handy in eIeCting city Officers, SUrh
Mayor, President of Council and Ci,
Treasurer to have plenty of names Z
the assessment in Democratic Wards,
NS was not thought too large numb
to put on the assessment IN the Ien
Ward.
The Eleventh Ward turns up with
new assessments, which was thong
quite sutficien for syoung ward wi
a small vote.
Now we will turn our attention
Mr.. Talley and see how he has done !
work. The first on tho list in his d
trict is the Fifth Ward, strongly X
publican, and casting moro votes TIL
any ward in Mr.. Lsnnan's district al
vet Mr. Talley only found 1862 names
put on the assessment.
In the Sixth Ward, another E"pu
lican Ward, with more votes than eitt
the Second, Third or Fourth, only
new assessments were male.
In the Seventh, tn" strongest hrp'
iicar Ward in the city and wh"r" o'
100 woes are cast, Mr.. TaIIty oi
made 262 new assessments, and IN
Eighth, also a mammoth Repubiic
Ward polling nearly 200 votes, ne "i
'ou.,.,. ,,-,.
w. ,hn x,n,n War, which polls tw
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s- ~ ,,..h,h,litv h. nj
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through Democratic sources, but I'll
is no doubt that II t' ""'te' It" Il