Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-12-02
DAILY REPUBLICAN



WEDxEsDAy. DECumu1 >, loog.|
new No Are D1sfsanshaDe1s
TIA Arguments made Ms Of BY ~
Every Evening 70 show the elactsnsy
Of the present assessment lava ~
citing two or three casss Of voters =
the once OF cur contemporary, ~
Morning. News, are but argumGn0 o.
show the facilities which the Dennor
cratic party possess under that lav -
cheat Republicans out Of thelT vo1se
and the county and Stats out - tAxaA
NOBODY dsnies Inst "pooe M, svsn
" colorsd mcp, ~ the Every Evsains
pas 1t, can and do pay tAxss % ~
very day OF election. That II n tAsy
can and collector to pay them TO- And
when they a. I'd MIN, II he hes nothing
else to do, hes NO Dom0csatic 1iends
10 eve, he does condescsnd TO tAks ~
taxes of poor Republican. Why dces
not the Every Evening Be fair and ~
At oncs, for il very we'll known ~ thai
On the eve Of an election and 1or davs
PRIOR to it, the doors Of the collsctols1
once have been closed q early houxs
IN the evening In the faos Of dossas a
Republicans standing with ths msasy
In their hands waiting to pay shsiz
taxes.
Go lss.ors too, are wonderful, active,
movable affairs about eisotfon times
mot easily found. II they never kept
strict ONCE hours before, they DO for Z
few days before electionA II . poor
man or q " colored man " can ind
. collector in the street and stick Gloss
to him, follow him 10 his ofics,- md
watch sharp that some Democratic
hanger on around the Office does moi
got In ahead OF him with something
very important, he may get the privi-
iege OF paying his TAX and getttng Z
receipt entisling him to vots ON thu
very day Of an election. Why sves
down in South Carolina and Misskssipp
some poor men" and colorsd men,
Re- ublicans, are permitted to qualify
and vote.
But the Every Evening rssszs 70 tn
editor Of the Morning News, - one o
the men who applied 70 pay his take
and qualify TO vote on the day OF TIL
late general eltct.o aud would hsvl
had no difficulty In qualifying, had hi
name not been entered wrong on ~
duplicate. Any one that owns real -
tate has no occasion to complain Of III
inattention Of the collector. Tho edtto
referred to is large property holder
and the collector could not drop hi
name and return IL ~ an error even
he had . mind 70 do %.
OF course be would be received cor
daily and his taxes accepted II hi
name was entered correctly on the du
plicase. Mr.. Sperry was disfranchise
because his name was not upon the n
duplicates and not because he had an
disposition TO evade the payment Q
taxes. We are inclined to think tbs
the mistake in his case was genuin,
for those who make up the dupiicats
do not often misspell the names Of pre-
perty owners, for it Is from them ths
the county must derive its revenue.
IL only the poor man." whether viii
or black, upon whom the collectors al
permitted TO practice their "hne work.
- Mr.. Bayard's beautiful law compe
collectors 10 carry property owners an
make them pay their taxes, but do
not require them to ask non-properi
owner to pay his tax.
The Every Evening has also four
two other attaches In the office Of Of
morning contemporary that has taxi
advantage Of the law and let ye
lapse in which they paid no taxes, a
still kept them selves qualified to VIC
ut every election. Then we ask WI
did not the collectors collect the tan
70 rbn~~ ~
stone throw of the office and could ha
collected it any day had they asked
1t. Why did they not do 1t? Plair
because the Law that met Mr.. Bayar
hearty approval did not intend q
they should be collected and the coll
tors 30 understanding the Law did !
collect them. By the natural work
Of this Law both of these attaches OF
Morning News Office would have b
disfranchised Just as the law inten'
they should be. They, however, v
sharp enough 20 take advantage
such dishores; law and compromi
by paying taxes half the time wi
qualified them for voting all the ii
Had the collectors have done their d
these taxes would no doubt have !
psio oNety year anu buc county W
have been that much better of.
only refer TO these matters In gen
sense to show the workings OF
Bayard's Law. We will, however,
an. word and remind the Every Ever
Ths that it had examples at hand to 8
q. the bad working Of the law had 1t !
Post them. One Of the worst repeater
Unic this city few years ago, when {
No. the Fifth ward was bulldozed into o.
the Ring Democrats into the City Coul
Nd. Ewas an attache Of that office, and
Ii im1ot be forgotten that one OF the I'M
Salts rors who held the late city election
The pc Tenth ward ia still an sttac
satlsfac .at office, and is put forward |
made candidate for assessor and collect
part OF D district az q reward for his di
Il purposeashed services. Why does no
~ that any cry Evening reverse its guns?
'VBrsndyw
,rlB RailrHIs afternoon will witness the