Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-10-08
FRIDAY OCTOBER 9. 1856.


II the Lsvy Court Of New Castle
were DESTROYS OF traDssctinR
he Affairs OF the county upon business
1t would have no hesitat.ou
In ordering an honest and thorough in
vestigasius Of the mode and manner In
which .hs taxes Of the county are col
lected. Bn were mos that the coilec
hon Of taxa were made 70 play IN i'm
portant ages cy for keeping the Demo
cratic party In power the present sys-
ten vcn& NOT be tolerAsed . single
yex. No company, st or hrm OF men
sng ned In doing any kind OF busAnesss
vouid ever think Of having thsAr bills
collected like the taxes OF New Castle
County are collected. IL In only since
shs Democratic party has commenced
ifs fseticnAl 6ghn in earnest that ne
are led more into the secret OF the
Democratic mode Of collecting taxes,
on rather Of NOT collecting them by the
method Of issuing blank TAX reoeipts TO
psrsons Who would vote the Demo
cratic tiekes without the payment OF
any TAX wkssever. Before these LATE
iniastine qnsrre.s OF the Democracy,
which have bubbled over and brought
20 the surface some very unsavcry
things, ell the charges Of Republicans
OF anything approaching unfsirness,
were nei with prompt and II deniAls.
Bat nov the charges are made by
ID democrats instead OF Republicans.
8laoe these mopstrous frauds 1T the
regular city elections, which are sd-
mirted, and che frauds 1t the Demo
cratic primaries which need no sdmis-
sion, there are Democrats nov who
openly charge that blank tax receiPs
are issued BY the hundred without the
paymen. OF . single dollar on them,
aud farther that these receipts are care
faiiy collected after they have been
used aud destroyed TO prevent expos
ara Republicans have believed that
this has been the practice bat Of course
all positive proof has been withheld
from them. They cannot get access to
the tax duplicates without great
troa BILE and expense Democrats who
oAn be trusted have access TO them ct
any and all timeA The question II, Ii
thu custom Of issuing these blank re-
ceip1 in bulk and handed TO Demo
cratic runners who give them 20 trusted
Democratic workers, who In turn use
them however and whenever they can
Tor ali they are w0r'Y'0 be always
We do know tha. Republicans are
denied an opportunity even TO pay
thslr poll taxes honestly due the
county. OF course all Republicans
who Only pay poll taxss are not denied
q chance to pay taxes There must be
n sembiance OF fairness even with high
wAymen Who demand the pocket boVks
OF thsir victims. We regret 70 say
that the evidence Ia strong that the
wors. chsrges sre true. There IL no
deuyin the fact that there are thor.
sands Of Republicans who are only
assessed poll taxes. rsiorned as delin'
S1enn every year by the collectors.
These de,inquenn are never asked per-
sonAlly for ,heir taxes. They never ss<
collector as collector, and they ar;
dis.rau chised ont Of their votes with
out knowing It. Tie butcher, th'
baker, the grocer and all others viii
whom people have dealings, call resu-
harry upon their cns.oneis for III
money due for articles furnished
not 30 with the tax collectors. Rattle
than ssIl and collect dollar or tw
due the county, they return the debso
ss delinquent and the county lose
the money. Not less Than six or eish
thousand dollar. are lost to the count,
every year for the sake OF red ucing IL
Rspu oiicsn vote OF the county. BIZ
we are asked, are not Democrats dis
franchi ,od IN the same manner? Til
may be answered either yes or no, br
whether or not, it makes no differen.
30 long - tax receipt can be pro
cared without .rou Die Oh election day
Democrats may Or may not be returne
ss deiirquents, IL Is all the same. The
arc always at the polling places viz
tax receipts In their hands. We "a
again shs. this L. . matter that shoul
bs Investigated By the Lsvy Cour
and would be investigated by q non
partisan Levy Court. II there are 81
thousand dollars year that could
collected aud are not collected, Why
not that amount collected? Is Ne
Castle County 30 wealthy that she ca
indiferensy throw away six tho
sand dollars? Is /. 30 important tn
New Castle County should be und
Democratic rule, that six thousaI
dollars year must be sacrificed
keep IL Democratic? These are que
lions that go beyond polihcs. Tn,
are questions which appeal to to
payers who are called upon annual
90 make up this deficiency. Demo
xAcy and ballot box stufhDg, which nc
20 hand In hand, may be very go
things for Q number Of people but sh
npe hardly luxuries that should be
duiged 10 at ~ cost OF SIX thouss
dollars to the county. What say hon
Democratic voters about this matter