Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1888-11-28
THE ASSESSMENT.
THE ASSESSORS NOW BUSY
AT WORK.
Tho Vote Of WiImlnEtOn-NOw 10 the
Timo for EvoHy Voter to Get
Absesssd-Tlts Assessors
and TheiE Districts.

The general Rsaaasment thGt is nov
being made By the dounty hsBesEoTB is a
II after thai cannot be kept too promi
u6ntly before voteEH At the late Pest.
tentlAl election 10 ibis olty there were
less than $500 vosel oast, and 1900 a.
least Of these were cast by persons who
nad no right 70 vdte Simply because
they we're not RsseaDed, bat being SUP
pied with bogus tax receipts, they
voted.
There are not lesd than 1900 vo,ers
IN the city, or PeTsdns who would be en-
tilted to vote Were they assessed. In
ApeAkiHg with W W. Pntohstt the
other day q representative OF the RE-
PUBLICAN was Informed that in the
seventh ward alone there were go
voters when he md William Brady
took an enum cratic OF the voters Of
the city In order 10 lay of the election
distriets under ths city registration
law. No one will dispute Mr. PrlIchett'B
enumeration. Hecould have no object
Ghatever In misrepEesenting the count.
Fehipg the Seventh ward a. . basis for
computation nobody will dispute The
claim OF 10 900 voters In the city.
DeduotiDR the illegal votes that were
cast, 1t will appear that there were only
1000 iegsl votes cast ont Of $4,000, leAv-
ing 1900 who voted Illegally and $500
who did mot vote at all. 1t is reasonable
to suppose that those who did mot vote
could not, and hence the mlseFAbly
small legal vote oAst in . city OF &C. 600
population and IS 900 voters.
This should mol occur again. These
6500 persons who iwsrO mot assessed
should be assessed now. They should
be made TO pay their share Of the bur
thens OF Rovernrhent. Not less than
1900 are lost ann nally In the city OF
Wilmington alone by failure TO assess
The voters and TO DO .lect the taxes from
those who are assessed. These $1,000
however, are not lost altogether to the
county, as Just 30 much money is
needed to keep I'D the OourtS, sustain
the almshouBe and insane department,
and to pay salaries and other exp0nseR.
THIS money IL mol collected from those
VINO should pay Y, but 1t 10 assessed to
tine real estate OF tie county, and col.
leoted from those who hold houses and
farms. The Rrest majority Of those not
ASSESSED would bb very willing to pny
their taxes IL they were called upon for
them.
That. however, Is NOT the point to be
argaed now The great object should
be 90 get assessed, and after that when
the time comss, IN II Q lsst Of May or
the hrst OF june, to go and pay the
aX assessed. The Ass0ssoFH are going
around now making their assessments.
Fhis being the general assessment year,
none need be omitted from the assess
ments. A ! male persons 81 years OF
sge, except thosh unnaturalz d, can be
assessed now, VI llhout regard to color,
polltios, nativity, religion or station IN
life.
Much Will depend upon individuals
themsslvss whAther they are As iesIed.
They can aid the assessoEB materially
by having their names written down on
slip Of paper and correctly spelled
Fho latter is very Important, Aesessors
are not always the best spoilers. II the
name Ia given tb them orally, and thoy
be permitted 10 spell 1t - they sea
proper, they are - likely TO spell It
wrong As right, and then when the per.
son assessed comes 10 pay his taxes he
mSy find his name spelled wrong In the
duplicate, his tAx will be refused and
be will again lose his vote.
II would be . good plan for every
voter to have hls name legibly written
down on . slip, by himself II he can
write, or By some one slEe II he cannot
write plainly, and let the Assessor spell
the name from the slip. Lei every
vJter attend to this now.
All voters living In the First, Bsoond,
Fourth and Eighth wards will be 40
sesstd by EdThrd o. Higgins. he re-.
sides 81 No. AO8 West Sixth street.
Every veteE WEo 10 not oAlled upon by
MIN or HIS deputy bstWeen now and the
hrst day of January should call upon
him and be sure that their names are
placed upon the assessment. These
wards oompoAe the FirSt Assessment
Dltttiot, All voters who live in the
Third, Filth, Tonth, Eleventh and
Twelfth wards will be assessed by
Frank MoOloaksy, who resides at No
400 VanBuTen street.
Those wards compose the Second As
sessment dlstrct All whoH ara not
visited BY Mr. MoOlOskey or bis deputy
before the frSt Of JAnuRry should have
reasons to bel eve shat they have been
omitted from Tie assessment and shou d
call on him and have the errors Eeoti.
fed.
All voters living in the Sixth,
Seventh and Ninth wards will be as
sessed by Dftper A. Devices, who re.
sides at No. 1014 Washington street.
These wards comprise the Third asssss-
msnt DISTRICT and all voters not called
upon by Mr., Devices before the hrst Of
January should hunt him up immedi.
ately and see that they are assessed.
The same Ahvioe and prGoAution sp.
plies as well the rurAl hundreds As to
the city. Each hundred has an AssessoF
whose duties are the same ~ the city
ASSESSORS. Let every voler In the county
bs sure and Get assessed.