Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-05-16
FIFTH EDITION



When tha - ..dcatrs,
CLERK .. 4oors OF the office n i.
t.~ . the Peace closed las, eyenin, ,g
* dupli ates, properly slprr1 IN. ing
sealed, were left lying upon tfe co,,a wv
OF the office. They contained NM 9Nu .,
was OF interest 10 the taxpayers h", 'IN
animate things, they were ent,r'iH,t, ~
conscious OF the excitement tbr,sg un'
about them In the outside world "S
1t was expected that the tax coIIoc,, =.
would have taken out their dnr' ' '.ra
and and would have Jee6 al Their oGcr, Ma
ooS' SsrKet street, last night 10 - :
.axes, but those who expected tli.e aays
been grievously disappointed. Collector
Mckee did call at the Office 10 tbp morn.
Ing, but without his Duplicate Nh ~
not on hand in the evening when ba "n
wanted. Quite crowd OF pe,glr va, "a"
white and colorcd, gathered in ,r ~ t'' "a
the office last night waiting tor an o,,n "
tunity to pay their taxes but uprolI.rr,'
put In ali appearance.
The Office, however, was occunlsl h,.,
II was by meeting of Sixth wAhl b, Ua1
crate, among whom was the Drunrt,V.
candidate Tor Council from thai wssI
Mr.. Kennedy. The meeting WA, fo'i
with closed doors to keep out 4 ,,,NT
cans, who kept knocking 10 know Il ps
collectors were IN. The meeting nr'
reported as having passed any re,o.utcn,
denouncing the action OF the coll cto,s IN
making no effort to collect tl.rtsF,. Ins
The surest way 10 elect Mr.. Krub.d dis "a
the City Council was 70 not accent anv
taxes from Republicans, AMI no lonIi
the action Of the collectors received tbs
hight st words OF comnlenlAtion from NJ,
Kennedy and his friends. Mr.. Kennedy
may be elected to City Council but p5t
this year.
White the tax collectors Office Va
given up for Democratic mretirps Inc
Republicans were gathering in lara
numbers at the Republican hcalqnsr,ers
venth and Market streets to consult
together as TO what hal best be duns
under the present circumstance.
Mr.. Y. Il. Bach presided and made an
earnest speech in which he advised Re.
publicans to keep cool even for twenty.
four hours. This he said would be tic
last time that Democratic collector,
would have the chance OF deprviag Re-
publicans OF getting tax receipts, Tie
people were aroused and indignant and
would stand this kind OF work no longer
He thought that even the present COL
lectors would find that these tactics lA
not pay.
A committee consisting of John Woods,
A. j. Conner, and Isaac Brown was 40
pointed to proceed to tue tax Office and
sec II the collectors were there and wha,
arrangements could be made for paying
taxes. The committee performed thcir
duty and soon returned with the informgl-
| ton that instead OF flnding the collectors
In their Office 1t was crowded with
meeting Of Sixth ward Democrats. The
stated, however, that come Democrat
said the collectors would be in thei
Office In the morning and would probatll
be ready to receive taxes, There wa
nothing, however, definite about this.
1t was then decided that all RepublI
cans who could should be at the tax ollic
in the morning at o O'Clock to see wha
could be done. Another meeting Of lie
publicans will be held tonight at the Ne
publican headq uarters.
At $50 o'clock this morning Collecto
Dougherty came into tue Office OF ta
clerk OF the peace and took his books
Could he have carried all Of them b
would have taken Mr.. McMcKee's along
but as they were heavy and cumbersom
he took only his own. H. assured rel
resentative OF the REPUBLICAN as /
passed out that he would be- ready To r
ceive taxes to morrow morninR II nj
sooner. As he walked down Mark
street with his books under his arr
everybody looked aud the news eprei
like wild-iire that the collectors we
ready TO receive taxes. Collector Mex
however, had not put In al appearance
to 10 O'Clock, but soon after Mr.. Douh
erty had taken possession OF his office,
notice was posted that the collectors :
GLIDING Mr.. Nc Kee would BE- ready
receive taxes by o O'Clock to-mor .
morning, ut which time there will
doubt be large crowd on hand 10 p
taxes.