Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-12-12
HOW Tue THING Is DONE
Democrats Vote Without Being
Assessed.
rbcy ray No Taxes and Lose No Timc In
inning Up tho Collectors. but When
IIe,iion Day Comes They All Have
IA, ,cccipts-C Collectors Issue
thanks and Ward Commit
tees FIJI Them Up.

WI yrrv little with Democrats getting
a., sh,nI Of them and crowding them cut.
nt. n,mocra,ic collectors aud ward COM
mit.,e men have got the system OF voting
n.mo,rats without paying taxes reduced
Avn IN such fne points that no Demo.
e,,, need lose any time from work, II he
ta, any, in au attempt to pay his taxes
.nl to get lis receipt.
some years ago there was sembiance
ol ialrness kept up by collectors, and
Democrats and Republicans struggled
,tkr TO yet to tho co.lector' desks to
NV thet taxes. That was away back
rlrn Jo,eph L. Carpenter, G. Ii. ID.
Brllorl. George Ward. and such men
ver,coll,ctors. These men sat al night
Ia e, .,ct taxes, and though rone OF
ibfm were accounted speedy or expert
r=,,mEn "a, tEoy could issue TAX receipt
i mo minutes, three at the outside.
L.t the whole system has entirely
changed. Ward leelers and collectors
have sat NJ ON the question until II las
incuhat,d aud brought forth the present
utirm.
No Democratic p II tag payer presents
L.m.ell at lie office Of the lax collectors
now 10 pay taxes, as q rule. Should
there pc here and there one who deems II
lisluiy to 20 In person to the tax office
and pay his tayeH, lie is looked upon Ms
tp,lrtly too fresh aud little green. He
ha, no urrd to d) ~. No netd to lose
tine OF he At any expense. His receipt
will he made out and sent 10 him.
Tlry viii come IN bundles from the
collector to the Ward Committee men
3
pemlc-atie yoters. All the time a
Dcmotlailc poll tax payer mas to lose In
Ayrdf To cXriclse the elective franchlse
i,'la time IL requires Tor him 10 go 10
ihe po,s "a election day and deposit his
yo'a llohably tia chop he works In
will tc thut down on that day aud he
Practically loses no time. On the even
IL! ir ore the election, II not before, he
vii, tud his receipt handed in at the door.
il tlrp4ys for II well aud good, there is
tl'ruch saved to his p'riy, IL he does
not p-y Tor IT, tho party pays 1t. There
wAs tiIp-up in this plan at the last
SS'rrc .ou. The party did not come
ugp mlly IN the payment OF these
h,ts AM the Collectors Ncary aud
D,,nry were out several thousand dol
iIr. county row official aud others
totl,a.u N.o than last String went
around Aih -ubscripiion pape;s raising
MDlcy 60 .mhurse the collectors.
NWbrtAcy raised suili lent is not
known, bat 1t IS not Improbable that the
collectors d iemselyes weie the largest
cluu,Oslrs to the fund A minister Of
Meg 'icl whp went wrong OH the mig
grr a'"flt war aud became wor
st8iH"ra' 70 Baal of Democracy, n few
"a, a-ca.tG the writer where the tax
t'Ntu''ls' n!llto was, as be preferred
gong Htd paying Tor MS tax receipt
ia'ft; iial TO have IL sent to him as il
"a ts' year. The poor, innocent soul
GH ~ hBow his tax receipt WIS not US
eoll Inuent to his calling, but because
tt tiuGged to the general herd OF men
VITO we're furnished with receipts and
by were not to ask where they came
iiCa so they only got them. He was nd
vie net to be uneasy, his receipt would
b Ipkel under his door for Iim the
ligbt before the election.
Gut the worst feature Of fraud IN
Hag.mlsting the Republican vote was
Tie u,uring OF receipts In blank to the
ssN Committees, making |, convenient
iul them to I'LL 10 with the name OF any
Il
electors duplicate.
80 complete is tho system of Demo
crate lraud that no Democrat need 90
E'ltent voting with the greatest ease
aHl w houl ths loss OF time or money.
c ntrast all this with the difficulties
lhl ktgubl cans have 10 contend with,
II they are poll tax payers. They 90 day
arr day iu vain search for the collcc.
lot' Wul in somt inst noes moro than
80 me Is lost and the effort to pay
Is A. ias' given up IN despair.
lie 10 lowing extract from An article
10 t'e Philadelphia l, quirer of yesterday,
fil'tn by Democrat. former resident
ol Ihis city, and one who was In the in.
Mf workings of his party, will show
10" easy II is for Democrats to vote, ani
nov lncacusably innocent many Repub-
!leagS arc who look Tor anything like
Jw'i.e ifcln "A party surfeited aud sstu-
ia'' through and through with election
fd,lis But here Is the extract and IL
viii ,peak tor Itself:
'f'lur To tho election careful canvass
ul-l' o. every ward In the city and the
7 .# u every man ceTtalled by tie
"e' WNld workers A list OF the Demo
AS j. made out and this list is com
t"5 NEh tie tax collectors lists and
i'g' ~ rs ne made out for AL Democrats
"u' 'aff not paid their taxes, and they
"' u 'I&atded to the chairman of the
W., n-'l crmnittee, and he =, cs that they
= no LIE proper hands. Now, 1t IS
,I'l'' ~ e't.y time that great many of
we D nograis on the ward books are nor
v y" 'l' Collectors liste; that is, they have
.o' ven assessed, and un .tr aDy honest
n', Is'i' ihty would be deprived Of voting;
~" ~. such /. lot tile case. The collector
ol"' Ut for these fellows and IL IA moi
IN i,.., ",.g' 3i"l event Tor the ward workers
VIZ. ,',' lAN receipts siguel in blank, and
49, 'sl man comes up 10 vote who
,s ~ w. FAX receipt and whose namo is MOI
3, o, s ao5essment list, tue ward worker
n gN.c Nils In his name and he votes.
sr.a.l ',a ',,eel!i is almost invatlably take
ro,a nom him alter II has served Its pur
iI,Ht % 10 destroy all evidence OF the
A. lN1'lqyra'ly tie question arises is not
s,noS r,g' :, :, tor responsible for the receipts
I,stLl8o I',i - NE men who were on his booksa
wac ~ =, Is ie-ally there is no doubt, and
wh tgS Collected aud any power by
coglt =, w could be go held responsible. he
Ufthng "'a'e 10 account lor every one
,htc E l,- y all these receipts issued from
be W@n, ,''.setor'S books were paid for by
tor Ibs, .LaVc party out of funds raised
blr.ej PURPOSE and the coll, ctor reim-
A teg' .. Ihls was done for long time
reiyc ,sss'ts se'ts ago a collector did not re.
vas o,, ,' money from the party and he
tasp lust that amount. Ever sInno
md ,rs p,leIcnt ,..cnt policy has been purs,,eI
hsT a,'. yI. nuier which a dishonest man
c0mt,' J, Ile'.ent Ellen. chance for stealing The
bot ehar tae d1 receipts are issued thew a, a
uaG ra,', stu as paii, and actualiy when
bteu pa,J J'es ea on on them not a penny has
'N'1 Oh them. Sometimes the voter