Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-12-19

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WILMINGTON, BEL, Dec. 14.--Aftar coz.
slant agitation especially on the part OF out
of.town. correspondents, tho proceedings
against the county tax collectors is at
tracing considerable attention Ex Sec.
rotary OF state BRyard, in spite OF his
! often.expressed intention 10 keep out Of
the local middle, has found himself
dragged into it. His brief interview with
Philadelphia reporter has placed him
in peculiar position. He charges that
certain jury drawn in the United States
court here 16 years ago was packed"
and he refuses to retract, even when il is
shown that many Of the men on the panel
from which they were selected were bis
own neighbofH, many Of them Democrats
and all good citizsns. Nhe ease referred
TO was that Of Archibald Given, Damo-
cratic tax collector, who refused to give
receipts for money rendered. LIE was
convicted and sentenced to pay a line Of
$4,000. MIR. Bayard refuses to be inter
viewed, but DAY or Two ago his TN
bosomed himself TO m acquaintance, who
has given out to few friends the gist Of
: TUG 6AtheCEGkaEN y Ibuhthh UPON ltcbl
matters. They will DO found in the fol
owing:
THE tax laws said Mr.. BnyAfd, 'taa
rnuf now stand date from the year 1873,
and they were framed solely Rs measure
OF defence against the encroschmcnta Of
the Foderul power Of this mSn Rigging
United States district attorney a. that
time; the late L. G. Braiford, bitter
partisan United States Judge and John
NJ. Dunn, United States marshal. The
Fifteenth amendment had bsen PASSED,
and under the Enforcement act tha Re-
pubhoans were trying to eniranchise the
oolored people, anG threatened tho county
tax officers with vengeance * the cclored
men were deprived Of their votes. Dem
ocrats were difficult 10 find who would
take tire places, and the law was designed
co protect them.
81 know personally" Ny. B2yard is
further quoted, about ths action OF
Republican county Jsx collectors prior TO
the passage OF tina present law, One
collector refused TO give ne tax receipts
for members of my family-nen who
were working for me-Rhd trested ne
with inCiyilities that no mal has . right to
use toward another. There is an amend-
ment 10 the old tax law ana still in
force, that allows any one to oa Given o
duplicate tax recsipt upon the payment
If two cents Under the old system,
when the Republicans had tie lounty
collectors, ths workers of that party
would pay Democratic taxes and pocket
the receipts. The taxpayer could not got
receipt himself, even though ha wished
to pay his tax. The collectors had him
marked paid, and they could not receive
money from the same man twice. Ia
that way Democrats were DISTINGUISHED, RB
the Republicans would not give ont tue
receipts. Then the law was amended
go that man whose tag was paid by some
one else could get duplicate receipt for
two cents"
As an instance Of how it was done, the
ex.secretRry said "Once when Charles
Gallagher had charge OF the Water De.
partment, and was the great Republican
boss then, a man came 10 me and said
that Gallagher had 900 tax receipts in his
Dttice safe. The reosipts were paid for
md were good, hut the men for whom
Shey were made out could not get them
to vote upon. LILY informant offered 10
steal those receipts Tor me out Of the
safe, but declined his offer. Gae Dem
ocsstio workers, however, were On their
guard, and the Office OF the water chic.
was very c osely watched
&c also recalled, as the memories Of
the political past OF tire city cane before
him, national election ABOUT tue year
1872. Then, so it w6s charged United
States District Attorney Higgins ana
Marshal Dunn had 81 niea froql Plila.
delphia, WAGON they called pilgrims, 4
locked up in the United States hatlding,
hNnnpdiDy IN Mr. pavnt5 fFra ,5r1taNt A.