Daily Republican., 1889-10-28
THE WHOLE TRUTH,
AND NOTHING BUT TRorH
.souT THE TAX OFFICE.
col,se,or Doushoriy's Refusal TO Keep
M, Promises The Truth About
ui, quarrel with Mr.. Ma
aniIy-The untruthful
Reports About II.

,olle,tuts' tax UlllCe tue last lew Gays are
.VS',,spf I, show that tho two collectors
Wilmington do not intend TO give tie
EppblcAn poll tax payers Of the city
,nhor,s chance to pay their taxes and
g,rsb, uuAlily themselves for the full
.,s,rI., oi tie elective franchise, and the
.nes a, the tax Office last Saturday
.Ios That Collector Doughsfty, pro.use
/, mAklns PROMISES TO bc Mt his Office
sn.B hours 10 receive poll taxes, has no
ve.tl Tot those promists. Collector
peEeo has made no promises OF that
ihd. therefore, has more to break, but
nm caught at his office he generally
v,l,, upon all who are there before he
taIst one remark he did make to the
vbter Of this article, aud that was, that
he would not leave his office Without
rvlying tho taxes and giving receipts to
al prtsenl In his district who desired to
~ them This WAS not q promise, but a
o. krat.ah.
NJ. Dlughcfiy made positive promise
utssl ed 'or, u the writer and tho G wn-
,lars reporter OF the Every Evening,
vho halienrd 70 be upstairs at the time,
thai be would be In his oiliee every other
DAY. commencing with last Saturday aud
be sould devote the whole day to receir-
jDf DOLL taxes, meaning OF course Office
hcars as tubllfhed. Mr.. Dougherty,
hoseyer, much rs lie may deny promises
made ii Mr.. MahAny, VIII certaiuly not
dEy this. The reporters were not tht re
for ihe purpose Of sIacting any promise
Of him, It was not their business. They
ure there to watch the operation OF pay
hg taxes aud TO note the impedimeats, IL
any, thiown 10 the way OF paying poll
hIss. The writer was SO struck with
tht Cartcs;ness aud apparent honesty OF
Mr. Doughetly that he ejtculated, "that
ryt e y fair and homo. able. You car
DO " IA orc an that, but, Mr. Dou III.
uiy you cannot collect All the poll
hI,s III that time, you will he compelled
pi!t in the evenings II you wsnt TO col
hti all, % MIR, Dougherty cannot and
viii not deny this, aud his reply was
hn,thirg IKE this: THAT would be
nE herd on ne but we'll zee about that
Lnrwarls
Now what arc the iscta Of the case, the
tE results oi these promiseSl On Eat
uEaly morning Mr.. Dougherty was Mt
~ duL m tune. Poll taxpayers came
tUklrg M. lie was kept busy he
could be- all The time.
The writer was back and forth several
unts during the forenoon. While he
vas there there we're never less ihan
Ern nor more than dozen present
,MiHc u py laIes 1t is no fault OF
W. po1al stiy = thst he ID q rather slow
Etouh,Ant and mol vrry swift with the
fen' CotS'gNeu'ly tbe work was con-
tidtraoc ui drag, hut ho kept steadily
Nh' IVY t'e watch It took him five
MI We' loT each receipt There were
sow Interruptions hy property owners
sohhg Va 70 get the amount OF their
VIZ ny h,r mihu'es after IL O'Clock,
N'ae M Duu. .hrrty closed his
S,OoNs, We hah Issued protAJly twenty to
J'ta NNl "'eFs, eltaNl7 no more.
ps,,o ,''.' '.. n u .9'o.N man luding his
ce,Iis,,,. ~. .h ~. LtI sui Ia.lts, got a
rr,jrs, a'c ,i2A C'ria oi tie l'cAce L. Il.
on,f,.',l n 5's'nE uht MS lame had been
sg.'.,1.,, o" 't1l.',i,'ht ,. aud hat his poll
rs-Yt,, lio offered this
Ieur.j t..l',.i IouRherty, who
II. ,,,.' Gay, i'lLd' d IL back, saying at
,tt,@,.. r.-r-. -,.- 'F would have 10 see his
Va, H. ,'' ne could accept 1t. II
ps, I'll +" accept tnis certificate
. so.g az. hshAhy to the office,
p,s ,.., g.ols nau oeen honorlng
nInn,rs - ~ " ' ,ne' AT ~
sn,,''i | II O'CLOCK Mr.. Dough
i,,s, .'ai ~ WaitihE mat lie would
vou'l f.,.. ~, 'ps auu theh rs
lll re.r'gri soma % np m,' no.n, as ne
hte, iar .i','b ~ ho h, mg.eS 'or eai estate
tpd ,bst /, wnntd AZ ~ n' ~ NJ soud ~, ,eo, ipts,
a, M, il, n ,rnnn,s N' I'M, .nn VI, nooii 20
ios, Mr. na,,sHa,,.. Ia, s,ona vi issuiie
Hd l54p rll.st ''T nts hs ssueu ive rsce,pls
i've en.,,,.,s'sS ~ =, syone. ~ was 'neh
llo,. wer, |'Ie' ais IL, eiocs'
hr tns-,ail,,n," H. "nI.e snu que colVred
hI.Sl w. 'S'.'iix ,'. Malting 70 pay their
h.b,,r, AZ ,he o .ooAs ,, were cIoseu. Mt.
lhmbo S.ir'',nn "o ''liie e., was s'anuins arms
nn G,.,7isri'i G7s ue proceeu'hst, Ahu
R1o,r.;n', y, =; MT pougheIty, you
,hur n', at W .ioso your BOOKS WINE
ln,ouH Tla -ng !" pay tnsI ,ahes,
,nd mrr,c,,Ion,' T." ''oLent ,,'ss language, curses
Of G.n , are lGdescribable. Some Idea
nplr,y s"eh IN saturdays hE'
me-, Ne 1t, pougnery certainly
lMguag, tn uaeu usae Vv Nv tlls time o. the
10 tepr1, 4, "stu' .sv we WIN n't attempt
ID, ~, ihe person VINO reported 10
mad, M, ',,inr,s n,suins that MI Mshany
bot pn..,,, ~. i'ous Nv ue,nanu was certainly
lie nala :, VI ,ia,p ne s9u'a not nave SAID so.
he Ala p'' T.. pousnerty 10 n,y OF The promises
d M NLr W hiinseii IN the presence
hitter a, ~ ITa nv, u anu Mr; Cummins, the
hauy w.. corning news. Mr.. Ma
,Atviu, - anu u'ghineu, not even
gain u out earnestly protested
poullsr. A.. JnouRlefty violating his
be vug 4 '"'es ha W. al'er ~ O'Clock that
o'tlue,, In ,s,,,u ,n us once again at =
ntu stl T. c',e c'Ie taxes. Tne six white
II his r. nlnI oioasu man leit standing
tus6rd ",ns Sas,. whcn he left were as
uLtIl II,r 49, 'hSial OF them stood there
H. ''' COCK struck ~ and then left,