Daily Republican., 1890-02-17
MoNDAY. FEBRUARY II; 1890.


WOr0 10 hepuDucahs.
BY this We mean you poll taxpaying
Republicans who have not yet paid
your taxes. There are thousands OF
you yet; the boat yards, car shops,
machine shops, mills, quarries and
factories are full of you. though we do
not deny that many have paid. You
have only two weeks left III which
you can pay your taxes, when II not
paid you will be returned as delin.
quents to the Levy Court, your names
will be stricken from the assessment
lists and you will be DISTINGUISHED for
two years afterwards. Do you want
this 70 be done? II you do not you
will have TO make some effort to 90
and pay your taxes.
You say you cannot afford to lose
the time necessary in hunting up the
collectors. We know that is good
excuse for many. We know your
wages are small and many of you have
large families to keep, besides other
heavy expenses 10 bear. Indeed, we
deeply sympathize with you in this
regard. Still the broad question comes
homo TO you, is It not worth making
considerable sacrifice to be an en-.
franchised citizen. citizen who has
the right to . vote when important
elections occur?
You know the hindrances put in
your way to pay your taxes. Should
these very hindranccs not incite you
to . stronger determination to qualify
yourselves for voting2 The more
these tax tyrants try to disfranchise
you, should you not the more try u
shake of their CALLING rule Of oppres
sion, Hypocrisy and deceit3 Others
have fought their way to the tax office
through untold difficulties. They have
been baffled time alter time. Some Of
them have lost weeks time trying TO
catch the collectors in their office. The
most OF them have at last found them
and now are prepared TO vote Thou
sands have been discouraged when
they saw the GSdla attempts Of others,
ahRSe made no attempt at all to 20
TO the tax office. This is state Of
affairs that the tax collectors have
worked to bring about. They are
hoping you will stay away, and you
are doing exactly what they want you
10 do by staying away. They know
that If you pay your taxes and vote,
that will be the end of their office
holding. The Levy Court that has
piled up the big end ola million dollars
debt upon the county knows Il will be
their end.
The county officials of the county
getting enormously fat salaries know
that ii will be their end. These iorces
are all working against you payint
your taxes. They back up the collec-
tors in what they do-indeed, rathe
they instruct them in what they SHOULD
do. These collectors know that
they had collected the taxes from al
Republicans they would not be re
appointed by the Levy Court. One {
the members OF that body is no.
nightly with the collectors, with A!
SCISSOR McCloskey, with Patrick Near,
with John T. Dickey, with othe
savory Democratic politicians, assis
ing in getting out bundles of Demo
cratic poll tax receipts and sendin
them out TO the faithful, but they wi
not offer you any more chances tina
they have already offered. No, til
chances are not 80 good as tormerl
Tor the collectors are purposelY keel
ing away from their Office during Il
hours they advertise to be there. The
are alarmed at the number OF Reput
]ican receipts they have already give
The fat came 10 them that they mu
hedge and they are doing it ST
they can be caught at their office al
you should try TO catch them
Never mind whether you cate
them or not, go 10 their office dHiiI
the hours they have given notice tn
will be found ihere-irom 8 to IL n
end from to ) p. m. II you do /
find them there, write your name OF
slip OF paper with your residence a
the day You went to pay your tas
end send it to the Republican he,
quarters, Seventh and Market stree
DO not fail to do this much. You G
not lose much time in doing it ant
may be OF great advantage 10 you !
publicans. External vigilance is
price OF liberty VIII You lie viz
ant two weeks longefP II you are
rule OF government run by two
collectors backed by truculent lie
Court will end forever in Delaware,
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NEXT Thursday will he donati