Daily Republican., 1890-01-27
THIRD EDITION,


Things arc going on In . slip shod kind
Of . manner q the tax Office. The col
lectors make out to DO In their office
when an occasional caller comes In to
pay taxcs, but II they begin to come IN .
steady stream they have business else
where. Collector Mckee told more than
ono last week that he WAS gong TO
Atlantic City. ON Friday, to stay until
Monday, hut It seems he changed his
mind aud only went to Philadelphia on
Friday, aud was ut his Office at times on
Saturday. Mr.. Mckee, however, lie not
hide bound for he says 90. The occasion
for him saying 20 was one day the Boz
ginning OF last week, when q gentleman
called 10 to pay the poll tax OF friend
from Western State. Mr.. Mckee said,
why certainly I'll take his money aud
give him . receipt. You ste Pm not
Lide.bound." The gentleman who called
to pay was . customer OF Mr.. Mckee's.
But either the same day or the day
after an old colored mau residing on
shipley street between Second and Third
streets, % years old, hobbled up the
Mckee accepted the money aud gave the
receipt. The old colored man then said
that he was living with his son, Jimmy,
who was at work every day and was his
only support, would the gentleman be SO
kind as to accept the money and issue a
receipt for his soni Nj. Mckee's heart
melted at the p'alntive appeal aud he
feeling said: "Your son must call aud
pay his own taxes" oh, no, Mr.. Nc.
kce isn't ''hide-bound" not bit OF 1t.
Collector Dougherty has got every
THU reduced down to such fine poin,s
that II number of poll tax payers ap-
preach the office In body he intuitively
either catches thu sight or the scent and
| quietly becomes Invisible.
This was tie case last Saturday after
noon. He WAS IN his office at . o'clock,
but at $50, when some ten or dozen
men were on the way to the office to pay
their taxes he Q ANS down stairs and dis.
appeared like "a will o. the wisp" Other
nen congregated and visited the Office
until the number reached about rs, and
they waited around until nearly 5 O'Clock,
when they went TO their homes. Mr..
Dougherty appeared no more that alter
noon. The men who came and waited
were employed In the Lobdell Gar Wheel
Works. On account OF the shutting
down Of the mills to attend the funeral
Of s. N. ID. Ford, an old employe, the
men improved the opportunity OF going
to pay their taxes with the result stated.
Sill Democratic papers cry out why
do not Republicans pay their taxet9
Democratic politicians cry our, why do
not Republicans pay their taxes. and
even the courts censure the Republicans
for not paying their lakes. OF course
these twenty five Republicans from Lob.
dell's car shops will pay their taxes some
day, when they lose more half days and
can catch the collectors In the office.
A good story comes from Philadelphia
about paying taxes A man and his wife
residing there, own a property In this
city on Ninth street between Orange and
Shipley streets. They get the DAILY
REPUBLICAN and were pretty well booked
up about he tax troubles
They had been getting about two postal
cards week for some time, asking them
to come and pay their taxes. The wife
wanted to answer them, but the husband
told her not to be In hurry yet. Another
postal came with the same demand. The
husband was not about, and the wife sat
down and wrote to Collector Dougherty
saying that II the county was rs bad Of
Tor money as he said II was lie had bette
collect two or three thousand dollar,
from the Republican poll taxablcs, who
were very anxious to pay, and not Spend
the couuty's money in writing postal
for taxes that bo was sure OF gettini
anyhow. This shows that the lady hal
a correct idea OF the situation.