Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1890-02-22

The Levy Court In revising tho
assessment lists OF Draper A Devices,
OF the Third District found some
names that were duplicated, which Is
not very hard to do where there are SO
many men oil tho same name and in
the same ward. In all cases where
Mr.. Devices was convinced that names
had been duplicated on the assess.
Ments he struck one Of them of, in all
amounting to about twenty nins
names. So far as these names are
coscerned there Is no difference OF
opinion, but when the court goes
further to strike of the names OF two
or three hundred others, IS 1t Is re-
ported to be their purpose, they may
be going little too tar. The excuse
urged for striking of these names not
duplicated 10 that they belong 10 other
wards, where they should be assessed.
II would be very difficult matter
10 hunt oil over these wards for these
men, and even when found, how 10 it
known that they are the mon mcant2
One thing, however, is proven excIu-
sively, and that 10, that notwi,hstand-
ing the partisan assessment laws oil
1873, they are clumsy and capable of
being construed into something very
different from what they were In
sended.
However, If the Levy Court con
Guides 10 strike OIL these names, which
u 10 worry doubtful, If they have the
Fight 10 do, they will, Of course, pu;
the First and Second districts through
the same drasiric operations. They
will not be compelled there TO imagine
assessment Implications by hundreds.
They will hnd over q hundred oil this
Mind In the Tenth ward, where Asses
sor McC lok&ey got In some remarka-
bly, a6e work.
sTbe systematic manner In which
Implications have been made in the
lower wards amounts almost to
science, in which the initial OF the
middle name is the little joker" For
Instance, John Smith is found upon
the assessment OF 1889, and his taxes
have not been paid Mr.. McCloskey
relieves John Smith of paying his taxes
or his party oil paying Tor him by find
ing that John Smiths name is really
John A. Smith. and assesses him on
The assessment of 1870 under that
name. Then the John Smith on the
assessment OF 1889 loses his identity, is
returned as delinquent, and the
county loses the taxes he ought TO have
paid. But John Smith, under the
name Of John A. Smith, comes up
smiling on tue assessment oil 1890 pays
his tax and votes next Novem Der.
We have an idea that The Levy
Court would find thousand OF Just
these kind OF Implications in tho lower
districts, Levy Courlman Roberts
said TO US the other day that il had
becn decided over and over that The
middle initial of q man name was not
essential to secure vote, a sentiment
thai Levy Couriman Wier heartily
concurrod in. These gentlemen, We
believe, were honest in their expires.
sioIs and we await with some decree
OF anxiety to sec what they will do
with Mr.. MlCloskcy's applications
il John Smith was honestly assessed
under that name why should he he as
DC sed again as john A. Smith on the
new assessment and the county los.
ihc tsxes be owed? Alter John A,
6miih rayR his taxes on the new as
stssment and votes next November
alter waiting year, the assessor Cal
again cheat tic county ont OF a year
taYes by assessing him as job,
6nrh Tie Levy Court has rel
held before il ior making astouadin
discoveries.