Evening journal., 1890-10-09

county. 1t has been reduced $4,000 in
the past year While in different ways
$26 500 has been added TO the debt of
this county ia the face Of statute for
bidding any floating debt.
If you will elect a Democratic Legisla-
ture and Democratic Levy Court they
will march down t. Dover with $1,000
more on the floating debt The Levy
Court had the power and it was it's duty
to collect taxes and pay of that floating
debt. and believe they did levy taxes,
and IL they had collected them and spent
them honestly they would have had
enough to have paid $4,000 annually
without trouble Surely this derelictness
cannot be laid at the door Of the Repub-
lican members of the Levy Court.
The mourning OF this debt incurred an
interest Of $50 1874 80, and others would
not have been necessary IL the levy
courtmen had transacted affairs In 8
business-like way. The amounts allowed
collectors for delinquents were
as follows: In 1856, $22 4S2 SO; ;
1887, $16,612; 1883, $i6,929.70. l
know that in very many In
stances the taxes have not been paid,
though the receipts have been issued.
The Democrats have marched to the
polls, the Republicans have staid away,
and the county has been cheated.
The amount paid for causeways and
bridges In New Castle county has been
between $40, 600 and $50, 900. levy
cOurtman his first year put up a
bridge for $500 and 1t was done by con-
tract The next bridge put up by him
was not half SO good and cost over
$4,000.
The shsrin-s Fees.
A great deal Of interest attaches to
the election Of sheriff, and we know he
makes most Of his money on the prison
ers, On all Of them we pay 30 cents a
day, while IN Chester county, Pa, where
they are frugal, they pay eight cents
The Funded Debt.
The funded debt Of $500, 900 should
never have had an existence, nor tie
interest upon it made burden on the
people. We should never have built one
large almshouse and asylum. even though
we sold it to the state for about half OF
what 1t cost. Enough money should
have been made out Of the sale Of the
almshouse lots in this city to build any
almshouse in the country.
The City Debt.
Now how about the city debt? In 1880
and 1882 the Council went TO Dover and
had the debt funded under promise that
they would never do so any more; but IL
went on till the tax was$2 30 on the 500
or the full value Of property. But they
went to Dover and got the new charter
| passed They put the streets and sewers
under a commission and left the city
ha dftt. ~ Ia 40
and electing few officers The salaries
were not so much but the meetings OF
committees were held at 90 cents q head
and they made 1t all up in that. But
after awhile they were robbed of this
and while few paid ii back others die
not and am sorry to say one Republican
was among them.
Hard on Beale Asd sharkey.
We had a city auditor In seeking re-
election he bought the votes of a cit,
councilman for $40 or $780, and vented
his wrath when he did not get thil
costly vote. He demanded the money
The councilman paid 1t back like a llttlI
man, and retained his seat despite thu
fact that his conferees passed are solution
requesting him to esign.
|
want to live to see the city registra
tion applied to the state and county w
were told by Democrat here the othe
night that we had law better than tina
Of any other state. don't think the OH
who uttered this remark knew 9hereo
he spoke. They went to New York Z
get this law, and we demand registration
law for the state. A statute good 70
this city, is good enough for the state
We want a free qualification for every
one Shut out FOUNDERS, repeaters an
non-residents, aud give us the rule q
public opinion; the rule of majority;
rule to rest on manhood. We accept th
issue Il is manhood against money.
By the blessing OF God, who will nc
| deny 1t to holy cause, we will not la
: down our arms until we know whesh,
2 this infamous Acknowledgement shall s
J on forever.
Wants the Books Opened.
I We want here such an opening Of IL
/. books as they have had ia Sussex. A
r investigation that has left 1874, 600 I,
which there Is no account. Aud yet "
- are asked to point to the man who too
5 the money. am content to point TO tl
. | hhuhc1 Nhat - kpAc anu ASK lueu 10 pOii
5 to the man that took IL. The Senat,
- here recited the Sussex trouble and Del
d uty Clerk Wheatley's suicide.
d Why did not the collectors know III
Q orders were drawn TO fictitious namel
}. Is It probable more than one man was
s this business3 That they were all In 1
G give no opinion. But not until q
q Republican Levy Court took hold of Il
q matter was It laid bare. The investig
"A ton shows that the debt of Suss,
X county was unnecessary and unjust, al
a since the Republicans have had contrC
h the expenses have decreased there al
20 increased In the o her two counties undl
,e Democratic Levy Courts. We want ii
u same investigation in this county, b
M the only way to do 1t Is to elect a Repu
8. lican Levy Court and a Republican Legi
VI lature.
he For q Convention.
d; In 1880 the Republicans. carried M
u Castle county on a constitutional co
ne vention platform. The Democrats we
O. scared, took up the theme and declar
TT also for a convention Mr Bates thoue
he they were In earnest and launched a b
be which was in the end smothered BY I
'n Grubb amendments, which were vot
down by Republican House, two yei
ago They went through the mott
aud said: "Well let tlat 60. In Is
4 the Legislature authorized conveutio
~ It was held at time when one half
~ the Republicans were of Of tha list
% came very near being the majority pI
3 vided by the measure, however, aud {
y majority of votes cast In its favor "