The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-10-19
MONDAY ocronER 10, 1871.


that no other explanations would be |
necessary. The Ledger gives no rea-
son for saying 50, but keeps on talk
ing about those 1860 tax receipts as
being purchased. We simply wish to
'eiterate that no tax receipts were pur-
chased from the collectors. These
j9bo people all owed the coun ty taxes,
or at least Democratic Levy Court
said they did. Tho court put their
names upon the collectors duplicates,
each charged with the amount OF taxes
they owed the county. The couIt then
put these duplicates into the hands OF
.he two men they appointed to collect
the taxes, Messrs Dougherty and Me-
kce, and in that duplicate enjoined the
collectors by warrant to collect those
taxes.
The collectors did collect them and
they gave each man a receipt for the
amount paid. The Ledger should not
call this purchase OF tax receipts UNI
less it is prepared to say that the man
who paid 1t a dollar for subscriber
bought the receipt. What did the sub
scription owe for? Did no owe for the
pfper or did he owe for the receipt?
I'D he subscribe for the paper or sub
scribe for the receipt There is no TIL
.ag SILLY" about this illustration,
friend Ledger.
But says the Ledger:
THE Republican says that the col
:eetors approached the leaders of the
Republican party and beseechsd them
to pay the taxes OF these poor men
who wanted to vote.'
Oh no. the REPUBLICAN said no such
thing, but it. did say or intended to
DAY, that the collectors went to these
leaders, being as they said hard push
cd to make pay ments aud offered to
Issue receipts for their poll taxables
II they would pay their taxes. The
Ledger then farther asks;
'Wiil the REPUBLICAN say these re-
ceipts were made out In full, name OF
voter thereon, or space for name left
Dlank?n
Certainly, we will give all the infor.
nation we can on that subject. II the
Ledger read Mr. Watson's testimony
before the Levy Court Investigating
committee. 1t will remember that he
said that at one time when the col
lectors were pushed for time he filled
In few receipts which the collectors
compared with their duplicates and
signed. With these few exceptions
the collectors filed up the receipts
themselves In full with MANS OF voter
thereon. The Ledger then asks:
II the collectors wanted to issue re-
eeipts to all voters-or names on tht
books-why didn't they do SO in ar
open way. Publish notice to the eilec
that several thousand names were oil
the books and some man or a doZaI
mon were wanted to come forwart
and pay
We really cannot answer for the col
Isctors, but we suppose they had theii
own way without going to the expens
OF advertising. There was no meet
either for them to advertise. The,
went straight to the Republican com
mittee without advertising it, told tn
committee they wanted the taxes thes
hAA0oO b1u1 IIilbllNuil pun ARlAlBlt
owed and they got the money and III
Republicans got the receipts That
oil there WIS in 1t, We are frank t
say that the Republicans wcro gla
such an offer was made. They ha
never hal such an offer before. un
they were not slow in accepting /
There is pair OF questions by tt
Ledger:
'Will the RGrupLr CAN tell US why II
collectors approached Rrpublica
leaders instead of Democrats? Wi
was tile whole affair kept such pa
found secret when the whole allu
was not strictly business?n
We cannot answer the first poeitivcl
OF our own knowledge, but we have
upon undouhted authority that the &C
;ectors did go to the Democratic lea
ers first, but as they hadsthe LepisI
ture and expected to have new la
that would qualify all their vote
without paying the taxes for lss
they would not agree to spond t
money. We are informed farth
that the Democrats still owe Cole
tors Dougherty and Mckee n goo
round sum for receipts issued I
Shem on their promise to pay for t
gear 1889 and the collectors want,
cash down for 1899. and then aga
the Democrats expected to get the
yeceipts in blank as they had been g
eng them for many years before wi
cut any money, fill them up at I
searest grocery store or saloon, v,
hem and then destroy them.
Such practices were not very
souraging for the collectors who wa
cd money for taxes instead OF pre-
lses unfultllled. Unless lately pa
the Democratic leaders owe Neary O
Dickey large amount of money
receipts In the campaign OF 1883
answer to the last question we can o.
answer hat there was no necessity
trumpetIng it abroad that the Rep
licans for once were given fair cha
TO pay their legitimate taxes.
Here is the last question OF the L
ger:
'Will the REPUBLICAN tell us who
ceived the tax receipts from Mckee
Dougherty2 We need a straight
ewer to this. II We have done an mi
tice TO the electors or tile Republf
party we wish to correct ourselves.
Certainly we will The tax rece
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