The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-07-15
NEARY AND BACH.

A General Uncovering of Crooked Tax
Collection MethodS--How Dickey and
Neary Used to Do Itinerary Says he
Bought Bach for $500, but Mr.. Bach
Squeiches Him.
The weather Is hot but the political
atmosphere Is hotter. The skin is be-
ing literally peeled from the Neary
and Dichey tax skeletons and their pc
culiar methods are making q most
profound sensation. Driven to the
wall by Mr.. Bach yesterday the great
disfranchiser OF Republican voters in
desperation strikes buck and said:
i bought that man Bach, while he
was editor OF the Evening Journal, and
the Journal was Republican paper. |
paid him 500 for his influence in favor
OF Henry ID. Hickman for the Levy
Court"
A reporter of the Morning News,
coming across Mr.. Neary, asked him
/ II the above declaration WAS true.
Yes, it is true replied Mr.. Neary,
did you pay it to Mr.. Bnchg, asked
one of the reporters.
Yes, sir,d replied Mr.. Neary, 81
dealt with Bach and paid him
fright into his own hands 7" was
asked "..
Yes, sir" replied Neary. Edwards
has enough sins TO answer Tor without
that
Where did you pay him ? Was it in
| his oiIice2n
81 Will not tell you where, but 1t is
was not in his Office, replied Neary.
Mr.. f., Il. Bach, the other party con-
cerued, having been seen, he gave qui te
a different version OF the aiiairand one
that looks more reasonable. Mr. Bachs
/ version OF the purchasing business is
thus given by the reporter who called
on him:
We'll, l see that l stirred up the
animals
! Afterwards he said: Your yirtuous
contemporary appeared to be badly
ratified this afternoon. Its tax recent
story coheres nowhere, while Its edi.
/ turlal venom comes out in mere spurts,
its late steady flow having left 1t. As
for our friends, Messrs. Neary and
hickey, they are mad. Politics Is an
aEgfaNa.ing business, but such old
lroostcts ought not TO loose their TEN.
pers.
Pat Neary alleges that he bought
me fOr goo III the Hickman campaign
OF 1855. In the first place, as a matter
OF form and not because ! deem IL
necessary, | deny his accusation abso
!
the clue, however, TO matter which
at the time caused me some specula
, ton and which | never solved until
this day, Neary came 10 my houst
sometime during the campaign o1
loS5-l think he came twice to urge
me, as editor OF the Evening Jaurna |
to support Hickman. To my mind tht
proposition was preposterous and
told him so He suggested that /
might be profitable to the journal
} Bnt 1t did not dawn on me that he
meant thereby TO offer brIbe oI
money. ! took 1t and held it in that
hight until this afternoon that he pro
; posed to use his influence In our be
half for official printing.
Iilis suggestion OF his was so mill
and elusive that IL made only a pass
Ing Impression on my mind. | sho W
Ell him the impossiDiity OF tho Joul
Y nal supporting anybody for any offIc
+ and put him OF in that manner as
: delicately could. He referred agai
and again to Every Evenings bite
8 and Inconsistent course toward Nj
Hickman, ard in this particular / syn
pathlzed with him. l told him that
had been tempted on several occasion
to answer its hypocr!tlcal preteuslon
0 and that might do so yet
t he fact was that l had tho outlln
a oil sucl an editorial in my pocket theI
. \ week or SO later tile Every Eyenin
was unusually viItuous, whereupon in
a column editorial exposed its hypoi
a rlsy and showed conclusiyeiy, as ii
Morning News has done again ali
, again since, that our afternoon col
temporary had not turned agains
Hickman until he had refused to yo
n for a resolution providing for the r
payment OF the money BY the count
q which Every Evening had expended
% hunting the gamblers.
q Now came phase of this episoC
which never Understood until m
. day The business manager OF ii
d journal, my partner then, brought
copy of that days paper and laid