The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-09-22

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collected. in many instances not col
leeted. The i'll timed and close connec-
ton Of suffrage with the payment of
taxes clothes the matter with the great
est Importance. During the last eigh-
teen years it has grown rapidly into
one of the most important and leading
questions of the day, The political
trend OF the law in that time has been |
for the party in power to disfranchise |
as many Of the other party as possible
in order that the party in power could
easily be kept In power. AS the law
was made O mere disfra nchising
agency by the Democratic party, that
party has been enabled to keep itself
in power ever since, by the manipula-
tons of INSCRIPTIONS tax collectors,
who never failed to understand that
their duty was first to thier party and
then to the county, Even now with
the ubiquitous law of 1878 changed, it
is amooted question whether more and
easier facilities have not been given
to. the tax collecting power to disfran-
chise the other party than was posses
sod under the old law.
Where this matter has becomea crime
ngainst New Castle county, has been
in not returning to her the taxes right
fully belonging to her. These for the
Inst eighteen years have averaged not
less than $1,000 year, SO that in
eighteen years tho county has been de-
fraudedby interruptions and dishonest
tax collectors out of 100000. An in
stalment OF $4,000 OF the floating
debt caused by the non-collection OF
taxes was paid a few days ago out Of
the proceeds of the sale OF the county
insane asylum to the State for that
amount-an asylum that cost the
county Of New Castle SIPS, 200 to erect
and put in running order. Even with
the sale of the asylum Of the State at
fearful sacrifice to meet the shrink
age of taxes required to keep the
Democracy in power, the county still
stands riiled and robbed of sl26 600.
What makes the looting OF the county
worse than straight ont robbery is
that 1t has been done by forms of law
and with the eonnivance of the leaders
of the Democratic party who never
failed to got legal decision according
to law whenever an appeal was made
TO the courts.
The looting OF the county for the year
1890, has been one OF the boldest and
most outrageous robberies OF the day
not excelled even by the train robbers
OF the west, and the law OF 1873 IL
found to DO charitable enough to cover
the looting and protect the robbers.
Heretofore, collectors simply failed
to collect the poll taxes and the coun.
ty suffered to that extent, but thu
year 1890 seems to have been an ex
coptional year in which collectors ap
parently for the sake of an exhibition
have completely let themselves out
to see how far they could goin loolinl
the county by DISTINGUISHING Repul
lican voters and still have the protet
tion of the Democratic leaders i
GAAN4hAAifs AAltill nun ialb6ttHllhiis
This time the collectors have gone
step farther and have actually eollec
ed s4Ge0.l6 OF Republican poll taxi
and instead of paying the amour
over to the county where ii belonge
and keeping those on the assessnci
who paid the taxes, they put themone
IN their pockets and returned rs d,
inquents those WHO paid II. This
reaching high water mark in the erin
against Kew Castle county to 81
nothing of the crime against the Il
dividual tax payers who paid the
money and yet We're returned as n,
paying.
But the crime against the count
only reached Its highest pitch whe
tins leaders of tho Democratic par
stretched the charity OF the law, new
= intended for any other purpose thg
to cheat Republicans out OF their vot
over the CHASTITY skeleton, and co
doned the crime.
When the Republican Levy Cou
found what II crime had been comm
ted against the individuals who pa
$4,000. is In taxes for which they we
never credited, thoy took measures
right the wrong. Chagrined at BEN
so eustly trapped into allowing the
rors claimed by the collectors they il
mediately looked upon the colleCto
actions as a stupendous fraud n
knowing that fraud vitiates and 4
nuls all contracts and agreements Tia
naturally and rightfu lily thought Il
this great fraud Of the collectors in
turning 1900 voters who paid th
taxes rs having paid no taxes, viii al
and annulled such return and I'll
proceeded to have the names plac
back on the assessment again. Nj
people would have considered this I
honest, practical course to pursue, |
not SO these Democratic leaders. I
a. law required that all additions to
assessments should be made in |
month OF March. This law they c.
tended stood imperative and unalte
Bile as the laws OF the Modes and P
slams.
True, 6 great fraud has been co
mitted against the county by whicl
will lose $4,000, 16, but that makes
difference In this case fraud becon
law. True 1860 yoters pnfd their tn