Evening journal., 1891-07-03

thought the court would want some good
reason before 1t reversed its action Of
the morning session.
In explanation of bis motion Mr..
Hickman stated TO the court that he had
voted while laboring under a misconcep.
tion OF the matter. This explanation
had no weight, however and when the
motion to reconsider was put to vote 1t
was lost under purely Republican aus
pices.
AS soon as Mr. Hickman's mobion was
killed the irrepressihle levy courtman
again took the floor and moved that Re
ceiyer Dickey's request for the dupi-
Gates be granted MIR. Jolls objected
he said the committee could not sign the
duplicates aud therefore deemed il in
expedient to deliver them at the present
time.
When the vote was taken the motion
was lost by a strict party vote Of to g.
An order for 81 ,0l9. 56. to pay different
inspectors Of elections, was drawn. Also
an order for s2G9 % in favor of Henry
G. Conrad, actuary of the colored schools.
NamIsg the COMMITTEES.
There was some trouble when Pres
ident Buckingham pamed his committee
to 60 over the error lists. He named
Jolls, Eliason and Gillis-two Republi-
cans and one Democrat Eiason, Demo
erat, promptly declined TO take any part
In couutenancing the outrage, and de
clined to serve. President Buckingham
then named the other Democrats "a sue
cession and each one declined as soon as
his name was ,called In his dilemms,
the president named Commissioner
Hu'chison, as the third member, making
1t a straight-out Republican COMMITTEES,
perforce Of necessity.
Padding the Ninth Ward.
Commissioner Clark presented another
list Of names to be placed on the assess
melt. Is was a Ninth ward list and
contain ed 397 names. He moved that
they be added to the duplicates that have
ust been completed
This was the thing that opened a free
and easy discussion all around. Even
Marshal Mahaffy, who was present, at
tempted to take part In it, bu t was
promptly choked off BY Mr.. Grubb who
told him he thought lie had other bust.
ness to attend to. The Republicans said
they would not place any names on the
lists that we're not to be found on the
1tANAfA ictDLNoi hhu luS mbblou 70 a0u
the 397 names to the lat was carried by
party vote
Toward the close or the meetiar Mar.
shal MahRffy again forgot that he was
not member of the Levy Court, anc
spoke few words Of Republican wisdom
As soon as Commissioner Grubb heard
him he took the floor and in answer to al
inqui y made by the chair, said:
Mr. President, was going to make q
motion asking the United States Court
to send committee here to transact oui
business for us. but guess won't. A
word to the wise was sufficient Mahaffy
subsided with a sickly smile, while tins
laughter in the room but added to his
discontinue
The Levy Court and Bach Mahaffy &
Co, then adjourned Until Tuesday morn
ing.
The Committees at Work.
Two of the Levy Court committees are
hard at work in the Court House today.
One, consisting Of MessrF. Clark and
Eliason are going over the duplicates
with Clerk Nicholson to zee that the
corrections ordered by the count during
the March sitsing have been properly
made by the clerk of the peace. They
have not found any omissions on the part
of that official
Thousands OF Tax Rectip's.
1t is in the back Office Of the Levy
Court thstCommissioners Jolls. ellis and
Hutchison are doing their nefarious
work. They are simply annihilating the
delinquent list and running
on the assessment all the
names they desire The books
are lying on a table ana beside them Is a
pile Of 2 900 or 1000 tax receipts. These
tax receipts bear evidence that they have
never been used, aud have evidently.eome
from Corruption Hall at Seventh and
Market streets. As fast as they can find
the meme on e tax recsipt and the name
onS the cut-ani-dried list OF de-
linquents to correspond they scratch
the name from the list and order the
name to be placed on the assessment.
The Democrats who are aware OF the
action Of Che committee are indignant
The committee is, as far as is known.
sdhering to its promise not to put men
on the list whose names do not
appear on the records OF
the clerk of the peace and who
never were assessed, but it Is feared that
they will run them on berore they get
through with the work. In this respect.
the committee finds the ratio OF such
names upon the list to be even greater
than that asserted In open court by Clerk
Of the Peace Biggs.
The tax receipts upon the table are
mostly those Of Mckee and Dougherty,
and large portion of them are filed
in with the names Of negroes.
What is the Matter with Rodnep2
John II. Rodney was seen by reporter
at noon and asked whether he was going
to Dover today in order to get an in
junction. He said he did not
know He had not prepared
the petition to be presented to the chan
cei'or and did not know whether he
would do so. Prominent Democrats
around the Court House complained that
he was ciatorY. They said he
went to Dover several days ago. He
then came back and said he wanted some
au hority for his action. A meeting of
the Young Mems Democratic Club was
called, resolutions were adopted. a com
m ttee was named. as well as counsel and
slncs that time he has simply fckered
around, lodging pointed questions as to
what he is going to do ablut it.
Knowing ones say that he has begun
work on the document since dinner time
to-day
us said that E G. Bradford, attorney
for he oo.,rf - 49,