The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-10-19
FIFTH EDITION.
COLLECTING THE TAKES.
Receiver Dickey Says he Is UnJustiy
oriticlsed-He Only Wants to Collect
fha ia waa

tLe iacJ tlab al tnl5 season OF the year
there never was such large amount
OF the taxes OF New Castle county col.
lected. Some three weeks ago he said
that the whole amount of the taxes
levied In the county was only about
s225, 900, of which $3.50, 600 had already
been collected leaving but s65,0 600 on
the books.
or this amount he said there would
be about 5000 allowed rs errors and
delinquents leaving but $4,000 more
to collect. by the time delinquent
collectors are appointed" said Mr..
Diokey, there will be very little
money for them to collect" While IL
Is but right and proper to give Mr..
Dickey due credit for diligence In the
collection OF property taxes, which
has nevet been denied him. the new
law under which he Is working and
under which rebates have been allow
ed should also receive Its need OF
praise. II Mr.. Dickey Is as diligent
IN the collection OF poll taxes as he
mas been in collecting property taxes
there Will remain no sufficient reason
why there should be 900 lost to the
county in errors and commissions.
MIR. Dlckey and his deputy have
been severely criticized for showing
no hearty disposition to collect poll
taxes, especially II those Republicans
be colored people. lie is accused OF
not sending out signed tax receipts
with Deputy Fink for poll taxables.
In Mill Creek hundred the charge was
sustained by Mr.. Dickeys own admis-
sion that 1t was an unintentioDal me-
ect on his part that would not occur
again.
But Notwithstanding all this, the
same thing occurred at New Castle on
Friday last. Deputy Fink there ran
short OF receipts again, he having only
some nine receipts signed when there
were 300 poll taxables on the tax dup
licates OF New Castle hundred.
These receipts, it Is said, were soon
used up, other poll taxables came and
paid their taxes under promise that
Deputy Fink would forward them
their receipts, while larger number,
hearing that there were 10 receipts,
did not present themselves to pay
their taxes at all. A representative OF
the REPUBLICAN, coming across Mr..
Dicxey on Saturday, accosted him
with the Inquiry :
How about this Now Castle affair In
which YOU nrc charged with not send
ing sufficient receipts for the poll taxa
bles and some OF them could not pay
! their taxes"
"fhere is no foundation for the
complaint" said Mr., Dickey. There
were 80 few poll taxablos applied to
pay taxes that | thought 1t was no
use to send many receipts. / gave Mr..
Fink, think nine, and when they were
all gone there were two more came
and paid and their receipts were after
wards sent over to them."
but 1t Is claimed, said the reporter,
that when the people found that there
were no receipts for them they re.
manned away and did not go and offer
to pay their taxes"
There's nothing In that" said Mr..
Dickey. New Castle ia tho poores !
place | went to yet, to collect taxes.
Why, the first days | went there | did
not get 1913 altogether and there were
no poll taxbles came at all. Ilndar
those circumstances / did not think
worth while to send more receipts over
Oh Friday
The most OF tho property holders in
New Castle Hundred come to the VIII
mlngton Office to pay their taxes.
We'll, how about the appointments
OF Krkwood as the place for collect
ing taxes for Pencader hundred9' ask
ed the reporter
Why, isn't Kirkwood as good as any
other place in Pencader for the collect
ion OF taxes? retorted Mr.. Dickey.
Yes, II the people will go there, but
1t is away up in a corner of the HUI n.
dred, and not in Glasgow. the place
appointed by law" said the reporter.
Mr.. Dlckey-'1 thought | would ap-
point u place where tho most people
could reach me to pay taxes. Isn't il
the taxes you want collected?n
Reporter But the people are mora
inclined to go to the polling places of
the hundred to pay their taxes, where
they have been accustomed to going
to vote, especially when the law specl-
fies those Places
Mr.. Dicltey Then thu next time I
Will 80 exactly according to law with.
out regard to tho convenience OF the
people,
Reporter 'But even on one of the
days you appointed for Klrkwood, you
were not present in person or by dep
uty, To receive taxes
Mr.. Dickey-"rhat Is true, but that
was on account of the flremen's parade
you could hardly expect body to
miss that, could you r
Reporter-'1t anything was excusa-
Bile that was, but people went both to
kirkwood and Glasgow to pay theiF
taxes on that day."
Mr.. Dickey-"Well. / intend to make
that all right with the people of PEN
cader. | will give them an extra day
aft n l am through with October,
and | will try to have plenty of poll.
tax receipts on hand" With this the
colloquy between Mr.. Dlckey and the
reporter ended.
There are some things, however, con.
nected with this tax paying business
that shows great discrimination
chargeable to Mr.. Dickey. There is