The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-10-23
FOURTH edition
RECEIPTS SHOWN.

Names-Thc Receipts as Straight rs
a Single.
When the Levy Court Investigating
was $50 O'Clock, cold and chilly, and
few spectators were present.
Chairman Hutchinson, anxious to have
Mr.. Dradford'S plan OF selecting fifty
names tested. asked Secretary Jolls OF
the committee to read the resolution
OF the day before providing for the
ttfty-nane plan. Secretary Jolls read
the resolution.
Chairman Hutchinson then asked Mr..
Eliason, the only minority mber
present. IL he would select the fifty
names.
MIR. Eliason declined to do SO and
said: 81 think now did at first that
all the tax receipts should have been
produced at the start. We have no d.
rect documentary evidence that any
money was paid to the collectors ex-
cept 81, 800. II Is claimed that the tax
receipts themselves showed for and
were the receipts Tor the balance Of
the money. Now we should have all
the receipts"
The discussion now became general,
and Chairman Hutchinson remarked
that the payment of the money for
taxes, ms sworn to by Messrs Stewart,
Bach and Mahalfy was very positive.
Mr.. Jolis, who always argues b v
comparisons, and who Ia a level-head-
cd reasoner. thought that Mr.. Brad
| lords proposition WIS a very fair one
Said Mr.. Jolls: "The other day I
bought quantity OF wheat frcm a
d man, hy the bag. had the privilege
OF selecting any bag chose. l chose
one and bought all the rest by that
| weight. Was that not fair test2"
Mr.. Eliasun, to whom MIR. dolls ad-
dressed his remarks, replied: ION yes,
II the man was satisfied"
Mr. Clark, also anxious to try the
newly proposed method urged as ia
vorable to 1t the time and trouble
| that could be saved.
Ar. Elisson still not fully in sym
| pathy with the measure said:
If you see fit you could pro dnce
nearly all the tax receipts. | think
the straight way to have done would
have been TO have compared the re-
celpts with the Delinquent list"
Mr.. Clark, still anxious to save time
said that 1t would take TOO long TO do
as Mr. Eliason wants, besides we can
give as fair test by the newly pro.
posed plan and save much time and
$500, 90 "oi' - oAP0h9o W tue
MIR. Jolls remarked also, that all the
receipts could not now be produced.
MIR. Eliasun retorted by saying:
You claimed you could when you
desired to put the names back on the
assess ment list. OF course Won
can save time now, but you could not
had you produced the receipts first.
We could have Cotton through just as
soon If we had had but the receipts In
the beginning"
Chairman Hutchinson said 1t was
possible to produce more receipts
than appear In the lists as In many
Instances where the Republican com
mittee paid the taxes. the Individual
paid Afterwards personally himself.
and there were therefore two receipts
FOR the same man. Would 1t be fair
to produce both those receipts?
MIR. hllason said that II the colleo-
tors issued them it would be fair to
produce them.
Chairman Hutchinson again appeal
ing to Mr.. EliasOn. asked him il he
would not select fifty names.
Mr. Eliason snid mo, l do not be-
lieve that anything will satisfy the peo-
pie unless it be to produce all the re-
celpts"
Mr., Hutchieon said the people in the
lower part of the county arc already
satisfied. MIR. Hutchinson then request
ell Register Of Wills j. W. Cooch. lose
lect the fifty names, but he also do
elined.
A general appeal was then made to
Clerk Of the Peace w. L. Biggs to BE-
lect the mines. Af.ersome hesit alton
Clerk IBiggs accepted the invita-
when list No. 3 Of the Southern dis.
| trlct wards were handed to him.
As iG was DESTROYS that the fifty
names should be taken from all tho
Southern wards, 1t was agreed that
seven names should DO selected
from each of six wards first nam
enth named, making tho entire
fifty. was also understood that only
Clerk Blggs should have the lists and
without any assistance or suggestions
select the names and after they were
selected the chairman and secretary
were to have copies. While Clerk
Blggs was selecting the names, the
committee was trying to fix time to
meet again. as Mr.. Jolis was going TO
start In the morning on New Eng
land trip.
Chairman Hutchinson wanted The
committee to meetas earlyus possible.
as he did not wish it TO 30 out over the
country that receipts had been manu-
featured TO fit tho list.
In the mean time Messrs. Jolls and
Eliason stepped of TO side discus
| sion in regard to weighing grain by
the bag tull and taking the chances.
Chairman Hutchinson Clipped in say
| Ing: Well farmers will cheat" and
| politicians wont, "retorte1 MIR. Rliason
At3.40 O'Clock, Clerk Biggs finished
| tho selection of his iitty names and
/ Daputy U. $. Marshal Watson having
| been sent for appeared, gripsack in
1 hand, containing the receipts. MIR.
! Watson not knowing what names had
been selected by Clerk Biggs could do
nothing else than to produce each re-
| ceipt us called for IL he had 1t. II was
| understood that the names for which
| there was no receipt were the ones
Tor which receipts wore given out be-
! lore the late city eleetion. The fol-
lowing was Clerk Bigg5' list of names:
FIRST WARD.
| Cody Anfenger, James Anderson, g
John w. BensOn,c James NJ Blakey. G
Elner L. Bye, = William j. Cond,
Edward II. Corson.
SECOND WARD.
Whyo Demby,c+ John Hayden,o
Nehemiah Jones. John L. Lort
Thos. Thompson,c Joseph L. Walker, =
William T. We'll. y =.-
THIRD WARD.
Daniel Darrell, George II. Goodwin.
1 Ilf,EsI l. ina ~ l.