Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-11-19

committee in arriving at their conclusion.
| A committee representing the managers of
| the Republican party of this city appeared
before your committee with q list called
List No. 8" containing the names OF
those persons who were alleged to have
been returned as delinquents from part
| OF Wilmington by the said collectors, and
| whose receipts they, the said managers,
held. From this list, in answer to our per
sistent demand, fifty names were selected
at random and the receipts for the pay
ment of taxes sought for them. Thirty
one receipts were produced. Then the
| undersigned again requested that produc-
ton of all the said receipts as Mr.. Henry
G. Mahaffy had said previously in the
Levy Court room. in the presence of the
members of the Levy Court, that he had
them with him then in the room. This
request was refused, and at subsequent
meeting, of the committee when we re-
| peated the demand which we had persist
| antly made, we were informed that part
of the receipts had been distributed. why
they were distributed pending this investi-
| CATION, we do not know.
one hundred names were selected from
the list of deinquentsS etlirncd by John ].
Dougherty by the Republican members Of
this committee. These names were put
into hat from which forty names were
selected at random and receipts afterwards
sought therefor; thus by Il method of
CHANGE not recognized by any court with
which we are acquainted was it sought to
determine the liability of the men whose
acts were in question, and govern the com
mlttee in the Investigation.
The .resoluting appointing this com
mittee directed us to investigatethe charges
against these collectors and to proceed
| without delay to collect all moneys fraudu-
lently and unlawfully retained. We
think that the investigation has not been
rs full and final as it should have been,
but in view of what the partial investiga-
| ton has shown We recommend that steps
be taken to have the fullest and strictest
| justice melted out to these collectors and
all connected with them in the nefarious
| transactions which we were appointed to
investigate, which transactions we believe
to have been the result of a conspiracy en-
tered into between the said collectors for
the furnishing of irregular and fraudu-
lent evidences of the right to vote.
signed, HENRY ID. HICKMAN,
ANDREW $. ELIAsoN.
THE CALL FOR TAX RECEIPTS.
Mr.. Hickman then moved the adop-
ton of his report. 1t was seconded by
Mr. Eliason. Mr.. Jolls expressed him
self as believing it unnecessary to say
anything about the minority report.
Chairman Hutchinson claimed that at
all times he had tried to get evidence
before the committee. The Democratic
members failed to produce evidence in
regard to certain rumors (the speaker
did not explain what these rumors are. !
Mr.. Hutchinson said he was still ready
to investigate more, if necessary, and
that he had tried to carry on the work
OF the committee in proper manner.
TAX RECEIPTS PERsIsTENTLY REFUSED.
Mr.. Eliason-"What we asked for
was the tax receipts. They were re-
fused by our fellow members. Men
were summoned by your committee
who held them in their possession. This
was known in committee and to the
public. But there was a persistent re-
tnsal to produce the receipts in evidence.
Therefore the investigation is incom-
plete. 1t was notorious, too, that the
receipts themselves were suspicious.
Attention was drawn to the filing in
Of them. Mr.. Watson exclaimed, his
Chat is Dougherty's) better half did the
writing in some Of them.'n
Mr.. Jolls denied that the tax receipts
were in the room at the first meeting of
the committee. Such receipts as went
out were used for qualifying voters.
LOOKED LIKE LACK OF CONFIDENCE.
Mr.. lIickman-"Don't you think this
court and the committee would have
been better satisfied if the tax receipts
had been produced The way the work
was carried on it looked as if the Re.
publican managers had no confidence
even in the Republican members of this
committee"
REPUBLICANS VOTE TOGETHER.
The vote on the minority report was
then taken, resulting as follows. NAYS.
Buckingham, Hutchison, Jolls, Clark,
simpler, ellis, 6; ayes, Hickman,
Grubb, Eliason, Killgore, Sutton, 8. Ii
was therefore lost.
MAJORITY REPORT PASSED.
The vote on the majority report for
accepting was similar only giving the 6
Republican votes for acceptance and the
3 Democratic against
On the request of Mr.. Hutchison the
majority report was ordered spread on
the minutes in full. On the suggestion
Of Mr.. Jolls both reports were ordered
recorded in full.
Just before the noon recess Tuesday.
1870 a. '3AliilliSllS itPDTttu 10 Inc Lew
Court that, on account of the w. g. N.
railroad not transmitting stone, the
prisoners were idle from October 10Th
TO October Goth. During the month 2s
carloads Of macadamized stone were
shipped to different parts Of the county.
A total OF 66 carloads of stone were re-
ceiyed from the w g. N. railroad. The
monthly account of time and labor per-
formed at the Jail by the prisoners was
1853 hours An additional appropra-
ton of $1,000 was passed for the COM
mittce on printing. A number of mis-
cellaneous bills were passed. In the
afternoon, a communication was re-
ceiyed from the coroner's jury which in
ycstigated the death of Charles Henry,
who was drowned presumably by walk
| overheard at Third street bridge. The
communication asked that the bridge
tender be instructed to keep the gates
closed while the draw is Off. After
some discussion the communication was
laid on the table. The matter Of obtain.
ing stone for the tramps to break was
referred to the committee on tramp
law. Court adjourned to meet at 10 a.
M on December 1st.
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Tho Evidence Was Conflicting.
Anna Harrigan. No. 62T jefferson
| street, was on Tuesday fined Sc and
costs by Squire Sasse on a charge Of
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