The Wilmington daily Republican., 1891-12-02
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ssiil Asallst Coltecti,... the Taxes
The Democratic membcIa OF tho Levy
Court shoNed by their actions and
vots 5 yesterday their continued hos
tihiy to any steps taken that would
r,siit il! collecting from ex-rux Col
lscsors Dougherty and Mckee the
money they collected from large
u imber OF poil-taXa les and failed to
pay over to the County Treasurer. The
resolution offered by Mir Hutehlson
WIS simply TO direct the County Treas
Href to charge thom with the respee-
tive amounts they owed on his books,
OF course Tor the purpose Of enabling
the attorney OF the Levy Court to pro,
ceed against the ex.Collectors and their
sureties. 1t was quite in accordance
with Mr.. Hickman's usual course of
obstruction for him to call for an
aye and may" vote on the adoption
of .he resolution, and from MIR. Ella
son to Mr.. sutton, the five Dem ocratic
members of the court recorded their
votes against any effort to make the
ex-tax Collectors pay what they owe
the county.
1t must be said of them that this Is
consistency carried out. Had these
gentlemen voted differently they would
have made break IN the line of steady
opposition manifested all along to-
wards making the ex-Collectors pay
what they owe. In doing this they are
OF course guided by the Democratic
leaders, of whom John 4. Dickey and
Patrick NeuIy are the acknowledged
chiefs. The miserable, paltry ex-
cuse for not making these men pay
over the money they have collected is
that it was collected in bulk from a
Republican commlttoe-but nCne the
less the money paid was for bonatide
taxes for bonalide voters. There were
no names manufactured, nor no tictl-
tious amounts Of money agreed upon
% be paid.
The names upon the collectors du-
plicates were put there by unanim-
ously Democratic Levy Court. They
were scrutlnized and gone over by
Democratic Committees of that Court.
The reports made by these Democratic
committees were endorsed by Demo,
cratic President Of the Court and by
the Democratic Finance Committee
thereof. The amount of poll tax for
which each taxable was assessed was
carried out in tabulated columns. The
duplicates were then placed by these
Democratic members of the Levy Court
Into the hands Of two Democratic col
lectors OF taxes, The latter were en-,
Joined in a special warrant in the du
plicates whore they could easily see II
and be reminded OF their duty, to us(
all diligence in collecting the taxes
charged against the citizen tax payers.
This these Democratic collectors OF
taxes proceeded to DO, They rount
taxes charged against several thous
ard Democratic poll tax payers.
They had no time to call upon each
person Individually and SO went tc
size Democratic leaders and requested
them to pay In bulk these poll taxes
tho members OF their party owed.
They declined to do this rs they co ult
as well qualify their voters next year,
ard, on the McCloSkey plan cheat tho
eounty out Of the taxes for 1890.
This ended it SO far as tho Democrats
were concerned. But hero wers several
thousand Republican poll tlxIbles
who owed taxes The collectors went
10 10, 4. a
them to settle in bulk their taxes
Tie Republicans OF course jumped a
the offer. They had never had sacl
eli opportunity to pay taxes. While
Democras s had these offers every yea
theRepublicans hadtu pay the taxes thi
best way they could and many Of thon
last days and wages In an effort to d.
81. But here they had ono opportunity
offered ard they embraced it, They pal,
their money aud got the receipts fol
their voters
That the collectors did not pay the
money properly over to the count,
Ras something over which they hat
70 control. That they returned III
Aen as dellnquents for whom they
SOLICITED taxes was something un
10 lked for, unexpected, because it wa
an illegal, dishonest act. Here is til,
milk in the cocoa. These Republican
are qualified to vote ia 1892, This
more than the Democrats b1rgHtnel
Cor. 1t was only intended that Demo
Edts should qnelify to vote by til
payment Of taxes in bulk, mover fo
Me Republicans. 10 d!5reilt thes
tax receipts is the great object OF I'll
Democrats, They have raised tie cr
Of fraud, and their papers have taker
up the cry, and though they deuolue
the ex.Colieetors as rascals, it
only because tbey collected Republ
can taxes, lot that they kept til
money the Republicans paid,
Tie fact is the Democrats neve
wanted these collectors to pay I'll
money they owed over to the county
their Whole efforts have been to d..
credit the receipts and to dis'raneAis
the Republicans who hold them. a
their efforts have been to keep the co
lcctors from paying what they ow
and the vote Of the five Dam1crat |