The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-10-27


That the Republican deal as they call !
It. With the collectors, was legitimate
Ind fair one. We regret thut our
friends got little mixed up at the
Start and some how never got properly
straig htened out during the whole
ichrLli OF the discussion we have had
with them. For instance. they said in
tlolr first article TINT the Republicans
went to the collectors for the purpose
CT making a deal. We have neither
81 the articles at hand now, but that
WAS Lhe substance of the language.
We corrected the Ledger in our next,
and informed it that it was just the
reverse, the collectors went to the Re-
publicGns Then the Ledger made us
nay or appear to say that the collectors
Approached tile Republicans and bs-
saeched them to pay these poor mems
taxes that they might vote. We
promptly denied that We ever said any
thing OF the kind. Now our Ledger
friends create wrong impression by
publishing in their last saturdays
issue only half the sentence contain
ing what we did say. They artfully
BY well known newspaper trick said
I'he REPUBLICAN denies that it said
That the tax collectors approached the
Republican party, but the collectors
Went to these leaders"
No, we don't deny it. We said all
that but W. dony using the addition
tJund in tho Ledger OF October II,
that these poor men should pay
tiolr taxes that they might vote" That
is tne part we deny We do wish the
ledger would gel Strengthened out OH
t Is. It is tItte saying that "half
no truth told is worse than who le
dAtruth" We never saw ii more
pa My verified than in this instance.
AS we have already said, it is an old
-Eewsnanar tIiek, but we hardly sup
posed that our fri ends of the Ledger,
whom Ne have always given credit for
fairness would take advantage of it
IL affords us the greatest of pleasure
10 still farther enlighten the Ledger by
direct answer to some more ques-
lions, amongst them this one:
she Republican says: ''rhe collector
did collect them and gave each nlnn "a
reeeipt FOR the amount paid Who
gave each man receipt" the leaders
uf the Republican party OF the tax
collectors
We want To be fair and frank in this
matter. 1t might have been better ex-
pressed by saying that the collectors
gave receipt for each man for the
amount paid, but that does not alter
the case. Nobody pretends that each
man went to the collectors personally
paid their taxes and got their receipts
out receipt was filled out for eacl
man all the same. II this had not beer
done each man would hardly have
got receipt. The leaders who paid
the taxes for the mon, got receipt
for each man for whom they paid, and
they gave each man his receipt SO fan
rs they have given them out. II oul
Ledger friends read the reports of the
Levy Court investigating commltte,
of Thmsdav lust thew will have geo,
that little over oIIe-third of the lie
eeints hnys i,ean .listrfhut.d =, III,
owners. This Is M main "a wa en-,
nuke the subject.
irhe Ioaye,. thsn v,nt,,ras nm ori,
Ion and suys:
..If tha n,,IIac forzo t toxos ,Ito,u 60,
rereluts 10 i., Issued without nmo,Ini
icing PAID and name thereon, II shows
, ,n,,,ieh, ''iil tney are haD!e 10
Mat Is SOUND doctrine. but II IN,
Ledger means toiutimats that recaint
were issued to the Republicans i'm tina,
--~manner IL ia shooting wide of III,
mark. They Maid doIlnr far doIla
and thoy have the roeeipts To sbnv II
dhe Ledger then says:
"Ibo REpupf4c1s forpa, +, tal
whether all these receipts had tn
aanaes OF teAanles thereon, and wheLh
ShSan % ~ rota " 81, ,"es sd ppor ne me
were uaea~as a political card. and un
sess man voted as the leaders wished
nl sr a'Aes "e'e i'oet'uid' otherwise che
Really we Thought We had answara
ali this hefore. however VIZ viii a.,
again, SO far as we have been inforpe
BY those actively concerned, that thor
that they were all regularly filled Il
before they were signed nv tbe roIIaq