Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-02-18
DELAWARE

ton of the love-feast policy addressed
himself to Mr.. Hance.
Ibid you." Mr.. Jolls said, adjourn on
Saturday night on completing your list
when you had those vouchersW
Assessor Hance hesitated. Indeed il
was plain that he did not know how to
answer the question.
"I-I-yes-I adjourned" he replied at
length. :.
ITO what day 2"
II made no day."
"Then it was sine die" Mr.. Jolls re-
marked in too evident disappointment.
The pertinent point of the above and its
valuable use, had the answer turned out as
Mr.. Jolls probably hoped it would,
may be discerncd in the assertion made by
some that an assessor has the legal right to
adjourn to any day within three days
after his sitting; This would have afforded
Mr.. Hance legal time and opportunity to
write in his unentered voucher names.
He was not posted or he didn't catch
on" or else something happened to pre-
vent his giving the hoped-for reply. There
fore by his own testimony Mr.. Hance
closed his book that highland conse-
qgnently after having filed It with the clerk
the names without the applicants going
through the formula of law as quoted
above in getting them placed OH the New
Castle list
There was only one break. still sad
one, in the love-feast feature of the after
noon.
At the critical moment. when the addi-
tional names found on Assessor Hances
list had been discovered, the representa-
tives of EVERY EVENING and the News were
| in front of the secretary's desk MS Mr..
Eliason was searching for more added
names. There were six or seven others
standing Immediately around il, intensely
Nov
was no definite business before the court
other than the routine revision work, and
| of course general discussion all through
| the chamber among independent knots of
| people-citiaens conversing with Levy
| Courtmen, and so on, in every direction.
Suddenly the loud, angry tones OF mem
Der us he angrily harangued the chair,
arrested the attention of the whole au-
dience 1t was Levy Courtman Hutchison,
who, with features pallid with ire, the
reason for which no one could understand,
shouted that it was time the. reporters
| stayed at their own table, and that the
| Levy Courtmen should not be bothered
| with them any longer.
The only newspaper representatives
| present were the ones already referred to.
| The NeWS reporter said on Saturday morn
ing that the irate Hutchinson was really
cunning for the EVERY EVENING" repre-
sentative and not for him.
Now the facts are these: All persons
present realized the Importance of the
coming Developments, lie reporters as
well as the rest. The representative of
EVERY EVENING had gone immediately
| to MIR. Sutton, chairman of the New Castle
revision committee, who is the gentleman
personally responsible for the book in
question containing the added names.
The reporter asked MIR. Sutton, simply
in the line of his duties, in order that the
pnblic might have the exact facts, to give
him the four names discovered. Mr.. SUIT
ton immediately replied Ego right up to
the desk and get them yourself" The
representative of EVERY EVENING hesitated
not wishing to incur any criticism from
the members of the court Thereupon Mr.
Sutton, with his hand on the shoulder Of
the EVERY EVENING representative walked
up to Secretary Eliason's desk. and thu
latter went through the book and read ont
one after the other, the added names. i
was at this moment that Mr.. Hutchinson;
uncalled for and unjus words were uttered
1t should be added that while Mr.
Hutchinson was speaking in such harsh
terms several members hung their head:
in shame at the exhibition of ill-temper
Levy Courtman Grub, melted by til,
plain demands of justice, arose and statec
to the chair that there were more thar
the reporters out of order"
Before adjournment u motion was pu
and passed that the names Of William
Wyatt and Brinton w Roberts be taker
off the New Castle list
This completes the quartet of name
ordered taken off the list. Court then ad
journed to 10 o'clock Saturday morning.
Nothing of any importance transpired a
Levy Court Saturday morning. The variou
committees continued their work of revi
sion of the assessment lists. Court ad
Il journed to 1.30 o'clock in the afternoon.
n additional Lopy Court rlasos on nm paSs.l