The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-04-01
NO MORE ASSESSMENTS.

ded to the Assessments by the Levy
Court
Yesterday was the last day for the
Levy Court to sit as court OF appeals,
and 1t was the last opportunity to get
assessed in time TO vote at the cleo
ton In November. In consequence OF
this, the CT owd seeking to be assessed
was large all day. ....
The number of names placed upon
the assessment in the forenoon $685.
sion was 93, and the number put on the
afternoon session was 1903, making q
total of 1885, by far the largest nu mber
assessed In any one day during March.
1t was particularly gratifying to know
that all who applied for assessment
yesterday had their names placed on
the lists.
There might more have applied had
it not been known that 1t was no use
going, to the, court house after $50
O'clock as Clerk Blggs made 1t an al
most invariable rule to leave his desk
and stalk off out of the room at about
3.25 or $50 O'Clock in the afternoon,
which no assessments could be made.
Yesterday afternoon, though the last
day of the assessment, Clerk Bigg5
proposed to repeat his tactics, though
he had remained this time until ten
minutes before o'clock, when he
stepped from the platform and started
to leave, while several men stood in
line waiting to be assessed.
He had proceeded through the
crowd about half way from his desk
TO the railing gate when Mr., Hutchi-
son asked him to remain while he read
something to him from the law. Mr..
Biggs halted and turning around lis
a ,..ttl In NJ. lIsNt tai kaaNa
tion "a. of Chapter 9, Laws OF Dela-
ware as follows;
"rhe clerk of the peace In each
county shall be clerk of the Levy
Court therein and shall safely keep
the books and papers of said court,
and make full and true minutes of all
the proceedings thereof, and shall OBJ
serve the orders and rules OF the said
court In all things relating to the du-
ties of his Office"
Mr.. Hutchinson placed considerable
emphasis on the last part Of the para
graph and said he thought that MIR.
BlggS might make small sacrifice to
accommodate the men in waiting to
be assessed, -....
Mr., Biggs, addressing tho chair, said
| that III knew OF no special or,lGr ser
vel on lin tin compelled him to re-
I
re ponsilae and binding duties to be
| looked after in his other Office.
| Chairman buckingham arising said,
"Mr. lEiggs, we all know and admit
your responsibility, but you can easily
| turn the key In your safe IN your Othor
Office long enough to allow the live
men waiting outside to get on the list.
| | do not demand you to remain but
request you to remain. II you turn
your back on those five waiting men
they will he disfianchlsed."
Mr. Blggs without Il word then start
ell and took his seat, the audience APP
PLEADING him as he done SO, and III live
minutes more the live waiting men
were assessed and still tho county
clock had not struck 4 o'clock and Mr..
| Biggs still had 40 minutes left in which
TO reach tho train for Mildletown.
Asa general thing, the Republicans
| feel grateful to Mr.. Blggs for doing ~
| well rs he has done during the March
assessments. flo had 1t III his power
to have annoyed the court and 10 nav,
| hindered the assessments 10 grral
extern, but lie rather selected to act ii
Il fHirly Impartial ntllft
Had hA Followed The advice of many
of his Democratic lrlehis the ltepu III
cans wDIil have had nut Il pool
cHHliCe 10 H'l on inc hSSrS7Inciil' ant
for TIL, tt' after have reason to !e"
Grttciul ir tho comparatively fa
and imp lrLiul course Mr. BlEGs pur
sued.
The last man vouehel for yestcrdHl
afternoon WIS II coiurel tnan nuuiet
Primrose, who might property be ca.I
ed the last rose Of the assessment
uHd the last name placed was tAut o
Melvin L. smith, II white man,
Ii" uSscs5heilts being over Bcnla
laditc y. t1iubD, Levy ouflmhn non
lihhdFwtha iiulhlfeH always real,
fuI t. It q u, as soon oil own Y hi
Way illrouEh ttis crowd with hi
hands bettind5 his back. In one ham
he carried II huge pomeEraaate and il
the Dth"ra small griuds.oae apple.
Stop n9 IN front uI Mr. Clark
, DESK, he htst eonglaIdla led Chnlrm;tI
Buckingham for tho able manner il
watch he had presided over the cUu
dunuG the mouth. and then tnrnlni
to Mr.. Clark VINO made the motion
\ to place names on the assessment, Ii
congratulated him upoa the graa
amount nt work he had done an
iiandel To Ii hi Z puinegiana g, VIII"
| Mr. Grub0 called an orange" MS
4, smal! token Of the esternl III which n
WIS held b. his follow memEers. All
! 6rdhh thought that enough new u
sa5-inent5 had been made to build
new bridge across the Ijrlndywine,
+, MI. Clark resi- onded IN Il hnpPy vel
, OF manor. telling Mr. tirubb that h
t aptree iated the gift very much.
Mir. trrahb then turning To Al
; MciEerson Johnson, presented hit
, with the gIinslStoae apple as being til
l elninpina voucher Of colorcd voters
Me-. Johnson smllugly thanked NJ
e Grubb for his present, saying that |