The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-02-29
FOURTH EDITION


He Successfully Defends Himself
Against the Charge OF Padding tho
Assessment Lists of His District-He
Gives Facts and Figures That Deiies
Successful Contradiotion-He Chal-
lcnges Investigation.
In Saturdays Every Evening q col
umn local appears from the Levy
Court reporter Of that paper, attack
Ing Assessor Whann's assessment Of
the Third district. In tho article he
Is deliberately charged with padding
his assessment with over 1000 names
for party purposes. -.
Assessor Whanu. was seen this morn
ing by representative OF tho REpuB-
I1cAN and was asked il he had any
thing to say In relation 10 tho charge.
MIR. Whann was glad to have tho
prolered opportunity OF gottlng the
true facts of tho case bAfure
the public, and said that all the in
crease OF voters that his assessment
OF his district showed was 1865. OF
which BAL were in tho seventh ward
and 66l in the Sixth ward and 3Ui III
the Ninth ward.
10 be more particular Mr.. Whunn
said; Let us take up the wards in de.
tuI,
In the Seventh ward assessed |, 2O)
poll taSahles. From this number take
lA names which wore duplicated and
should come oil, leaving 1905 names
! legally assessed. In this ward John
J. DOGgherty Illegally returned as de.
| llnluentS 400 names. Fake thes
names which OF course had to be as
ST sl over, from tho number | as.
sessed ana you have 81 names rs an
act'lai increase, which includes til,
new addition 10 the seventh wand"
Then passing on to the Sixth ward
MIR. Whann said: In that ward | a.
sessCd Loss persons. From this mum
i Der must he taken II duplicates, leav
ing l,oHS persons legally assessed. II
this ward Dousherty illegally roturne,
io5 persons us delinqucnts, maxim,
the natural increase SOL"
| In the Ninth warr, said Mr.. Whann
II assessed Isl poll t;iXaUlos. From
this must ba taken 1860 Duplicates, leav
Ing ga. Dolgherty retdruad 26
names illegally u.s. delinlueuts, making
the natural incraase 36i.
Proceeding, Mr.. Whunn said: IN.
total poll tax assessment il y .Gg1 namo.
in my whole district of three wards.
In these three wards, Dougherty re
turned l,l32 persons illegally nj
delinauents showing natural in
|
coming to ago, OF Loss. which Nc
not think anyone will deny Is natural
have tho residence OF all t lie mel
whom | assessed. Wnen each maj
was assessed, mad him glvo his resi-
dence. except those put on at tn
Court House, by vouchers. For then
| have the vouchers. III | hat
been provided with delinquent lis
| wnuld lot have duplicated any
names"
Mr.. Whanu then proceeded to max
a comparison between the asse ssmcn
OF tns Ninth with the First ward "a
5essment, tho latter being in hssesso
O'ltaE's district, which showed tina
tho Inter had increased ina doubl
rate. why" said Mr.. Whnnn, "a
the last election the vote in tho FRS
gard was 1872 and In the Ninth war,
1o2 This years assessment for thu
First ward shows 81 poll taxables
compared TO 7Si in the Ninth ward
III the First ward Mckee Illegally 10
turned 20 persons as delilquents
making an alleged natural increase o
5i6, compared 10 nat lrll Increase il
the Ninth ward OF Jjt. though tht
First IS hut little over half as dig II,
the Ninth
These facts prove that even If ther
were any padding in tho ninth wal,
there worS nearly double as IN lch i
he First ward Now thon said As
SCISSOR Whaun, to show that | moaI
business Just publish this eLalenE
and let those VINO are trying TO EoI
vert pu, lie opinion eithor answer 0
shut an: