Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-09-08
THE REGISTn ITios MUDDLE.

IL OfpaSiDns Great Excitement in Nrw
Castlc--What cy-EGiiaRt9E Riding says
--Resistrar Morrispp Commented.
snaolalG Correspondence II t;a2ettP and journal
NEw CASTLE sept, 6.--S4tnrdy's regis.
trRtiun and tho Incidents vpunEptcd there,
with, ars Just now Tho absorbing topics nf
conversation in New Castle, last night
groups Of men, Republicans and Demo,
Gratis, could lac seen in every direction Ills
riiSslns the affair, md in every store and
lnany public places the matter WIS the
subject q some heated arguments,
weli-known druggist. II Republican,
ana one Of lhe registrars were the principles
IN al argument over the Riding tax rer
Geint problem yesterday afternoon, il frnnt
Of the city hall, Both men became very
much thripsl aud hot words cnsilcl be-
tween them, and persons who heard il say
they nearly came to blows
Registrar Robert X. Morrison of the
Northern district, who was arrested on the
charge uf refusing u register qualified
yater, returned home FROM Wilmington
last night. lie was seen at his residence
on Harmony street by EVERY EYENlSA'B
correspondent but he positively refused to
make amy statement for publication at
present. lie stated, however, that lie
would probably have something Ia say IL
little later, Mr, Morrison seemed in tile
best ol spirits and was in 10 way worked
stond that he is highly Indignant uyor the
action Of the Federal authorities in ar
resting him III two different plnees in VIII
iningtun, when il all might have been ae-
enmplished AZ the Federal building. He
promises to make 1t exceedingly warm for
the Republicans before the campaign is
over,
A leading Democrat said last night that
MI. Morrison is just the kind of man
needed fora registrar among the unruly Re.
publicans in his district. HE has plenty
of backbone and sand, and notwithstand-
ing his age, he will not be bulldozed by
anyone
Registrar Morrison is being congratu-
lated by all good Democrats for his pluck
aild the gallant stand made by him oil SAT-
urday,
Many Democrats of the Eastern district
are ,still of the opinion that the Riding
tax receipt presented by John II. Russell,
colored, on Saturday, is fraud of the first
water. THE GAzETTE's correspondent
was last night permitted to examine the
Famous receipt. The following is an ex-
act copy Of it.
NEW CASTLE HuNDRRp, DEL,
Tuesday, March Tenth, Eighteen Hundred and
Ninety ons.
Received of John II. Russell,
''''''''''''''''''''I o1 po'iafr
| 1891, 49,
[signedl ISRAEL RIniss,
Collector
The handwriting of both the body Of the
receipt and the signature is undoubtedly
thecsame, and is that of Mr.. Riding BY d
| comparison of the above receipt with sew
eral others of MIR Riding's signature, il
could be readily seen that the penmanshiI
was tho SAME on both, The handwriting
OF nc eT-colleetor Is u very peculiar one
aud would be extremely hard to counter
felt, Tho fact of the easy burring and
smearlng of the in kOn the receipt has mol
AS yet been fully accounted Tor. lhp por
tons OF the paper that are blurred are thu
words "At9rGh" and eighteen" and the
words ''nnety-one, These are the badly
blurred parts but the words are plainly
'Tehdaole; There IL also slight blur ovel
the word one IN the body of tho receipt
and also IN The word Israel" In tn,
signature The receipt is creased and dirty
on the back and il appears to 1ave been
handled considerably,
Ex-C0llectnr Ridng,i In conversation
with Tie GA2ETTE's correspondent, EN-
physically denied that he had written the
receipt after his term of office had expired
and no delles any man to prove otherwise
or that the above receipt, or any of the
others under his signature are fraudulent
''Russells receipt, lie said, was perfectl,
genuine, rs are all the others, and All
ready 10 prove them to be so when neees
sary.n
! Mr.. Riding, as a Democrat, is highl,
indignant over the nttompt to ruin hi.
reputation by accusing him of such high
handed work. II never did dishonGs
act during my career US collector, said he
Robert w Wright and his brother-n
law, Jim li4nce, OF lIare's Corner fame
who were refused registration ny Mr.
Morrison, We're both seen. They CLAIM
that they presented property tax receipt
dated May 1891, with the signature o
Israel Riding, and Morrison told them T.
come around next saturday 10 get regis
tered They then had the warrants ia