Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1892-02-17
INJUNCTION ASKED FOR.
The Position Of Clerk of the Peace
Biggs Clearly Defined

NA@ ~f1' -
Clerk of the Peace w. Pierce Biggs
was interviewed TO day by an EVENING
JOURNAL reporter.
nDid you refuse to attend conference
of Democrats leld in Mr.. Bayard's Office
"No. / did not. The reason did not
90 was because | was sick and 1t was
almost tine Tor my train TO go to Middle
town. There is not a man in the State
OF Delaware whom I esteem more than
Hon. Thomas F Bayard"
What is your stand in this Levy Court
assessment troubleY"
"well, to be frank with you. it is just
this: That the assessor must agree to
the changes made in his assessment by
the Levy Court, and certify to the same,
or will not accept the books
NOW let me show you. Here In my
hand | hold the assessment OF Brandy
wine hundred. Bere on this page you
see pama stricken off Here is another,
and another. You end them all through
the book.
This book the assessor returned to the
Levy Court on February Q, as the law
compelled him to do It Ia not at that
time my boOk-is is the Levy Courts
book to revise. They have revised IT, ard
when they did do it they struck off GER
tain names as you see there The as
SCISSOR agreed to It, Now here is the
certificate OF the assessor in the back OF
1t.
II. Howard e Lodge, assessor Of
Brsndywine hundred. certify that the
foregoing pages contain a correct list OF
the assessment of names OF persons and
property in BrandYwine hundred.
THAT certificate bears date of Febru
airy 10, 1892, and was placed there after
the revision was com pletsd.
"You see it, The book is now sent to
me by the Levy Court. Now 1t is my
b1ok as Clerk of the peace. 1t is my duty
to make a certified copy by February 30,
as II is returned to me by the assessor
aud the committee. and that list | hang
up Ia Brandywi hundred as true
asse ssment of that hundred for 1892.
s'The Levy Court nor any other body
can change that book now. Il is the as
sessment fer me. and | certify to it, and
a duplicate Is made.
Now there is other question comes
in. Suppose these names are scratched
out and the assessor will noU agree TO the
aliera' ions. He refuses to put his GER
AAAN1hS III tAb HAIA VI NHb DOOhs III klhb
case do not think that |, as
clerk Of the peace, have any right to &C
cept 10 IS bis assessment; out after he
puts his certificate in the back, and the
com pittee does the same, it is the as
sessment sworn to by an assessor
elected by the people.
WILL IT BE CARRIED TO THE couRTs2
Ell the differences between the Levy
Court and assessor cannot be rec0ncilad
it is not my fault and the courts will
have 70 be appealed to for mandamus
proceedings On the one side aud njunc-
ton proceedings on the other.
Now here is the return of the west.
ern election district OF Mill Creek hun
bred for 1892 as returned to this Office
by the rev on committees, the assessor
and the Levy Court. la the back Of 1t ]
put nv certificate. Il is as follows.
4, W P .Bggs clark Of the peace ! n
and for the county aud city aforesaid do
hereby certify that the preceding pages
contain true copy OF the assessment OF
the western election district Of Will
Greek hundred, as returned by the assess.
or and committee Of said hundred, and
approved By thu Levy Court
10 is given under nv hand and zeal OF
ofise. Now suppose the Levy Court
asks me TO bring that book to them to.
day. can take it into the room, bu,
they dare not touch IT, | have certified
to II and ]. will be hung up on Satur-
day
WILL CONWAY AND O'HARRA srGN2
That is the question that Is agitating
the minds Of the Republican as we'll as
the Democratic mem bers and politicians
Taoss who know them we'll say that If the
Republicans begin cutting their lists they
will refuse point blank to have anything
TO do with them This win throw th
matter into the courts. and just what
the outcome will be It Is very diffiault TO
surmise. The ablest legal talent
on both sides will doubtless
take issue in the matter. Be
this as 1t may until the question is
settled, with he present stand taken by
Mr.. Biggs 1t is not at all likely that the
books from the two lower districts will
be hung up on February 20
Clerk Of the Peace Biggs can block the
Levy Court and the Levy Court can blsck
Mr.. Biggs. Ii is now either an honorable
compromise between the Levy Court and
assessors or a dishonorable stand-of.
President Buckingham and Mr.. Biggs
St1ANAAN4 AGE low MINUTES HI uOOUs
MT. Biggs put his peg down and
informed the presiding officer of
the Levy Court that he would fight IL
out on that line II it took al winter, ?
WILL MOI SAVE THE FOURTH DISTRICT
This move leaves the Fourth district 10
the hands Of the enemy. Assessor HRnce
sat at Hare's Corner and left of 800
Democrats, He and the Rapubl can
committees or revision can very
we'll see their way clear to put
certificates in the back OF the
book The only thing for the Democrats
70 DO Is to appear before the Levy Court
and be put on
Levy Court reconvened at A. 90 o'clock
yesterday afternoon.
Commissioner Sutton on behalf OF the
New Castle hundred revision committee
reported the work completed. The re-
port showed III names and entries. 543
male dogs and Al female Digs The ~
port was adopted and Addition Subtrac
ton Hance was discharged until the first
Tuesday in March. This only left the
poll taxables Of Assessor Whann's district
TO work upon.
As soon as their work began there was
a small Equabo Die 1t was found that the
name OF Christian Alexander was on the
court record and in the city directory as
Christian 7. Alexander Assessor Whann
informed the court that he did not know
whether the names represented two men
or not.
The name Of Ezekiel N. Anderson was
found to be upon the assessment and the
the Office record Assessor Whann ex
pressed the belief that there was only