The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-03-21

was pupliSneu III Ine Livery Evening |
OF Saturday:
1--WE may say TO the Republicans OF |
Wilmington, as we have said before, be |
on hand early (next Monday and do |
not leave until You get your taxes
paid. II the collectors will not re-
ceive them that IL their lookout
After 1t comes the following com
ment:
Here is dictation with threat. When
Republican organ, edited by man
who was conspicuous in Thursdays
riot, publicly demands, in this bully
ing way. that Collector Flnck shall do
his bidding or take tho consequences.
fvery Evening has certainly no inten.
+ ton Of recommending surrender to
the terrorism OF mob law
All this and much moro which we
will refer to was inspired by the fol-
lowing very sensible communication
porary's editorial:
Editor Every Evening: II you do
sire to help tho local situation urge
that MIR. George j. Ftuck, collector OF
delinquent taxes, appoint to sit every
evening from now until May LIST, whom
poll taxes for 1891 will be exiting uished
during three hours each evening, If
Mr.. Finck will do that. more than
1000 workingmen will come for ward
pay their tax, enrich the county treas
ury by $1,000 and qualify themselves
70 vote next November This Is
peaceful, reasonable and economical
proposition. TAx-pAYER.
defence seems to be required by
the man who was conspicuous In
Thursdays riot" and that man the
Every Evening singles out us Mr.. S.
Hersey. Threat. very queer kind Of
threat, to tell the long line OF tax
payers not to leave until they had
paid their taxes. 1t was an awful threat
4 was it to say that 'if stAe collectors
would not receive them that is their
lookout Whose lookout would it be
II not theirs? They owed the county
OF New Castle the money and they
were standing there In line with money
in hand to pay what they owed
They lost half day away from their
daily toll to pay this debt. Collector
Finck II he acted as he did on Thurs
day wculd be at his desk to receive
these same taxes. He was the county's
agent to collect these taxes, then If lie
did not and would not receive them,
that would be his lookout Who else
would be responsible If not Finck9
Nobody could collect the taxes but
him. and if he did not collect them
when they were brought to him by
waiting creditors OF the county, who
else would be responsible to the coun-
49, O., ~
fFinck2 OF course the REruBGIcAN adj.
vised these persons to go and pay their
8 taxes and not leave until they had
done SO. True It was that Air. Flnck
advertised his hours for receiving
taxes from one to four o'clock, but
was that any reason why he should
not Sit longer while a hundred credi.
tors Of the county were III Inc before
him. waiting to pay him what they
owed2
Would any grocer, butcher or baker.
shut up lis books and irtGsc tn take
money his customers owed be.a 81 it
was four O'Clock in tie Afternoon,
Why should not taxeullertor7 do bust-
ness on business Principle. lin ok
shut up his books at four O'clock.
But that awful threat, and it wa-
made by u man Who WAS roHspB.
uious in Thursday rlot." Riot male ri
Who commenced THAT sp.ru led RIO
Was there ever a meto pnt.nat, beapl
behaved crowd than ta4t thursday
afternoon crowd until four o.ti5r.
wlen FIuck shat l,- fD=,n5 in ha fuFa.