Los Angeles herald., 1892-09-11
NOT on THE ASSESSMENT ROLL,
A Good Tax-Eater, But Not a
Taxpayer.
One of the Nominees of the "RefOrm''
Republican Convention.
N. b. walker Forgets to Pay His Poll
Tax-The white-Estee Joint
Debats-The Moore-Pee-
bles Discussion.

The dissatisfaction among the Repub-
licans over the result OF the county con-
vention, which has just adjourned, is
manifest in numerous particulars.
Some misguided individuals are pleased
to term the body reform convention.
If the work that the convention did be
the work OF reformers, then, indeed,
might the Republican party rid itself of
the alleged reformers, and congratulate
itself. The so-called reformers have
certainly offered for the auffrsges of the
voters of Los Angeles county the weak
est ticket, taken as whole, that has
been in the field for years.
Take as an instance the nomination
Of N. B. Walker for tax collector. If
he should by an accident be elected, he
would be called upon to collect some-
thing like $1,000,000 annually from the
taxpayers of this county. Every penny
of this vaet cum of money would have
to pass through his hands or those OF
his deputies. Now, what has Mr.. N.
b. Walker in common with the over
burdened taxpayers of Los Angeles
OF taxes in this county. An examina-
tion OF the assessment rolls for four
years last past fails to disclose place
where his name occurs. He has never
paid penny, either real or personal
tax. Not only this; the records fail to
disclose where Mr.. Walker ever paid
| poll tax.
If workingman in the employ of a
corporation or firm does not pay his
poll tax, it is held cut of his wages,
| The deputies of the county assessor,
who collect the poll tax, are very Wig
F, liant when it comes to working man.
He is made to pay. Yet Mr.. N. B.
Walker. Republican candidate for
county tax collector, has never paid a
cent of poll tax.
| Certainly it cannot be that Mr..
Walker has not been known. For four
| years ne has been very prominent in
Republican politics. 1t is strange that
| the county assessor overlooked him and
| found 80 many men working for So per
day who are never heard from in pol
itics.
AN EMPLOYE OF JUSTICE LOCKWOOD.
For two years Mr.. Walker was the
clerk to Justice Lockwood. Mr.. Lock-
woods judicial record in this city was
made notable by the fact that he was a
defaulter and fed the country. During
the time that the Judge was making use
OF the city funds Mr.. Walker, as his
clerk, must have had some knowledge Of
the fact. Then after Mr.. Walkers term
/ as clerk ceased, he figured in politics as
q ward boss. When the Republican
board of supervisors wanted some one
to gerrymander the eupervisoral dis
tricts, so they might be made solldly
Repu blican without regard to the de-
mands of justice or the interests of the
Walker and paid him with the
money Of the people to do the work.
The only one thing Mr.. Walker did
was to make every supervisoral district
Republican. He also rearranged the
election precincts so as to put voters in
Democratic districts to as much incon-
venience as he possibly could, to vote.
For this he was also paid the good
money of the taxpayers. Later the
party rewarded him by giving him the
nomination of q reform" convention
for county tax collector.
Ell HAMMOND WAS ALSO NOT ASSESSED.
Los Angeles has had an experience
with one tax collector whose name did
not appear on the assessment rolls Of
this county. His name was Ell Ham
mond, and he is now fugitive from
i justice. He left very suddenly, and
without giving any notice of his de-
parture. He took with him $23 900 of
the money of the taxpayers of this
county. Ell Hammond was a Republi-
can, and he was only elected six years
ago. Experiences Of this kind are cost.
ly, but they teach good lesson at
times.
Mr.. Walker is very clever politician.
Nobody denies this. When he took the
platform last Wednesday evening" to ad-
dress the reform convention he pledged
half OF the deputyships in his Office to
the country If nominated. The conse-
quence was that great many of the
country delegates, influenced solely by
, an idea OF tr le reform, proceeded to vote
for Mr.. Walker, and they nominated
him. They wanted chance for job
and by voting for Walker they got it
This certainly is reform with ven
, geance.
WAS wRITLEN PLEDGE GIVEN?
: But speaking about deputy ther'
is q we'll grounded rumor afoat tina
three of the nominees of the Republican
7 county convention for the most import
, ant Offices have turned over to one o
t the leaders of that convention writer
. pledge that he shall name one-half th'
: deputies in their offices. This leade
was very prominent in the work of tn,
convention. and poses before the peopl
as a great advocate of purity in polite
and as reform Republican.
WHITE VS.. EsTEz.
Stephen M. White and M. M. Este
will hold joint debate in this city OF
! the evening Of October 9Th. The tarii
! issue will be discussed, the position o
: the Democratic party to be expounde'
by Mr.. White, while Mr.. Estee will en-
. deavor to demonstrate that the Republi
! can theory of protection is the prope
! one.
!, Meetings will be held at Fresno Octo
ber 10th, at Stockton October 18th, a
) Sacramento October 18th, at Santa Ros
) October 10th, andat San Francisco Oc
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