The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-02-16
THURS DAY. FEBRUARY 10. 1888


THURS DAY. FEBRUARY IL. 1S93
Diekey's MISREPRESENTATION.
Mr.. John I. Dickey is represented
In correspondence from Dover ala
being offended at the report that the
amendments he has offered to the
Five Commissioner Act were LOADED"
THAT he should rush In such haste to
the defence of his amendments indi-
Gates that he was struck In tender
spot. twill be millennium times when /
the day comes when John t. hickey
can offer bill that has any relation to
the elective franchise that Is not as full |
OF partisan chieanery rs All egg Is OF
meat. From what AIR. Dlckey says oil |
critics, he does not like to SIT for even
one hour at night to receive taxes
from working people who cannot 10
at any other time to pay their taxes,
without the loss of considerable time,
which is money to them.
As If he thought poll-taSpayers de.
served no special consideration, he
says, THAT there are not Fifty work
ingmen In the city who pay their taxes
at night-their wives pay them
in the day time" Here we want to
take direct ami Hat issue with Mr..
DieEey. Unless he looks upon the
many hundreds Of Republican poll
taxpayers who crowded his Office
nightly last fall for a month or two
before the election as having no rights
that entitle them to the name of tax
payers, Mr.. Dickey wilfuily prevari.
Gates for no other purpose than that
of deception. Does Mr. Dlckey not
remember tho long lines OF Republi-
can VIC tiers that arranged themselves
before lis Office door night alter night
before the election clatnoflug TO pay
their taxes?
Does he not know that theee were
more than fifty in those lines. More,
does he not know that at ttmes as many
as fifty had to go away when tho tax
hour had expired without paying their
taxes If Nj, Dlckey does not know
anything about these things there are
hundreds who do, and who are ready
TO meet Mr.. Diciiey at any time anI
place and contradict him TO his face
II is remarkably strange to think that
MIR. Dickey ha the ass rance to s ami
up before legislative committee and
nuke such statement But says Mr.
Dlckey, their wives pay them. (thc
taXe5), In the day time. Ii Mr.. Dlckey
means the wives of oil taXables, he
simply makes false representation.
He knows very we'll that ha woald
not receive the taxes OF n Republican
poil-taxabie unless the tnxes were
paid by tho person owing them i'll per.
son. lie knows very well that he has
refused to receive the poll.taxes from
lady who came to pay her husbands
property tax TN also wanted to pay
the poll taxes OF son or brother.
He knows very we'll that there was no
other way for Republican poll-taAa.
bio to pay his taxes unless he appear
Ell in person. IL is quito true, as he
says, that workingmen who were
plobCl ~ oHhIit7t oNilS biiD'h "iFfG w
pay their taxes and such taxes were
never refused, simply because the law
would not allow Mr.. niekey to refuse
property taxes, But thesa working
nranaltp hnlhei,s were not sim
ply poli.tuxables.
Mr.. Dickey makes no allowance
whatever for Republican poll taxes.
They are not worthy of the least Goa.
sideration in the grand scheme that
Mr.. Dlckey has of DISTINGUISHING
nenrly the whole body OF Republican
poll taSables. At the same time it Is
well known that Mr.. Dlckeys scheme
will make no difference NJ the great
body of Democrats WHO pny nothing
bat II poll tag. They are not required
at any time to come in person 10 tbs
tax office. 1t Is very seldom, Indeed
thaEany Of t!iom eve. see q tax Office
unless in thor zeal for pure PENN
cratic principles, they 80 there TO hin
der and prevent Republicans iron
qualifying to vote, ns they oftea dis
last October, uiIter tile ESQ OF Mr.
Dickey, and without his dieapproya
Ur rebulse.
Mi Dicliey and his deputies at an!
aud all hours OF Tie day and nj. hi
made mp bundles OF tx reeeipts 70
Democratic pell taAubies, and sen
them TO trusty ward runners air
democratic ..eeleis To q delivered 4
IAemnernt in Npffr5 llrplttriuDBt Ia