The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-18
TAXES STILL COMING IN.
4 Rush Of Property Taxpayers al The
Collectors Office.

The Number Of Poll Taxes Paid, 1882,
as shown By the Collectors Books
Which is zee Less Than the Regis
tration - Politicians Studying the
Registration List - The Registration
in the Western Districts Were ia
Greater Than in the Eastern Dis
tricts- Considsrable Bluf5ng, But No
Betting to Amount to Anything.
There was a line OF tax payers in front
Of Tax Collectors McGowan's window all
Of yesterday. They were property own
ers who had been shut out from paying
their taxes by the rush TO pay poll taxes
during the last three weeks. one check
for taxes exceeded in amount all the
money paid for poll taxes during the last
three weeks.
Capt. McGowan's books show that there
we're just 1922 poll taxes paid up to Sat
urday night. As there are SPA names on
the registry lists il is evident that there
were 500 or more persons registered on
their statement that they had sent the
money for their taxes to the collector. as
a good number Of those for whom poll
taxes were paid did not succeed in regis
tering
Capt. MCGOWAN said that while he had
not had time to make a comparison he is
satisfied that in spite Of all the rush to
pay poll taxes the amount Of money re-
ceived from this source is less than the
amount received from the same source
last year, This is because the poll taxes
had been pretty we'll paid up for 1898 in
preparation for the county registration
and only small percentage Of the num-
her paid during the last few weeks were
for more than one year. The amount of
double tax and defaulters' tax paid was
very small, he said About 5000 will
probably cover the amount of poll taxes
paid TO date.
Capt MCGOWAN expects to fiLd a large
number of poll tax payments in the m al
matter which has been accommodating on
his hands for some time. He is about
ten days behind yet with his mail but eX-
poets TO clear it all up this week. He
found very few poll tax payments in the
mail opened yesterday but as most Of
the remittances for poll taxes were sent
in last week, he was not surprised at
this Mistakes among the poll tax remit
tAnfeS capt. AlCNOW an Sdlu are frequent
Persons who owe back taxes, or whose
names were not returned on the digest
remit only 81. In these cases the money
is returned. There are doubtless many
names on the registry list of persons who
made incorrect remittances for their
taxes. If the registry list was purged Of
all the names which have no right 10 be
there. there is no doubt it would be consid-
eraby reduced
There were 1882 poll tax payments, ac-
cording TO the tax collectors books.
Though the majority of the payments were
made through the committees, II can be
safely assumed that at least half paid
their own taxes. At an outside estimate.
not more than 1000 poll taxes were paid
by each side. Even this must be an over
estimate, as there are certainly not 1000
voters in the city who would allow their
taxes TO be paid by others. Allow, how
ever, that such is the cause and that each
side paid $500 in back and double taxes.
This makes only 81 800 paid out by each
side for poll tax receipts for parties IA
vorable to the respective sides, which
shows that the estimates as to the amount
of money spent by the candidates and
their friends for this purpose have been
greatly exaggerated. AS a matter of fact,
each side probably paid out almost as
much to workers and managers for the
purpose of getting taxes paid for their
supporters as was actually spent for the
payment of taxes. Probably $500 would
be an outside estimate of the amount OF
money spent by each side in the court
house work during the last three weeks.
Cot. MeGowan,s books show
that up to Saturday, Nov. H.
there had been COS poll taxes
paid. The next week there was no rush
TO speak Of, only 2l1 polls being paid, OF
a total of LOIS. The next week there were
about coo paid and the remainder were
paid during the two weeks ending last
Saturday
The complete registration list, which
appeared in yesterdays Morning News
was studied with great interest by al
interested in the city election and many
lists were preserved for future reference
The friends Of Mr.. Myers discovered
after a careful examination the registra-
ton in two western districts exceeded
that in the eastern districts, which they
considered a good omen as Mr.. Myers
is expected to receive his heaviest sup.
port from the western side of the city
In the western districts the registration
is 264S and in the ten eastern districts II
is 2476, a difference of 172 votes. This
was somewhat of surprise to the Dun
can men, who thought the heavier regis
tration would be on the eastern side
They say this is nothing, however, a:
DR.. Duncan is as strong in most of tn,
western districts as Mr. Myers. TIL,
northern and western districts are con
coded TO Mr.. Myers by easy majorities
There was a good deal of talk yester
day about betting, but no money il
large amounts was put up so far a
could be learned. 1t was reported tina
a bet of $1,000 even had been place,
in the hands of Mr.. A. Fer
nandez, and that he had beer
authorized by some prominent Myers mel
to make other bets of like character. MI
Fernandez told a Morning News reporte
last night that such is not the case. H
had not been made stakeholder for an,
bets and had heard of no large bets beinj
made. No money had been deposited witt
him by either side for this purpose, h
said, and he has not been authorized 4
make any bets.
Both sides claimed, of course, to hav
found after a study of the lists that tn
registration is very much in their favor
They will, no doubt, continue to do s
until the result of the election is an
nounced.
close friend of Maj. Schwarz said las
night that the major is being urged to al
low the use of his name on the Myer
ticket Tha-a fc oI,al Of l. 4,