Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-09-17

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loft of in my last with the resolution
to investigate Deckertown before the
board and with Indications TINT 1t would
pass It did pass, but was re-considered
and the further proceedings on Wednesday
here follow On re-assembling there ap-
peared to be an evident reluctance to pro.
ceed to business and all wers not present
until nearly II o'clock when they were
called to order by the chairman Van
Winkle Of Vernon promptly moved the
acceptance Of the resolution, and to in
clude Newton In the investigation New
ton was so included by an amendment
which carried i2 TO Hardin of Newton
evinced some nervousness at this stage of
the proceedings and reckoned chat ii
they were going to investigate they would
Investigate all and not % few" The vote
ON the resolution including both Decker
town and Newton was carried by vote of
to z Hardin now made strong plea
for thorough and full investigation Of
all che townships claiming there would
be under valuations found in their dupli-
Gates and that Newton is paying tax on
full valuation. The chair called his at
tention TO the fact that the resolution
did provide for an investigation and com
parlson Of all the duplicates Hardin in
sisted that 1t was simply move TO raise
Deckertown and Newton A motion by
Hardin for the chair to appoint a commit
tee of five TO thoroughly investigate all
the townships as well as Deckertown and
water provided the vote was taken by
ballot. It was 50 done, and the motion
was lost bya vote of 8 to z. If my minutes
are correct Hardin here voted against his
own motion and thus helped defeat an in
vestigation which If It could not have
hurt any one, should not have been feared
by any Some little straws like the fol-
will give faint conception perhaps as to
how the wind did blow At noon of Tues
day whilo the Zinc mine question was yet
up an old tactician "a member of the board
too, said, well we've got Jake Where we
want him, In the chair, and he wont dare
call the question" suggested that some
member might move it, and he answered
If they do we can swamp it," Still the
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Is one Of that committee. Tuesday night
after adjournment with the Deckertown
resolution up, and while standing on the
Court House steps bright keen lawyer
(who should be our next Democratic Sena
tor) when asked how the resolution was
likely 10 fare sagely remarked "Ohl but
Our George Is pretty long headed, he don I
say muchr but tell you he is smooth, f."
and he was too Again at noon Of We'd
nesday after the defeat OF the motion to in
vestigate heard gentleman in little
coterie of lawyers and assessors remark
/ We'll, Sussex County has started TO breed
a new race Of men without backbone and
some Of them are on the board OF assessors
rs sure as you live" / only cite these
little side observations to show that some
people did appreciate the situation II I
am any judge of it, and whether am or
not may express an opinion it would be
something like this; that the citing ol
sales and assessments by many assessors
as well as the comparisons Of town and
country properties should have convinced
any one that had the motion carried, the
Agricultural townships could not possibly
have suffered from full and thorough in
vestigation, and have too high a regard
for the lS or "A members who represent
those townships to even entertain the idea
that they would wish to burden Decker
town or Newton with an unfair proportion
OF taxation. We also believe that the two
or three who may have been ratified or
bluffed into changing their votes on the
last motion viii have clearer ideas in re-
gard 70 this subject and their duty 70
their constituents another year H