Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-12-14
TnE RkAi "coloREp GENTLE.
MANN Tur wooppILK."


The Dover Dclwaroan. In an editor
ia printed In ts current issue, gives
sharp consideration To- the famous
"nlins tax" uf three dollars per capita,
fur the collection of which proceed
inRa are now actively under way. and
Hrta down the entire scheme as plan
tu compel the mNablcs ct the state
o. contribute towards the expenses OF
mnintnininp the Republican party or
ppnlgationa elaborate and partisan
Vnmunirn machinery. with hs COM
pluiv card indcN system ana other
costly arvrssorloa. This cost. the
pelhWarcan says. is now to be- trans
toured 10 the shoulders ct the tax
payers
Thcn cur Dover contemporary pro-
seeds a. present the method OF opera
tun, "Undcr our bcncnccnt pluto
,ratic rule" II says. every man and
woman IN the state must now march
up to Republican cniceholdcr. pay
him On aud tell him all about
himself ot herself, Unless we
urr mistaken this Ia the basic
reason tor the 81 tax ON every
man and woman over twenty one
YEARS of ase In the state. Probably
thr ~ 10 more than n cost the Rcpub-
nuaua to run their card index system.
hut the system administered by Re-
publican onceholdors is soinE to be
more expensive than II was when paid
fnr out of the pockets of our pluto
cielv rulers, so that. ON the whole
maybe. ~ is not too much for each
man and woman IN the state to pay
Va order to be- thoroushly card-in.
dcsed for the hcneni of our Rcpubn-
can masters, Rut lust suppose what
would happen Il there was enough in
dependence and honesty In the stat,
90 cause the men and women To- ris,
un and say what thoy thought about
u. and o. vote az tho next election
accordingly Tho card index sys.
tom conducted under state officials
would certainly comc 90 grief. and any
Republican plutocrat who wanted Il
continue ~ systom would have 4,
pay for u out of his own pocket
Meantime however everybody mus
march up a. tho head of the system
as represented In the tax office. pa,
his 81 and be branded. Has any
body Eot anything 10 say Oh. yol
Wilmington newspapers"
Probably the concluding nne a
this extract o. intended as an init
nation that the newspapers OF WI
minrlon have boon silent In regar,
a. thls lnsolont ondoavor to impos
Hn unjust and unnecessary tax upoi
the men and women Of Delaware, an,
~ rlvo employment 90 large numbe
uf party workers. at very fine salarie
for these hard times under the benefi
con, protection of Republican ad
nlinlstratiun, IN enforcing It's obnox
ioun provisions. But the people we
know, and the Dolawarean shoul
know u ~ has any sense cf discern
mont whatever, that one wnmingto
newspaper has expressed its opinio
uf this sonacloss and impractlcahle ina
position In NO uncertain tones.
stlll eliminating the attempted sar
rasm and the palpahle buncombo fror
the polawarean editorial. and q wi
be- seen what nne opportunity f.
souurlns for tho Republican part
organization a complete card indc
system uf all the residents OF N
state of voting are this rldiculol
ana unjust enactment affords. II
a. be administered by partlsans OF a
llcpuhlican party. under salaries pa
by the State. ono purpose In vie,
no doubt viii bc 10 secure comple'
trvurd OF all the cltizons OF voting ag
aud then the material viii be- at har
fur the card index system And
nrod NO, be said that this informant,
viii be- OF enormous advantage TO a
party managers in their conduct
the campaign.
Tho most eurprlslne thing about m
situation ~ that Democratic membe
of the LEGISLATURE permitted such
hii OF mlsvhievous. partisan and e
pcnplyo legislation TO be foisted up,
The people They did not even q
d.aycr to have Incorporated IN 4