The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, February 27, 1895, Image 6
The Tillman Plan.
A Logical Analysis of its
Operation-It Wont Do.
Let as ?appose both factious ratify
and accept this proposition, and see
how it viii work.
We will have a primary election io
Greenville county, let us say. ? cau?
cus of Conservatives will put up three
meo. A caucus of Reformers will put
np three meo. Their nomination io
the primary will be a mere form. The
people-the organized Democrats-will
have oo choice as to who will repre?
sent them in a convention in which
their rights as citizens and their in*
terests and the interests of their chil?
dren will be finally settled. Every?
thing will be cut and dried aod set?
tled. The delegates will be choseo
and pledged. The primary wiil be a
form and farce.
Suppose, however, there are no cau?
cases. Suppose Conservatives and Re?
formers are candidates before the peo
pie on their merits? Who is to
guarantee that the county will not
elect six Reformers ?or six Conserva?
tives? What does an agreement be?
tween Tillman and Evans on one side
and Barnwell. Hemphill, McGowan
and Sloan on the other amount to io a
popular election ? Who cao give a bond
on one side or the other for thc faithful
fulfillment of these agreements, and
guarantee that there will be no "fudg
?og?"
Bat suppose all the agreements can
be carried ont exactly ?*' Soppose all
the Reformers obey Tillman and all
the Conservatives obey Barowell ? I
Theo we will have peace, will we ?
We will have a Constitutional con?
vention pledged to perpetuate fraud
in our electioos and make perjury a
patriotic duty.
We are to have an educational quali?
fication which will disfranchise oo
white man. Everybody knows that
is impossible without fraud and per?
jury, and even worse things.
It is to be the Mississippi plao. Un?
der that three men in each county will
determine the qualifications of each
voter, will say whether be does or does
not read and explain intelligently a
clause of the State Constitution. If
these election commissioners do their
duty honestly, as they will take an oath
to do, they will disqualify thousands of !
white men and qualify thousands of
negroes. If they are appointed not to
disfranchise a white man and to dis- j
franchise all the negroes they will per- j
jure themselves a hundred times a day. !
And that thing will be in the Con- j
stitutioo, remember. We are to leave j
for our children's children a system j
which will require at least tb ree j
respectable meo in every county to per- j
jure themselves frequently every year, j
which will make false swearing-the j
violation of an oath-a regular, per- 1
manent, recognizsd. necessary and
respected department of politics.
We will do eveo worse. We will
fix and have a system under which any
party or faction or man io power may |
stifle the people forever. Under that j
system the election commissioners
appointed, mark you, by the mau to
power-wiil say who shall or who shall
not vote-will make the poll lista as |
long or as short as they please
if that system had been here in 1890
John Peter Richardson, then Governor
could have appointed commissioners |
who *could have elected A. C. Haskell
Goveanor ever B. R. Tillman io the :
face of a majority of 40,000.
It is all very well to argue that only j
negroes are to be disfranchised by the !
practical working of the system of er- ?
jury, but we know how that is. From !
swindling negroes we soon learo to !
swindle each other. We have seen |
Democrats swindle each other io Demo- j
eratic primaries, Reformers swindle I
each other io Reform primaries.
We cannot establish a system of fraud i
and peijury aod say "it must stop;
here/7 We caooot teach meo that if
it is right for them to swear falsely ?
to chea* negroes it is wrong to swear
falsely to cheat white men. We have
seen tha> ?o the operations of the elec?
tion ?aw we have. It was used success- !
fully to disfranchise negroes. At the
last election it was used successfuliv
rn*
to disfranchise thousands of white men
who wanted to vote "no" against this
very ooveotioD.
The total cf thc agreement is tint
the Conservatives are to have not qui'c
half the convention if they will agree
to obey Tillman's will, to give the State
the Mississippi election law, which he
bas been scheming for all the time and
which will enable Evans to name his
own successor and Tillman to carry the
State in his breeches pocket andjuse it
to trade with tu Federal politics.
What do Conservatives want with
representation in a convention, the ac?
tion of which is determined beforehand,
that action being the will of Tillman,
Gary and Evans ? What good will come
from sending a lot of figure-beads to
draw $2 a day apiece and vote accord?
ing to agreement ?
Peace? We could have made peace ;
on these terms two years or four years
ago. No very great wisdom is required :
to secure peace by unconditional surren?
der to the enemy.
The whole conference and results look
io us like the work of two sets of men
both sacred out of their wits.
Tillman was afraid the "Forty" ele?
ment of the Reformers would make
peace with the Conservative? and clean
bim up. The Conservatives were afraid
they were going to be devoured and
were willing to make peace on aoy
terms. j
We do Dot believe the agreement will
amount to anything, except to
strengthen the "Forty" element. That
element aod Tillman both offer peace.
Tillman offers peace on the Missis?
sippi pian of an election system. We
hope the "Forty" will offer peace on the
basis of tryicg to make a fair, safe
Constitution and submitting it to the
people for ratification.
Between the two plans the Conserva?
tives and free Reformers would not
hesitate long.
It is a question between peace by
abject surrender and peace by honor?
able alliance.
We do not believe the Conservatives
of the Piedmont country will be bound
or even influenced by any agreement
made by Mr. Hemphill, Mr. Barnwell
and their few conferees. We do not
believe they will go into any primary
election on any terms. If the worst
comes to the worst they will stand
aside and wait until election day and
vote as they like, regardless of nomina?
tions, factions and caucusses.
They will have the satisfaction of
knowing that they [could not possibly
get anything worse than Mr. Hemp
hill and Mr. Barnwell have agreed in
their behalf to accept and the fun and
consolation of making some kind of
an honest fight for their principles
and for the rights of the people and
the safety of the State.-Greenville
News.
Tillman in Washington.
His Recent Interview Causes
a Sensation in the South
Carolina Colony.
_ i
WASHINGTON, February 22 -Sena?
tor-elect Tillman's interview, publish?
ed in The News and Courier of yester?
day, together with an editorial com
mending the reconciliation of the
Tillman and Anti-Tillman factious in j
South Carolina, has created considera- j
bic excitement in the Palmetto eolony j
here. At the Capitol to-day the j
subject was freely discussed and by the :
members of the South Carolina dele- |
gatton, and thjere is a disposition on j
the part of Representatives Izlar and
Shell to discredit the sincerity of the j
compromise, while Representatives I
Latimer and Talbert accept the pub j
lished reports and the verbal statements ;
of Messrs. Tillman, Evans and Seuator I
Irby as a guarantee of its accuracy, j
It appears that Senator-elect Tillman
informed Messrs. Latimer, Talbert, and
Strait of the recent conference held in
Columbia, so that they were prepared
for the published accounts of the recon- :
dilation that did not reach here until j
this morning.
Senator-elect Tillman and Governor !
Evans ?pent several hours to-day io the
Blouse of Representatives with Messrs j
Latimer, Strait, and Talbert and it is
said that the Senator-c'ect derived con- :
sider able amusement from watching the
expressions upon the faces of Repre?
sentatives Izlar and Shell while they
read The Neves and Courier of the
22d lt gave them the first intimation
they received ou the subject
When your correspondent met Repre?
sentative Shell, in the Hou?e lobby,
with Representative Izlar and Ex-Rep?
resentative J.>hn J. Hemphill, the
Captain was so highly incensed that he
could hardly discu.-s the subject with
his usual prudi?ce. He denounced the
whole transaction as a deep laid plot on
C\e par? of Tillman and his follower; to
control the coming Constitutional Con?
vention. He even denounced some of
the leading Conservatives, who are
said to have been parties to the '"Peace
conference.7' He declared that Tillman
had pulled thc wool over their eyes and
vowed he would never submit to the .
terms of thc compact made between
Tillman and those who have heretofore j
been his open enemies. Judge Izlar
was equally emphatic in announcing j
that he would never submit to the
diet ition of a conference that seemed to
him to be iosiucere and unauthorized.
lt was evident that ueither Capt Shell
nor Judge Izlar were consulted before
the conference was held, and they have
so little faith in anything that Senator
elect Tillman may do or say. that it U
difficult for them to realize that the
Conservatives would enter into negotia?
tions with bim
Senator Butler declined to discuss
the subject until he ha.*- had time to .
read the details of 'he conference, but
said he would have something to say
abou' it later on. The Senator's uid
freiod, '.Bunch" McBee, who is here io
the interest of the pooling bill, ex?
pressed great surprise at the unex?
pected combination of the contending
factions in South Carolina, and remark?
ed that he would have to study out the
causes which suggested the harmoniz?
ing of the factions before exprssing an
opinion as to the effect it will have ou
the political situation in the State.
Seuator-eleet Tillman said he had
nothing to add to the interview pub?
lished ;n Tuc News and Courier. He j
said he endeavored to make his portion
perfectly clear, aud he thought he had
succeeded. He added that he was
about to run over t>> Philadelphia with
Governor Evans to make a personal in?
spection of some of the charitable insti?
tutions in that city, with a view to sug?
gesting certain improvements in similar
institutions io South Carolina. Before
returning to Washington he will visit
New York.
Representative Latimer heartily en?
dorsed the "Peace conference" and de?
clared that it was the best thing that
could happen for the Democratic party
in the Sta^e. ile derived considerable
satisfactio^from the statements of Capt. j
Shell aod Judge Izlar to the effect that
Tillman had pulled the "wool over the
eyes of the Conservatives.tf He com?
mended the action of Tillman aud said
the majority of the people in the State
would approve his course io ibis mat?
ter.
Second Auditor J. Stobo Farrow,
who was a visitor at the Capitol to-day,
admitted that he knew nothing of the
conference untili be saw the newspaper
report, but he doubted the sincerity of
the Tillman end of the compromise -
Neics and Courier.
Repudiated By Irby.
He Kicks Vigorously Against
The Tillman Deal.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 25.
To the Editor of The State : I am
receiving letters from all over the State
protesting against the consummation of
a scheme or agreement between Senator
elect Tillman and Governor Evans on
one side and John Calvin Hemphil! and
Joe BarLwell, of Charleston, on the
other
My friends of the Reform movement
seem to be anxious to know whether I
am actiog in collusion with Governor
Evans against what they conceive to be
a sacrifice and surrender of priociple
and their rights in the election of dele?
gates to the State convention. I wish
you would favor me with the publica?
tion of this letter which must necessari?
ly be brief, to say : That I was not con?
sulted by either side to this agreement,
and without my subsequent acquiescence
cannot be bound in any respect by what
has been done
In 1885 when Tillman commeoced
his most remarkable career I was
among the first who echoed for him in
Laurens County. Laurens and two or
three others endorsed his position io the
electioo of members of the Legislature
and we went to the Legislature to be
soeercd at aod almost spit upoo by the
rio? or clan in the State that was coo
trolled absolutely by the Cal. Hcmphill
and Joe Barnwell class of politicians.
When we had reached the climax, the
crisis, Tillman backed down and wrore
a letter withdrawing from politics or
having anything to do with it. Men
who were as much in sympathy with
bis ideas and opinions as he was, even
in apparently ignominious minority,
were unwilling to follow him and for?
sake the people whom we had dared to
lead, and they continued the fight in
the Legislature He was tied haods
and foot. He could not have gone be?
fore the people of South Carolioa for
any office after his letter of retirement
but for the death of Mr. Clemsoo, be?
queathing that property to the State for
the benefit of the farmers' boys. This
gave him a new opportunity aod at cjy
suggestioo he came back into the politi?
cal arena We met at Dan Tompkins'
house on the line of Eigefield and Ab
be ville counties, in the spring of 1880
aud agreed upon a fight that would give
the people of the State control and de?
throne the party led by Cal. Hem phill
and Joe Barowell. 'I'he coodiiioo and j
understanding was that Til 1 man was to
lead and be the nominee of the farmers J
for Governor. This is where the March i
couveution scheme wa? agreed upon and j
the work carried oo by the preparation
of a maoifes o which was published io
January following, that calling the !
March convention, which nominated \
Tillman for Governor.
So far as I am concerned, results
were all that I wanted. I did not ex- j
peet any position and my promotiou to
the speakership and to the United
States Seuate was as great a surprise
to me as it was to my many friends j
Since my election to the Senate I have i
tried io every respect to be true to the j
people who elected me '/Oth ia Washing-1
ton and at horne. One of the main j
principles that was advocated at the j
March convention and intended to be
carried tosuectss, was the calling of a
Constitutional convention, and I mav j
say nert; that it w_as the hardest fight j
that we ever had since 1890. We had
Cal. Hemphill. Joe Branwe!!, the editor j
of The State and of the Greenville News
opposed to that call. I say it with pro-j
per respect and friendship to our pre
scot Governor, that when the crisis
came and it looked as if defeat would |
follow thc action of : Iie State con?
vention, he fled the State and could
not be f?und by telegram or letter.
Senator Tillman stood true to me,
as chairman of thc party, and did all he
cou'd We did our best, to make this '
call arid aro now being abused and viii
6ed ail over thu United States on thc
charge of corruption and fraud. I had!
at least expected him to stand by the
people whom he had led since 1890 and
not go into any alliance or compromise :
(for compromise means a surreoder of j
principle) with such men as Barnwell
and Hemphill. I know what it mean?; .
after the most faithful loyally to Till- \
mao sioce 1885 up to this time. I also
know what it means after my throwing j
myself into the breach just one year j
ago to save Evans from disgraceful de
feat, to dare to oppose any scheme that |
they may agree upon. If the terms of |
agreement between this crowd has been j
fair and honorable to the people and to j
the Reform movement, I would not say
a word, but it means thc defeat of the .
object of the Constitutional Coo veo tion j
and the sooner the people of the State j
know it, the better for them.
I speak as an individual Reformer and \
not as State chairman, because as State ?
chairman 1 have already acted and had :
hoped that the primary scheme would
have saved the party from a wreck. I I
want it understood now and for all time
that I will not and do not agree to any
equal division of the delegates to thc j
couventioo. As for Laurena, we j
puce to Maud upoo principles am
elect our delegates from among i
who catt be trusted to take care of
rights of the poor meo and genu
Democrats of the country. And agt
meut by Tillman cr Evans is gratuit
and cannot bind us. An equal divit
with a lot of sworn Conservatives J
half of the Tillmanites who will pr
treacherous wheo the crisis com
means an utter failure of the coov
tion to take care of the rights and
property of the people of the State t
white supremacy. Before the elect
iu November I iotimatedio an in,
view that a division of delegates
cording to numerical strength wo
possibly be fair, but knowing that
controlled three-fifths at least, I wot
not have imposed the idea of an cq
division upon any sane mao When
was contending before Cleveland, af
having sustained him with a major
of 50,000, Hemphill and Barnwell
fused any proposition looking to
equitable distribution of the patrons
and I got no support from the nev
papers opposed to our faction, but
the contrary, they said that R?foraii
were not Democrats and were not c
titled to any showiog. Yet these mc
Barnwell and Hempbill, a proroinc
cuckoo for Cleveland, invites Tilltm
the leader of the opposition to Cien
laod, and who has bis pitchfork rea
to stab into the bowels of the Pre
dent, into a conference to settle t
question as to what the different cou
ties should do. And Tillman wal
ioto the parlor of the spider.
My election to the Senate has not
any way chaoged my feelings to t
people of the State. If we, the R
formers, stand firm we can wio, b
we had better be defeated by allowh
Cal. Hemphill and Gouzales to go wi
the negro than to humbly surrend
in a way like this. I humbly sugge
that Tillman, the agitator, now tl
pacificator, has beeo completely d
throned, and Evans, if he is sincer
has been bamboozled. As for mys(
I think any sane man will see that
have been betrayed ; but honorable d
feat is much better and preferable
me in the selection of delegates to th
convention than a dishonorable cot
promise. It is well enough for tl
Forty, the leaders of tito Conservati
and the pacificators, to bring up ac
get ready for the fight, for I am sati
fied that the true mea who were in th
movement from its incipiency froi
principle wili not submit to any sue
agreement. Thc combination will ni
do. A combination between a 'possui
and coon can't win as every Reform?
knows they cannot sleep io the sam
log long.
I am very busy here, but after th
4th of March I will return home an
take a hand in this fight, sink or swim
live or die, politically. I am ready t
stand by the principles of the firs
March convention as against all com
ers and ail of its enemies. The mai
principle of that convention was
Constitutional Convention to be con
trolled by men who were its friend
and not its enemies.
Thc poor white men of the State ar
not safe with any s'ich possum am
coon combination. Their rights untie
the homestead exemption and qualin*
cation clause are imperiled. They can
not afford to trust men like Colone
Hemphill, Joe Barnwell, Gocziles an<
A. B. Williams. It would have beet
far better had the convention fa ?lei
in November last thau that the Refora
movement should be defeated and th?
rights and liberties of the poor whit?
men of the State imperilled by mer
like these. I believe that Tillman anc
Evat.s were sincere, but they wen
simply gulled into a compromise thai
means the destruction of the Refont:
movement and protection for the pooi
white men of the State, but for whom
Tillman io the Senate and Evans a>
Governor would have leen impossibili?
ties. I do not mean to denounce Till?
man or Evans. I weep for them in be
ing monkeyed with by any such crew.
Cal Hemphill and Biro well were orig?
inal members of the Forty. When thc
primary scheme was promulgated by
thc Democratic committee they were
whipped and could not destroy the Re
form movement. Then they proposed
to muzzle me as chairman of the party
and the wintle Democratic organization
by going into an agreement with Till?
man and Evans, which I respectfully
submit wili not only ruin the Demo?
cratic party, but the Reform movement
of this-State. Respectfully,
J. L. M. Irby.
? IIB . ? ? . - -
The tailor bird takes its name from
its habit cf ?ewing together two leaves
in order to make a pocket, in which it
places its nest. Its thread is a vege?
table fiber, though it will, in preference
u<e a string, thread or cord, if such can
bc found.
They are so alarmed io Germany for
fear the uext child sooo to be born to
thc emperor and empress will be a boy
that prayers have been offered iu 6ome
of the churches by the superstitious,
not to say unscientific, subjects of the
empire to avert the calamity, says the
Boston Herald Accordiog to an old
prophecy, the Hohenzollern dynasty
will surely fall wheu an emporor has
seven sons. As William is already the
father of six, and but one daughter, it
will be understood that a mate for thc
little girl is more desirable than the un?
lucky number seven But it does not
need another boy in thc family to open
thc eyes of thc German empire to the
rude pace ifs ''God-appointed*' ruler is
going at the present time, for surely
the sex of an infant can have little to do
with the discomfort and the alarm that
are now animating all classes.
I The Compromise Plan.
j An Address to tbe Conserva
ti ve Voters of the State.
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Columbia St*te, February 26.
I The Conservative pacification con
mittee met in Columbia last night i
room 10 at Wright's hotel and afte
a discussion continuing till after mit
night, prepared an address to th
people of the State In view of th
"manifesto" of State Chairman Irby
' published this morning, repudiatin.
the compromise scheme m toto, i
might truly be said that the plc
deepens and the Constitutional con
vention fight will likely take a cours
j never dreamed of, so far as the aligt
I ment of factions and sub-factions i
j concerned.
Among those present at last night'
; meeting were : Col. L. W. Youmang
Senator Barnwell, Major J C. Hemp
[ hill, Richard I. Manning, Col. Georg*
? Johnstone, H. Haynsworth, Altamon
Moses. Samuel Dibble, Butler Ha
good, W. L Roddey, T. M. Raysor
I J P. McNeill, Leroy Springs, Ilenr
T Thompson, W. C. McGowan an<
others.
To the Conservative Democracy o
South Carolina :
The commercial, industrial ant
political welfare of South Carolin!
should constrain the people of th<
I State to work together. They speal
! the same tongue, they cherish th<
same traditions, they are governed ty
? the same laws and institutions, the]
owe allegiance to the same State.
During the last four years we hav<
j been sorely divided on public ques
j tions, We do not deem it necessan
or proper to attempt any review o
the causes which have resulted in tnt
I division of our people into hostile
factions This is not the time noi
the occasion for crimination or re
i crimination The crisis confronting
us is far too serious to admit of patti
san treatment. We desire to bring
about reconciliation We would pro
mote harmony. We would counse
a spirit of sell-sacrifice as the surest
means of self-preservation, and would
urge upon all our people the patriotic
duty of" uniting now for the good ol
the State. Let us have a truce be?
tween the political factions in the
State We can secure peace without
the sacrifice of principle or self-re?
spect-peace on fair conditions, peace
with honor.
At the last session of the General
Assembly, in pursuance of a vote oj
the people, an act wa? passed provid?
ing for the holding of a Constitutional
Convention. This convention will re
construct the fundamental law of the
State Its powers are unlimited. The
result of its deliberations will affect
for good or ill every department ni
our political, social and industrial
life. It should not represent any
political faction. It should be com?
posed of the wisest, safest and best
men in the State, without regard to
factional affiliations This great work
should be undertaken in the spirit of
patriotic devotion to the State, and
not with a view to party success or
partisan advantage. The interests
committed to its care are too impor?
tant to incur the perils of a bitter and
angry campaign. The convention
should be controlled in its work by a
spiri* of calm and judicial fairness, so
that when its labors have been finish?
ed it will meet with the approval of
all good citizens of the State.
For the purpose of securing this
end. patriotic citizens in different
groups throughout the State and of
varying political opinion for months
past have been counseling and con?
fen?n? with each other and as the
result of this earnest thought, we are
prepared to advise and urge upon you
the acceptance of the following as
the basis of acci?n for the election of
delegates to thc convention, which it
is believed will meet the acquiescence
of ail who desire a cessation of poli?
tical strife amongst white Democrats.
First. That each county, acting for
itself as to the question of election,
by primary or otherwise, as deemed
best by the county executive com?
mittee shall give each faction equal
representation in the convention.
Second That in those counties
where primary elections are held all
persons participating- in thu same
shall take a pledge to abide the result
and support the nominees at the gen?
eral election In counties where the
nominations are made otherwise than
by primary both factions in such
county shall be pledged in ?ike man
ncr to support such nominees.
Third In all counties where the
delegates shall be nominated by pi?
marv the managers and cleik of such
primary election at every voting pre?
cinct or in every club shall be equally
divided between the factions.
Fourth. That the delegates from
both factions shall be selected with
the understanding that they shall be :
pledged to the following principles:
(a ) Such qualifications of the suf
frage as will guarantee white supre?
macy, and that no white man shall be
disfranchised except for crime.
^b ) A constitution of principles,
and not dealing in legislation, but
leaving the Legislature full control of
the free schools and requiring the
Legislature to liberally support them.
The constitution shall not provide a
system of police regulation, but this
and all kindred, qnestious shall be re?
garded* as within the scope of legisla?
tive authority.
(c ) The constitution when adopted
shall not be submitted to the people,
I such a course being unnecessary if j
?lie convention be representative of
the whole white people of nue State.
(d ) The convention shall provide
for the preservation of the homestead.
Upon this basis and these; principles
the Conservatives and Reformers
will secure equal representation in the
convention, and the delegates will be
chosen under absolutely fair con?
ditions, the Conservative and Re?
formers being guaranteed equal voice
in the selection of delegates.
We desire to impress upon the
Conservatives and Reform voters of
the State the value of this basis of re?
presentation and these principles
which will bury discord and confu?
sion and bring peace to our people
We urge upon all patrio! ic citizens
without regard to factioual lines that
it is their highest duty to accept this
solution of the differences between
our people. We are satisfied that it
will secure peace to the Slate and a
Constitutional Convention represent?
ing no faction and committed to no
policy but the preservation of good
government in South Carolina and
honest and fair elections. In this
movement we are friends of all whose
aim is the cessation of strife and who
will unite with us upon these princi?
ples. ^
By order of the conference.
T M RAYSOR, Chair an.
The Fifteen Days Allowed
Before Executions Will Issue
After March 1st.
It has been a question for 6ome
time as to whether the extension of
the time for paying taxes Lill March
1, carried with it the customary fif?
teen days' time after that date, al?
lowed ordinarily before executions
would issue. Saturday tue Comp?
troller General took action in the
matter, and issued a circular giving
his decision. He also explains the
important change in the law relating
to the non-payment of polis. Here
is the important circular :
. COLUMBIA, S C., Feb. 19, 1895.
Mr.-, Treasurer-County :
Sir: After the first day of March,
1895, you will collect taxe3 with the
15 per cent, penalty added until the
15th day of March, 1895. The Treas?
urer will immediately thereafter issue
executions against all delinquent
property and place in the hands of
the sheriff for the collection of the '?
taxes.
I wish to begin the annual settle?
ments in the State the first of May,
1895, or as soon thereafter as possi?
ble for taxes of 1893 94, and county
treasurers are urged to be prepared
for such settlement at any l ime after
that day.
It is not necessary that treasurers j
should issue executions against delin?
quent poll taxpayers where there is
neither real or personal property. Our
law makes the non-paymer.t of poll
a misdemeanor and punishable accord- J
ingly. In such cases the treasurers
wiil make the proper. affidavits JJ
(blanks having been furnished or are
on hand in this office) that such poll
taxpayer is liable and has not paid j
his poll, and place afiidav ts in the \
hands of trial justices. The trial jus?
tice, upon this affidavit, will proceed
as in ordinary cases of misdemeanor
and is entitled to costs in thc same
manner Trial justices carnot collect
poll taxes, but all moneys collected
in such cases except costs are paid
over to the county treasurers as other
fines are paid, for the benefit of the
county Respectfully,
JAM KS NORTON,
Comptroller General. j
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SHERIFFS MUST ACT QUICK.
The following circu'ar letter to
sheriffs needs no explanation :
To the Sheriff of-County :
Dear sir : Sheriffs ?re urged upon j
receipt of tax execution from county \
treasurers to act promptly and within
thc ninety days allowed by law for
the settlement of these executions
and be prepared to settle with the
treasurer. Our attention has been
directed to cases where sheriffs have
returned executions against real es
tatt? as nulla bona, and subsequently
the agents of the sinking fund com?
mission lind such property and collect'
ilse taxes. This should not be. When,
executions against delinquent pro?
perly have been placed in the hands
of the sheriffs, there is no authority
for staying- them except that vested
by law in t'ue Comptroller General.
At the annual settlements sheriffs will
be expected to 'nave all executions
left in their hands from preceding
years settled entirely, ?xeept in
special cases whore otherwise direct?
ed. Treasurers have been instructed
not to issue executions against delin?
quent poll taxpayers who return
neither real nor personal property,
and, where treasurers do issue such
executions by mistake or otherwise. ?
sheriffs are not expected or required Jf
to receive them. Respectfully, T
JAMES NORTON,
Comptroller General.
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