Show interesting oarl S salt u its R kansas sas city men who did n not ot vote in ia 1890 and the late election are to be ba sued by the city to test a peculiar law the charter provides that voters who do CIO not vote at the general city election every two years shall bo be charged with a poll tax of each tho the registration books of the tha city show that there were several thousand voters who did not exercise their right of franchise last spring at 2150 each these men owe the city pi a large amount and as that sum gum or any part of ef it would come com e very handy just now tho the city counselor has taken the first fint stop step toward collecting it theaone the money 7 so eo collected goes into the sanitary fund but it benefits the city departments is as money that would otherwise be ba taken from the revenue fund for other purposes Is 13 appropriated for sanitary purposes half of the best known business men and manufacturers professional men and capitalists those who have large property interests will find their na nas names s on the list of delinquents the men who are mostly directly interested in a elnan cial way in the government of the city are the men who seem to take no part in politics and neglect to vote corcel cor chicago news record |