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Show An Unpublished Letter from Shako spoaro. To tho editor of Tnis Utah. County Democrat Allow mo to call your attention at-tention to the delinquent tax list, which has been published. In looking over It, and comparing with a party who has paid his tax for this year, I lind In It somo very gross errors and blunders; for instance, I call four cases with which I nm somowbat acquainted, I will call them A, B, C and D. A has two city lots, a house In which ho and his family reside, a team of horses, wagon, cows and farming Implements. Im-plements. His tax In full, city and oounty, was $0, B has two city lots, that Is all ho has, he Is ovor 75 years old, has beou ailing for some years back. Now at present ho Is unfit for work, and Is quite sick, and has boon for somo tlmo. Ilo Is taxed $10.05. C has a piece of ground rods square on which his house stands, is 6lckly,, works at times when able. Ho Is taxed upwards of $19. The county (Democratic) (Demo-cratic) remitted, but tho city council (non-partisan) wants the last tnllh O has a part of a lot without a fenco. bis houso and all his. furniture would not bilng, at a sale, $25. Ho Is un old man, in tho vlcity of ninety. Ho is taxed 18.35. Brother Openshawr.when ho was treasurer, told hlni to go home and novcr mind, f,ho city couucll then (Mmocratlc) did tho sarao. Another caso has just como under my observation, that Is r man with two lots, and two-story brick houso; has paid $40. What a burlesque at justice! And tho board of equulizatIon(?) has passed upon these cabea and said virtually they were correctl Shame on sueli procedure Tho founder of Democracy has loft on record "Exact Justice to All." Woe unto you scilbw, non-partisans, hypocrites who demur wtlows' and old feeblo men's houso. But thn you know tho city council Is non-pirtlsnn. I guess thoy resemble ruv play Tin-Merchant Tin-Merchant of Venice. Shylock wanted his pound of flesh, and wo all know tho , result. Oh, conslstoney Hum art a ' ewc'. SltAKESrUAIIK. P. S. The pec-weo non-partisan sheet tho Enqulror pleaso copy, If tho vlco-prcsuleut will nllow It. Provo, November 13, 18D8. I |