The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1839-04-23
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ESDAY April. %, 1889.
NEW YORK CITY ELECTION


Has gone in favor of the administration. The
Swartwouis and Prices-or the followers in their
footstep s-have triumphed by 1887 majority. The
aggregate vote is al 1853. Last Spring the Wings
came within about 200 ofloosing the city, but in
the fall being excited to diligence by this almost
defeat they rallied and prevailed by large major
ity-a majority which do not doubt they can,
with proper degree of courage and action, bring
out again. Their present defeat will wake them up.
But they have the whole force of the administration
to contend WITH which poured out money like wa
ter in the late contest. The Almancs say ''look
out for a storm about these days"-et the people
"ook OUT for the departure gilmore Sub-Treasur-
ers TO Europe la Swartwout, ''about these days"
Below is a letter which we received from a friend
in New York too late for last weeks paper, but
which was written before the result was known.
Can this be called free country while such state
of things exists2 AT this rate it will be absolutely
necessary to call out the military to protect the
right of suffrage. -
NEW YORK, April IL, 1889.
Mr.. CHADWICK If you would witness a gen.
une specimen of modern democracy, come to New
York during the Charter Election. This is the Sd
day. In the lower Wards all is quiet, and the vot-
ing is uninterrupted, but in the 9Th, 7th, Sth and
18th all is anarchy and contention. A friend OF
mine who belongs to the 7th Ward told me yester-
day that he went at an early hour and struggled
two hours amidst dense crowd to getto the poIis
but unsuccessfuIly. A set of organised loafers
blocked up the passage, and it is worth as much
as mans life to force through them. In the l2th
there were z or individuals knocked down yes
terday for the crime of voting the Wing sllcket.-
An elderly ,nfrm gentleman while standing near
the ballo, box was knocked down by bully be-
hind him, and was rescued by his son from furth'
er violence. I conversed with gentleman who
witnessed it, and who himself was threatened and
escaped the fury of the mob through the assistance
of man who voted the opposite ticket. Every
wing distributor of votes driven from the
ground by the mob. representation of these
facts made to the Mayor, signed by several of
the inspectors, and a request that the Military
might be called out. Voters imported from
New Jersey by hundreds. A young mana Wing
placed himself near the ballot box yesterday and
had the nerve to challenge 81 of these oafers who
but for that would have voted, but when put upon
their oath, FIVE only of the 81 would swear. Some
OF them when questioned would affirm in the most
| solemn manner that they residents of the
ward, but on showing them the Bible npon which
they must make oath, they would make off with
mprecatoDs on the Wings. The young man who
challenged them threatened with violence, but
told them he armed, and that he would sshoot
the first man who attempted to modest him.
The system of voting is as bad as it is possible
to conceive of, opening WIDE door for perjury and
fraud and be remedied only by registry law,
such as now exists in Philadelphia and Baltimore.
The result of the election will be known this
evening, unless the vote is very close. No doubt
the Wings have large majority of the legal vot-
! al ,ho nj
Mechanics and Professional men are Wings. But
New York contains large floating population
mostly foreign laborers, employed upon the public
works and about the docks and wha,ves and con-
nected with the Custom House which almost to
man vote the administration ticket and will go far
towards neutralising the Wing majority