Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1853-10-13
GERALD O. THE TIMES.
rdJa,OiY Oct Issh. 1853,

~ Having rAprrs>,d our opinion ia
regard to 'he lrg.,liy of The pro ceilings
OF the Board ol Ala, rm.en in counting
the votes tor Mayor, and declaring the
rlrc'ion oi Mr.. Calvert We shali row
speas oi lhr FL ciior. and certain per-
sons who voted Tor Mr.. C'lvert Mr..
Caivrri's Illumination lay lis patty was
IA lair ihirg il was the right OF that
gentleman to do all Ia hi POWER 10 Sc
cure lie cec lion.-aud II WAS the duty
o. his l,arly to vote lor llm, as their
regular uoninoe. But If The election Of
Mr.. Calvert had been legal one il
would not have been effected by Dem
ocratic votes alone. Every one Is per-
fectiy we'll aware that there is a large
Wing majority in this city-a majority
OF over two hundred, and had the Whig
strength been brought out the result
would have been very different from
that which has been announced, an !
the Bo1rd OF 4 A,d.rmen would have been
spared the conmIti.i o. Tie ST. nnge aud
mor,iiyi"s mistake nhch they have
uiade IN the disci,urge Of thtir Ollicial
duties, we hclicve that Alderman
Read, u ihe 4lh Ward was the only
one who dissenlcd from The dtcis an
so snys the Record.
The people Of Newp,r; very well un.
dcrs,aIId the genera, outline OF the pc
culiar position OF adiirs here, poiIichity
spraking although but few are aware
oi all the minulin Of tie affair. Ne
shall therefore give an explanation Ol
tie matter. so that oar Wing friends
abroad may comprehend The thing, and
know how il is that Democratic
Mayor has been declared elected
III the strong Wing city of New
port.
There il n small clique Of men, not
over twenty-five or thirty, who are
known as the Checker-back crew, who
have been end, avoring to make trouble
Tor the patty ever since 1887 hey have
D"vcr been OF any especial nrcorur, ex-
c.pi 70 lar as II was IA heir rover 10
annoy. IN the same manu,r as nIoSqUl-
tos>do m the summer seasIn. Thric
policy always has been, as we have
bong ago stated, either To rule or ruin
the Wing ty,-and they have i,lIow-
ed up heir conduci uniil they have uc.
60 npli>hrd the result which has already
been announced. Through Il long So
rirs OF years these men haze arraycd
themselves IN a hostile position to the
g'a' hohy OF he party ; ihey were new
or strong enough TO accomplish any
thug, ciIher at he caucuscs Of the pas
iy, or at the polls and consequently
they have scarcely ever shown deer
hands at the preliminary political M ct
ngs. The Wing party has never per-
secuted them III any way; On The con.
trary Tor many years they have held
various offices without hardly any one
OF The party dissenting. Blu, their con-
duet fnaly became 30 bare faced and
outrageous, and some oC them having
commurcd the most glaring treason
against the party. and materially aided
an is deihronement in the Safe, many
members Of The party begaa TO awake
t. "a sense Oi du'y anG to arouse to de.
finite and thectual action. They said
that they would not be dictated to or
controlled by haud-iull Of unpriucpIed
and malicious men some OF whom. pre-
bahly through ignorance rather than
m ,lice, had stabbed the patty To the
hearL hy participating in The election
oil Charles /. james, and tr,t at q time
when The party was at the very height
OF Its prosperity and in the iul meridian
Of ts strength. The party aroused in
indignation no one man spokc-n no
c.Iqie of mcn denounced rhose ,hu had
been ialse TO thrir eac1 ed uQst; bat tie
united voirc Of tie party, with ,hunder-
ing lndignation, declared that they had
been icaf!ulIy wronged, and that the
hour had a. rived when II was neceesa-
~ Tor ihem to Investigate the nauer,
and 10 disengage themselves from the
gully oucs who had caused such nlis-
chIci. This WIS done. soon alter
wards the rcolle became dissatisfied
with The Town Council. and they re
solved 10 remove them the party ac-
tlon was fair and honoratlr, and accord
ing TO the usage Of ,he party, so far as
party mcetngs had ever been held in
regard 10 Town odicers The mem
b rs Of the old Council were cal ed
u1or, AMI all bat one pledged them
selves 10 abide by the decision of the
caucus aud yet this one afterwards
pers uds those WHO were under his
conrr,l IT. Tie Council, 20 aliow lhcir
names TO be run on an independent
tax tngains, the regular nomnces OF
the party. The result was ;ha, the
regular party ticket succeeded by "a
handsome majority ut the second trHl.
Thus HIe checkerbacks were siyna,ly
and completely defeated and IN this
PROSTATE condition they remained dor