The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1854-11-17
votes. or even f.his i prevented. and hon.

votes. or even ifthn b prevented. and hon.
est men hsye 0utvotcd their opponents, and
all their frauds, then these Inspectors Of
Elections often. with utter shamelessness,
court tho votes ~ they please. without any
regard 10 numbers and return men elected who
have never received in fact aqusrter Of ths
numerical vote. In other cases where chose
|organized forces cannot, or dare no, undcr-
take 70 cxclude bona6de citizens, they, snd
their nccomplices, voto over and over ugaiu,
and often oyerawc the Inspectors into reccis.
ling their votes. or they bring 10 voters from
Ineighboring wards, without distinction Il
party, or discrimination ne tn aiienship, OF
any other disqualification. ,dn.somo yards,
Il has become as much a. mans life 10
worth to vote at all, unless he votes ~ hs
Is ordered. In other warls the respectable
citizens have retired iron al primary cleo.
tons In disgust or alright, and abandoned
them TO bullies or blacklegs, who now hare
there tho especial control. n, ...'.-,.
How 1nrY ARE MAsAoEp. Under ,lis
system Of Primary Elections, there have
grown up in the city large class of man
known in the slang Of the city, as "Suck-
ers'' and "Strlkers." The "Slrikers are Q
bold class Of inauradcrs, who come down"
upon candidate for place, and demand Of
him money. with threats, that u he dos
not give Il, they will be down upon him
in the Primary Elections, or in the nomin,.
ting Conventions. and who generally frigh.
ten timid OF corrupt men into pay. The
I" Suckers, - are more gentle class, vbe
Loo, ,hn,k ,Lo Do.to. H,,sos ,skera iha
Nominating Conventions meet and who'suck
out pay. These I" Strikers" and |" Suckers"
make Il their trade to got upon the Notnina'
ting Committees and in connexion with out.
side forces. they generally succeed. Th-
man who does not wish to be known as tae
king money in person, puts into these Nomi-
mating Committees. these "S,rikcrs" and.
I" Suckers, and they notoriously sell their
votes, not ulono to the highest bidder, bus
often over and over again, to all the bidders
and hence 1t is well known that the Nomi.
mating Committees, more or less. are -
marketable rs cattle, or slaves, In the slave
pen,-not for one sale, however, as arc
cattle and slaves. but for sale over and
over again, at the same moment, 20 jider.
cnt buyers, according as they find dupes 10
to dnpe, or aspirants to buy them. SONS
Wing or Democrat, eminent in his party, q.
ten finds his name in Primary Election on
the same ticket with some unknown 'S,ri
kerr or " Sucker" or with some Distinguish
ed bully,-but hois not expected to take
tho trouble to attend the Nominating Con.
vcntions, and il no does hc will often End
himself wcaried out, or worried out, 10y M.
merous adjournmcn.s, and to such places
where decency can hardly 90 with safety. it
is sometimes the custom, on a ticket where
five men nre to serve, to put on two well
known Democrats or Wings and two "Suck.
ers," or Strikers" and for tho 6lth mas
some "peter Funk" as hc Is known 10 our
Mock Auction vocabulary, or better known
now as q ' Greenwood" man that is,a dead
man-thero being, in fact, no such aan,
and the name being u mere invention. Ihs
two "Suckers" or % Strikers" generally 6nA
when their Convention usscmoios, vuS -
both of the well known Democrats or Whige
among the absentecs, and they not only lu
his place, or their places with other " Suck:
ers or Strikers" but the "Groenypod
mans" place also; and hence. starting viii
only two Suckers or Strikers" they gonerss-
ly end with five. Men who, night and day,
though moro by night than by day make
politics their trade, Of course can deceive
their inattentiye fellow citizens, and the wsy
they dupe and fool :" the green ones" hs
standin. joke with them over their cups.