Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-06-01
WASHINGTON NEWS AID GOSSIP.


icons, entertaining, enthusiastic and knowing
ne'shboT, shat the resolution adopted By the
Aa-ikaoW Notbing5, at Harmony Hall, On
Tuesday Il Sht last, foI heir protection against
tie frauds FOR the peri etration of which the
hnoT Nothing majority in the councils laid
TIE soCndatiOn. has completely nonpIussed the
dishonest sohensrs. Our 50 cstipaabls noigh
Lo' first whinas, then fIets, next scolds, and
then raves and foa-cs over il, announsinc
clearly to ths perceptions Of thc7e Of common.
sorSo that its friends are fairly caught in their
eva nap. They devised scheme by which, a.
thsy thought, fraudulent return. might be
n2deof itorssult of the approaching election in
t0Cr Of The seven wards Of Washington. This
SsEeme vas, f-st, t. r-aTcat a2y Anti Know
Nothing frcn a,sifs rs judge or ccrumis.
sioEsr Of election IL those four wards. appoiot-
3aS al oT them f-om a22oGg tie oatk-bocnd
Hi2n5eS5 ot tbs oT1cr, whose obligations H.
Guced tie hacw Noting witness in the Lowell
ti4@i to swear falsely i6T three hours, and then
70 Justify himself lar SO dcius BY declaring
mat the oath ke aa- taken as witness con.
Ii5-ci With H. obligation under his oath as a
1-ei.acc q tie secret politics., oTder, which
&c regarded as mast binding upon him.
1lsy tiae Cou1cils) having thus excluded the
''nii-hao= Meetings. iro1 all participation in.
5he conduct Of the elee ioa, laid On the table
resolution pro7idiDg that the ballots voted
should he returned 20 the corporation archives
and TrsSe:Fed as a par. Of the re ,oTd of
the election. hey also laid On the table
= Proposition asking their secret order
ICES 10 adn.s, a. h-Tetafors, in the room
when they court tLe ba!IotI, two respectable
EE--l;iai persons CT both parties. =. They thus
made Preparations fer the commission Of
frauds, with lmpunity, in tho conduct Of the
election The only recourse left to Their on
P)nenf- to 6asTi against the possibility Of
fraud IN counting tas ballots il those wards
vhicE zen not DESTROYS of having fraudulent
returns made wou,d themselves have guarded
Rga-15t--vas TO rosues. their friends to yo,e
oEe1 t'e-:cts in TIE sight CO respectable ci.i-
zeEF, @he Will make r record Ct ths uafas of
eEe-y person who Fo',s il that way IL their
presence. Ts's IS 80 plsa adopted on the
Suggestion, IN oPsn Inesli1g, Of ORG Of tho most
Determined and active Wk;gs in Washington,
l. having been written cut in the meeting
u1dor LA eye ard at ais request We thus
state Lac Origia Cf tao resolution TO shor The
extreme fdthty OF the sGJrt of our talented.
courteous enthusiastic. Knowing, eatsTtaining.
ana aLiiaS!e neiEhbJr TO connect the Admins
tEaticn With IL. 1t Was unanimously alopted
~ ;he meeting, embracing, az that did, onite
& AZ r l.
upon 10 man. Yet al who are at heart orpo-
--e1,5 OF t1s tTeacoEablo aims Of the Know
So;htiG secret POii;iesl organization will
gild.y ad0P! is suggestion, as embracing IN.
Ger TO extraordinary action Of the CorncI
lie cay fosliEe S2Iety against tho peIoe.ra.
sion Ct frauds il tho rendition Of tia rstu,ns
-'E' l0Four talented md truthful noishboEs
'W-ofPeEs n this connection. 1t saws that
" la, yeas largo majority of the COua,nls
s-1Lc's UeIo anl-Anerioan-i. G. anti. Know
Ao'Aag. 10 this Wo haze % say that, On that
occasion, the boards Of election commissioners
were 81 made as always before in thu city, TO
Cen IS each Of tTo Wings and one D.rocrst.
too KNOW Nothing party having 10 TisitIe
exis';rce WhsL tley were created! II not
DeiI- kHoTn, a that tins, that there existed
oe-side.&Llo Know Notsirg party a,norg rz.
tno boards 6c,c made ca the cd division &C
parties, a. P-CE-oUsly. When Know Eothia ?.
ian s4S>c4u2nty manifested if:e'f, Il turned
c. hat A one Ward Gil three of the ecnmis-
n0-c;s scrs anL-hnOw Nothings, IL a.o her
all 1lree were haoT NOGhings, aud in ell the
-ssI t!e eomuis'ioLers were divided, in some
tSo aLti Know N0,hings o one know Nothing.
AZ in others two know Nothipgs to one anti.
HLC" Nothing.
OGr talented and truthful neighbor also says
that IL The THird WaEd 1T the last election the
rE!I0t-bsx was t. Ken to the priva resi-
deass o. o1e Of the commissioners, Ehsro de
ToIss were cOu1ted." 1t fergets TO add III al
though so taksr, i: was Tot for an Instant
tal;n cut Of the sigh: of more than one ac,iye
al earnest Know Nothing. and that tic votes
winch were in It were oily counted under the
eyes Of such parsons. Cur talented and truth
III heighnor further forgetl to say the from
&c H'so erection in the city 10 the present
>---ses me Dato:s II every ward thereof have
bee-- cocat>t oqorIy, il the p,egcnce Of u1of.
fetal persons Ct both 2 a.ties to the c,n.cs. 20
tie Day his - tie Grlt occasion since
Tie se;hslsa; CT Washington, whom i. i, ar.
E.-Esd 10 coult them in secret; and that too,
WIZ C7e party Lag been ior the fret time
PurPoseiy deprived Of representative on the
roaIds CT election commissioners. "a fer cur
t@ieE,si I'd truthful rsighbor's high -falutin
over tie stack upon tho integrity Of tus in.
1el.--zs Of the Know Nothing election boards,
We E.-e % say that 1t has been made by the
Couac.', If proEidirs ths means Of committing
ira~ds wat2 immunity, and By themselves thc
board II accepting places or those boards,
under circumstances involving an entire aud
hi'LeE.ornkLsw. violation CT tie rights of their
feiiOE-ciazsus WAC are politically opposed to
then. Ii tieir fe!low-citizens a-o suspicious
Of E.Ie1Csa ioa! play, AID seek to guard