Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-05-05

Tx FOURTH WARDMEKIIxG-AL ireiy Tim.
The meeting held last evening at Cops Pavilion
On the Fourth Ward, for the purpose Of electine
Delegates TO the city convention and also TO noui-
inate ward ticket Of one Alderman three Com
mon Counciimen, and one Assessor, was largely
attended by citizens OF the Fonrth Ward and
others, who, about the hour for proc-sding To bu-
siness, filled the large hall TO OVERLOOKING. Can
vass.fs Were buSily Engaged la urging thsir re.
sP+ehVe candidates, and distributing printed
uckets One Of these tie kets noIni mating delegates
10 the city convention $ follows: .-
Fourth Ward-Delegatrs John 4. Coyle T.
ID Spencer. ~
The I'vrsons supporting the above tcke. were
nhders'0od to be I'm favor Of the denomination OF
Mr. Halliday as Collector, Mr.. Morgan as Regis
TER. and Mr.. FORSYTH rs Surveyor
Ihe following ticket was represented as the one
~blrh fdVors change In the o1iees Of Collector
Register. and SURVEYOR
Fourth Ward -Delepates-T Calf I,m..
haSiishr lanes sutton, Frank Steer, Jas Stone
The next ticket ''ltes' noticed was as follows
FOURTH w d,-For Alderman-wm. II. Ward.
Another ticket ran as follows: .-sH.r
fourtn w ard.-For Common COuneil-Wm. p
Mohun, Thomas J. Gait, Elijah Edmunston.
Ct another ran thus .
Fourth Ward.-F Common Council-ym p
Mohun. Thomas Calf, Eli Edmunston VIZ
Z DufIamel, John Bowling.
Finally, after considerable preliminary discus
sloa, the meeting was called to order by MIR.
Robert Baslup Of the Fifth Ward who, on re-
stirring silence, nominated DR. FWm lone. =.
chairman Of the meeting. Carried unanimously
MT ROBERT j. Kane was appointed secretary
DIR. Jones took the chair and Thanked lis fel-
IowcitEens for the expression OF their respect and
confidence.
The chair tlIen stated the object for which the
citizens had come together and announced hI,
readiness to bear any proposition.
Mr. Charles :. Wallach moved a resolution ap-
PREDATORY OF the official conduct Of the present
Collector Register, and Surveyor and reonestino
whoever the delegates 10 the convention NAV he
that they be instructed 70 vote for the denomination
OF the present ineunbcnts Of those Offices and for
none other.
The chair rose 70 put the question on the passage
Of the resolution when there arose a big rumpU,
OF the crowd, and several loud voices cried out
Ne! let us have no gagging; let the delegate,
be elected without Instructions The noise grew
rapidly into complete clamor, and for a Few
minutes nothing definite could be heard and
inany groans and Kisses saluted the resolution.
and, amid all, the louder voice of one man wa,
heard moving that the resolution be laid on the
table. The resolution was voted down. loud
Ii was now moved that the meeting proceed "a
elect delegates TO attend the City Convention
The motion being carried, the Chair appointed a,
teiiers 20 receive the votes, Messrs I.askey
hcLaughlih, and 4. z. Dom, Esq
BefOte proceeding To ballot, Mr. John Med
mott moved that the vote be taken BY the poll list
Instantly arose most emphatic veil Of objection
10 such measure, and the scene that epzIed wa,
ap-rfect Babel; amid which could be heard loud
"rss % . Order, object to the poll list,
"
'.D-n the poll list, - etc amid ali Of which Mr
McD. endeayOred to get the ear of the crowd II
order to protest against any other mode OF pro
cedure. Mr.. Med. stated that there lad beer
frauds practiced at the preliminary meeting held
In this ward last year and the legal voters of Tia,
ward could not consider the action of the meeting
Is binding them TO the support Of any ticket un
less that ticket was nominated in an eduitabl,
manner.
Many respectable persons present, who heart
the speaker, endorsed the sentiment expressed b,
him. and declared that unless the vote was IA kei
by the poll list they could not pledge Intensely We.
to endorse the action OF the meeting. This seemet
Ia them TO he the only proper method to proven
non-resdents, and others not entitled to the priv
ilege. from voting.
The Chair endeavored to put the motion. bu
while calling upon the alternatives to answer ave
the negatives would OyerIYheim his voice too,tIe
with that OF the ALTERNATIVES, thereby preyeDtiu,
those who desired an equitable vote from evei
kIElng utterance 10 their OPT Mon Many person
oppressed indignant disapprObation Of the rours
pursued oy the negatives, asserting that il wa
Ear II presume These persons Were not legal voter
oi Ihe ward, OF they could have seen no objection
10 the Use OF the poll list preventative of fraud
u sneit strongly OF an intention to perpetrat
fraud they commended. The cIamlof finally becan,
50 great that the Chair was obliged to put the.xOt
twl"e over. and on neither occasion did thos. ad
vO.dtiH2 the poll list system get the privilege q
expressing their sentiments ~ EN- IIhatic a yer
diet in favor Of the free and cosy arranOenen
could not bat he construed as the vocs ~ H.,
meeting. and its opponents Were effect ual v choket
of.
The voting then begun, and presented to tn,
hslntertsted observer some peculiar character
ist!cs- The telIers arranged themselves In ROY.
behind = long table, and the voters passing alonu
IN 'front.' gave their votes into the hands Of the rs
teller ahd they were passed along through ia.
hands Of all thee and deposited in q hat "A fev
poiicenea under Capt. Goddard did all they
could TO preserve order and keep the rush Of peT
sons away I ON the table. The voters dressed
alOng-an army Of anxious patriots vielny witt
each other in their efforts to keep up the spirit M
the oceasion-and ali attempts To prevent parties
less for Il long time.
Occasionally in the line could be seen a citizen
Of the Fourth Ward, coming up noLly to the
work, in opposition 10 the heavy odds against
him; and all the time, those who observed In.
crowd closely were exclaiming There yoes !
fellow who has voted before,'' and towards the
last Of 10. and after the hat had been filed to over
sOSiag with ballots those who had passed through
many times az to become known to the teIle1s
were caught and expelled About this TIME II
was considered time to close the polls; but nc
sooner would the teilers close, than along would
come another squad Of voters whose united pro-
tsstations that they had not voted, would cause a
supplementary opening. This was done three or
four times. until no more votes could be crowded
into the hat, apparently, and then the telers close.
finally. The crowd pressed forward and sur
rounded the tsllers 81 denseIy that thew found il
impossible 10 get along with the count. and re-
guested permission to retire to an adjoining room.
tue better To facilitate operations whereat sundry
persons objected. contending that the proner y,a =
to upset the hat on the table and count II,
sight of the meeting
The Chair endeayored 30 impress upon the
crowd tnat IL would take all ght to count tie
votes unless the tellers could remain unnterrupt-
I'd. but the more he endeayored. the more the
crowd wouldn't listen; the tellers went 70 work
egaIR-but hnding that they could never do any
thing in that way, Mr.. NJ Laughlin, in behalf Of
the tellers, addressed the throng, begging that
they De permitted To retire.
The question being put, the Chair found IL i'm
possible IL decide, and in the confusion which
followed the teliers settled the matter by walking
on in t.Ie smoke.
As al they disappeared the crowd appa-
rrntly thought no more Of the matter; and on
motion, the Chair appointed George w Philips
Jos. l.. Noyts, and - La Truite as telers To 81
ceive the votes Of the meeting for an aldefrnanic
candidate. The same scene then began again
and after the hat bad rot about half full OF ballots
II was ascert1ned that some Were casting votes
for only an Alderman, while others were voting
for three CouncilIneh besides, and some only
voting FOR Assessor. When this Important tact
aSceTtained, there uni versal on
on all hands, and IL began to look stormy; some
cried out Ia go with the voting, others ,o stop
and begin anew. In few seconds 4 great df-
yersity CT view was promulgated and il was gen.
orally conceded that the thing was not being done
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