, 1860-04-24
a9rtas & Crihtt,tr.
4 rIonEKN INSTANCE.

TUESDAY, APRIL y, 4ooV'
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A MODERN INSTANCE. ,r.
Il has occasoned general SURPRISE '''os 49,
vx. B. E..rEuAN, "Chairman uenoc'nt',
executive Committee" the Chicago 1tt'lss anu
othor interested parties. have allowed 'h',f
o,o-,o1 ,r5,n nr. J. 4 HAHS to drop 50 SUD
aan,r o,,, of view. 1t is hardly necessary LOT
w % ~ restate the issues pending between them'
~. 49,, .,,not afford 10 let them forget their
,;,,,o ,,,r s,,;t so soon. Mr.. VIM. Donnenan,
,,ronr;otor Of Tho Commercial House IN 1ne
rh;16 Ward. brought his action against HI.
" n Datcham, for the board Of eighteen men
for eleven days, to~wit: from the 26th ol teb'
rua,y 10 the eth day Of March last, the latter
1epc tue date Of cur municipal election Mr.
nonuolIan also brought similar action against
the Democratic candidate for Mayor OF the CITY.
The former case was brought to trial before
.Jus:ico Of tie Peace, on tic 5th Of April inst
The principal witness was Dr.. J. A. Ham,
Democratic candidate for Alderman Of the
Third Ward, who, being duly sworn, testlheo
that Mr. Bateham requested him to 50 to oon-
neuan end negotiate board for e'en'een
or twenty men-that in pursuance o.
such request be called at the Commercial
House. and Donnellan stated his terms to be
fifty cents per dav-that he (llahn) SO reported
to Bateham-thnt Bateham replied, tile Pr &c
vas more than the Committee were paying
for board in other parts Of the city ont ne
1eckoned they would have to stand It. In Inc
course Of rigid cross-e1amlnatlon BY deleno-
ants attorney the witness stated further that
Bateha,n told him he had one hundred men to
le distributed in the First, Second and 1n11o
Wards-that If he (Hahn} wanted some ol
Them in the Third, LIE could have them by
finding them place to board-that the money
was not then raised to pay for their board but
that il would be-that be Qdahn) did not
know that tue men were being sent to tho
Commercial House fur his benefit more partic-
ularly than for the SUCCESS Of the general
ticket. liz. wclch, the clerk Of the CONNER
cinl House, testified that eighteen men came
to the house on the Saturday next but one
preceding the elec.ion-tl.at he understood
they came in pursance Of an arrangement mace
with Dr.. Hal,n-tl,at they remained until The
evening Of election day-tllat he had not seen
them since-tl.at he supposed they came there
to vote!
There being no robuttinG testimony, the
court rendered Judgment in favor Of Donnel-
Ian for ninety dollars, and the notoriety Of the
case occasioned the defendant or defendants
in tue other suit to satisfy Mr.. Donnellan's s
claim against them without mourning any
nasty costs But Mr.. Bateham, "chairman
OF the Democratic Executive Committee" not
satisfied with that beautiful structure, The
Civil Law, made an explicit statement deny
iug in general aud in detail tue statements
made by Dr.. Hahn. We cheerfu}ly published
his denial, and recommended him either te
take an appeal from the judgment rendered
against him or to put himself on fair footing
with DR.. Hahn by making affidavit to lis state
1ncnts. In ouch case, either tue matter wou]e
come up for n fuller investigation or the con
1lictirg declarations would 60 before the con
1ulnity, eech fortified by the solcmnity Of al
oath, 10 DO settled by the character AM
standing Of the parties respectively
The one being Democratic candidat
for Alderman, and the other Chalrna
Of the Democratic city organization, we antic
patcd some novel proceedings in the judclar
Of public opinion. But Mr. Batehan1, strang
to say, has altogether omitted to avail himse1
ofour suggestions. He las neither taken a
appeal to higher tribunal nor made MI
dayit to his denial Of Dr.. Hahn's te:
timony: We will not undertake to Sd
where his singular neglect leaves him, becaus
we are not in the habit Of chopping logic 0
such plain inferenccs- But We may sugges
TINT the next time tho Democracy Of Chicag
are charged with importing voters to carr
important elections it will require somethu'
beside the denial Of Democratic politician
and newspapers to shal;e tho public belief
tho probal,le truth Of the accusation.