The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-01-22
C1TY INTELLIGENCE.
DEMOCRACY.

Confess 10 hhNlnB NVsoN A"0'S
TSa resuIt Of the election in the Eleventh
Legislative district embracing seven dlVlslohs
Tweleth 2i Spe ward and two divisions of the Twen.
tieth ward of this city-was the return DO OF
Denie his Republican competitor, William Bum,
receiving 8O44. This vas Wss renarRippiS reatabsipiSs
majority was only So and there were abundant
proofs Of fraudulent votes cast for the Demo
Pprstic candidate. Mr., Bum has contested the
TiSbt Of Inc former to the seat. The matter is
now undergoing investigation peIore COM
mittee OF the Hs2se Oh 6nepI some choine ex
tracts from th q testimony already eLcitea oe,
fore this com plittee SHOWING me go dav oF ISs
the Democra tic "repedIeIs Oh UiiS N'' N4 'AO
OCTOBER I e'sG s !,,,an nUn testified as follows-
81 reside ia Christian street, DeIWeeh FL Inn "a
and sixth Streets Phiadelphlai on ne l5th OF
October IN Ed uo pdt9HSgn Dn'' i've dis
tTict who we're Il OF residents therein; KNOW KNOW Of
them he wing voted ia the SlXteenth va Msrui Rod \,
Iino th' ,S,s New Workers aud two Baltimoreans,
went lst day up thef,ei eisut and % met two
dtSers diGp ~ Third and queen streets; took the
Third street car and went 10 fopiari gqs 9uL
aI HeaS f5ntoi' front above Poplar, aud got from
a ma q mere a name, residence and occupation,
and Voied. got the ticket from this man; from
mere we went to Front and otter Streets got
Rhe ug me end residence, anu Voteu Jnetei Iuen
we We mt to New Market ana LauteS M & ION IN CneIe re
to sei oDd and Gerinantown ToSoi Iroul 'neIe % 10 W
Secg ad q Beaver streets from tnere 10 / onlCh
and George; from there TO FliCn' , Deio" Seooge;
FrankJta and Girard avenue; from there TO
Teuth and Girard avenue; we got q 90 plil mere @
from q man who geve us the tickets, and hVe
nf ms went down to the Girard avenue market
ard got our dinners; the other i've went down
,,.,ed Fo@n mg he e arcs Sih ,oent 10 Front above
T0r,tcr and tUeq,t The same track udt me ten
LGf rome before; ] was sent TO Front above Pop.
lar. donjt know the name of the man who sent
me: had q mark TO know the man from Whom
I was 10 get the ticket; he had piece OF store
string lied to his buttonhOle; each one of us
received a slap OF paper with name, resluence,
and occupation on we alo noo Escn1ct aI sS
?td1leS zee Voted in; as soon as we voted we gave
the slips of paper to the man VINO gave mem 70
as. do not know the names OF the parties WhC
furnished the tickets; lCe OoCed me Dentocratst
ticket; did not ergHne any Of them; Ine 1 men we
ON cross examination this model Democratic
citizen testified . 80,
nor any OF the others that saw; did not see
all the votes taken ln I voted ncenty times my
snGylli,1O and StOpped diGpoStBUe'
Christopher Lamb, another Of tniS patriotic
II was one of The party spoken OF oy Mr.
Slayen, Slaven, Elliott, RoWan, anu heodlng;
myself composed that party; l. then lived In
Shippen street. between Second and Thirdi l
which Slaven voted: 1 cannot recollect the
nemes / voted in; 1 voted the Democratic
badge on; did not examine them; do not re.
member the names of the New Workers or
forget them now; my vote was not hallenged
at any OF the divisions where we voted" III, .
Still another of the same gang, Henry Elliot
by name, made the following confessions
''I heard the testimony of Slayen; was with
him on the day of the October election; then
lived at No 535 Cherry street; Uoted ttcentg
times the same as SlGren, and at the same places
voted the Democratic ticket, Judge; did not
examine any Of them, because didn't think II re.
On cres-examination Elliott said
ave changed hats and coats sometimes, IN
goi1g from poA to poll; neUer hUed IN the Strteen9
John Rowan, one of the same party, who left
il at Tenth and Gir&rd avenue, corroborated
the above witnesses, but claimed the virtue OF
having voted only ten times Daniel Redding S
testimony also corroborated that given in full
Mr., Henry Mitchell gave the following testi-
II reside No 1910 North Fourth street, Sixth
division, Sixteenth ward; l recognize the
parties mere to night as q portion of a party
who voted at the October election; immedi.
ately after voting myself 1 went to Tnird and
Poplar streets after voter; saw these ten men
get out of the car; recognized Slaven as man
had known; from their conversation l was
induced to follow them; Mr. Fields accom-
panied me; they went to Front street, above
Poplar, where they were furnished with
ticket by man carrying q Democratic badge
they went to the window and each got his vote
In; afterthey left the window Went TO the same
man and got ticket, and opening IL saw 1t
wasIa Democratic Ticket"
This witness also testified that he followed
the gang through their entire route, aud nOteC
every place at which they voted. Mr.. ALFRED
Nj. Fields, who resides in the sixth division o
the Sixteenth ward, accompanied Mr.. Mitchell
and corroborated his testimony in every par
uculRr.
ten Democratic "TepeuteTS" cast dtOgctheT Is
UOteS during the course Of The day, dUe of Hea
Coting t'Centy times each, and The remaining fU
This, of course, will entirely swamp III
alleged majority of 35 votes, by virtue of whic
rebGttaL he will attempt to make out n
mains TO be seen