, 1869-10-28

IT seems 10 be tue CeIlbe1ale purpose VI 1
the Ta1nmany Risg of this city that the
ordinary safeguards Of political purity shall
lie removed as fAz as possible from the |
ballot-bo1 at the coming election This
determination IS as despctie and dangerous
..s--t -, .s-s.4 .assa.ed with ll-gotten
power. Keeping up the miserable
p,etence that this is contest be-
tween the DrnocEntic and Republican
pa1uaa, when they kuow il ia contes. be-
tween two wholly different parties. each Of
which includes sndsffersntly Democrats and
Republicans, they nominated judges Of
election, Ill Of whom, ut some Of the pre-
circts, whether calling themselves Demo
c1ats or Republicans, are creatures OF tho
Ring. Having packed the judges OF cleo
ton 10 as in some cases to secure them Ill
Of one party for the purpose of this con.
test, q fair regard for deceuc5 would have
dictated that one clerk of election at
each precinct should belong to the Citizens
party. Had tho Central Committee of the
Ring been willing to assent to this, there is
no real doubt TINT the judges Of election,
who have the appointing Of the two clerks
at each voting place, would have followed
their advice. To this end the Citzenb'
Committee prepared and submitted to the
other committee for their acquiesccace tho
following proposed note Of agreement:
.ra- c..4.=~-. ez,.u"' cs,uu1,tsev alu tue nc.
putIttan Central COMMITTEE herenf agree th2s
vii, be satisfactory 10 them Rnd eAeh ot them,
II the Judges Of the seEern election districts ol
rrrresen,!ne m @ tn4 % c!'aens ~ o1e.olrson, @ I'D one
CLERK representing the Republican organization; !;
auch CLERKS to be DESIGNATED ~ the Central CON-
20. THfS unrHE, Chairman
To which they received the following an-
sWer:
CHICAGO, s. LAsAiLE s1Rrr.t
OcL ~ lsG9.
HIN. Th"s. Hoyu: .-..
rtrnct nc 10 say that The aPpo'sttnent o. clerks
OF erection II the duty Of the Judges OF election,
and sos committee VIM moi tns<s3err with such 81
JOIN l. nEyEE1nGx, Chairman.
In Justice to General Revesilce ne must
State tlat when the proposition Of tho Citi-
zeus' Committee wis presented to him he
said it was fair and jnss, mud that be per-
s'pnlly had no objection To it, bat that, as
hcwa not tho committee, he could not
give lis assent 10 II without first consulting
them.
sov, LIT thc public take natice that The
pr"Is~itien nf the Citizens Committee VIA
n"s 10 '4iAserfere " with the judges Of clao.
tim. hut merely To signify to them
thai II they shon}d sec ct K
spl"int ono clerk representing cart
organization (thp law requiring the appoint
inrnt of two clerks Mt each precinct), sucl
tnciLod Of conducting The election woul.
l'r satisfactory u both organizations.
my hallot-bo1-ssulling nr frauds ia count
ing the votes nse contemplated in auy q
the warla, it wuuld, of co,lrxc, l.r nnwis
TO nsscnt to any proposition looking to th
appointment Of clerk representing III
cNszens organization. II no fznnls nj
contemplated. there would, Of cou.se, b
nu motive for refusing so fs
II proposition. Hence, we 80
iha: the refusal of the Ring to assent to h
proposition IL the Cltizens' Committee
7'rsm' .JH|ie rridtmce Of fraud. The
Knew that the request Of the Citizen
Committee vns fair und honest, aud hs
nornd IN view but impa1tialisy. Yet The
dodted behind the poor pretcuce that the
could nut control the judges Of election!
Every man knows that when q pili,ic
party Vt whatever name, conteudiuc T,
half al]lion dollars q year of fees q.
patronage, refuses to give its opponent
single Judge or clerk Of election at a ps
ticular nusaher Of precincts. it means frau
A. Judge Il election Of each party is nece
sary to prereDt false registration, unlawt
voting, and unlawful counting of vote
Both an inspector and clerk are necessa
to prevent ballot-stufting md fraud
counting the sOtes- The y1llainy Of q
pointing a ret Of Judges and clerks, all
whom belong to one party Or ring, as
only ethcinl euA.l,ans Of the purity
the bhlint in contest bet re
two parties. or ra.her l.etween the Off
holders and the people. is e1actly tho h
u viilainy which led to the formation Of t
San Frnnciseo Vigilance Conuittee in IS:
II Was because AT ho1tet election could (
he had thrt tie people ro.e IN their nif
in San F1suclsco-ex4ct.S al they will 9
day do in New York. where b4liot-box str
ing has been rcdaced to stience
The citizens Of Chicago have hut {
remedy for snch foreahaiowiess OF fra
Let them organize strong eousn,tt.es
every ward, whose dniy it shall be to t
Just such IN nccou1 Of the voting
challenges, md the counting Of the :ptcs
they wonla were thry lawful judges Il t
tion, to Eec that no nan rotes twice,
falsely persoratrs another voter witt
beng challenged. E sorn, aud itnmcdl
arrested for h,s crime. Since tho hing
determined 10 remove the common +
guards sgaiust a,allot-s.nidng, let the ,
zens Of Chicago and their committee
every ward attend to tho matte. wi
yieor that will compel obedience 10 the
sCHItN AT EALT LAKE