The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-02-11

| ing their right TO vote; have lived in that
neighborhood thirty.6ve years, aud in that
division ever since 1t has been adivisiou; several
of those voting had not seen before; several
were challenged, but o notice was taken of the
challenges: no vouchers were produced by the
challenged parties, but their votes were takeu;
| voted the full Republican ticket ia that
division.
Crossexamined-The mast alWays be
several hundred people voting in that division
who are strangers to me, but not so many as
voted on that day.
PhliO NJ. Sbultz sworu-I have lived in the
Seventh division OF the Third ward nine years,
and in that vicinity about thirty-dve years; l
bad the outside windo w. book at the last October
elections; was there when the voting began;
the votes during the first and second hour we're
taken so last that | could not always fn-l
the names rs rapidly ss the persons voted,
and sometimes the name was announced so
low that / could not hear IL; when I asked
them TO repeat the names they would some
times do so, and sometimes would not; could
not check Off the votes rs fast as they were
given; at one time there we're three or four
hands IN the window at once; during the second
hour lot of strangers came to vote, and / was
pushed away from the polls; did not know
who they were, but have since heard that they
were New YoTkers; twelve or fifteen of them
voted i'm that hour; | knew better than TO inter
feTe with such a crowd; l gave the book 10
another man, ard came up town to look for
assistance could not find the Chief of Police,
the Chief OF Detectives or the District Attorney;
| returned TO the polls, and in about a quarter
OF an hour the District Attorney arrived; the
same party returned i'm the afternoon, in
squads OF three or four, and voted; they
had a regular system; the names would be
taken from the window-book, ana written on a
piece of pepper. and handed out to the strangers,
who would then vote on the names; made
some challenges during the day, but only two of
them were regarded; one man whom chal-
lenped wished to vote on the name of a man
living in my neighborhood; when | challenged
him, they sent him to get a voucher; he re.
turned with one, but the voucher was not
sworn, and he was; objected, but they said it
was TOO late, as the vote was in the box; one of
these New Workers voted three times l voted
the full Republican ticket; when Fitzgerald and
his party were voting, | did not see any police
men or sherlffs officers about; nobody inter-
iered with them.
Gross. s.eXamined--When four or five hands
were in the window at one time, cannot say
row many dropped tickets; my difficulty in
finding the names on the book did not arise
| CHANGED my list for printed list al one time
because thought they were going to attempt
to steal my window.book; l kept my book, and
when left the polls, at 5 o'clock, | took it
with me; | did not use the printed list; there
was no attempt made to take my book; the
names which we're handed out to the strangers
on pieces of paper were written by Mr.. Fletcher,
who had the Democratic window book; they
sometimes forgot their names when they came
| up to vote; | know about five or six hundred
men in that division by sight, but could not say
exactly where they all lived; Il do not know that
| many by name; did not see more than a dozen
challenges made all day: [ made some of them
and some of the officers inside made some of
them; | did not make more than four or five
challenges; when / saw that my challenges
| were totally disregarded gave it up.