, 1869-10-01
THE DUTY OF OUR SUPERVISORS

The Boara Of Supervisors Of Cook Conn
IS, Who arc to meet next week in Chicago,
have one duty TO perform, which they eau
Lot slight OF slur over with safety to the
public peace Of our city. There can be no
Legal government where there is not pure
and valid election Rallot-stufiug is only
cowardly form Of revolution. It is an at
tempt Of the minority Of voters to reign
over the majority by fraud, when they
would not have the courage to attempt to
do 1t by force. The people Of Chicago are
approaching n city aud county election, the
rts"l' Of which is already apparent if the
election itself is fairly held. While the
great m4ss Of the voters are determined it
shali!e sai.IE held, c,iqnc Of c.,nspisa.ors
have already laid plans which audaciously
aim nt fraudulent result.
Fron the earliest days Of our city gov
czumcDt down to the List year the power to
sppoint Inspectors Of Election vas vested,
IN the city Of Chicago, in tho Board Of AL
de1nen, and in the country towns in their
own town authorities. Each municipal au-
thority appointed its own inspectors, and,
IN doing SO, the inva1iablc 1u1e IN this city,
and We believe throughout the county, had
l'een to appoint for each election precinct
twu Inspectors Of the parry having ma
Jof1ty of votes in that precinct, and one In
Fl'cctor cf the party in tn. minority. With
"ut this Fundamental prnci;le Of having
tee ls'ils ''iiciAi!y Enar,f'tl hv both political
parties h:'s" i',.er fas E'rsn a fair
electiop- and th+-e never sill be- So vital
hnd se's-e whist il luis poi..t TINT, in the
r'a'ntly election districts Vi many of the
states, it las been legally provided that in
Tie choice Of Inspectors of Election no
v"'er should vote for more than two out Of
She threc. with the express intent to enable
the minority party always to eloct one H.
~l'ecior. who should defend the purity Of
the bnllot in the interest OF that party. As
iisc board Of Aldermen Of Chicago had
nl*nyB rnid due regard to the rights Of the
minority, oil we'll TIL tho 1nninrity, in the nI,-
pointlnc't of these Inspectors, there WAS
n" cs'ge ncy wlicl, ellcl for my clange in
this respect. As every other municipality
appointed ifs e~n Inspectors, Chicag, uugh.
nlt" to have appointed l.e1s.
The very King" however. whose off.
cihl cs'.t'nct IN n,w o1, trint 1ufure the peo-
Ilr. au,i who saw r'",n' for ry{urln nuwhere
"lse. lnnniesf the Springfield lol'l,y Inst
winter, "n,l finally tnmc nwny with lii
transferring tho appointment Of thu 1n-
sl~ctofs of 1cet;"n fuE tho city OF Chicago
10 tho 1kar'a II suprrvi~'rn Of Cet'k Coun-
ty. We rhalI not utto1nrt IN measure tho
EronnlA tliry may havu Ind for sutptu~ing
the 1h.anl II supervisors w'nil1 perform
thin harr~l duty Icss !mpartiAlly ihhn the
1'onrtl ri Aldermen had nlwayK done. They
evidently believed they coull get this INIT
Ter, affecting no vitality tho wclfnro uf
The city "f Chicago. disposed Of III q man.
nrr n,oro hul,servient to their own interest
in ,,s"ly lualc up ,nninly If nuu.re*idents
of Chicago than they c,r,f1 in n l.oly which
represented Chicago itself.
Whatever wcrc their intent, the hoard Of
Supervisors ,uuSt fnlly nrprecia,c the i'm
l,ortancc Of impartial ae:!en On tl,cir part
t"p.evcnt tallnt-ktuf!ing, and insure the
preservation 81 tho pcace il Chicago at the
coming election. The present con-
tcA IL not hetwren the Republican
and Democratic Iarti"s. pure
election in Chicago will not be
had by appointing as Inspectors in
my precinct. two Republicans md one
Democrat. all Of whom are in tho !" Ring
The present contest is between the Ring
and their followers on the ono hand, and
The Cni.ens' party on tho other The two
parties arc as well defined ns
ever were Democrats and ltepnl'-
licAns. Tho purity Of the bal
lot will lie preserved by appointing in al-
tesnate precincts two Inspectors OF one
rarty and one Of the other. Beginning at
,t1nter one and running through the en-.
tire cighty-two precincts, let the boarsl
appoint for the First Precinct two Of the
Ring Inspectors and one Of the Citizens
party, in the Second Precinct let there
lie two Of the Citizens party and
cne wko supports the Library
Hall ticket, and 80 on. This
mode Of appointment is in accordance with
the present division Of parties in Chicago.
There is no Republican and no Democratic
ticket in the field. II the Board Of Super
visoss will appoint on this basis they will
pave the way for pure and peaceable
election. None TINT is not pure can pos
.ibly he peaccab1e- First pure. then peace
able, is the Apostolic Injunction, md the
doctrine Of the Citizens party. We hope
the Committee Of Supervisors, tw" from
each Of the towns Of this county to whom
it hns been referred to nouainate such list
vf Inspectors, will nominate them Impair
tiully. with regard to the present division
Of rartiea II thsy fail in this respect, VI
hone The ls.arl will rcctify their work.
Vixen the Democrats in New York, twt
Years ago, ,na1o mp their mind to carry thu
State fo- The Democratic ticket, by rolling
nm whatever majority in Brooklyn md Ne'
Yo,l might be necessary to oycrwheim th
Republican majority in the rural counties
they began their Infamous work 1,y securing
The appoiutruent Of exclusively Democrat
INSPECTORS Of Elections in New York an
BrookIyu- The result was frauaulen
xate Of from 10000 to $4,000, and Ii
State swamped under Copperhead major
tr. L4t M have no attempt 10 soil III
fairer fame Of cur city by repetition her
of this infamous mode Of st1anRling tn
sovereignty Of the people by ha'sot-stufi'n
nj lie polls. Let rs prepare for, and CON
pei pure election.
TIE END OF THE MATTER.
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