The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-05-16
THE ELECTION TOMORROW
THE RIOT THAT WAS THREA TENED
IN THE FIRST DISTRICT

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The canvass. al,bouob Wild Of sneoiaI ipterest
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With thu noona,ron. and barofaced nrnuds which
b.xs characterized ps., s,ect,on. and vhiei, vil,
doubtle., charac,sri,s tho performance to.mor.
rov win .b.sn, themselves from ,he pol,s and
leave tho "npr,,v Of the ballot. hon" TO be looked
a,,ey nv tho berds of renestors and ruen.n,. whom
tho n,g nou of Tho ro,,i,cai narasite Andv osryey
has .vo.sd Nom ,,s ann.
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go. 60, o..n, .,nr,,. n.or.'
commonroas and Marine cour',occu' simu'aneous
IL with that for judges Of the Court OF Appeals for
were II otherwise, II is moro than probable that the
vote in this city would be 90 isht as to insure be.
vonn n,ra,v.,,nr.
F'"u p''Nu''"'u'o "
TIVE DEFBAr OF rHR DEMOCRACY.
p,, n. s,,oor r,oc,ors Alderman 80. "a ho .,.o,
"., '' n,'oon p'oe'ou, n" -e 70 oe o'eee
.ppreeiatina ,ha ,m,or,ancs Of Tho osc.s,on h,va
ma a.. ~, 1900. os...,,s Ys' S",. n-,.
'NA'' 'no nHS' eAens"e propesuons 70 orihg out
as many fraudulent votes as possible All OF yes
terd.v yras consumed bv the Tammanv ,eaders of
every ward in rehearsips green repeaters In the
parts they are to play in Tomorrow election farce
Th. n,sro,,,ns .or.n,onv oo,s,a,.S ,h,.ev ,n "a.
i"is he'esuv ceremony oonsisNo chienS In ds-
signing to each Of these mscreants twenty or tweu
Shve nance, taken IRON tho Registry books, under
which they are TO vote dozen experienced
rogues IN eAcn ward were Delegated 10 lead the re-
penting ganRe. Care has also been taken to hire the
necessary number of
brRAW pALERs,
who ar. to eo in constant attendance in the several
poneo 'ou''s 'o-morio" oP" yesterday tnc con
Test was confined chiefly to the First Assembly Dis
| trict oonsistIng of tne First seeo,d Tl,,r, and
| r,on W.. -. a, a.. -. - T,.. -. -
rhtn Wafus' wnere all the power OF Iammany, ana
| that OF Its monsre Republican tools was coneeu-
| trnted. The obieet Of tbe.e reaoubied eao,,. I'm
| s'- ~ " eo uouD.u ."o'' :"
sending an army OF repeaters TO this district was to
crush honest John Fox who IL without doubt the
fayoritc OF or the legal voters in the ds
m muies. pu, sne nlng nave spent tnelr mo ey 70 no
.-.'.'p..s
srvPESDoUs FRAUDS
which were perpetrated on Friday last In the ress
tration OF voters showed the people that they could
riot and bloodsheJ Tha~ Ino I'm, rmnou. ,h n
whom the Police Commissioners had appointed as
Inspectors OF Registry were desperate and unprin.
clpled scanps pledged, and probably sworn 10 ex.
ecute the mandatsspf the Tammany Ring The game
was not worth hghting for. and certainly not worth
the sacrifice. They have therefore withdrawn from
the contest deter 10 insist upon their rights
next ial The frauds perpetrated last Friday We're
ITepeaed on saturday In the wards above named:
would occupy more space than we can possbIy snare
to tue subject but We submit The folloxiny ~ an
Illustration: "
IN THE FIRST WARD,
aIl Day LONG. the Ismmany leaders could be seen
am ,i gsngs OF strange men rom pou to poll.
M Az These e,araeters' who, ! Is needless to add,
meIe rspeaser, hed shI OF paper In their hands,
On when were written me nettlons names they were
70 assume Alter registering under these names, he
which are TO be used as reference tomorrow. In ali
so uIsIle.s " 'he wnIu, execPunE the Fin, no one
was peImaoo 20 onalense We nkht OF persons TO
es,sser, aithonxn nfsny applicants were known to
oe , fepen'ers a'iu hoh-resiaens sven a mild pro
rc,s,rd IN 1Hoit nosih,a Sssi & IN ,ne saru
place OF registration.
Tue police were The mere tools and agents or the
lne? hau tecelVeu secret Instructions from their
ssnsd nv ,Ss y,nscnrs no INA haSer ] nov infamous
iho Fj,.Py NJ, ~ psN'o''' An "'e oceon" DiSuet OF
'"' f"'' "Sfl'a
poVbLhDRtASrEo BULLY
with fierce black moustache, named Dick Barton,
assumed iull control Of the Board OF Registry and
Terenpiory refufed to allow any citizen to be pres.
ent In the room where the registry was progressing
THIS bully went so iar as to deny many cid citizens
OF the ward the rsht TO register because his majesty
Dick Barton believed they were hostile to the King
heSet. Nearly al ths Inspectors In the ward ap-
Pointed by the Police Commisloners were Of piece
n nnrn. 's ,a as n Tho
the First District of the First Ward .s comnm.ni
TO his !OSs,; Of ns,, MAS e eSssDer,lsd s be the
nf, f,plNeh or 'sI. wAtL,1sows CITIZENS
register, NE Hon; spooiy declared N his wrath
Secsa.. they were going to vote against Tammany
the once OF the inmS" line Of steamer. sna 81 IN
has SO much reyerent regard for his oath in the DO
& 81 anprsc bs o oe .Tpeu S u Una, us employ
| the custody OF their saies. Much more could be
said OF the character of the Inspectors with whom
tie Police CommiSp have so generousiv In f.st
| ed the entra Iirst Assemble Marie, A.. ,sa'a
same are 70 count .ne votes cast o. to-
morrow eiee uon the nonest taxpayers and citizens
ofthe dlslTict VIII no douDt rejoice aud be thank
full for these Will surely "increase and multi
ply" yetcs for the Ring. The citizens of the
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FIFTH WARD
hov. the gratifying consolation NJ Lrox,,, Tho, ,.
~ W. @ ~, NC i,S -, y, ~ ing tnut the'
me 10 n1'e o hss,s.nee y, %oU repeaters IN Sc,
over COO and now tlefe are over d 900 rcristernJ
| In the
| SECOND AND THIRD WARDS
only an re- epea,ers were rey,sterea Tho com,,o.a
yats NJ tiese W. wards Al The isst ei.eiion %
mn votes nnJ now the total number rec,.,eyad az y
neo,,y . sno inr,ndnv those ye"is,a,ed ,ha -, -
State election As these facts are well known 70 ~
rcsnectabe citizens OF he district tbey have con
clnied 10 lei the pols severely alone and rive tbe "a
f.aai,'al ~ fol,.ina ca,d trn,n NJ Ifa',