New-York tribune., 1872-10-09
A FRAUDULENT ELECTION.
CHASING REPEATERs-AwAITING RETURNs-rllE
VOTE NOT ANNOUNCED HOURLY.


VOTE NOT ANNOUNCED HOURLY.
fBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNEl
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. S.-With very few exceptions
the election day has passed quietly at all the voting
places in the city. rumor of riot at the corner of
Fourth and Lombard-ss., was current about 2
o'clock but the affair proved to be of no Importance
In some of the precincts the tranquility was tempo
rary broken by the chase and capture of repeaterH
The crowd at the polls was III most places go small
that repeaters when exposed and about to be ar
rested had no trouble in breaking away and getting
good start of the officers. The TRIBUNE corre-
spondent witnessed an exciting chase of of these
scoundrels who was pursued for several blocks by
throng of about 80 men and boys. He managed
TO escape with the loss Of his hat Although
the law requires that the vote at each
poll shall be publicly announced at the end
of every hour during the day, the announcements ut
many polls were two or three hours behind time.
At some there were only three or four announce
ments during the day. Neither of the three party
headquarters had made arrangements for receiving
the news from the precincts and wards People
soUn found out that there no information to be
had at these places, and they were comparatively
deserted during the day. few Of the ofice-hold
gathered in the Mayors Office, where returns were
received by the fire telegraph but these returns ap-
peared TO be for exclusive Of the party managers
where news could be had nearly every man after
voting went about his business, and except in the
immediate vicinity of the polls there nothing In
the appearance of the that indicated that an
election was in progress Soon after dark crowds
began to gather about the party headquarters. The
leading politicians assembled in the upper story
rooms where they shut out the troublesome throngs
below and neryously waited for dispatches from the
interior. and news from the different city wards.
They were not waiting for the verdict of the people,
for no one could doubt that 1t would be strongly
against the State Prison candidate. They were
waiting to learn what extent the desperate potl-
clans in Philadelphia would venture to defraud the
people by maiorities manufactured TO overcome the
vote of Buckolcw in The ctate. Until they learned
this no estimate could be made of the result
The repeaters were busy between and o'clock
in many of the strong Republican wards, and sue
ceeded in getting in large numbec Of votes. The
connivance OF the police in these frauds was dis
gracefully apparent. Policemen in citizens clothes
accompanied gangs of repeaters, and in some cases
vouched for their residences aud occupation when
they were challenged Up TO about clock the pros
meets for Buckaew were very bright in all parts of
the city. The votes were apparently nearly all IN,
and there was lull in all the polls. The Harranft
men. who by their control Of the police and the city
fire telegraph. were able to keep much better IN
formed than the Liberals brought out their reserves
at this crisis The repeateIs started their rounds
In some districts the Democratic inspectors, grown
too confident by the few attempts made to commit
fraud, had relaxed their vigilance in Others they
had been bribed and at many polls their objections
were overrued. The enormously excessive registra-
ton furnished names for the repeaters to vote upon,
aud there were always Grant men ready to insist
that they knew them and that We're citizens of the
precinct where they pretended TO live