The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-04-19

Guess he not want to get little more gin al
ready" remarked burly Dutchman.
"fe see the gntleman has been accumulatin'
raider.
Eyer q lookin' fur an introduction ter
YER OLD FRIEND JOE BOWLING,
Young Ieller,'' insinuated a native Fourth warder
me advisabllty OF seeking his information else
where hac lust begun to dawn ON the HERALD man
when an old lrishman who was sitting on stoop
Quietly smoking his andeen, broke in with "Asey,
boys aisey little. The ginteman names right
anu Wen. ie see, according TO this new chalther,
We're to have new city election some time next
month"; ana the way it's to be done, I'm tould, Is by
accumiatin votes. Now don't understand that
myself and think neither do any of We; but maybe
sr''-to the reporter-"as you happened to min
ton the thing you'd be SO kind as to explain it, sir,
The reporter explained the principles and man.
ner OF cumulative voting and respectfully solicited
the opinions OF his audience as to how the new
thing might work; upon which each delivered his
OPINION on the iresh and dicult taps, and all the
opinions though differently expressed and intended
to be various, amounted to the fact that each man
individually thought he could give no positive
opinion ut all on the new plan until he witnessed
It's working ana beheld Its results
THE OLD MAN on THE sToop
however, was an exception, and he held forth as
~ think, In the first place." said he "tbat there
will be power o. countin' to be done when the
election Is over, and always suspected that soart
of thing. Then therell be good many chaps handy
at figures, who will be apt to fall in for jobs at this
cOuntn that will last them from one election to an
other and good while afthcr. And with all that
think it will make little difference in the choice OF
men-the result will be the same"
The reporter here tried to show that one differ
ence between the new system and the old would
be the ensuring Of representation to the minority
party.
"I'm afraid, sir" said the old man. ON have to
differ with you there. l think the same men
would be elected under one system as under one
system as under the other. | know that would be
the case If the voters were all like me; because IT,
for instance, we had to EJECT twenty-0ne Aldermen
and had
TwENTY-oNE VOTES TO scATTHER
N m w In fur nfv-o
to my fovarite man from my own ward, and
think every other voter would do the same. That
would have just the same effect as III each person
cast one vote instead Of twentyone, only that there
would be twenty-one times as many ballots to be
counted as there used to be. How many men do
you think will take away five or six or ten votes
from good man that he knows In his own ward to
give them to men he knows nothing about In other
the same any way you nX it. The candidates in
sSe9 XaYG yog pay pS sure will get all the votes
the stringent precautions that would now be taken
volunteer opinions as 6efofs they Iii hoped those
bad old practices at elections would be put end
to, but most of them inclined to the opinion that
even under the best regulated system,
REPEATING AND FALSE COUNTING
would still be practiced to greater or less extent
"pll be. very glad,' said the old man, who first
doubted the reporters insanity or incbrety on the
know good many who'll be very sorry If some
thing is done to put stop to those villanies for
until the aSL 1hnlmany primary, u0n'J Jnlnk Int
for the past seven years my vote once went Ia
the man gave it for. II the new c.srrser relieves
us in this respect 1t win hays more TO recommnd
1t than even the removal 81 Greenn
"What party will You vote for at the next election
IN Mayi asked the reporter.
"Eor the new Tammany party" replied the old
gentleman, very determinedly, and his companions
muttered their assent. "Y0u seen he continued, II
voted with the rcformers last time; but I'm not
going to trust
THOSE FELLOWS THAT CRY REFORM
any more. IL was only dodge to hand us over to
the republicans, and won't help it again. espe-
cally as the honest men Of our ward have n say in
Tammany now, instead of Downgs roughs.n
''But 1t was the reformers who gave you this new
charter you seem to like so well.n
ayes; but the republicans passed It, because they
hope to carry the city again by it, They were
neve SO mistaken. Pm surprised they risk another
election"
After some further conversation the reporter
moved away and conversed with other and similar
groups in different parts OF the city, but he gives
the above as fair samples OF all the interviews he
held with the working classes Of New York on the
subject of our new city charter.
Around tho City Hall.
Both Boards of Aldermen held their semi-weekly
meetings yesterday. The business was Of routine
cho ND tod I'm botl tct-