, 1873-04-03
Decent People Say They Woro the Most
Disgraoofll Exhibitions Of tho
Kind Ever Witnessed
Here.
Reasons Why Thoy Wcro n1egal...yyhat
Mayor Mctiill 1Ias 10 Say About
tile, Township Organ
dznti0n Act.
strcngo Conduct Of tho Wost Town EloIorafor
and Ills asslstants..-Thoy Fall to
Mako Complete Foturns.

It is conceded by oyory person who 1nvn anv
ctHim to responsibility and good citizenship TINT
tho town elections on T1ealny woro tho moat
dhgracoful and Illegal political exhibitions oycr
Witnessed IN thia city. Several Of tl,oeo who
wofo olootetl, oven, do not pretend 10 say that a
sanslo principle OF honesty or fair doaline ou-
tofoa into lilo management of tho contcstp. ar
that the Townships embraced by tho city limitB
woro IN my way benefited by tho result, with
tho exception Of fow respectable mon, who pay
largo taxoa, and for w1oHe election nobody can
satisfactorily account. Whom tho claes of mr.
sons who votod is tnlson into consideration. thu
Town Boards will DO composed of mon of m
bottor roputo than those who compoaod t,,cn
before. In many instances tho change baa been
for tho vorso
Tho Township Organization act, 80 for as Il
applies to Chicago, III generally denounced ~ q
piece OF imbecllo logislatiou, Thoro can bo no
doubt TINT 1t operated against fair md In
partial election In this city by restricting tho
pona IN oach township to ono. Tint tl1ie
has boon m inBurmountablo obytaolo to
thoueands OF voters is ovidoncod by tho paltry
voto poliod. Whore is the man Of business, ro-
esding near tho limits Of any of tho tl,roo diys-
Ions, who would bo willing to taho his place in a
limo OF ono thousand ut nn election? Yet sucl,
ia tho penalty which tho Township act impoacs
upon ovory respectable porson who desires to
vote for town oficors. WHEN II ID oon:,Ja.aa
TINT thu ant;ro w.t. ~ H. H., - @ o''nuotea
~. sAao so'o u sno clty' II cast at ALL was
places. the 1ncagroness Of Tuesdays rofo and
tho character OF tho voters can DO casiy
accounted Tho Mayor saya tI,at tho application
Of Tho Township act to groat city liso Chicago
Ho says it only mu1tiplics local governments and
Thia ii also tho opinion Of other NJ woIripformei iii
persons who hayo tho good Of tho city at honrt.
Tuesdays elections cnn bo nroyoI Horai II
any person viii go to tl,o trou51e Of toatinr fhom
Tho provisions Of lilo not under which tLoy waro
hold were ahamofully disrogardod IN nearly eyory
assa'0 eara1 oaaoa aaa hayo r eS de-
tlo duties cf thu ni1icora md ia noraona ta1aI
cannot DO compelled to satisfy t{,o lovica " At
tic North Town meeting tic Modorator and
Secretary woro not sworn in M tho fnl,ow3n1 H.
gecti ii Of tic ToYnship ORGANIZATION act drac1aet
sru. . ncforo lin nrodoeo,or ~ tno ,~as,,s.,:
ot5oy Of any town meeting sbal ontor ,,non thn Tutir
Of his oiee ho shall tnko au cath faiifuisy and i'm
oat may bo administered by tho Town Clerk or other
proper o'lleor:
Accordingly. Mr.. Dennohy. tho Moderator ian
honost mas wno evidently did not understand
gagod), aud tho poraona Who assisted him, aoted
without authority when, thoy caused tho polls to
be opened and IN election for town oflicora to be-
uolu.
gg % ot to 10y aes was
tho North Town moeting, aa they. removed tho
ballots from tug Tnrnor Hall to tho polico sta
ton; on North Doarborn street, and subsequent
= Eao aa]onrnGa temporarily 0efofo the canVAsa had
seo 2o AZ TIE closo Of oTery election BY halot
t e nan e 70
continued without adjourpncnt or intorrption mil,
tho Same DO completed.
his aasistants did not INV the alrhtest Httnn..
ton to thig important seoiion. Thoir act;on r.,
tho mattor is absolutely without a naralloj i,
tho history Of popular elections. Alter
the CLOSING of thu no11a flov 9novod 1ro.,
tho voting plnco to thn nfI3co ~ Jrnt;co
Tan't Woud, anil thenco to. the Office
Of n. NJ. Miller, ex-Town CLERK. Dnrjnr tlc
night Alr. Lawrence O'Drion. candidate fnS Gnl.
!oet5or introduced eoitoo and other good things,
that IN which tho votoa woro:beng counted. % WIa6
tho odibloB wero in roadiness Tho Moierator an5
his assistants, and every othor person in tie
ToSm left the baot-bo1, h ind tho tokota and ito
be- could ave saed his D n Of toEo5ts aEa5s
and wa!l1cd off with thom without any person but
himaelf knowing anything about it. Yesterday
tho four principal officers, tho counters ad-
tournod for broAkfaat, leaving tho tickets and
tho tally-Bhoot behind thom. Whom they ro-
turned for tho purpose OF nscertntning who had
boon e1ootod Constublos, tho person whose office
they occupied informed thon that he did not
want thosn round his place any more md wished
they would n,oye somewhere olso. They picked
up tho ballot-box, tho tiokotg, and tIo tally.
Sheet and wallod--tho Lord only knows whorot
Though eagerly sought for, thoy hayo not since
boon aoen or hoard of. TRIBUNE reporters
hunted for thom until lato in tho oven.
ing, and couldn't got trace Of thom
anywhere. Tho last porsons hoard to
Tell
and Louis A1nberg, and thoy wore il q buggy.
that looked as if IT had soon travel yestorday,
No ono knows WHO is Constable md who Isn't;
but, ns the constabloa will bo illegal officers any.
how, Tn1 TRIBUNE did not keep It's reporters oil
a!r night to loarn their unmon.
r. thn no+;ors ~ ~ Mi s ,,r.1 rr
acra @ os a"t gor te .ova ena Meat
thcn the Township Organization
net is, to speak RESP actfully, most ambjguouR
fraud.
1ho Hout1, Town moot,nr n Ia aoid o,t,a nm
trary to law in this particular; That i've or six
mon got togother IN q corner and voted away