, 1873-04-02
allots. Tho torn oiIleern whose torms


hurry hurry gottng around, and tho aforesaid trooron
continued to ghtvor until hh1f-rast o'clock or ).
thoreabouts{ whom Mr; 1Iosloy. Tow Town Qlork, g.
CTS, hove In sight. 10 was grccted With d loud
noiso that sounded like oross botwoan d ohat
tor and cheer.
A man With blue noBo ,suggoatedl l., that por-
hapB 1t wo,tll bo vol to go IN out OF tho cold.
rotcr, h1alr, after remarlng in English that
sentences to an invisible poraon.
oomo no to IT, te nus nSbor u sSo"t Il M 100 oneed
Tho noise In tho hall at thla ti1no wns muol,
moro intonDo than TINT made by tho Light Guard
Ordor WA restored by tho potent voice Of tho
THE nonunaTon."
/ A citizen called for tho nomination Of
"Modulntor."
speaker moant "nfodurator." Ho suggested
Gharloy Donnely, from tho vicinity OF tho
Hatch House, for tho place.
The sudden change from obscnr1ty 20 ~ 1ame e
North Chicago, go worked upon tho foclings OF
Charley Donnehy that he Was unable to sny but
fow words Of thanks. Ho was not sworn. 80,
A chcoky man, whose nalno Whs unattainaoo,
aloctcd htnBo1f Secretary.
Mr.. Henley and Mr. Mahr loft the ball, look"
ing pale nnl cnreWorn.
The meeting suddenly adjourned.
Tho "nroaa1ator a'' sneaSsd xSg,Sj an unocoup!ea
;store on the htnt floor, bailt hole in wooden
window, and won't into business, accompanied
by tho Heorotat9s The ballot~takora we're sur
rounded by candidates and othora for ovor tMo
lively. Suffragcs aookod in at tho window as
thickly as flies In Juno. Everybody voted with
more Or less frequency: strange Interest at{c9st
oi'mGa 81 ho to Norh sde BY Ne ro
were novor seen thore before or since tho fro
Attor voting, about two dozen OF thom would
p Int so man M 1osS S Shso sso
ticket. It was not Peto Mahr's .tickct: Peto
said tho proceedings wero shameful. Ho tried
to ohallenge boy OF 1c, butfailod tho lad voting
suddenly bright idea found It's way into tho
head Of tho Modulator." "Whoro doyou live,
air ?" asked he OF voter.
"On Blue Island ayel,ue |" replied tho man.
An exclamation Of horror come from that por-
tion Of tho multitude which votod differently
from tho Blue Island avouuo man.
The mans vote, strange to rolate was 70"
| fused.
at the election nll through the day, but late in
| tho afternoon tho presence Of squad OF police
| had beneficial effect on tho mob.
Tho wonderful farce came to nn end at about
o'clock In tho afternoon. Tho number Of BAL
lots found In the box wns oyor 2000, bit
as thoro wcro only 1,547 names OH tho '' Alodula-
Il tors tally sheet, tho latter number Of votoB
only waa counted, aud tho othor 453 odd tickets
were thrown out by Mr. Hoaloy. OF course this
action Of hfr. H. caused intcnso Indignation,
and will undoubtedly lead to numerous lawsuits
and much trouble. AH at tho West Bido polls,
several froamon Attempted to practice the oumu-
latiye system. by casting soyon votea for their
fayorite candidate for Constable: Tho following
WAS announced MS tho result Of the election:
Asse:sorAlbcrt Patch received 800 votes, nnd John
colteetor--John Murphey received TAO votes, and
suptrrtsor-Robort Kenncy received GIL votes, and
Town CLERK. J. nealoy received roo votes, Henry
oallae1an 4a1, and !; Wagner 2s2: ma ....., ,{
so g. Gas T A. III faslo, sS
THE SOUTH TOWN.
The voting place in tho South Town was at
Burlington Hall, cornor Of Eighteenth and State
streets. It was expected that not more than five
or six hundred persons would feel sufficiently
Interested in the result to 60 to the poll, but,
like many other expectations, this waa not real
izod. Over 1000 freomen attended, the "moot-
ing " during tho day, and deposited ballots.
The votors began to assemble at o'clock on the
sidewalks in front Of the Iall. md whom called
to order by the Town C1erk, . fow moments bo.
fore o'clock, abouut 200 wore present. The
Clork requested that Moderator DO chosen,
and Justice Boydon WAS nominated and nnant'
mous]y elected. The meoting then adjourned,
and at o'clock
THE POLLS WE'RE OPENED
and the voting commenced. Tho tickets were
passed in rapidly, aud as soon Us tho name Of
tho voter WAS ascertained tho clerk recorded it.
In tho first hour over 800 names had been writ
ten. Voters, legal and illegal, woro brought tt
tho polls in express wagons and United Statet
mail wagons, md, Judging from tho appearance
Of the moa in the line and in the neIghborhood
Bridgeport must have been deserted during the
entire day. Although the saloons In the vicinity
woro open and lberaliy patronizod. and man,
little disorder. 4 man VAS knocked down occa
sIona1ly for proclaiming tho oxcollcncy of hiE
fayorito candidate for Constable, but tl.t
presence Of o dozon policemen oVerawcd tho
| roughs, and prevented any berouR disturbance
fight occurred in n tipplng-houso, and tht
aggrossor received blow on tho noso which
effoctually q,1ietod him. Several boys and nn
natura]izcd foreigners endoavorod to vote, bn
they Yero promptly challenged and went ava,
disappointed. Without doubt d few illegal yotei
; wero cast, because, in tho absence Of registry
books, it was impossible to ascertaii
who wore and who wero not yotcrs
; Wel1-poBted porBonB romnued at tho window nl
: day, md required every euapicious-l looking per
Bon to taAo the prescribed oath beforo the
| tickets we're placed In tho boz.
VOTING TAXES.
At half-pn8t o'clock IN tho afternoon tht
, | Moderator announced to tho crowd, from tn
> door-Btep, that tho Board Of Auditors Of til
! South Town had decided to recommend thu
I $685. 600 bo raised by taxation to defray tho OK
penaos Of the Assossor, Collector, aud otho
: town officers, during tho onsuing yoar. II til
y amount was satisfactory to the ''moeting"
molten to raise 1t would 10 in order.
/ Julius Rodbertus mado the necessary motion
q | aud every ono shouted "aye" when the question
! was put. About two-thirds Of those who an
swerod wero certainly not taxpayers. Ha
a a5, 200, 900 been asked for by tho Auditors th
i generous crowd would unquoationably llayo ~
aerod it to be aaaossod upon those who hay
property.
= TIE RESULT.
The polls closed at o'clock, 2,2a2 yotea hayip
been poliod.
b There were about dozen tokote voted
nearly oil having two, three, or four names, gen
erally q Constablcs, different from those on til
the thrca irregular tickets. In consequence
much time was required to sort them out, al
| tho Moderator and bis assistants did not CON
| mence canvasaing tho votc until after o'eloc
!. III the evening. At IA o'clock about ono-half c
: tic work was done, and it waB evident that Il,
- heads Of tho Liberal ticket were elected, TIL