The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1873-12-18
HOPE FOR PENNSYLVANIA.

On Tuesday last the people of Pennsyl-
vania voted for or against the proposed
new constitution for that State, and the
the returns indicate that it has been adopt
ed 100000 majority, as will be seen by the
following:
WASHINGTON, Dec 16.-There is great
rejoicing here tonight by the opponents of
the Cameron ring over the ratification, by
an immense majority to day, of the new
constitution of Pennsylvania. The result
is quite unexpected, and the death blow to
the ring influence in that state is declared
to be powerful one Camer0n's friends
admit that his rule is at an end.
''PHILADELPHIA, Dec. l6-The election
is over and the ring is knocked complete
ly out of time. The public plunderers in
the city never wore such long faces as they
do at this present writing. They are
completely demoralized, disheartened and
squelshed The new constitution has
swept the city by majority of nearly q,
900 votes, and the present indications are
| that the majority in the state IN favor OF
the new organic law will be over 100000
Never did the ring work harder to defeat
ANYTHING inimical to its interest than it
| did to crush the new constitution; and
never was the ring so completely t1oored.
Repeatars wera brought TO this city by
hundreds upon hundreds from New York,
Baltimore, and other places, and the man
lipulators of returns did their level best
but all to no effect; for the people were
aroused, and the ring has met its Waterloo.
PITTSBURGH. Pa, Dec. l6.-The vote
I,o.o a. I -, 10 Cd nr of
the new constitution resulted in an over
whelming majority in favor of the new ms
trument. This is the severest blow ever
dealt to the Cameron ring, it being bitter
ly opposed to the adoption of the new con-
stitution, and worked the entire political
machinery of the state to bring about Its
defeat"
Various articles in the new constitution
were highly Objectionable to the trading
politicians of that State; but the feature
which is specially obnoxious to them, and
which aroused them to the most frantic ex-
ertions to defeat the new instrument, is
that for securing honest elections in the
city of Philadelphia.
The provisions made for this purpose are
the result of careful deliberation, and they
promise to prove entirely effective. Such
safeguards are thrown around the ballot
box that the utmost ingenuity of the train
t ed criminals in the employ of the Philadel-
phia Ring will be powerless to evade them.
Each voter must reside in his district at
least sixty days preceding the election OF
r his ballot will be rejected. The tickets are
to be numbered, and these must correspond
2 with the numbers of the names ON the pol
lists. Any voter may write his name on
his ballot. No voting precinct will include
! more than two hundred and fifty voters
3 And any attempt made to corrupt an cleo
!. tor is punished by the forfeiture of citi
zenship-a disability from which even Pres
e ident Grant cannot relieve the offender
: however much disposed to do so-while
candidate who sanctions fraud is made in
eligible to any office of honor or profit.
S Those who know how Philadelphia elec
Vt tons have been conducted under the ex
listing law, will appreciate the importanc
of these reforms. Hitherto there has beel
no offectual obstacle to prevent repeater
from New York and Baltimore, as well a
= those who are numbered among the poll
> ticians of Philadelphia, from going fror
y one polling place to another and votin
u again and again all over the city Any rui
!. fan with Ring ticket in his hand coul
;, deposit it in the ballot box in the nam
g of any respectable citizen of the precinct
Z and every case Of such false personatio
= effectively DISTINGUISHED legal voter,
to by repeating and false personation tn
Ring managers we're unable to secure tn
Is majority they wished, then in countin
=, the vote the deficiency was supplied by a
ID tering the returns.
By resorting to such frauds upon th
$ ballot box the most worthless and depraI
ed have secured and for years maintaine
absolute control over the whole machiner
of local government in Philadelphia; an
so much of the new Constitution as az
70 plies to the manner of conducting ele
g. tons was framed for the express purpos
- of destroying the power of that notoriot
no band of public plunderers whose who
- moral code is embrace in the three il
h significant words Addition, Division, an
Silence.
The earpestness of the Discriminate
~ among intelligent and respectable peop
10 to crush this Ring may be inferred fro
the fact that in tn Constitutional CONVEX
ton, whi,h was composed almost entire
of men of distinguished ability and III
blemished reputation, only fifteen men
Ders could be fonnd out of one hundre
and thirteen who did not vote for the pC
litical death warrant of Kemble, Cassid
Mann 4 Co. From present appearance
the popular vote will carry the constitute
by an Immense majority oyer the heads
the Cameron Grant ring, and it is hope
will put an end to these outrages upon IL
es people.
Ut The Patrons and the Plow Makers.
IL AT at meeting of Ridgewood Grang
lin held Tuesday evening, Dec 10th, at Il
40 Keller SchOnl HOuSp the following resell