, 1873-06-03
!. THE JUDICIARY. !:
Election Of Thirty.one Circuit and
Two Supreme Judges
: Yesterday.
The Cook County Circuit
!: I: Bench Reelected: p
Unanimously. ;.
Judge Booth Boats Sam Ashton by q
Majority Of Fully $500. ::
, :, --
Slim, Returns From, and a Light Vote
Cast in, the Fifth Judicial '
,~ District.
The Figures Received Favor tho
Recollection of Judge
Lawrence.

COOK COUNTY,
CHICAGO.
The judicial election In thia city yesterday WAS
quietly conducted, only opo disturbance taking
place. Il Was foared in tho morning that Ash
TOMS omployos were having their own why, and
polling great many votes. Reports camo into
the Campaign Commlttee's headquarters from
eevoral wards that tho ambitious Samuel was
ahead, and they conaidered Immediate action
necessary to check his progress. Accordingly
10000 circulars, calling attention to tho I'M
portance Of tho o1ection, and the nocoBsty for
having d puro Bench, were ordered to
be printed and circulated. By 4 O'Clock all tho:
largo buBineas houses downtown, tho Board Of
Trade, and ali tho prominent assembling places
for voters woro yisitod by boys, aud every person
that passed them received a circular. The ro-
suit Haa that Thousands Of men rushed to tho
wards in which thoy reside and cast their ballots
for the present inoumbents. ThiH completely
turned tho current, and, although Ashton carried
several wards, the aggregate voto leaves him
nearly 2,40o behind. Tho County Clerk soems
to have been
ABuroR's MAN friday,
assisting him all in Ills power, and without
doubt enabling him to poll many votes In the
country. A dispatch received from Austin, last
evening, stated that in the envelopes which
contained tho poll-books wero enclosed hun
drcds Of Ashton's tickets. They could have
beon put there only by Pollak, and hence his
conduct provoked tho inquiry whothor 1t would
not be more becoming to attend to tue dutiea Of
lis ofI1co than to uao tho county's envelopes for
sending out election tickets.
Asu7oN'a pualaEnB
were unusually demonatrativo, uowhore more 80
than at tho Fourth Precinct Of the Eleventh Ward.
Atabout in tho morning word arrived at tho
0ommittoe-rooms Of tho flvo original Judges
party that, at this polling placo, tho Ashton ele-
mont wna dangerously in tho ascendant, and TINT
tho asoondanoy WAS being uBed in IN improper
manner. 8. w. Packard, IN advocate, then
drove of to distribute tho respectable ticket
among tho voters. On arriving there ho was In
terVlewed by q man who complained Of having
been do1udod by an Ashton hummer into voting
for the liquor candidate thing which be had
not tho remotest intention Of Going. Prominent
among tho crowd was
ONE PEn1oLATE,
proprietor of hquor-Rtoro on South Water
stroet, who Was poddling tho Ashton ticket in .
most energetic manner. Packard started oppo-
with ticket Of The ave original Jadgee, and ask
cd him not to vote for Aahton. Porio1ate here
upon assaulted Packard, pushed him round, told
him to leavo aa aoon as he knew how, and aa1d
he didn't want suoh " damned oura' In the
zsssz rs seas asan N s'9s YIN ea ~
cd and vent On distributing tickets.
During bis work he NOTICED several
parttea led into tho saloon Of ono Gods, in tho
the bur In front WIS running briskly. Seeing
that the operations OF the bartender wero Of d
nature to do damage to tho regular candidate,
Packard quietly intimated to the bartender that
he was plying his occupation
~ Y,Yn Vy0Y A
which prohibits tho sale OF liquor on general or
special eleotion days, and suggested that DO
should deaist Tho bartender, tTne to his Ash
tonian instincts. rePliod that "he didn't caro- :
into tho. polltng-placo and called up
Coda. tho proprietor, one Of the
Judges Of tho election, who ordered h1r. Packard
TO "git, 81 lively 10 possible" which words were
Dyed 6ummcrs to sound their war-cry and then
throw Packard into the stroot. .Apollcoman was
requested to mako an arrest Of tho Baloon-koeper
for selling tho Liquor. and OF tho rowdiea who
had made the oowardly assault, but he declined
on the ground Of his haying no orders to mako
arreHts for Hquor-sell1ng.
WITH VIEW or TESTING
whether there is or ia not any virtue in the
ordinance Which ~ Tas SO openly violated, Paoaard
having authority in tho matter. Whilst In there,
another citizen came In; q Mr. 3. Sheffield, who
complained that ho had attempted to vota the
regular ticket at tho precinct In question, and
had boon threatened, whilo many other voters
wero being similarly intimidatod, and asked the
Sergeant to sond to tho polls and make arrests:
Packard then visited Whahburn's oflloe, and
made statement Of the case to him, requesting
him to aand
SQUAD OF POLICE
to keep tho peace aud prevent the liquor-vend-
ing. WaAhburn den1ed having authority, and
tho paIr adjourned to the 9flco les Of Mayer @edili:
Mayor said that ho examined his authority in
tho last preceding election, and came to tho con
oiuBion that ho had none to cloae saloons; that
TINT authority rested with tho sherifl, Coroner,
SHERIFF BRADLEY,
requesting him to carry out tho lsw: The Mayor
said he Wished Packard would visit the Sheriff
definite answer from him as TO what ho would do
in tho promises, and that, II he refuaod to act,
the only thing loft was to fndiot him for not do
tng his duty.
INK with Lis legal adviser. stated that ho had no
authority to close the saloons, but could only
mako complaint before Magistrate, - any
other citzon can, and have q warrant issued.
The dignided form Of tho shoriH was soon tr,1n-
ding along in buggy to Juatico'a Office. 8oully
WAS not to bo found anywhere, and sturtovant
was applied to. Ho had painfully evldont indis-
position to do anything; thought nothing could
be accomplished couldn't aot on
VERBAL AFFIDAVIT;
hadn't time to draw out written ono, aud, while
Packard WAS busy drawing ono ont, he and tho
Sheriff quietly and gently moved away, and, not
withataadlng diligont aearch, neither Of them
could subsequently be found. Datllod at every
point, tue indomitable Packard tried to find tho
Oorolor, but he, too, was non co1nlne atibus, aud
10 tue warrant wasn't Issued. Once moro he
vlsited tho precinct whore rowdyiam roigned.
Tho liquor drinking had told we'll upon tho
crowd. They wero noieior in thoir cheering,
FlLTu1E1 IN THEIR TALK,
more brutally degraded in their aotions. and
when tho persi8tont Packard began writing ALL
dhyits for non-regtstered yotere, they amused
themselves with paying him such attentions as
knnnkinu ofY 1,ta bAsN8r and nlhYin1 nt.hall