, 1873-04-02
The Minority Principle Exer-
cised With q Ven-
gennce.
Five Thousand Bold Bummer BOYS Do
the Voting for Chicago's
$4,000.
4 Grand Fiold-Day for the Great Army
Of Repeaters.

evo o'clock q crowd Of about 15u people,
4hioay Irish, rough but respectable, and rsason-
Ably orderly, met in the now building on tho
Nest sido Of Ha1sted, d fow doors south OF Ran
do1ph street, for the purpose Of holding tho an
fual town-meeting. Those who wero present
seemed to bo rather equally dividedin their prof
orences, ono aet being for Pilgrim md Miller.
and tho other for Charles 6canlan and Louis
Auborg. Tho frat question which arose was
tho aelection Of Moderator. Each side had its
candidate, and aftor muct clamorfng aud you-
Ing, an attempt wns made to take vote. 1t
see1nod as If tho gcanlan crowd hoWsod tho
loudost, but blr. Pilgrim profoaaed him.
self satisfied that Fitzgerald was elect
I'd. i. This cauBed great dissatisfaction
and eomo harsh Language. Finally 1t was de-
c1areanto le no vote, and Alderman shiel was
ahoBen, no eoeming to satiafy both sides. Tho
nrovd, however, been cleared out OF tho room
and being reinforced by fresh additions, began
falling into line and
PREPARING TO VOTE,
mills Messrs. Pilgrim, Miller, mud two or three
pthers remained inside, and got roady to open
sho polls. 4 squad Of dozen policemen ntood
around and inspected tiokots. About thirty peo-
ple danced up and down and peddled ballots,
seizine hold Of people In tho nne and trying to
opon their eyes to the necessity OF voting
for Smith or JonoB for Constable. Ocoasion-
tho police, in their zcal to preserve
order, would break up tho line, above the
votora out In the atroet, anu proceed to organ,ze
owing to tho fact TINT tho Town Clerk had to
write down overy nhmo, the voting progressed
rory slowly. Occasionally thore was mild littlo
On % steadily til O'Clock; thoro boing constant
Iucoeaston of Ryans Burkcs. Murphye, Hooli-:
bans, Kecgans, oto. Very rarely IN American
narno was heard. Several 1riah1ncn woro run
uing for office, and zach faction made desperate
snorte. The1e waa much illegal voting people
pomipp over from the South Side to vote, but
xith tito crowd md confusion, 1t Was impossible
10 helpit.
ALA o'clock the polls were closed, and fow
minutes of delay occurred caused ny the ab-
senco Of tile Town Clork and tie President OF
The West Sido Pork Commissioners When they
appeared tho candidates md fow other people
who wcro inside the room woro called up to tho
front door, which was opened, but guarded BY
police, so that none Of tho voters outaide could
let in. The Mr Pilgrim stood chair In tho
Mr. Stanford, tho President OF tie Park Board,
moyed that the meoting voto s78 $50, In order to
pay tho interest on the Parls indebtedness.
This was agreed to, there being aevon Or eight
rabble outside not having the romotost idea what
It all mount.
When tie matter was SETTLED, Major n1ars, who
was greatly disturbed in spirit because Larry
Q,Brien had counterfoted his tiokcta, and thore-
by eucherod him out Of many goteB, asked What
park indebtedness Was, and Was informed that
he had helped to mako It,. Tho presiding officer
md others told him 1t WAS all settled, and he
made SOLEMN protest which wan duly re-
rorded.
The Town Clerk moved that there be Toted the
sum Of $4,000 to defray the town expenses for
tho year.
bering twenty. The pooplo outside, numbering
300, seeing Mr. Pilgrim standing in d chair md
not knowing what he WAS saying, conceived they
were wrongea in somo way, and howled
Man Was moved to say that there was 3 anep
game there, but they lad not got through with
their enap gamo yet, There wero courts In Chi
cngo, and laws in the stato, and they had them
Tho Town Clerk moved that not exceeding
e400 year be voted to defraY the rent Of an
office for Town Clerk, Assessor, Collector, eto.
Tho Clork had q safe containing valuable papers,
md there must be some ptace for the Hafo.
This WAS agreed to, md tho meeting nd
journed, MAJ. Mars remarking that it waa dis
grace to American civilization, which was to q
certain eztont the case.
COUNTING TIE VOTE.
Tho door was again shut, md tho outside
crowd began to scattor, pcrcoiving that there was
no moro fun to DO had there, Tho insiders, con-
s!sting OF Pilgrim, Miller, Larry o'Drion, Major
tion Of where and how. tic vote should bo count:
ed. Tie first point was quickly aottlod, aud il
Was determined to stay where they were. Tho
next was hardor matter to docido. Nobody
trusted anybody. Pilgrim was a candidate. and
che o:her candidates did not like to hayo matters
in his hands. Many compromises were suggest.
ed aud Tcjsoted, and h1r. Pilgrim proposed tha
he should Rhut himself up and work out the result
einglo-handed, during tho night; but that wou1<
not answer. and finally IL was agreed t1n
Pilgrim should count In tho preBel,ce Of variou
respectable ctizonH. During this discussion
Mars called Fitzgerald O bad man, and Fitzgeralt
replied IN d stump speech. stating suoh epithot
were Disgrace to American manhood. At las
they shook hands and made friends again.
Then thoy adjourned to Justice Want Woud'
Office to take supper, and 1t was go warm and
comfortable TINT thay concluded to remain thore
THE RESULT,
The total number Of names recorded as votinl
WAS 2.066. On the tally Of tile ballots tlcre werf
Bhown to be 1,972.
Several double votes wero thrown out, and on,
man had marked On his ballot that no gavc fou
votes to his candidate for Assessor not votinf
for Clerk, Collector, or Supervisor.
The vote for Supervisor was as follows
Thomas Wall, 857 James Lynch. 307; Il. Pill
grim, 272 +; George NJ. Miller, 267 q. Il. Scan
Ian, go; - Condor, 40 Thomas Spence 180
J. @. Haines; Roxy Brooks, /.
Owing to the number OF balloto the vote ia
other officers WAS not counted in time for tlis pa
per, but Louis An,berg Is doubtlean elected hs
eessor, having about l. 500 votes, Rnd Larr7
oBrien probably Collector: