, 1874-04-08
WEST TOWN.

AAu very 1tH A4bkal fOle6 Wc[o tuEQWu OuGs
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WEST TOWN.
The three Irish wards-tho Seventh, Eighth,
and Niuth-wero livoly, but tho othors oxccss-
ively dull. In tho former, tho two Pats, Rnf-
forty and Hickey, wero on tho warpath, and the
"bycs" " rallied to their support. The polls re-
senlbled beobivo, aud at the one In tho Ninth
Ward, from 600 to GOO people were on hand all
day soliciting votes and discussing tho chances
OF tho fayorites. reporter OF The TRIBUNE
secured sixteen difforont ticltots, which wcro
headed " Workingmon'a Tickot," Peoples
Ticket" "l.epubl1can Tickct," "Taxpayess'
Ticket" On the latter, ". J. Onahan appeared
as Collector, but his ua1ne wae used simply to
catch yotoa for Tom Conway, candidate for
| Hickey ran vol in tho sovontl, Eigh.hi and
| Ninth Wards, but O'Dricn received majority
| in the 1ast-nanled.
| Tho only person who made muc], fuss at thu
Eighth Ward poll was Pat Mortello, tue notori-
! onB ward-bummer. He was very drunk, aud
broke down tho Stats which shielded tho Judge
and cork from the rabb1c, aud otherwiao be-
| hayed himself i'll m unseoTnly manner.
HELPING THEM AROUND.
As On tho South Side, there waB much Illegal
voting. O'Drien aud Hickey both Ind several
oxpross-wagons, in which tho journey Of their
cado also had q vehicle in which bis voters wero
taken around. Three wagon-loads and two
trucltH-full Of votors were imported from tho
South Side in the afternoon, and voted in tho
aliglted at Polk Atreot and Blue Island avenne
and 1uarolod up to tho polls in body, aud de-
posted their balots without opposition.
At THE uNIoN-8TnEET STATION.
| Of the WoAt Division was the office OF Browns
livery~stable, nearly opposite tho unlon. .stroet
polieo-Station.. Tho Intense interest which tho
public take IN these elections was nttestod by tho
immense crowd gathered tloro at half-past 8
| o'clock in the morning, halt All hour before tho
| voting was to commence, there bbing proBent
tho Supervisor, tie Town-Clerk, tho ABaossor,
and threg independent votors. by s minutes
to o'clock about twelve more voters had accu-
mulatcd, and the Supervisor reminded tho Town
Clerk that it was about time ho opened the cleo
ton by '
| APPOINTING 4 MODERATOR.
Tho Town-Clerk, having boon made acquainted
with the nature Of the duties ho waa to perform,
stepped into tho street und callod the voters to
weak treble nominated Mr.. BARTLETT and O.
steutorian bass did like office for Capt. McGnrr,
the former being tho ohoico Of tho O'Brion
party, the latter or tho Hckeyites. The Town
for 4 SLOW Of bands, whieh resulted in
barot ssSa0a sna sn tor Meour ss.s o supo
visor, Assossor,, Town,C ,Clork, aud Mod
orator then returned to the 1ivery-atablo
oalco, whoro the latter was duly sworn by the
Town-Olork to perform his duties honestly and
rofain from ballot stut1ing aud othor iniquitoua
devices. At this point Supervisor Wall remom-
elevated for Capt, McGurr, and insisted that the
election of Moderator should Mt once be ropoatcd.
The Dartlottitos objected strcnuousfy, but tho
Town-C'ork agreed with, tho supervisor, and m
crowd had increased to twenty in number, and
Bartlett got soycn votes, while McGurr got thir-
teen. Tic Town Clerk thoroupon administered
The same oatl, to him which had been made g., by
1lo t1ntt n+1+ F1H IN aDh
Bartlottitos objected strenuonsly, aud trouble
was imminent, when the suporvlsor md Capt.
Mcaurr mugnanimously gayo way, and Mr.
Bartlott was sgen sworn In H. as a,o.i MoaofasoE
and voting began, Mr. John Cochrane being ap-
pointed Judge OF election. During tue mo1n-
lug voting progressed slowly. and at IN tho
afternoon whom the polls were 70
business, only about ESQ yotcH Ind been droppc0
into tho livery stable ballot-box.
TOWN BUSINESS.
r At o'clock tho voters rrcHeDt assembled Tor
tbo pllr,ose above montioned and wero called
| 10 order by tho TowI-C Clork, aud addressed by
II hlr. Grooncbaun,, who explained that an appro-
I priation was wanted to cover ,h tho II Interest,"
!. which amounted in all to 1901. 900, aud that it
n was necessary that 4 tux 10 loylod to covcr
i thsoo Bomi.annual payments Of interest thereon.
' In order to save any possible embar1assn'ent ~
case subsequent COLLECTIONS would bo delayed:
/, The throo interest payments OF 823,945 would
:. . amount to $70e35 and 10 moved tho levy Of a
tax Tor tho purpose Of their paynont. Carried.
tho moved for all approximation Of 81, 200 to pay
tic interest on 10000 short bonds Which waa
carried. aa was an appropriation Of $lo 0Qo tof
the purpose Of retiring bonds to that amount dlia
t op tho lat OF June noxt; also an appropriation
Of s27, 900 to DO applied to tue sinking fund for
tue retiring Of long bonds.
r II was also resolved to make ali appropriation
y OF $4,000 to coyor tia do}cleucy tn lust years
. tax-warrnut, and Of s2i, 600 tor town rlrpoaea.
Tho total sum voted amounted to $144, $50.
On motion it waB decdod TINT tho voting be
+ proceeded with, aftor wlllol. the meeting ad-
q }onrned.
a COUNTING Ut.
:. Collector O'l}rlon's oflco OIL tue Woat Rida wa,
tho scene Of great confusion lust night from tht
hours Of to IL o'clock, ariaIng out OF tho pros
,s once of about fifty men all ali1ons aud Willing
j. to count tho votcB cast yesterday In tho dlror-
j, out wards tor town oftcorB. Each man sug