, 1874-03-05
TOWN ELECTIONS.
The Candidates Organizing for Work.
4 Possible Repetition Of Last YearI
Scenes.


On tho 1at Of April, 1878, for tho frat time IL
many years, the ,votors Of North, 8outh, aud
Wcst Chicago elected Town Officers In the
spring, instead Of tho fall; aeparately. inatead
OF along with State, county, aud municipal OIL
cera. The farcicsl nature Ut those elections 1T
vol remembered; tho attempt to run populoua
! communities with tho machinery devised for u
rural township; to vote tho citizens Of Wost
chicago at one poll, and to impose taxos, and
! transact town business In room which might
have hold 200 people. The receiving aud
counting OF the votes wero alikc tainted with
fraud, but tho courts diaiked to interfere, sinco
It would havo complicated tho State aud county
assesamcnts, and tho men who were put in woro
| loft undlHturbcd.
THE COMING ELECTION.
Another ooction Ia now approaching, and, on
the 7th Of April, The voters Of tho several towna
which compose tho City Of Chicago will bo
viaora, and Town Clerks. Boon after Tho last
| election, those who auccoodod at tt wore 80 fully
convinced Of tho evils Of tho syatom which had
put them IN place, that they urged tho passage
hold In November as Of old. and their tonure of
Office extended over 6tI months.
| THE AMENDED LAW.
Nothing camo Of this, but tho Cook County
ing amendment to the law revising township or.
| ganizatiou, which was paaaed q wook ago, aud
signed BY tile Governor yesterday. Thin now
provision Is aB follows:
boxes, to DO kept and used III Ike manner ballot
boxes In other esctions. In ncorporated towns H.
viii ho limits Of town, % or IN % towas wIieh il whoy
within tho limits Of an incorporated city, Or in any
receaing @ ssner. eeOn s4eeeed hs oouny
Board may require ono or moro additional ballohosea
sss @ r. % x1e. t. BE- y
desisnste 1t which e said polling places tho Town
place. when 80 designatc shall be the place for trans
acting tho miscellaneous business Of tie town; .nt
present shall choose from their numbc! oas
assistant moderator -, nd one assistant sork io
thsroln, WHO shal taEe tho aame % oash and E:
subject to tho eame penalties % tho moderator and
tor. At Tho closing Of tho polls nll the said ballet
bozes shall M 10 broaglt together st the polling plsc
and votes shall canvasse at ito same time all
In tho sane manner and lhe return thereof made IL
baot-box. When more than voting place shall II
required by tho County Board, it ehR bo tho duty
tue Town Clerk to poa " in three ot the oat publ
places III tho town notice of each Of the places In 4
town where the County hoard have directed and ra
aulred The election to be held; prog'atd hst, :.
duty Of the County Clerk post notices Of election
Wien there shall he than ono polling place ia {
ceeoas s5usineaa shat. be- be- be G It s s hero.t
ter mentioned, Ct the rolling place where tho Tow
Sss sFl % n ~
bs designated by tho County cork.
4 ITS RESULTS.
h Since this Is IN emergency bill. the BoARl d
:, County Commissioners can ut onco divide eQH}
! town into al many voting places as 1t pleasap
i and 1t will doubtless do 10, But it il very pos
0 Bibo that this measure, meant to lesson aa oVi;
i will only aggrayato it, There aro to bo no part9
| }fc&u hnfftn fa,,f i'm
a crata neither tie Peoples party tho WORKS
}, ingmen, will put Up any candidates. It is to Id
!, . scrub race. The ins will try to keep in, and
!. tho outs to got IN. 1t will be contest between
r. candidate will have Liz aet Of friends whe
q will try to take possession Of OF leaat one d
the voting placoH. The Ninth Ward candidate
candidats viii lavo oil that arc Gust in that soos
Q tion-onc. two, threo or 1000 1t necessary,
!, There is no registry Of votes. Il depsads Boleir
!. upon tho Moderator who is elected by tho crow:
: gal voting OF not. Il ia not unlikely, therefore
a that, IT thoro are half q dozen voting places
T. thero will DO aix times as much illegal voting NJ
It there was last year, and that each candidate fol
y an Office will :lsvo his precinct, which will giye
4 him aN its votes, and that lore will be stttie
= among tho oltice-scokors as to who Bhau outyo.u
the other.
THE nEsPnorABLEs.
"a In this contoBs for lhe9e town Offices, enc j.
"a which is tho worry important one OF Assessor
" the respectable citizens Of Chicago will lavo RI
It Share whateycr. They will havono organization
rs md evon II they had, they would BE- unabo to
i. contend with tho .roughs and "hulsY boys
,e from the disrepunblc quarters Of the city, wla
"a did the voting last foar and will do 1t this. III
~ 1878, tho town election WAS nov thing, and tl!t
IL illegality attending it was rather mild. Now 1t L
I. not now. Tho value Of tho Offices Is know,
> aud tho ward politicians understand how to g.t
IL them. They a1o already organized In di1ersn
Il sections OF tho city, fixing up tckots and enlist
It ing friouds to vote for them.
- THE WEAY BlpE.
10 On the West Side there ID good deal OF quio
~ ~ and unler-bandod working mud tho names o.
y many OF tho candidates aro yet unknown. It il
=. present Collector, Wishes to be re.elocsed thai
i Jamos Lynch ia to run with linn as Supervisor
at and ". + onahan es Assessor: o'DEisn is stront
~ ~ Ia tho Ninth Ward only. The seyenth ait
~ whoae name has not get been stated. md IT,.
~ - Fifteenth Ward also has one. Tho reBpoctab
- citizens Of tho Twelfth, Thirteenth, md Four
n, teenth Warda arc looking around for yomeboC
r. they CHI rut, but they havo very strong hope
- that thoy can elect him.
~ THE BOuTu SIDE.
n The present South Side oilicers-Collecto
ei cleary, Assessor Phillips; and superyis'
l. except Mika Evalla, who wants to re}iof
Phillips, have announced themselves, but 1t il
j. probable that others will enter, aud q acrun
il raeo for tho othces enBue.
The clans OF the North Side Township are al
n up IN arms aud ready for tho coming fray. Ill
hi political windmill Ia alroady in motion. aud th
ae northern air ia being famed INTO tomgs. p;
ia | Of AHBosaor Abort Patch, the prose1l
incumbent, is prominent candidate
60 He IL opposed BY G. A. Korn PFoaIdeut OF th'
d. Froi siuniger Buorgor, who thinks ho hae , .
good T. right to assoss the Inhabitants OF thu
section a. any other man. Tho erudito Bo
Kenny has couohod his lauco for tho Supervisor
ship which Ao now holds, aud is chnrging II
till against rcdoubtab!o N,clloas kul.nou, wb
& IL said to be in high hopes Of Roberts tEomont
IL ouB and irrecoyeraDlo overthrow.
Capt. John Murphy, who haa boen doing dus
al as Collector, ia again in tho fold, aud Ii,
in to face tho opposition OF Arno Vosa and Qeorf
Jet Knesr, onoo nr!dowoll keeper who !1s ha'
Ia tho Teutonlo elononts et thoir baoks, I'll.
in Mcclure, IL up for tho Tow
to CIorkship. Ind llas drawn Ills swol
lo against Capt. P. N. Ryau, who iB pr
IT,, frt lin >1,ott l.