, 1875-11-04
ATTEMPTED FRAUD.

NATURE llna como 10 tight in . quarter Elcro
stlch thing was leaRt expected. 1t happened
u the First Precinct Of the Fifth Wnrd, tho polls
OF which we1e located In tue roai catate office Of
aIf. f.. j.. Barber, Ut 257 Twenty ninth street.
near tue corner Of state. Thu building il Il
small brick structure. containing two nalroT
ruotns, and il similar IN s,zo AID appearance to
tic buildings commonly used for coal oaces.
Tho front Ecom waD nsed for tho voting placc,
ballots being deposited through the window
from the street. Tho judges Of election scrc
all Opposition in sentiment, aud tlloif names
n1e Ut follows: Jaules Gleason, Of No.
1895 Wabash ascnl1o; Otto Eluhn, OF No.
$40 TAltr-ilret street; aud J. ". Mckenna. Of
No 1851 Burnside street. Although they wero
alt followers Of 1Ieaiug. yot, a. will bs econ,
their IDEAS Of tho sancsty Of the bal!ot-box were
wiloly different. The clerks wero John Pooley,
OF No. boz State street, ard john Cumberlijge,
of No. *Gt Twenty-seyeuth street. Besides
,hcEe thcro we:e present inside tho Office during
the day and evening ,[r. E. l.. Barber aid Col.
J. y. Cooper, who had been appointed by the llu-
publican Executive Committee AZ challengers for
That prccinct, Thesa two vera tho ouiy RepIl>-
licans admitted. Police officers Hurger mud r.
], U'Coanor were present, .nominh1ly to preserve
order.
Tie voting hal scarcely commenced III the
morning before it became evident TINT tlo
1udgos wero
DETERMINED TO OWE HEs'No 4 MAJORITY
in tito precinct IL 1acsibte. Every toop-bolo was
taken advantage Of to btcrre that end. Al
though a1r. Barber, in the beginning, took pains
10 read tile laws bearing on clect!oas, the Judges
sto,1ty refused to ALLOW The ballots to be num-
barcd ~ precaution aganst fraud, alleging that
thur Instructions from LIeh expressly prohibited
it. This refugal they pcrajste1 IN, nokwithsapd+
Ing that large number Of voto1s requested that
their votes should be nuHlbersl.
Next. tho tudges lnstaGased aud nbetted eev-
oral imp,lutnt invaders Of the polls III creating
MI tho lloiso and disturbance that thoy could,
il order to distract tho challouEera from their
duty while illegal votes were h:lng cant. All
| dny long and during the evening Messrn. barber
u.ld Cooper wero hnrtAssel and RnnoYcd ly these
! inyalnru, hut thota gentlemen torcRaW the OBJ
jcct in contemplation ani etool atehalastly \!
! their posts. and utterly refused to bo ineulted
| Or deferred from their work. Tue result was
| that, although q Sery heary vote Was polled,
| Tow Or no instances Or Repeating OCCURRED antt
| up to tho hour Of closing the polls It could pe
fait!y claim.d that the election Was honest.
Shortly alter o'clock
| TIE COUNTING COMMENCED,
nu.nuS others present being sou:l, Town as
nesor Phillips autl John Ryan, saloo,.kteper
OIL Esate street, near tho corner OF Twenty
| eighth Iore again constant attempts wcre
tu1de ny these aila otuet pAFtlea u htt u' ~"
| nnd thus prevent tlo correct counting Of the
votes. ID thia they Wero unsuccessful. 1t
should be stated that at this timo two Of the Op-
position Judges. Otto bIuhm and ]. ". Nc
kenna, became tired Of t!,e contest. and, being
satisfied that the,s candidate Wan defeated. re'
Bignod themselves to the situation, sud lonestl,
enssyorod 10 so Oil will their taHk falrl,
and faithfully: Iamos tilenson howesar
tAe other election judge, WIS ,arecset
h''' hhIs ATTEMPTS 10 iii nipaer his colleagues
liz even tiled to incite the mob on McRenua
and several times quarrel between that gentle-
.nau and AAseBaor Phillips seetpea Imminent
but the.e attempts wero defeated through tho
1ustrunetltalitv Ut tile other judyet. aud tl'
counting waa finally concluded 1t haIf-,ast II
o'clock in thu evening. What should ha'o bee.
dono thou was IL mako out d correct list Of th'
candidates hnl tho number OF votes received b,
eac and uend it DOM to the City-1Iall by ont
Of ti,s policemen ih waiting. hut this would
not aBwer tbs wishes of(ile4son and 1ia friendh
wllo saw that tho result showed large maIpE!,,
Tor 1lnck. .ud thoy aecordlnGly cast about +"
1t scelns thAt the ballots ~ last ~ counted
hnl boon strung togelhe1, those OF each eallai
date beng on separate airing. BESIDES tn
atraight tiekcta thus disposed Of, there wer
on striug by themselves. Tho counting wa
scarcely conclndsd hefots some QUO raIrod
question about
TIE NuMnKn or apL1r TICKETS,
aud the accuracy OF the count. Gleason thora
upon insisted on counting them over again. an
| they wese therefore unetrung and deposited /
; little 4eAl,r Oh the tabto each counter gtttin
ono Of sllcse heaps. At one aldo of the tat!
sat s1euess. barber aud Huhtn, at another u
clerks, Al the third Dir. Mckenna, and 1t III
fourth Mr.. dleason, who WAS cloaeiy sccompAue
by Tho saloo1-k keeper, Ryan. While the recolIntin
was going on, there suddenly Appeared OH I'll
table. ln place OF : heap OF split tckess, nun
rnt fodad 49, ,xars ii tI,oao xyhiob hal hcct, ret