, 1875-05-03


deliberate frnuda upon The ballot-box in ortlcr
to forco on tho city m entirely new charter,
will be held nt McCormtck's HaM tonight.
There should bo large attendance. Tho
fraud was a wholesale one, mud WIS delib-
erate. 1t was boldly aud unblushingly car
ried ont. The hireling instruments wero
publicly and ostentatiously hauled about tho
city from poll to poll, ind their deliberate ro-
poating performed without any attempt at
secrecy or disguise. The purpose WAS pro-
c}anaed,--tho fraudulent votes pellea were
polled nrowedly to carry the charter, whicl,
tho public at large Ind been led to believe
was 10 Ia rejected unanimously. Such a
proceeding hns nevor been porpotrat-
ed on so extensive scale in this
city before, and tho question to bo consitl-
cron ut the meeting tonight il, Shall it
become the rule in Chcngo for the future
Shau NIL our elections b. controlled by the
gang Of fow hundred professional criminals
who havo recently undertaken to run the
city, control the courts and iurics, determine
official appointments, and give immunity to
crime? Is tho City Government to pass into
tue hanls Of these people, not only indirectly
but directly? In the Afayor to DO selected by
tho chiefs of the alunls, and il an election to
the Common Council to be decided over n
faro-table2 II tho people of Chicago now
refuse to take notice Of this open and undis-
g7,ised fraud at the so-cailcd charter election,
and, by ncquiascanoe, sanction the stuf11ng Of
bal1ot-boxes and election returns without
pou.books or pol1-lists, then thera can be no
complain. hereafter when this shall become
tho established rule.
The present city charter has some restraints
upon the Common Council and upon ita
powers to tax the charter Of 1875 has avon
more stringent restraints, and has poremp-
tory limit upon the rato of taxation but tho
charter Of 1872 abolishcs all restrictions, mad
transfers al governmental control and pow er
to the Common Council and this Common
Council may incroaso the direct ta1 from
$5,500.0o0 Of lust year, to $4,000, 900 or
$4,000, 900 this year, aud with like indcA-
mite increase every year. For this threat
oned revolution in the law and government
OF tie city, the 100 professional criminals
who engineered tho frauds and procured
their execution ut tho so.calsed election On
the 23d Of April aro responsible. For thia
crime against law, good order, tho integrity
Of elections, and popular government, these
people ars to be arraigncd tonight. They
ara to be accused aud denounced for an at.
tempted revolution not as brave or as daring
m that attempted by the hot~hends In New
Orleans lust September, but equally Infamous
md accomplished by the far moro disrepnta.
be agencies Of fraud, forgery, perjury, AMI
bribery.
Tho threatoned revolt Of tho Communists
few months ago, demanding that money aut
property be distributed among them, was ba
tho silly vaporiug Of few reckless mon
this election fraud Of Friday, April 20, wa
q deliberate revolution planued aud executed
by tho criminal class to get all municipa
| POWER vested in the Common Council, whic]
body they can easily control.
Let, therefore, every man who fayora
pure and honest ballot.hox, and m homes
City Government, go to tho meeting tonight