, 1875-11-03

and Bourht 10 avail themsetvee Of
tho prisilcg"a Of tho elective franchise. Meet
rogasoEloa to which thoy wcre unable to rosponl
sati1feclor.lv 10 thefnse]ycr, tho gang adjourned
appralIohslvo lcat tllov TO ubectei to a1ch dln-
eif,'no ~ violation Of The statute agao*t i'!e-
outlaws the election iroceclsi reacesoly, md
pothing occurred 10 disturb tho complncency OF
those III charge until about O'Clock IN the after
noon. when AftniIsr coEps IT Intelligent citl.
gems pesred on the g'uund, and, rr0Cn,fng
Oppo'itsol tickets: soisbt 10 dcpoa,t them
nEesu thcy would do Tue most Eo1i.' Their
attonpt was mot by challenging anil nutl, chaf-
ting, which rroniaed to END in III untlen,shy con-
nng aud lotorodo1 vocal thunder, but finally
thny we're allowed TO be swort III and depoa.
their tlcketn. This was a uou1ce Of much dir
nntiatactlon to the Ronubcans. aud Warrior was
emphatic r. bin etsson!ent Of tho belief thu.
Ilrdiug led the van by $50 majority. as cven-
Ing came on tic crowd Increased. aud the excite
ment became more manifest And pronounced.
Sobricty M rule waa at an end and tile sceno
becanie resolved into babel Of noi.ca not 1t all
exemplary. When the polls cIoaed tho crowd
maintained its prcpeuco anil continued in tho
vicinity until tllo ballots lad been counted and
tho tesuls mhdo KNOWN. No arreAtb for illegal
voting repeating, or violations or the 'nunlcipa
ordinances wcre made. though tho police c*-
ncr1enced feeling Of rref when tlelr services
III that locality wcto at a1l cid.
TIE Third WARD
is also known to bo largely Republican. and the
candidates OIL that ticket. 1t waA apparent eAtly
in tho da5, would 10 run through by A handsome
majority. Near the corner of Harmon court and
btatc street was located tho poIIng-plsce for the
First Precinct, aud tho vote cast there wAH very
heavy. Eron llere at : distance from tho resort
OF RuclI ci,aracters fereaters weto pointed out.
rho had attempted to ply their vocation. II it
csn 30 30 termed. Somo three or four Of this
claEa succeeded III getting i'll their work, but
tDcy arc marked md will DO arrested To-day and
f1JfIA AIIhd T1,tN fHt x 1f1
and stranger in tho city would have
failed to observe anything beyond tho
ordinary excitement incident to CITY highway.
The tau,o precautions to prerent fraud, "stun-
inB.' etc., above mentioned were taken. aud,
though large voso was cast. there is 10 rcason
to Hupluso but that n,oet Of i: NAB legitimate.
Tho Second Precinct OF tho Third Ward WAS
est1 bl.sed ut No. 418 CLARK street, in the heart
Of that delectabfe locality faMlar t. polise rec
| ords AZ "ChcYcnno." " Az = consequence, tho
! most genuinely cosmopolitan crowd assembled
| thcro ever Witnessed IN this or my other city.
Ago WAS disrega1ded. - were also ec1 aud color.
police weso constantly occupied in clearing
| pas.age-way 10 Tbs window through which
American citizens passed slselr dcclsiou OIL thu
vital ques;io" q the dsy. IT, sid to tho
es Msponaa s '' Jea pas''i Gtove 'hs1 sa
orsy through the Hte.la, attracting
attcntion-fguus shose WIN escaped his advance.
| IiesiDE men wcTe 10 he Hrch III OLD numbers,
located ~ remote points. uut 81 uHlteo III
belief that .l,cir causo naH horei'e, in that pre-
| cinct. One Of them OIL beng luierr1cakea Al to
| tho OUTLOOK. htlook lis L'1l nouEtltul'y and
es-aycd no topIs. Another waa approached and
| m"dcstfy requested t" express '.Is views Oil tho
e,tnaslan. but. circulating a autphlric rcsponss,
hc 1tlu'1ntd to u fiondIy paBsagcway and be-
@ in.e. ri"we @ w.ho .s.i We s woTs Se"i sieaa ns
ono t.ule, lu Aa!d, but Whist in hell can ne do
"srn ,tcso d--<l niggess aso all voting
| 1tIh The IT
! aud retired. Generally speaking. tue election
| w4h 4uI"t, saso for Opposition repeating.
When their scheme was discovered, howsyor. al
| c:nl'arso was placed OIL iva continuance by tho
srr'ns Of .lILart Co4tet, whom Onicer Kelley Cd
| tuItta " tne Arsnury. The tAp.roon!a adjoining
TIC ''sis wero all ooon ddoi1lg . - aud-aftlce
bar!n ~. T:le result Of this violation Of ths
niuclatnltun sssa'I ty Mayor Cotyio Was ap.
psean'ons u baccA.ua!s. About o'clock
! PITCHED uATrf.E
took placs In raloon to tho rear Of the polling
dcput, ami tho crowd. including judges. clerks.
aud audience. quls their WORK 10 w,t,lcss tic
melee. Tho speedy arrival Of otYicesa put 4 STOP
to furthnr efforts, a1d when tho dead and wonni-
cd we're removed from the ecene it saa d'scoy-
cred TO have originated from hn attempt OF 4
pckpockot to lift the specie Of cnlaclatcd Brit
ou Both were taken to tha Armosy. a.Id legitimate
business resumed, Challenging III this prccinc
mas frequent, and hard words INDUCED IN. bu1
no riotous proceedings occurred TO add TO the
disorder tAat muet necessarily prevail among
a crowd composed Of such rfouscuoua clio
| ments.
The Third Precinct Was found at No. GG2 alatt
street. aud presented IN appearance OF ordcl
that VAL credltable to ths voters aud police
Ihe unang cla1i seemed inb!!ant at tho reenl
OF their efforts, which they claimol hal rosulsee
ip victory for that candidate. There was ~
abseuce OF Illegal yoslng. repeating. etc thongt
dopost their ballots. Evngy precaulion wa
taken not only in tho interest Of goot
order, but also to a!!oy those entitled II
exercise tholt privilege. The colorod men "er
| particularly noticeable for tho oagornosa dis
played in tia. behnlf, and ono old patriarch
|, known to his ac1unintauceB under tile enphonu
name Of Vicious Tansey," al invalid. nas car
riea from hls room saua!o distant to deposl
lin vota.
No. Gb3. directly opposite. was the pol',nI
place OF the Fourth Precinct, which Was rcsoste
10 by the residents OF tue avenues to tic east 0
State street. Tho vote pollcd wAs unuauall
large, and those who Were psoeens AL day az
confident that no fraud Was Attempted. As
proof Of this, tlcy clto the fact that challenge
i we're not ffequent. there was no disorder or dis
, turlauce, and not solitary arrest Was mad
! during tbs day.
TITO good ordev. decotum. and absence q
thoso features which seem to lntimdatc tuAn
| on election-day. mentioned IN connection wit
j thc Second aud Third Wards, can bo repeate
with reference to tho Fourth Ward. At tn
l
foM ballots deposited sAye Republican, tho rati
in favor Of tho candidates Of tlat party beio
generally admitted ~ i've to one. llero ar
Tho utmost good order prevailed, and tho polio
+ we're in fact . supsrauous commodity. Th
D cl&ss Of Totera who censcled hero WA4 compose
. | of men OF Integrity, those who 10 > r11o rato
vo.o. aud AGAINST mhom precautions to proset
fraud wcre entirely unnecessary. There WEB Il
illegal voting. no repeating, nu disorder III
: na,ight to pTesaut = full aud far expression {
| tho Views 0f tltlzens.
Tie Second Proopct ro'l. ut 0s2 Sta
: street. was in Hection larguly nopublica
though smn}l yote was pu.!e4. Challenger
= wcro numerous, and scarcely d vote was rccotvt
: that WAS not tho subject Ut lnqliEy. lie color<
| mea particularly wete maao tuo objects Of th
| iuqusitisa, aud In many instances compelled
supplement thor ballots by all sfldavEe. Que
tho most otlfcions and 0f1eustyo chal!cngera. q
| whu seemed ubiquitous aud ,ncEouuEou4 to 4
= gree tLas attracted universal attention. provt
4 ou inquiry to he Al e1-lnn,ato Of Joliet. fro
which !le has but socantly baen released. Ii
true character beeo'u!pg known. no WAS reiieY,
from further sesyics Ahu slid out OF slGht.
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