, 1875-04-07
The 'Absurdities Of the West
Side Gathering.
The Appropriation Cut Down to
100000.
Result of tho Election an I'm
known Quantity.
How They Voted Money There.

uoT They Voted Money There.
THE SOUTH TOWN.
HOT AND slsnuLK.
Tho accnes attending tbs election In South Chicago,
especially tloae Which nccurTtd at tile Dearborn street
englnchoute, whe1e tho su.cael "town meeting"
VAS hold, tho must dieGracasu and diaofdcrly
which hayo ever characterized similar occasion In
fa tty. Tho Vicious c1aEsea were ID tic maturity 1t
all he downtown Fols the mols In tie Frat 8ecoul,
and Third Wasda beinG led ly thieves. gamblers, And
brutsera, who were working mainly for Foley. 1I!a
opponent, Evans, howoycr, had an equal number Of
loultaktnu yagrants thus placing tho whfpporan nf
bo:h s[dcs on par. Tha Twcnsietl Ward was repre-
rented tbs 6ouh Silb By gangs Of IoafeEs led by
Mike Maddon, tho psize-nghscr, aud Mike corcosan,
who IL no: any better. Thesa follows driven
ftoln poll 10 poll, aud succeeded In votinR 4 great
many tituea
GEORGE uASK1Ns,
the gambler had twelys negro 1cpcatora enlisted end
did guost dEy's work. Tncre weso at least lou e.
pEeas wagons employed M day long In hauling 1non
from ward 10 ward. md they ,nrarah1y succeeded Ii
depusiEng their lalots. Eany were challenged, hut,
refut!ng to swear In lhe vols, tbct tickets
ectcd. Others would tks the cath Without hsaitation
though It atated ty elasngers that thsy had II.
ready leposito1 thteo aud even four ballots. An
uhualJ nddcl-htadcsl repeater would sometisues for
ees M naine hs wa. 10 give. and ths following
rtrGatlon xon&d ensnc:
tuIge-Wiat IL vour namsf
Kertaser-What7
Julec-What Il your uansf
Nepoater-ohl lIau.c)
ya;lss tsngriI!y'i1w g1!'it = i;, 4 your n.mss
This incident took placa in .hs Fourth wsrd, and
the tseko vent into the box without further qus*
would l,s administered:
nYee % That sou h.'s not voted be-
Ths repeater would ray No, slr,n--meantng that
b wouldn't swess 10 ANYTHING Of tbs kind. This
;gs os'a thint h. mssnt b. h.a not
r.sIy soea Va, Is . void committing PR
they had not voted bcfore undor tho uas given Anl
by which they addsessod whom sworn. Tls gangs
ofsen and Notwithstanding II least u II not more.
fraudulent votes pocd, only two tree arrcs1
t.; r,: s:; ts.a 1sfs 81
cams iu express WagYus apd trucks; but II usuAl
saioi at 10 s so seaa ia: rad
l!a s'ehs md .has iss ii u. enan.'' ee.Is.
K1our TICKETS
1istrhrted,-as candidate having hnd printed
nu Il. rls candidate. fur coeesor vess aiko E94ns,
ao,n Foisy ND tohil DHney; for Assessor, John Mc
m S5an e.
I'D iSf T9wn c'sE 1a@s. vahs axu*a'
At O'Clock u tho morning. Tom Foeys friends
tauitlad tho sidewalk In front Of tho poll
ThorRnoa xs. sho.sn sst .aa as
.tIy opeued ts window and eonueueed
rvsl ens weh Id not beea brought to 10 p.es.
.hs Soss os !S9 sses n1 tss r.. oll.a s
snotner estia sa Pp ceaisy "" s.c sa Iea Mo
era.oF, aud George EverhArdt sssoclato. Thornton
w.s not disposed 70 Gtye up aud did not rstlre until
os ata ths ssgu.r boz 5os sPqsn s,ns
broushtt With him. and Tho voting. wllich had besn
l.1se crowd Of and 7agranta hung around ths
polls I'll day, and took a conspicuous past In
THE TOWN AxErINo,
which wa held at = o'clock. 4 quarter Of m hour
FSos1oHs quite nunbor Of reputable aud wealthy
rtzens into tho *uyino-hoxs Intending to tako
Hvan. p.1ty prolussd to DO. Among item ware sLs
6,osn a. s;aa, af s a
1nsslonaEa Clougll aud unrdIck, Enos Ayres, H. +.
LINES, George G. Morton, MIR. Springer, aud Iii.
~ tho clock struck Mix. Evsna suteeed, snd told
~ Andet*or tant ls muss e!oss the polls and tatsA
NJ, pon!sy d;a not ~, to know ~hshsr shs. w
sagat1 3is1! hss gi, e;oasd tho window.
fhs Moderator replied siAt it vas to give the Clerk
bdziener coutended that Tho rotla sGoall uot b
closed for my aush rar,osa. sine. tho law required
Ts Clerk remarked th.t could u tAken for
long ~ shny vera = tn!nd TO-"
42iQ klt EltEua0A VI t1& A41efGkQf had
9hs Moderator tsjolnsd that they would bs opened
ssTlbieE ssgsiy s.an.1Iul thu. "txcp.y minul., /,
s*suty hours"
The Aodors.or- -Every man will hsva time to ro...
bs1.bnsr-2hars Il 10 ttlza 70 make N &ppropsi.-
Tas Modeeator-You do not understand ths ta.tsr,
ec1tbuur-1f l did lot I woaidnt b. speaking
Ths Moderator-wsu, tho polls must b. slo.ed that
kJ, tuow uuthius about Il. am governed hv h.
E4ls. th4t - lal down: There i nothing wrong %
Als part ot tbs Judges at al ~ ILL.,
sssabn.z hsA noth!us moro to 2ay.
"L11TLE JOE"
e.x I.aSs H. H. Il ,.:,
epec hm.sf tas eioe q AodsfAsot. though ~: Con.
escesa1sy tor Lin q vi upon liu,ssH IL. rsspons!
Aanss q ~ poaton:,
I'm onlesss shoat QUO. .aa ,hsrs Il i pressat N
soataadtns tndohtsaness Of s1,ooO from 1s7k And
.: hass as'1 ws 70 ~ a:,
=, e Y s!sstsd and 1nost4 N appropriation Il
,Sa. fS5 u: ass
Ing indaltednsss VI said town."
": .:.sss at L. IT. n :;s,
Fss1ss ~; ~ ss. Il. " Ii.
Up.a II. tns tAs doo.s I'D b.en ct0..d. .ua III.
1ee o0as ;s1i xsss uneoaAslous ot xLas lid t.iaa
QAoa Sa@a1o va au&a1&houlA
Fp11i&o II THROUGH
WaesJ now s91ny the doore oLan ind s,,,,,..a
S e. - e a. u: ~ :aa'..5 followed " H. Dors md
70 ~. tor ~ pu1ps'a u na1ax "a sppsopsist!
put the qus4uuu it, pasaa2s Nilhon ~. ~ aaa
Rosed that II bA adopted. ny w" 'S''A8
s,@pssh&nd sh.s tisy were t. uo % n9s seeming b
s.f = seso 1 1.as :s s.sa M ,as,sa ths
-. = 4 g. sss.d I'LL asfsI = u sa e. a"na5 u
s: ta:.a. a'at A!s aasaA As4a, = il sA4es u