, 1875-10-27

We .,s,rc TO direct public attention to tho
following extract frum tho proceedings Of
tho County Hoard OH Mondny, ns q new and
striking evidence Of the purpose 10 stnG the
l,alIot-b0xcs nt tsc appronching election:
4 communication was also rnal frofn tho County
Clerk asking fur twcnty.fr ncx ialnt-M'1es.
Cnua,,lasonet Ci.JCnH wAnIrl 10 know II tho Clty
Clerk knew what hnd lerome of the old ones.
Den. liEn. eIu1 present, responded that thu Law
eayo tho boxes into ttc hrns1s Of the lllReH Of etec-
tio and tat l,o lai not een abo to eeeure the re-
turn Of ,nany OF ahrnI, aud Aast ordered new ones
made
commissoner CkoCc1 inquired II the Clerk lid not
know who had thr rglRsiu1 ho1es. MID wheher liz
"ond knos tho oil bo1os If they were returned f'om
amy Tasks upon them.
Cen. LsRn replied that many of tho toxes had been
III the banda Of tho udgcs before he iato o'cc,
etc.
The communication waR finally referred 10 the Pub
lie Service Committee With Instructions to net at once.
This means, Of course, that the now ballot
boxes will DO ordered, md it forecasts o
strong likelihood that not twenty-four but
forty-eiglIt or one hundred boxes will be pro-
vidcl, and Tint there will be duplicates of
the hoxes used In certain wards. It is be-
lieyed TINT it was by mems Of duplication
TINT solno Of the stui1fng in tho chnrtcr eicc-
tion was accomplished. Tint in. tloro were
exact counterfeits oS tho boxes used at somo
Of tho polls; the co,,ntcrfeits woro filled will,
ballots for tho chartcr in enormous e1cess
over those ngainst The chRrtor, md also over
tho actual humber OF votes cast; the counter
felt boxes we're then substituted for the
genuine boxes which contained tho vote Ms
actually cast. It is known TINT two Of tho
hnlfot-boxes hail been stolen, and they were
evidently stolen to sorya ~ countcrfeits.
There could have beon no other purpose for
stealing thoul ana tho result Of tie charter
election jnstihes tho suggestion that they
wcyc 50 used.
Now, whRt reasonable purpose is there IN
demanding now bnllot-boxes nt this times
The full number needed is not asked for, 80
it in evidently not the intontion to substitute
nov hatlot-loxes l1t around in order to avoid
the c1lnnging Of cosinterfeits for'tlle genuine.
Only twcnty-four Rru asked for. Why does
not tho County Clerk send to the City Clerk
to whom he loaned twenty boxes for tho
charter election, nntf which arc supposed to
bo locked up in tho vaults Of the City Clerks
Office? It is tho duty Of tho City Clerk to
return tho boxes ho borrowed, aud VIC pro-
sumo he Is prepared to do SO on demand.
After tho refusal Of tho County Board to
appoint ono Republican representative On
esch' Election Board, suoh notion as that
taken with reference to the ntp and additional
ballot-boxes must be regarded with tho groat-
est Buspicion. AIr. CIouou evidently had
reason to believe that tho proposition con-
ccalca somo rascality by tho close questioning
to which ho subjected it. We do not suppose
there is nnything to prevent the scheme be-
ing carried out. Tho managers Of the IIrs1Sa
campaign hayo become utterly shameless and
reckless. AL that eau bo done ;a for tho Re-
publjcans to increaso their vigilance on ac-
count Of this now warning, and to provide
every safeguard that tile law and personal
courage suggcst. It is situation In which
they must protect themselves to the utmost
Of their strength aud BY every means at their
command.