, 1875-11-01
PROTECT THE BAtLOT.BQX,

PROTECT THE GALLOT.BQX.
cAaD FROM sous WENTWORTH.
TO tho Editor OF The Chfeaeo Trtou,k:
CHICAGO. Oct. 30.-1 reEtot 10 lcsrn that como
Of our ctizcns consider 1t poraoual tnsutt to
have their vote challenged. II they will zonccs
9 momont, they will 500 that it IL their duty to
invite cIia1lenge, and thereby encourage tn
FREQ e1ctciao, for tho right to challenge mora
inportau. than tho right to vote. 4 man car
not Soto legally but onco +; and yet, BY chasleng-
ing, he may 10 hls causo moro good than lo eau
by voting. Ihe 1bestiea Of tho peoplo depend
upoa tho purity Of tho patlot-box. also tio our
flTos, our property. our all. And this very class
Of rcoplo who aro 30 much opposed 10 bolng
challenged at elections are tho lnost constant iu
The uae Of 1t In the Court-uouHe aud no po1aon
but professional 3urymAu feels ngarloyed ut q
cliallcngs, aud lis grief ariAcs uo. 81 nlu III
from my fauc!e1 insult d from tho loss OF hls
foes.
The first limo voted in Chicago my roto Was
challenged, aud Aworo 1t In. hut did not feot
lnsnltsd. l thanked the man for ll!a zost in pu-
rifying tho bailot.bo1, He merely did wint l.o
conaidcrca bis duty In challenging, aud 1uore1y
did mino in sakns tho oath.
This 1aa at our first municlca! election iu
1887. In tho First Ward, where isavo voted over
oinco. Dotweco that day and thta layo cha!-
lengod many yo!ors; aud would ha very sorry to
think that any person supposed that wished to
insult him. consider that should bo acccsao-
ry to tho 4ct II utood by aud aAw man sato
whom did not bcoyo entitled to do no, with
ont challenging him and should also consider
that lle had no moro right to question my COIL
duct than he would II challenged him lram
d Jury that waa TO h!s nion, a eaae
In which Saa Interested. This 1a right hava
n!ways.excsciscd, and, vheu caunot exercise Il,
do not want tue riyilegc Of voting.
Vixen . sNal,'a nafne / u not upon tbs directory
~ resident OF the ward In which he proposes
TO vote. he ought to be challenged, and he ought
to thank the man who does It for scttinE good
example. parouss should bring up their chill
dreu with tho idea that the right to challenge
othoss IL moro important than tho right 10 voto
themselves.
During tho thitty-nine rears that have boon Ii,
Chicago, lave mover known 80 inuch III blood
arising as t1soro Is HOW. lIesetolore tho cuntoHtn
at tho polls AAl1 been n,niuly bctHeon political
parties. to which wo hayc all beon aooaktomed.
Uns now 1t aeens to be faBs tcndiug to
ono b'tTSen es''9s da1,, 0n1 OF these
usual right ot m,no,,t;es ana Also thinks
that tho protection OF tho civil authority has
been entirely withdrawn from, it. For any class
TO thus think shows = bud stato Of society. il
was this condition CT ta!ogA that lsa to tho
Vigilance Commlttoe rule in han Francisco few
yoata ago.
! advise my fellou-citlzoua to exercise Ill tha
Etgl1ts which the LAW ALLOWS thom on Tuesday
next, and the doszoHt OF them nil Is tho right to
challenge eYcry tnau whom thoy oven suspect
Of having no right to vote. 1t 10 not an iuHult.
but duty Anu tho msn Who falls IN its exercise
will be ayonGed. shall not 10 dtsp!easeu with
any mau who ehalon!goa my ,yoto % Tuesday
next, and hope hs vii! provo himself ~ good =
citizen "a | atn BY keeping Ills teMpor il ! clal-
lcpGo him. Jouf W9XTwoaru.