, 1875-04-10
TOWN ELECTIONS,
11r. fsruc1sialIt Again COnyet,cs tho
SuMl .St1crH-1Me West TOWN..
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1lr. f:r1tcniiHt AEntn C0nyetscs the
SuMt -StdcrH-The West TOWN..
TIE souTn TOWN.
At 10 o'clock yesto1day morning crowd OF
about thirty persons Was gathered III tho engiuo-
huase at No. ~ Dearborn Asrcat. Little Joo
Gruonhut enmo III with homo appearance of
trepidatlon In LIS mannor, ~ II ho had o tig
thing on hand aud wss staggering under it, Tie
"town-mectlng" mas called to order, and Joo
got upon chair. Standing ou this commanding
anincnco lo read cut tue number Of votes cast for
the different candidates for tho olica IT Cul-
1ector, and declarod Eyans elected. lie then
read tho voto for Assessor. and announced tha,
1'hi!lrs had boon elected. lie then ead lie
would rot certify tho c!estion returns for su-
pory,sor, Town Clerk, or Constable, because Of
tho trauds TINT bad bean rerpetsatcd. Then,
haetlly declaring tho meeting adjourned, he
Jumped down from tho chair aud made for the
door. Philip ContcY the Moderator Of tho First
Ward. Was riod Mt this summary proceeding. aud
Ehou!cd 1fsor him: 'sYou have no right 10
adjourn the rnoctiug. II you dou't como back
Ill appoint Clerk In your place."
Little Joc-iou hare got no right to do It.
I1o smiled a aort Of stckly smi|c aud took out
through tho door. Moderator Conicy said tho
towu.nectinE bllould not DO triled with il1 that
Etflo hlH RhhE0 LEG EioHH W Wall HHtft u1 got 4
copy Of the election returns. Whln he was como
tho crowd was supplied with cl4enp and oxh.1ar-
atm. amusement by p lung.testcr which the
tromen had put up III tie rear Of the rooEn
When any ono WHO know tho tuodun upcrnnd
tiled his wind 1t worked ~ right hut wlieu one
Of thu uninitated clanGed bis month to tho tubo
10 blew bast Of SCOT in bis face. The Arst
rotHon sold WAS policeman who Was loatnr
about. and bis loft oyo looked ~ il
i haa hoe hoe1 ,,hs fressosd hy pfiIe;sht ..
arrived. 1Io called tho meeting to order and
sRtd that, for aome reaRon or other, tito Town
Clerk had rcfuEcd to perform Ills Duties mud
TINT 1t Lad hocono nccotsary to appoint Clerk
election was Unanimous. T-a young man etood
up In the cl,nir vacated by Gruontlt, and tho
Moderator handed him paper, falling him to
read t. Dickson s!on road tho election retnran
2,aol Dornoy, ao9. Then following the written
form handed hin by tbs Moderator, ho
aniI: hereby dcclnro that Atchnel Evans
IL elected to the oif1ce oi Collector. The
Moderator thon moved that tho election bo np-
proved, aud tue crowd sang cut "ayc." Tic re-
i'andef Of tho returns, as follows was then read
aud approved In the same way:
For Assctaor-l'hlllips, 4,g50; ATcNaIly, 1.C3l ;
Conlon,. 7o0i Tracey 779. Phillips declared
For supor!iHor-nyan. 2.7o1; orecnwala.
81. lynn declared elected.
For TOwn Clerk-11eeson, 2,911; C. Derg,
2,2D1 Foge!, 659 Lyuch, Gls; Gruenhut, 137 :
4. DoIIg, TIT; Csano, 237. Glccson dec!ascd
elected.
For Conatahto-IIartman, 4,40s; Cunningham,
$3.50; 1fcstshon, 387 Pctclron 133 UIack,
%. Hartman declared elected.
Tho nectlnE waH thsn adjourned.
Moderator Cunlcv tllsn told Dickson that a1l
tho parern wore now Ia hts charge, aud that tho
hallot-boxen would 10 turned oFcr to Inn IN
Soon ~ ho whnted tticn. Dickson then won't on
to hunt up rcn and tnk. no That Tho A1oderators
present, might sign the election returns. When
l.o returned they wcro Bignol BY Frank Dickson
Town Clerk, uro tom i. Conley. Moderator
Lames II. Mcdonald, Assistant Moderator,
Fifth Ward Knfns i. Barnes, Fourth Ward
L. ]. O'Douncl, Clerk. Fourth Ward,
Moderator Con1ey tlIen exprersra to tho TO-
posters his disgust at tho whole aftait. 1Is said
TINT the loHn elections xero farce. aud ls
mover phould get mixed up with anything Of tho
Aill. 3liko Eynts, With tho Enl!le of QUO who
wuB. also said TINT tho thing waa I farco md
ehoud ayo been stoppol long ago. 0ruonl,ut
waB only trying to get tho election into the
Unrrts. so that lIe could hold on to office for q
willis longer. What sscps "littio Juo will lake
remains to bo scen. Coulcy aud Eyans Say le
cannot do anything.
THE wEsr TOWN.
Tho counting OF tho votos for tho West Town
Offices wAA concluded yesterday afternoon. with
tho following result: