The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-10-25

in q riot In the Sixteenth ward, when the poll
Ing places were broken into, the ballot boxes
smashed and the election officers beaten, but
Bill Mann took good care to have them tried be-
fore he went out Of office, and they were ac-
Quilted"
"Did you ever know any instances where WE'LL
known citizens were refused the right TO vote
on the ground that their names had already been
"Plenty Of them. There was Maurice Werner,
the celebrated pianist He went TO the polls
peater because he was recorded as having voted.
Smedley Darlington, a well known broker, was
treated IN the same way. Why, know an IN
on Girard avenue came to the polls and found
that their names had been used by repeaters,
and when they insisted on their right as free
men to vote, they were marched on to the police
station by Mayor Stokleys police and locked
these tn: D AT the polls back Of the Continental
Hotel, A. IL. Lee was one OF the inspectors.
Early 10 the day fellow offered his ballot, snd mo
nameT M. ID. Lee replied the fellow. That
was the name Of the INSPECTORS father, and ne
looked up, when, TO his astonishment, he recog-
nized a well-known repeater. He called upon
an officer to arrest the rogue, but the policeman
took him around the corner and let MIN CO.
RoUGHs PERsoNATINo CLERGYMEN.
at is quite common for ministers TO be
personated 10y repeatcrs. have known sey-
eral Catholic priests who never voted IN their
dstS Tor or There / r SSsrd Ing Soq GS
examining the registry lists for that division
we found that seventy voters were represented
as belonging to that house, when there were
only five persons living there"
Don't policemen frequently lead gangs OF
ayes; have seen that dozen times. or
course they In citizens dress, but they were
detailed iQI that very purpose; oo.. T., ,oco
well. they carried tue city Tor Gcary In l6OgT'
"Yes, and gave him 400 majority when
Packer had OF the votes honestly cast not less
than 5000 majority, and believe II would be
safe to say 1000. Geary's majority, you Will re-
member, on the whole vote In the State was very
small-only 1896 Well, the next spring, 1870 tho
bill to put the city OF Philadelphia In commits
sion was passed by the Legislature, and tho
nancs OF the Commissioners were Incorporated
successors. But this Geary objected TO. lie
| wanted to appoint them, or name them at least,
| but the Ring here refused. Geary threatened
| TO veto the bill IL he was not accorded what be
| demanded, but they laughed at him. They said
| he dared not do 1t that no knew he never was
| elected Governor; that they made him Cover
nor; but Geary did veto 1t, and then List Davis,
| ers, got up In the House. Of which lie was a
member, and denounced Geary In terrible
| speech, In the course OF which he said the Geu-
| eral was never elected Governor"
DO you think there will be much repeating
| done this fall 4"
"Certainly there will be. The Ring know very
we'll that Ilartranft and Rawle will be beaten by
from 10000 TO 10000 In tho rest Of the state and
| II they don't overcome that by frauds here thew
are gone sure. The Democrats are doing all
they can to prevent repeating and false returns,
and the newConstitutiOn Will enable them to
check great many but still there Will be sew
| eral thousand fraudulent votes COST"