, 1875-04-24

Which tt,sy wcte oxpeotcd to rnto wsa drptaved
by surprisingly large number Of cit'zen". This
whn chilly owing to tho very small An,o.lnt Of
sl'nechlfg'nE done In tho campaign. u tho movn-
Meht preceding Tie vote OIL tue CHATTER or lota
can bo called by Tint sitte.
roll VIVA tho grand uoatro tnwntd which All tho
conflicting eicmenta tntiiod. commencing At oariy
dawn. marc nr0tnincIOnk cr,@d can hnfttly
lc Imagined. Thoro wcro lntm1,ots who wore
dirty, ssody, mud drl'nkoI: and theso wofe o:nee
ard got9coua iu gold and precious etonob. Ihero
wc1e also some very respectable ctttzena,. who
appoared to 10 rather dlt9ussetl at finding thonl-
selves III bat company. stoss Ut thcae sook m
carly opportunity OF leHsing.
nsnees glcamcd bronnd lho polls wcro Ton,
soaIahon, af'sc Corcornn, John crswfrd, tho
Sexton brotl,ere, "Jim " Mct1nlo, md many
more OF mich tho taao Galore. Inpy woro
loaded duwn with tscHota which faFo!od tho
raasaga cf tho now Ulattornna soon -. mahs9cd m to
get 1ntto an army Of Tho untorrilled, INTO ine'
exercising ''thc high: st pscroeattse; esc. vet
Ing was becoming ycrg brisk, "athoae much
regard to qualification. when
EQuAD OF nEsrtE.tES.
whose stovc-p.po hats gllttered in the morning
sun, aipearol Upon tho teonc: headed by Ms. 4.
G. 1loalug and tho Roy. Mt. 0hambe, latn' OF tho
Now England Congregational Church Among
ii. Forgps, il. ii. King, 4. n. louco, pr. l!1eto
Dr. Flear, Of Hush Medical College; Con. Ltob,
Mai. Kirkland. Lnwyor. Kalcs, ani r somo oties
PROMINENT c,t,zons. Tllo7 wero oil supplied
with opPos..'on t'ehete' ard en- enino aIon sh9 Us,
illegal voting to tho last. Thois prosotlco ELECTED
ci,alionsers. John Crawford ana "Jim !"
tieIlale. stood upo. the .,,,,, platform hss,, .,
cs;.' Gen. Lsob I n''8 and some MO other sentlomet,
to tlfe front. They approached tho windoH., aud
remarked to William O'1]tton, one Of tho Judges,
thnt two clsalnngera Ought to eo inside.
a Yoice-9o TO h-ll! Blind your orn busl-
Mr. ponce-ws demand that challongors be
K yolco-Who tho by h-ll arc you, any
Mr. ponce-I am from tho Citlzens' Aasocia-
| tton, mud domnud fair CANVASS, according to
Milo Corcosnn-stciuuctz (ono Of tho Judgcs),
| you know what YOU'RE about. Go ahoau Us you
sfr. PENCIL tlon,ani, that tho Judges comply
will, tho statute providing for cha engers.
Con. Liob road the statute. wiich provided
for D limo Of g, 900 and Suar III jail for all
violations thereof. -..,
This created tremendous ursoar. ~ tho
midst Of Which tha accomplished "Jim " Mo
1ialo great judge OF such matters, shouted:
"Tha Ii all id Aunlbug. "raint no rog'!aE
yote, You know. Tho statute docs notboar upou
| it. Lot us hnyo pence"
| Tho gnntlcmtn WHO etooa around thb pol!s
inslstctl that Tho statute SHOULD 10 compiled
with, and, as tho Judges still appeared 70 be
fuse at tloir pori, hut tho Cltizeus' Asaoola!ion
would prosecute them to the full extent OF the
| law.
This tbroat had tho desired effect. and Alesars
&. II. Fergus aud George Dohr wero duly In
| stalled sB cilalloneess
Th,s having boon accomplished. quiet TIA,
restored until hIs. atc1Ialo 'ns'stod on
| when h1r. HeB,pE alao assumed place there
tho police said there was no rooh thore for th'
voters.
str Hcslng-I don't want to romain, but
must Do y, SO long ~ tLi1 tnsn 1t,. "a here. -,
Followed from 4.JIm'a" avoIrdupois. Mr.
lIosiug then stopped down and ous. hu
remained around tic polls during tho rematnde
Of tho dar, although ho WAS subjected to plent!
Of " chatlng" anil abuse: .....
Towards evening. sheriE AGnow put In IN ap
pcaganno and voted. but did not take any haut
In the d!sordcrly proceedings Of tho unwashcd.
The Rev. alr. Chamberlain STOOD tho busl'es
dylsm OF the mob thoroughly Biekoned him o
elections, amt hc cleared out. Dcforo leay
Ing, hbvcyer. tho gontiemeu carried
couple OF important points. Tnoy cohpollet
the cneIn5 to provide two boxes for, tho yotes-
tho voto on minority representation. Thoy als'
hucctedca In securing poll list 90 tint th
nHmo and residence Of oYery voter Was regtstor
cd, and thus ono of tho avenues Of tho repeat
crA cut OH.
Thoro wab no worry grcat amount OF dfsorde.
although soma ha's wero stoyo In aud a fo
slight sk,ruiishes occurred. Mt. f1osiny Has pre-
vnkod soycrn. tttncs. but succeeded IN koopin
temper and hung aroltnl tue polls until It wh
too late for tho towd. u to undo lis good worii.
| THE yorH.
Tie voto on tho two propoalt ltiona-tho accept
anro or ro(aetion OF tho charter and 1tsinorlt
| reuscYentatlq1-is as folowa