, 1876-04-08
POLITICAL.
Thornton and His Bum.
nlcrs Do Tlcir
Work ;
And Evans, Phillips, and Ryan
Are Counted In.
Wholesale Frauds Of the Illegal
Moderator and Ills &C.
completes.
Enptying Ba}lot.Boxcs and Replacing
Their Contents with Bogus
Votes.
Conclusion Of the West Town
Canvass---A Republican
Success.
Ticket 10 Be Pit Up by thc Demo-
Gratis To-Day---Sllcrman.
House Caucus,
Wentworth and MoAuley to Be Sup
ported by the Democracy.
Farwe1l Hall Mass-MeetinE---
Nominating a Mayor.
Beyeridge's Buncombe Cheese.Paring at
the Illinois Penitentiary.
Ii MIR. Brfstow q Republican ?---
Tllurlow Weed on tho
Situation.
Farwel Hall Masg-MeetinE---
Nominating a Mayor.
Beyeridge's Buncomhe Cheese-Paring at
the Illinois Penitentiary.
Ii 1ir. Brfstow a Republican ?---
TllnrlUsv Weed on tho
Situation.
LOCAL POLITICS.
THE SOUTH TOWN.


There Is Joy iu thu camp OF the South Town
taz-:atcrs. DS bcld manipulation Of tho bal
lot-bo:ics. tho old Board caused itself to bn ro-
elected for another year, TO tho Intense disgust
OF all honorable Democrats ana Republicans.
Tho hummer efetueot has triumpued, not By tho
BronEth which they put forth 4. tho polls, but
by tie pcrpetrauon of IN infamous ontragc, bv
which tho character OF tho bal1ot-bez Was 10
changed as to practically dlefraIcniEo hundreds
Of uur most respectable ci:izs11. Hike Evans
will Lo to-day declared the Tom CoiIcctur iUr
tho south Bilo by q majority OF more thnn 1,0O0
over Gailoway, tho Republican nominee, and
moro tian 2,9o0 osor Iat O'Drien who ran in-
dcpcndont.
Yesterday morning at II O'Clock Davo Thorn
ton md tho vnrio,s Assistant 3loderatorB 70 IL
ycncd at tho South Town headquarters, 2oi
Lasallo G.rcet, anu proceeded to formally ca;-
vass and count Tho voto which was polled nt tho
town election Tuesday. Tho xork proceeded
slowly, all parties counting with dsliberatiou
h,u csrc, 40 ns to avoid making any mistakes.
About ha:f-past tho task, 60 far as concerned
the rognlar ballot-ho1cs. WIS completed. and o
haety count Of tho tali,'-ehcot Indicated that
NlRE ETASs AND I'D .1I1LLips
two OF tho old gang, had boon re-eiectcd Col
icctor and Assessor, respectively. by very largo
inajoritics. Tho two boxes, ono from the
Fourth and tito other from tho sccoud Ward,
presided over by Republican Moderatozs, wero
then ynnkoi from tho aafo and counted separate
~. Tho poll-ikt from tho precinct 4. Thirty
fourtl, ard 6tasossreots called for OH ballots.
The count showed 03l, falling oil OF 0, Tho
Second Ward poll-liat iuiicated l,1o5 ballots;
tho count dovoloped 900 votos.-a shortage of
Gin all discrepancy Ut only u III over Z, 0J0
yntAY. which il IbIoH l}lH nyarnHN
4 LITTLE DlsCu3plo:s.
Whom the ModeratoEs began 10 count ihc3e
ballots, A1r. Thornton Eaid:
"Tneso GallotS will f,h counted mud kept Her-
aratcly. I ahall not add them to tic regular
vote"
Mr. Nelson That's oil right. Cont them scp.
srately and keep tlom separate, 10 tlloy eau bo
identified ellorld 1t 10 recoesary.
Mr. Uash-1 protest agal,,st iha exclusion Of
thcae ballots. They arc legal. and should be
counted In.
Mr. Fatrel-1 object to tl,eir being counted.
for this reason afany pcsrons VOTED twice tu
Etsto streets. They did so un1or tue Impression
that tho first tinlu they voted it waa illegal, mud,
hs they did not doslto to loBo their yotet
they voted q second tinio. but 1T tho other poll.
great lnauy Of tlom twice, md. NJ no ono eau
legally vote twice, protest against tlo Moder-
Rtor counting tho1n with tho regular balIotA.
Thomas o'Harn (tarEcll's poll cIosk)-That'a
so know OF several meu who voted twice in
this way, and ii would bo wrong to count both
votoa.
Tho cnuvaaatng. counting, and etrlngsng OF the
votes east in tho Republican bo1ca was thnl pro.
cecdcl with, and ilnisliod a. about otluct.
Tte tally l!Bs WAS not all footed u, Eowevcr, tho
count being confined to tho candidates for CO..
lootor aud asseseor; and even this Nas no. Gono
over second tlno In search Of errors.
TIE FOLLOWING f1GUEEs,
which arc approximately correct, give tho result,
III 4nfaH HfnAf