, 1876-04-19

class mon. Tho candidates. Foso James 4. Kirk
and Jacob Doeso, Repuhl1cap. aud H. =. McCor-
mick and Fred Hartman. Democrat. There
wkH feeling Of dlsirust among the finrn1an Ito.
pullichnH against bir. 1ooso. and like iceling
nnopt, tho dcsinan Democrats against sfr, ljArt- |
inan. Tho cunhequence vas that both parties
rcrstcled tho Ieusone and replaced tl.tn M BY
snlt will prove. no doubt, that those two gsutls
mon were elected BY large majority.
THE coRc0nAN dAS1.
Hero WA sra at tho Hatch House dlatrict. tbs
notable Fourth. tbts time. Lat year tho Corco-
ran saug controlled tlliu, and held tie pulls, aud
stuffed indincriruinately al the corner of Micni-
gku and Dearborn ssrcetH. In AID. jonas office,
whors every facility wa given !hcta 70 count ~
gang Lave boe, indicted and will be tried Ia
Jol,e. no,t June. Tho polls yesterday wero at
Eos ii and ~ North Walls street, nearer
the Hatch 11o,lae' 10 ., ~ 70 favor tho
and had aucceoded in obtaining good Judges
wl1o acted fairly aud houaFably. Desdes these,
there waa = large ballot-hox guard IN astead-
enco, which included such mon ~ Gen. Chet-
IT," t. z Gosn IT, hFa' alsger; ~ 1ass x 0 r w
j, e. Larned, ", Il. Goodrich, and aomo thirty
others, WHO nero determined to 500 4 fair ballot
or know tho rcasou Why. Despite all thor
ford, Ieury J. gexton, lin. Casey, Jim O'Dris1t.
Hank O'Callaghau. mud o,horh Of like
Ils, and crowd 81 other Iumners
somewhat moro ouof1ferouH. maue tAet
appearances at an carly hour. Daylight Kept
appeared and stopped, aud was tust ~ oftau div
On away, 4 mounted aid cach time in rapid pus.
suit and finally tho cargo ctossnd tue Wells street
bridge to tho South 6ido. Last fall In this pre-
ciuct oycr 500 votes were pottcd,-or A least 70
repoFted,-Nith but ~ for ilucs. The distsict
ia made up largely Of warehouses and factories.
and, ~ i consequence, has not over s350 legal
voters residing within 1t. at the mort, which
yesterday pt0yea.
~ THE MORNING.
Mia Cotcoran brought posse Of ten "drty-
sbirta !" to tho polls. Thcir votes were cha1-
Ieugcd. Mike would awesr to his proseges. and
hia p1otegcs would swear 10 their right Of yot.
ing. Accordingly, Notasy ". e. Goodrich.
gentleman peculiarly qualified for tho work, took
4 desk in the adjoining piumber-shop and CON.
monco1 to awear the wou!d.bo soteta. They
went on nicely and Hmorc that thoy hnd ltvod In
tho ward thirty days, but whom it carno to sosl-
denco of ninety days In tho county they Htoppod;
they wouldn't make Buch IN aitidavit md aNcAT
to Il. 50 3lttc took hta ten braves, aud tboy
departed tn disgust. Towards afternoon the
gang bad got their beer pretty wcll IN, and they
Gocame more ombollened. Thoy were spelling
for tight, md tried to pick ono, especially the
convicted ba!iot-box Btuffer Sexton and tbs
twlcc-indicted 0'Cal!sghan, who were bullying
md loud-mouthod in The ersreme. Mike Cor
the mixing OF any tronbio, mud treated
every QUO with ciyilty, Which III something
out OF OCallaghan'a way: He is by
nAturo btsagart and bully. aud witt,al
tenanco show him to be no:l,!,Is moro nor ioss
than ballot-box atuIrer aid ward Luumos.
though III tho employ OF tho Board OF Public
Works, and ono Of Colvlu'a appuinsecs.
ANOTHER FRAUD.
During tho afternoon blke Corcoran brought
very dirty loostlE bumnler to tic polls to vote.
IIe WIS immedatciy challenged, and Mike,
having him already cooked ard prined, told
Lin To- 60 and acI,o, sws,E in bis voss;
brought into uae, He sworo the man, who gave
hts name as JhmoB Campbell. and "a restdtug At
243 North Water street. aud slike sworo post
lively to his residence aud his having lirod In
tho ward any number Of yeara, mud further vol.
unteercd tho statsment that he owned Rropessy
In the ward, which property probably contlstea
Of the real cosato upon his pcrson, Of which
! thore w1s teinaikahiy large ghnre. A mes
eeuger, after Campbell had vo.od, found out
that ho did not 1.-Two whcro he naa sworn
! to, and that somebody haa pertursd themselves.
4 few MINUTES later certain legal gentleman
| drew up certain paper Ia WHICH weEo certain
names and which charged ccr:au men with cer-
| tain crimes, which will bo brought before tao
Grand Jury to-day or to.lno-rom. and WITH tho
same will b accompanied . !tss Of witnesses.
| AID rEr ANOTHER rAlE.
| About O'CLOCK Jim CBrien. dirty. 1oatl-
| at Ill North Water htreet, csplca two dirtier
creatures than himself. vagrants By
nature aud bumMers bT profession, ioaning
aeainst tho force hald y tho polls. Their
ELIAS 70 vothodf" ssld J,sn. ave haven't
ttin," replied the phtr. "Aum wild ma an'
yotlo' SAID Jim. 'sDu: haven't lived long
'nur in tho ward. replied Lady. 20 uivcr Ye
faith" :Ihop Jim told tho pair what 70 gay.
c.p @ ys ;se m g'' of With I'll nsy 9sss h9n:s 4sl:
told = 1'aluusc reporter oy Young man who
produced to provo it. iIoueyes. skarr,tt and
Ledy wcEo brought to the polls to vote. and
o'Iricn, Hank o'Csilaghar', aud Nike corcoren
vso @ snusrs t9 op p1' M shSs5s Ga5ssS It
ouco aeai1. assumed luis post Of duty. and Ledy
WIS brought 10 tbs rack to swoar. 1t II doubt
| fu! wlethar ho kncw tho Rancslty Of an oath,
or haa any idea Of ita importance, Or
what tho crime Of perjury. meant. Ho could
noithor read nor write. He swore positively
that ho had 1esidci for threo months III tho
county. aud Thirty day. in the ward. Further.
more. he affixed ais n mark to the affidavit
Thon Jim O'Brion signed the other aaidasits
truth. gentleman present Questioned Lcdy
AZ to what he had sworn to. Led7 replied
that he had only becn back eoycn Heoks
ss stoe Gls on: s Tao ps his
dens gave h,mae!f clearly awaY, aud
alr. Goodrich for . moment Withheld the aftida-
VT from Lody. This broughtA
| TORRENT or AHr6R
down upon him from tho creature O'Callaghan,
who douiGd his authority TO net, and demanded
to HOO bis certificate. Mr. Goodrich referrod
him to the seal, When O'Callaghsn threatened
to do woodEons things In hts lolt.mouthed WAY.
| aud TINT no would have Mr. Goodrich and Other
gontlotnon Indicted. Mr. Goodrich handed
tho hummer hts card, no that he
would know whern to flnd him. Mr.
Goodrich then said that unless ho waB treated
with ciyitlty no would take 10 more aliidavits
unlcss patd Tor the,n ~ tho acts we're entjrely
voluntary on Ills part, and ho proposed to re-
coye courteous tzoaemsnk Ia retusu for 1avors
rendered. Tho room at tEia time contained =
large crowd. and tho hummer gang ttlTeatcned
10 oprecipltAtc riot. 1hoy uHed abuHve language,
ard would no doubt havo doue some shoulder
hitting but for tho determined lool Of
tho gronttsmen present, and tho finding that
they could not depend upon tho police for ks-
sistanco. Quot van restored iu about twenty
in1nulos. aud then Joseph HkeTritt WIS sworu.
| for whom O'D1ou a!so youched with an oath.
Thsu erdod all trouble. About 0:a5 O'Callaghtu
npologtzed to bIr. Goodrich, fearing, pet-