, 1876-04-08

Buranco that they do not belong to tho corrupt
past, aud will have no sympathy for or con-
ncctiou with tho oyi1 men and evil policies Of
tie men who have disgraced nnd dishonored
tho country mud the Government. IF tile
Republican party linvo no Huch candidates to
present, or, having them, shall disregard pub
lie opinion by sosting them nsi1o aud select
ing others notoriously defenders or quiesccnt
actors In the past, 1t eau only escapo deserved
mud disastrous defeat because Of tho fp.cntcr
rroaigacy and laundering Of tho Democratic
party.
"w11AT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT
TIP"
I.aGt Tuesday tho Taxpayers Of South Chi
cago. su1nrting Under tho intiiction of au out
ragcouB assessment and MI unfair collection
OF taxes, both too recent to DO forgotten,
turned out cn n'dsse to protect themselves
for tho ensuing year from similar oxtortion.
The Board Of Ttnlo adjourned over lalf tho
.lay the banks closed their doors; tho mer:
chnnts went to tile polls and gayo their en,-
ploycs tine to do the sa,no many profess
sional men devoted tho entre day to tho watch
ing Of tho polls; overy man owning proper
ty, every man doing business for himself, and
every man employed in nvocations dopond-
ent upon general business prosperity, felt it
to DO m imperative necessity that tho coln-
.petont mon nominated for tho town offices
By tho respectable people should 10 elected.
The result of this universal con-
cern WINS tho polling Of u 1nrgo voto,
Of which tho tally.koepers and observers
throughout tho tlny set down tho result in
fayor of tho Taxpayers ticket as moro than
two to ono. There ia no doubt Tint tllcre
Wal q majority ngainst tho b1mmets Of be-
tween 3,000 nnd 1000 of tho votes cast.
And yet 1t seems likely tliat tho bulnmers
aad thieves will be counted in, anil That eer-
tuinly MIKE EVANS and probably tho ontiro
bummor ticket will 10 permitted to usurp
tho laacos from which they wcro oycrwhelm-
ingly onsted By tho popular yoto. Aud now
they arc in position to ask in the ns,1al
"1ing" paslauce, "1Vhat arc you going to
do about it r
THO scnllnwags sot out to defy ind defeat
tho popular will by every device known 10
disroputablo ward pnlitics. Tlley gathered
their ronglls nnl sliosldcr-hitters carly in tho
morning, md begun by intimidation md
nctuA pushing to displaco tho vigiiant citi-
zens. Finding TINT they could not drive tho
respectable yotcr1 away, md ayailng them
selves of the possession Of the ballot-boxes,
they seized Tho polls and placed their
own mel. in Charge. They put in disrepu-
table characters NJ Moderator aud Assistant
a1oderators in deliberate opposition to tho
popular voice. They carried tho boxes to
tho headquarters Of tho bumIncrs in tho
prescnt AEsa:Ssory o.lico. Some of them wero
scalcl and somc ufFH not. The vote yYns not
canvnssel that night, and tho boxes wero
placed in vault, with ono representative Of
cacl, party to watcl, them. Tho othetz on
both aides withdrew, with tho agreement
that tl,cso two persons should remain nlone.
But the Representatives. of the Republican
tlcEot, suspcc1ing bad faith on tho part Of
tho lnsmRlers, returned after IN hour nni
fuund two Of tho hummer leRtlors-THoR.;-
TON nntl Gt.EAsoH-had returned and got in.
Tho representatives Of the Republicans wa1
III nome way derelict in his duty. IIo gays
that ho did not drink (thougll liquor had bocn
brought in), but nt1,nits that ho yielded to
the temptation Of the seductive gmnc Of
poker, which occupied his attention. This
lapgo was oil that was necessary for
villains. The result is that majority Of
moro than two to ono for tho Taxpayers has
been changed into n minority for tic over
whrllningly tlufentct1 b.1lumorl and thieves.
s,uch nj least III the report At this writing
"WAnt aro you going to do about itf" tho
| Rconndrels, with drunken ieer, ask.
l 1toro 10 >,r, uueufta, h,,t ill.,, 1,o1f-f h,~o,
were tnmporca with. They were first rok-
bed Of Republican tickets and thon stuffed
with buninor tickets. It il known tlat the
First Ward Lox was not sealed, md tleru i,
reason to bclievo that solno others wero
otluAlly accessible. It required but few
minutes work to draw out a couple Of hnnt}-
| fl1ls of votes fran thoso boxes III which tl.u
| Republican ballots wero at tho ratio Of tllrco
| or four to onos anl to rcplacV then. by bum.
mer tickets, This did tho business.
Then, when it cane to tho cau-
vasA. tic contents OF the boxes wpro
NIL dumped together, 70 that It would
he impossible to trace tho frn,tsls by refer.
trco to tho tatly-lista Of tho several voting.
riaccH. This wa; Tho proce6s. An.1 tllt
result IL TINT tho extraordinary antl earnest
work Ut tho respectable people (for hundreds
oi Democrats voted tho Republican tickc.
that 'lay) counts for nothing, aud fow min
utea' fraudulent work preyaily. "Wt.at ars
you going to 10 abont it3"
1net" !" no 1ei1et IN tho Chicago courts
against ba'!'t-hox atu!l!ng. This l.,s beer
nbunaaht!y demonstrated. The citizens
spent Il largo amount Of tsmo aud large su,ns
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