, 1876-04-10


orccpbncka At tho close.
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4 TRIBUNE reporter had q talk with DAVE
TnonxroA OIL Haturdy night in regard to Ills
dumping tho contents of nine tallot.bo1cs
into ono promiHcuous heap, from which wo
extinct as follows:
TnonSToS-lou 200 IN tho Hccond and In tho
Fnurth wars,a lilo IT a!lks.oektugs" Induced tho pro-
rretars nj tlc places wlero tho votng wah to be done
10 keep cIr placca closcl anil consequently tho reo-
pls took Tho boxes and opcuc POLLS at ocr places.
Then tho "stlkstockIngs took hosp'bo1es and
opened polls In tho regular places. Tho other boxes
wcro not watched, md no nottcs safon Of thcm. aa
they believed they would not be accepted. Now, ts
my opinion that IT any "s.ufanR" was dono It was
douo In those bo1cs - tho parties haTlng charge OF
them cond tlo us ihty pleased.
Rcportor-As good and 1aw-abld!ng citizen, 1t
would have your duty 10 exclude theao boxes to
bo enabled to rlaee the frau II sny were rerro'rstea
Instead Of this, you dumped Tho ballots all III hc1p,
10 ~ 10 prevent proper canvass.
Tnonszox-1 havo actsd simply by tho advice OF
cmtnenssi cornsel. EVANS rltlLLIfs, and Others
brought sne opinions from, uoupr anl TuLE1 tho day
after Tho eleeon to the effect That The votes had 10 ot
Fht IN bitc md counted together. fctuseu 10 act
on their opinions, and went personally 10 tho AboVc-
named lawyers, and they told ns HAT t'1t't dhmS
ths rotes In pit ofAtF,ese traafd rIodte The fd'r
With such advice, how could hssn dono Otherwise
than a. lave7 .....
nerortcr-Jf tits 10 50, then the action of both The
west and North Towns would 10 illegal for they did
canvass tho rotn by wsrt'a7 ......
Tuons,ox-If they arc wrong or violate tho lAw, IL
Is 10 reason Why should do tho same.
Thu statement TINT he was ndvised by
counsel that tho law was imperative that nil
tho ballots m,1st DO dumped together to bo
counted, in Eolf-evident lie. There Ii no
sucl law, md there is no lawyer in this city
WHO will venture to give tho opinion TINT
tllcro is. The usage over since there has
been moro than one voting-place in Chicago
ut town elections Inns established tho Inv
upon that point az l,y analogy to tho other
Election lawR, tho reason of tho case md
settled precedent it must bo held and nlwnys
las been held, to-vit that the voto at caclt
subsidiary poll must be counted rs ut other
elections, hut tho canvass and return must
be made "ns though all tho votes had been
cast in tho aamo ballot-box,"- ,"-thnt ia, that tho
entire canvass should be mado by tho one
| board, and one return nado of all tue votes
| cast at MI tho polls. And it Is so prepos.
ferrous TINT it never was claimed until THORN
TON, GLEASON, Ep PHILLIPS, and tho rost of the
t!aioveg sot it up ns defense Of their rascality
that tho law provided for destroying oil evi
denco Of fraud by dumping together tht
ballots from all tho boxes before making th'
count. Mr.. GouDY'A card, which will b
found in another column, gives tho lio direc
to THORNTON rs to tho pretended illegal lcga
advice. Mr.. TuLEY, the other counsol namet
by THORNTON, las not yot boon heard from
but doubtless ho also will show THORNTON tx
have lied about 1t. Further, Mr.. Goupx's cart
shows That the ndvice given THORNTON va!
TINT tho Canvassing Board Consisting Of the
eight Assistant 1Iolorators nnd the two con
tostantu, bcsides THORNTON himself Us a1odcra
tori, netting NJ Board, must determine in
what n,odo tho count should be made, ant
| whctlior tho ballots should bo dumped
| together or counted ont of each box gepn
rately. What authority Mr.. Goupy could fnt
| for venturing the opinion TINT tile BoaEd Nigh
dump tho contents Of nil the ballot-bo1e
into one pile before beginning tho count, ".
cannot understand. Neither, wo venture t.
assert, can b1r. Goupr, nor any other lawyer
show anything in tho statute that would war
rant such procedure on tho part of th
| Board, As AIr. GoUDY Btatcs that "the re
lation OF attorney and client did not exist
botwcon himself and Tuonsros, that is, VI
assutao, that tho opinion given was not pair
for,-wo do not believe TINT he will give it d
his professional opinion TINT In any eyont tn
dumping process could 10 legal. But III
ndyico to THORNTON was explicit, net tin
tho ballots might DO dumped, as Tuons1o!
i asserts, but that tho Board must decide TINT
Yot with that advice to act upon, md agaius
tho protest Of ,nc1nbers Of the Doard present
lo did dump tho ballots into hoap, destroy
ing tho evidences Of fraud md consusnmatiu
tlo yillainy Of tho night before.