, 1876-04-19


small quantities At ono tatrics tn tho weAt end
About noon couplo OF almond.oysd laundry
men, who wsF0 On thets way TO dInner Of
boiled rico With Ghonslclsa, stopped q tao pol
rilrtously yewnl tho drama that MAS going on.
Their presenco completed tho, cosmopolitan
character Of tic hascmblsgs, which Wa com.
robod Of representatives. from ENGLAND, Ireland
Scotland. Africa. Germany, France. Poland.
China, and Norway. Iha aboriginal rase OF
North America WAS ropronontetl by two splendid
hpecimons In = nclghhoring cigar store. Tho
two Chlnamen, - they gazed eutloIs!y ~ a,e the
ballots, unconac,ously bacame tho centre OF
q. crowd Of bummers, who euEgcatod , to
Them tho ,psp pfepsy o Sp,ea St xetoe oR.taed
neatly, placed thom in thc'r pockets. sod
marched off, ono Of them remarkng, "Mo no
Mclean man, dAmn,'
At this precinct person by tho name Of LON lon
deps In "Choyeupe," endeavoEed, carly 10 tho
afternoon, to mako 4 little disturbance. tie was
warned not to. hut porsasod. and the rehnls wns
itn capture by All officer, who TOOK him TO Tie
jim Appleton and \ man named "snIth "
,raro arrested at tho poll near tue corner Of
Harmon court and State etrcet for ralsing q
% %agPssn 9oss. Wos, sFos ns snsas phss
bantltod. and Appleton couutorod On Smiths
eose. Tho police interfered. and both bslligor-
euts wsre escorted to tho Armor9.
TENTH WARD.
In tho Tenth Ward lie activity was great
throughout tho day. 1n ADVANCE Of tho poll"
betug opened the result waa pscdlcted-that is
40 fer as tho election of White wns concerned.
lie had his Wagons and carriages hurfyng tn
had rellels In waiting. All Of hts "frtonda
were fluBh With money, and tho saooas ho had
chartered for tho day werc enjoying o largo
trade. In explanation Of this appareut az
~t..n n,tkf ff,nt hn H41
40, 600 out Of the City Council, and proposed to
spond 1t, 1t necessary, to secure recollection.
lis friends wcre, consequently, aimoBt IN.
nunorsbe and =. tonr t10 IN 0pGn,1E no1sEassoa St
of most Of tbs precincts notably the Second and
Third. Every bar-room loafer. every thief,
orery pimp, and evory ragged. drunkon yaga-
bond, eppeatcd to have been hired, pot only TO
to badgcr everybody who approached tho polls;
In fact, tho bIooninE-noscdt Altby, iuabr1atad
and protauo wero unit for Whitc, aild the
Third Precinct especially WAS 30 notstasou, aud
wore Tor time driven from the polls, and a. no
time could they yoto without heing Hubjockod to
tho eroesoss insult. Tho police wore ioactlse
aud iu sympathy with tito mob, and Al attempts
mtde 70 proseave decorum bY the challonEers,
who wore exceptionally good men. wore in vain.
aud tho Whole leproeoediugsw wero most ohtsageoIs,
md calculated to arousB In IN intelligent n'tnd
question AZ to tho correctness OF tho modern
idea OF pQpulAE b4AiAH0s
It bad been understood In advance OF tne
polIB that White had boon
coLoNrz1Eo li1s HUMMER FRIENDS
for soyorai days at tho Dothol Homo at the cor
ner Of DesplnineB and Lako atrcots. aud tho
eycs Of tho friends Of tho purity Of tho ballot
boz we're turned in that direction. No ono
knew tho exact amount that ha had expended
On that Institution, but everybody was satistled
thht ho had boon verY lthorAt. aud tho sequences
proved that they bad not been mistaken. 1t was
not only discovered shat those wlo were inmates
| Of tho establishment had been subsidized, but
| that at their hoad tho ao-called cnaplsin-ono
I Carroli-hAd been placed, who led thon up 70
| tue polls tn large numbers. aud when their
| Yotes wesa challenged he made tho uoce sBary
sfldaYIta to aAslat them in po!luting the ballot
boz, and in elecsing White. For awhile this
reverend gentleman had everything lia o"n
vaY. aud wien ono Of bis votors Was from any
renson lncapacItatod to walk. which was not un.
| uauaL he acted Rs hia political guido. with tho
| aame earnestncss that ho claimed to have pre-
viously lninlstored to ha spiritual wanta. 1n hla
The % oburci. ~ would elevate him to tho peer Of
! Moody. aud, continued At tho polls, will maka
him the early rival Of tho most expert south
Town ballot-bo1 manipulation. II h1H pay &C.
oorded With his zeal. and his faith With tho ap-
paropt elaatlcty Of his Coincidence in swearing ii
Whites httelinys, bis worldly wealth last oyen-
| Ing could only have been measured BY his
cheek, and hia content BY
LIS DnA2EN ndrUpENCE
| and disR1acoful associations. Later In tho day,
howoycr. the tables wore turned upon Inn, and
to surh an exteus tllat ho was tlrlvon from the
| polls with hls gang and forced to coll upon tho
| nqltco for protection. This movement was car-
r,ed to Tho other o1t1eme, and te was made to
| pay dearly for lila conduct. Qutds Of tobacco
Wcre hurled at him ut timos from all directions,
and a. ho passed. through the crowd ho was lib
! orally punched, and a:tualy spit upon. "
could, occasionally turning upon tho mob and
showing fighs, aud was finally forced to 70 home
| and change his clothing. to D0ttor avoid idonnl-
| cation In tAs dlsgrncefuf rabhle.
About o'clock tic Bethel Homo man, who
| by this ti1no was alternately called Aliko Evans
! and Boocher BY tho crowd again appeared "
| tho scene. 10 was reinforced. aud. cnloylng
the advantage of having iniblbod leaa freely
tnan most os those among whom no vas NOV.
| ing aud batng assisted by the police ho waa
able to again WELD full power: Many OF tho
protesting Democrats Who lad heen uloBt ar
dant IN tho forenoon, Lad boon overcome by hi
enthusiasm not begotten through any respcct
| for tho Mayors proclamation to 1Aloon.kaspers,
aud retired. Othe.s had
| LEFT THE POLLS IN DISGUST
! to save their clothing from bong torn from,
surveyed. lie imploved oycry niolnont aud th,s
time lad an asslBtaat by tho uatuo Of Clark,
who sons tho voters to him, leaving tiu1
| to 1tem tho crowd and ace thai thcy
| however, soon lost much Of its delighss for hl1
| conduct becams uuboarablo TO tho crowd. ue
was poisod from all e!dss with qutds Of tobacco,
| gtunpB OF cigars, and 1t one time with brick.
lis treatment Was subsequently varied by Soma
one tossiug tho carcasa of q rat in his faca Hey-
erai times. aud by another taking lB haudkct-
chief from h,s pocket aud tearing IL in ahrcds
md p,uuiug the pieces to hts coat-akirts. Hd
boro 1t all with markell reHIguat!on until about
o'olook, whsn tiin crowd At tho polls had
grown 70 large ~ 10 be beyond tie control oi
the po1ics and 10 went to tho police slatio.,
for hotp. 1totusniug with posso OF Fix. lo
was afterwards FREQ from 1no1eatatlon. nnd aEasu
sat about oaruing his money with au ipduHtEy
| to TO commended, II the oAly object Of tho
election was to r0tllfu Wlito to tho Council.
Tho election, so far AZ this Third F1ecluct and
! the Aldermen waH concernod, may be summed
| up Ia fow words II waB carrlsd by a reok!oss
outlay Of Whites money by the coloulxuG Of
votars; by
| and by tue corporation Of every hummer and
tLisG in tho ward III Whites Interest," who DOUBT
less knew their friends. 1t Was tho mort dis
/ graceful procoednH which has ever ohsractor-
ICED that section, and Whlts has paid dearly