, 1876-04-09

| place for that meeting OF 125, 600 people was
AT TIE MOUTH OF THAT DOOR.
and the door was locked. All these citizens as
een,bled around tho door, so that as soou sa thu
! door wAs opened they could go into the room
ard there participate in the organization. At
| few minutes before o'clock, sa am informed
for did not arrive until tha middle OF the bat
! tie, about 100 Of tho men known as hummer
! you all know what that means, came down abt
| took Tiolent riotous. and forcible possession O
into the ditch. and otherwise getting possession
Of the place for the organization Of the meeting
and immediately in the most riotous manuel
he Of tho House Of David was elected Modesa-
| tor Of the town meeting. Now,
WHAT 10 THERE IN MODERATOR?
Nothing specially. II anything, is to be done BY
law. but if there ia to be little cheating going
OF it makes 9 good deal Of difference. Now.
this place was the place Of voting at which all
mon might haya voted. But, to facilitate it.
SaaiouB parts Of the torn. Now at the main
| town meeting there could be no orgauiza-
ton except at the cali of the clerk, but at
the other places Of voting. any. citizens
ization was created in the manner have de-
| scribed, the ballotinE commenced 1T 904 LaSalle
street. Thomas HoSne was by grace permitted
to be present and see the manner Of tho ballot
| ing. The manner Was to register each voter as
I he came to vote, and then yeceiVe his vote. AL
day the ballotiug went On in that manner, aud
| there was no fraud in the actual casting OF
the ballots in the first place. While the balioting
was going on there, it WAS also gong on where
| the ballot-boxes had beon seut Those other
| PLACES would be subordinate to the main place,
| 204 LnSalle street. At tho close Of the vote it
] became the duty of the Moderator, at these dif-
ferent places, with the clerk. to carry tho ballot
| boxes to No. 204 LaSalle street, and there COM
\ 4 1f ri ax1f r
! have been informed this afternoon, from
source that believe 70 be true,
THE DETAIL OF SOME OF TIE FnACDs.
There was no time for stuffiGg the ballot-boxes
before midnight at No. 20l La Sale street, but
ia one OF the ballot-boxes that came ia from one
Of the precincts something more than 1000
votes was put i'll. They being in, Of course 1t
was necessary to take some out there being q
register Of al the votes cast, and there
must be an agreement between tho votes cast
and the votes counted. Having stuffed IN more
than 1.U00 votes, it was necessary to take out
the same number. But, in taking out By hand
fu1s. votes being small things, moro were taken
out than they supposed, and consequently there
on the lists. Another thing was necessary. II
the boxes had boen taken there and left. and
counted eingly, the discrepancy would have
been discovered, and every ono would
have Known that there was fraud. But all the
boxer being placed together at 204 LaSalle
street. they dumped them aud mixed them all
up tagether. Before that. however. the ballots
were I'LL put in vault. Tho frat proposition
was To count them that night. But David was
tired. and couldn't sit up ali night to il, ano,
after counting dozen or SO, the meeting ad-
journed until the next day. Finally, every
body left except one man Tho represented
one element aud smother mnn who represent
ed another element on the opposite eide, the
Moderator and Clerk and everybody clso going
away. In q little uhilc souo of the parties in
the interest OF law and ordor came back agan.
and there ascertained that tho Moderator aud
somebody elsa had come back and had
OPENED TIE G4FE
and were tinkcring Z: these ballots What
he did I don't know, but I understand
that the ballots, having beon locked up
with the understanding that they should re-
main go until the next day, parties went
in thero. And for what purpose we're they in
What business has any honest man at il o'clock
at night unlocking the safe where the ballots of
the people are? "a voica-"No one!"I What
earthly excuse has any man TO be there? The |
very fact that be is there, md that he is thore
violating his promise surreputiously, is evidence
strong as Holy Writ that he is there for j!
the purpose Of fraud. Well, one ballot !
boz being stuffed with q thousand mora |
votes all of the same kind the other ballot |
boxes having ballots extracted from them, it !
became necessary. 70 avoid detection, that all |
these votes be
POURED DOWN on ONE TABLE.
II precinct so and 80 had been brought in full Of |
hummer Totes. everybody would know that !
there was the fraud. But take all the ballot !
boxes and mix the votes up with thousands of !
others, and no man could tell. Protests were
made against mixing them in this way, but the
excellent David man determined that he #as
Moderator, and TINT be would mix them. And
he did it. The counting was had. aud the cnndi-
dates who we're defeated By large majority
we're found to be elected BY large majoriry.-f
By violence in the morning in creating the or
ganization Of the meeting, and By fraud at mid
night. You have uow fastened on you IS Off
GERS to collect aud steal your taxes men
whom gon have Iepudiated by your
IS not whether wa ere in danger,
but the question IL, whether, having been
Asy MANNER IN WHICH We CAN EAAScPArE
OURSELVES.
Applause snd cries of "Hang them!"l Old
Boss Tweed, stealing his millions and rolling
o his iil-gotten gains. said defiantly TO the peo
,le Of Nov York, What are yor going to do
bout it7" ICries Of Hang them! y 1t was
aid on the sidewalk at 204 Lasalie street on
election day, ''Wotl, if you beat us we will !
cunt you out, and what are you going to do
bout it {: Now, gentlemen, before you start
Cries Of "Hang them first and reflect after
'ards."t
LET Us REVIEW TILE CITY GOVERNMENT
or the last ten Of twelve years past let
IS see What has been GoanE On. Let us | j
ee If ne eau bear to lie supinely on !,
ur backs until We are chained down. pay. even
1urdored. We have had Board Of Aldermen
> this city for many years;. they have served
he city without pay, Laughter aud loud ap- C
lause.j Verify, patriotic men. They hnye dis d
ursed for the last ten years aboat s.. 600, oo0a
s tents OF Of from ssoo6' s' to s,ooe sss Co.
Disbursed" may have apeculiar meaning b
LauGhter.l usa the word disbursed, +
f1>rY k,oS.o bad %k,n and
.ast January there were over ;:s sc',ooO uncol-
'cted taxes in this city, aycr: $1,000 were '
ack taxes for 1875 50. 100000 ft- 1874 s2,- {
II, 600 for 1871, '72, and 49, And why is that7 Il
it because the people Of this clty unwilling Il
pay unreasonable taxes? No. It is because u
10 taxes were run to fabulous figures and
ates which amounted substantially to contscA-
On. [Applause.] And why is it !? Because 80 b
rye fund is necessary fer confscation at the 7
ands Of bnmmers and thieves. [ApPlause.] b
Now, gentlemen, say what know and what b
~ know, friends, every one Of you and what e
ava stated as regards the ballot at the last y