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next thing 10 count them Il appeared there wa
, discrepancy between tha ha!los and the poll-llsts
There waa l,461 more names on the list than thef
Geesons or Phillips Maine on them. think l,92e
votes were cast at our precinct Gleason and Phillip
| ware not On the ticktts, that remember.
PETER PAGE
| was sworn. Ho lived in tho Second Precinct. At
o'clock Ar. Mcainnis opened The polls, and III; Fae.
| After taxing the oacs Of Moderator hs found tha
there Was no bsilos-box, but In join
Ing room had seized the box and were receiving votes
He demanded Of them tbs box, bns refused, and
policeman No. l03 refused to compel them to give
up. sosp-ho1 WAS dually procured aud votes Hsre
received. tne other party also reoetvlnE votes ue
| Clerk. They simply assumed the Offices. After the
polls closed he with ths Rev. Mr. Mitchell went
with them. He left the central rot,ng-plaeo abous
o'clock He heard Of the dispute referring to the
Question as TO who should remain In charge Of tho
ants And also the next day. Mr. Thorntont hAs.
ing been nck the previous day. They began to
count the votes. Thornton opening the bo1ea ana
dumping the contents the taba aRanst his protest
and that of Mr. Mu1ry Eslson. Tie boz from the
Second Ward by tho parties who had had an ndc-
ION. While act,ne ~ Moderator ID h1s wara ha did
single ballot NTH ths names Of Phillips and
Glceaon.
MR. WILLIAM q. PAGE,
the opening OF tho polls IN that ward, &nd aikh during
the dav several times. He had never seen any phi;Fa
and alacson tickets. and did not know that they vera
running until tho ne1t day.
Mr.. D. N. BAsH j.
YVES aHoru. Before proceeding With the examination
Justice Summarized sucGeated that racess for lunch
BE- tAken4
On motion, = 1rcets Of twenty minutes WAS taken.
RYAN PULLS OUT.
On reopeuing, MT. DWoH stated that he had the
written resignation Of P +. RyAn, Supervisor, and
that resignation had been accepted BY the Justcea
composing the Board. Hs read the document ~ fol-
r ~ r.t~, F H.. p~a-. ar thr 7,,er ScufA c1iraoa
CHICAGO, Apri 1s.-At lie recent election was Ia
independent candidate for the ofce Of Supervisor.
proper for any candidate to do. believe have not
been accused Of participating IN Any frauds: any
Az questions tn regard to tho legality Of
the election haye arisen, I do not wish to
h1ying heen made to compel my resignation, t. there
fore. without being misunderstood, can set freely,
there being no doubt the courts shall have to decide
the legality Of said election; and not hsrug any de-
sire to spend time and money in . legal defonse.
hereby tender my resignation as supsrsiaor Of said
town. r. Z. RTAN.
ROBERT LINCOLN ELECTED.
The resignation having been declared accepted,
Justice D'Wof moved proceed to elect successor,
md nominated Robert T. Lincoln as Supervisor.
Justice Mech nominated Berthod Loewenttal,
stating that that gentleman regular candidate At
town election, ana hereforo, he should have the
justice wallace coincsdea with tho opinion.
Justice D'WoH ssd there could be no question but
that the Board had right to elect whomeyer they
NJ. Lincoln, who was present, belng asked II he
you'd ser7s, replied: "1wn say that it am elected
Justice Mech Withdrew The nomination Of Nr
Loewenthal and lii. Lincoln was elected unanimous
IT, e took his seat in tho Board amid considerable
applause. having bean Immediately Eworn in.
The examination Of witnesses uas then proceeded
with.
DR. PETER PAGE
recalled and said tho discrepancy would still have
raan 1A*t- md I hn In fhe
candle and starch boxes had bsen thrown in with the
rast. He seemed to ind nest Of these Gleason and
the paper was clean and unrunp1sd though I: had
not passed through the hands Of votars. aud there
wero very few Republican votes: There were less
straight Democratic than Republican votes. Both
parties had been cleaned ont.
CHARLES CoUNgELMAN
testified thst he had been present st ths counting He
noticed long tieketa aud Rsid they were beating
the Republican and Democratic votes. There wete two
kinds Of folds, ich tho epeaker explained, and they
y
dirty and folded II tho usual way These long, white
tickets for Evans, Ryan, Gleason, md Phillips, ware
folded up vary neatly.
Mr. D. y. BASE
was then called, and testified that he vas from the
Fourth Ward. He saw no Glseaon and Phillips votes
counted II No. ao4 Lasale street, however,
hs5s @ yoss r. e. as .nd @ ip
lips ckets were then fonnd folded nicely sud neatly
They were very clean and folded uniformly while tho
regular Republican and Democratic ballots were dirty
and rumplrd up. He spoke about this I,ecutarty to
Gleason Or Thornton, and they said: You folks
think nobody has got clean bands but you oks on the
avenue"
SINInN y. KIS1
was sworn: He said that he was Ut the First Ward
pols sctn1 ~ Notary. He noticed two sets Of tick
sts, and did not any Evans and Gleeson tickets.
COL ]. L. THOMPSON
called, and sated that he at tle Third Ward
polls election day. aud only heard ct two tickets In
fhh Fla r1nkt t1nnY Evan n1
Were running.
MR. Q. H. HENDERSON
did not remember seaing the 9lcesun tickets ut sl
election day, except late In the afternoon.
III. CHARLES TURNER
Of the Second Ward at the polls, there being three
tickcts-the straight Republican, and the straight
Democratic, and another With the nams Of 0Brien in
place Of Evans.
NB, D. =. BAsH
was recalled. When hs MAJ regularly elected Moder-
ator. clerk elected and they began to look for
tho ballot-box. They found that the regular boz
hidden from them, and they got Boap-box. The
Ed Phillips crowd set up separate polls in saloon
and began voting They offered to join forces con-
diton that the ballots In tho Phillips box should be
ampted In the regular box Both boxes ware taken
to headquarters lie did not any Gleason tickets
during the day.
JESSE ePAULDIEa
STATED that be at the polls IN tho Fifth Ward twice
ticlets were in the fsd. He had not heard Of tho
Gee8on ticket until evening. The 91oeson tickets
we're printed veFJ thin paper, II to take up very
little room.
THE ARGUMENTS.