, 1876-11-22

| 70 Ms EHff0r ar TAe Tribune.
| CHICAGO, NV. GIL an ono Of tic lato
Judges Of the election wEo arc charged with In
competency In the newspapers, au.l whom tho
county Board of .Canvassers tn tl!r!r lat, optll-
ton characterize as "nrg'igcnt unl ignuraut
Judges ot election who arc alouo responsible for
| gross Irregularities"
The Third prcei,lct Of tic Fourth Ward was
ono OF these baslly-munagcd prectncta to which
the indignation uf Mrssrs. I.lcb, lIaincs,, aud
liammIll is directed. Tho Judges Of that dis
trtct wrre q. Il. Cross1na,l, a. T. Lindsay, and
myself, assistcd by two clerks aud by
two United statcs Supervisors, Mr.
l,r,.eket aud Hlr. iial1, bath h'''Gs scn.lemen ii
ot ilnc ahty md s.nlntl legal attain1ncnts. Wu
inc next 'norning, n1,tl whom wo completed tho
Job, aud Signed aild dcalcd up tho returns, wo
foi!lly thought our work was "wet1 done" mud
wo llud been "good and fntthful scrynnts;" but,
Willows for Messrs. Linb, Ila|',es, and iiamtniil nil
declare VIC were ''negliscnt" and "ignorant''
antl ,, Responsible for gross Irregularities"
What & wsre these ,'Eross Irregularities ~ This
sheet. Tho following from tic topl'liot Of those
sayasssrs gives their views Of what ia proper
), Paragraph 57::of that law provides, among othcr
th!ngs. tlat when Tic Judges sha open add rcad
tie Tickets zach clerk shall carefully mark down
uHul LHG AilIJ-Lst Inc F0Lea GaCh candidate
pesc, With thu nano Of such caa.latc ut tic Head
St sea sc fosn aad s9 se designated b, tho
tsket; il eash esIk s.a carefully %Sis down UPON jon
Iha langnnso II simple unt to tie point, "a well
ts tSS many vStes." "Ths judges havo not she
fiat all tls ballots eoants BY tho Judges of aloe.
stronx thread Or twjae in tbs order in Which thoy
% hayS been read, sad A. shs then b. carefully onssi.
1t would see,n to bc their opln!un that encs.
s!ngle vo.o must bc read BY itscit, and tie
clerks must tulIy down slnoly mark opposite
thu naIue Of inch aInlltlate Yotrd for. and In
this way. carh bull lot must b. real aud tally
u,udc tn Tho whole canvass has been cum.
plotted. III our prectnct Tiers werc 1915 yutea
clst, with alput furty candidates on carl, ballot,
Now, tassulnin, that 1t would take two sec,,nls
to rcatl and nlly sas!1 nau'e., It would be about
completed. That IL, about forty ii1urs OF con
t!nuulss work ,fwltlout adjournment, would be
required by luw IT, rccciy0 tho vutes complete
tue t:4tlYasa a'ld tally'slcots without calculating
tho time necessary u wrtte' out, s!B, alIu stalt
s1essrs. l.tch, lIanes, md Nann,l l1n;,w that
such = eosstr'1rti"h Ut thu Inv las noyrr Lrrl'
never will bc Ut my election wlicru l,tl00 votes
are l'ollctl ut one voting -place.
III our canvass Ut VOTES wo fund, ray o5l
ballots, which were called straight Dcrnxrutiv.
They were examined Antl counted by two ii
more Of ths Judges. 1'hcss tickvts were up to
tins ['unt opvne1 and examined UnA vi thu
Judges rcada tho names st.gly on uno
ttekct,, aud opposlto cncl, name Ii
pnt 1n figures .25l. Tit4 co.nplrtea
tho recalling anA tally Ut that number of bull
lots. They Wcre thus I'LL re,4l tugctArr aliu TIL
lied together, and t4cu strung on thread In
tho ordcr iu whlcl, they were read Tie regular
NcpulIl!cat aHh tho regular Ct,0per tickets we're
scryed III tho satnu nlan,ler, After TINT tickets .
WIRE taket snsly or otherwise, and read and
talsc III the sauia why till the canyasa wa8 COM
pctcd. Tho tul1y.ahcct wus made cut, signed,
All4 certified by tlle Judgea aud clerks ni thu
election. II contained the names ot eacl! aud
every candidate yotcd fur, the Office designated.
an1 tho vote eaell cunlldatG received. The law
does not require any otl!cr or different tully-
bhcet, aud such u ono % they scctn to loello
would l,u no hcttcr, a1l would require at leaat
tWelyH loursf additional labor to complete II,
Tho pcuplc Of Cook County, and this whole
Unlun will, it is hoped, appreciate tho aruu-
GUS labors ot this august Csnyusslug Board,
alM Most sincerely thank them for lgnortuY
these "gross Irregularities" and thus saving
sha people from the Imminent peril whius
thFcatunel them because Negligent aud "tgno-
rant Judges of election" falleQ " keep prupsr.
tslly-Hhrets. CALVIN u'Wotx,
orr ef ~ !adgsuet s4sss!sa !