, 1876-04-18
Phillips, tho Assessor OF the Bal
lot.IsOx Suffers, Agnin
ChccklntltcI.
Hc Demands the Assessment Books from
County Clerk 1iob, and
Is Refused,
They Arc Turned 0Yer 10 W. II. Il, GRAY,
The Legal Incumbent ct
the Office.
Tho 0usted Frauds Still Determined to
Eight to tho End.

6oush Town affairs attracted good deal of
attention yesterday. Early In The forenoon
William d II. Gfar, tho Aaasssor olcct Waited
upon tho County Clerk and demanded the AS
eosBor's books. bns the Clark not having receiTod
tho certificate OF Ills election aud being ewaso
Of tho fact that undor tia circumstaEoos any
action i1o might take was liablo to Load 10 OK
tended litigation. did not, comply with the de-
maud, and LII. Gray lott promising to f1lo an ill.,
Identifying bond during tho afternoon along
With blu cortlacats Of election.
PHILLIPS.
About noon Ed pbil1ipa aud 0loosop, having
rsoeiyod An inti1pation Of Whit WAS going on,
appeared III tho County Building. They wcro in
tho best Of apfrits, and, whom informed. that
Con. 1,'ob had deniod tho application of Mr.
Gray Tor tho Assessors books they laughed
right out. and said tho w1ole thing raa huge
joke. This brought thoso With whom they wero
convofotng to make aomo inquiries in general
nbout South Town Affairs, aud III particular
about baliot-bo1 stuiliug. Phillips said he hkd
the grohtcst contotupt for any ono Who von1d
stun ballot-box, and that for such person
hanging Was too good. I1o would NOT admit for
q moment that theto had baon Rny unfatrnosB ln
tho late election, unless it wss against him, for,
said ho, II I'm astonishetl that my vote was 10
Bual!." " l,ut," rejoned q Commissioner, 1t
was not uuderatood that you waro a candidate"
'fo this he rep1iod, ~ did not 20 around aud
that was Il candidate. told tho busInoas pub
lic and tho voters. and am only Astontahed that
my vote waa not 5000 inatead Of 5000"
y raiaH. weIe dia y9n exp9es yor strength
thas he WAS vel! and feyo.ably known III all
South Side circlcs, and that tho Chicago City
Railway Company had served lin noblv.
The next general question asked him Has as
to the manifest Hoakness OF tho regular Demo-
bad worked and they bad not. IIe lad not real
;i ;said. but holding town orders for M
hla services. amounting to $4,000,
favor him, henco, whom Looae entlal vas noml-
nated. he went to hin, aud told him that he
would oppose md defeat him unieas ho agrsed
to pay him at losst 10 cents on tho dollar Of bis
claim. Loouenshal did not:socoiyo tbs psoposi-
hops for from him; honce, ho. Ryan, and Glae-
son got up their tickot, and pushed it through.
JAMEs d1EEsoN
snt by during the conversation, and put In an &C.
csstonsl word 1ndorslng tho poaItion Of Phillips.
Whilo PhtllipB WOULD bang tho hallot-bo1 ntuH-
eEs, ho would burn them at tho atalse
lio had mover aeeu such y reckless and dis
orderly mob Us had assembled at tho Grand pa-
afraid Of hta llfe. for It waa not bis custom to
associate with such scampa. lie satd ho was
forced by threats nf hia 1tfa tn aim IA mar
now rrnyeA to ho n tironrntfon lint Ii = nloctnrs
nf tnn snutt Town had fsa1 ~ "1nct !. Rsnoro
.,; ~ ~ AL H. ,s na4 ts.eu - Gs9ot 5upet.
44sol' Ae s1Eneu II. hoHeser, thinking thek 1t
"ah stnpy cettliy1nR 70 thc 1eBsgnatt0hof OF RFRns
"t'a oia.utu ihnt Nn9ta1sI eiho tae document
I99 I9nIaoeu hau poen ulioo ~ einco no eEpea 1t:
tte "Aa Rieatly peeplexea a. t1o tnrn a1aira hhd
taaen. pnt was manslIy detefR'nod not 70 sur
tenuos, oG1nk appAtent'y unconscious OF tho
rl taGs tnas he nad asfeaay earFehdercd every
sn'os' --
ANOTHER DEMAND.
Lasor 10 Tue DAY, Fhlll!ps, accompanied by
!.a1o'' Tue 1sgulsr nominee on the DotnocEatto
t4o1eS 1or Iowa C1ofR' "ni1eu upon Gen. Ltob
ana domandou tho AHeossora books. following
the atopa of Mr. uray: tie entered Into dls-
'cuason Of the merits or tho case as he supnos-
90, and rot form tho law with tho pomp OF
juFiat. Ten. lIob replied 70 all OF hia nr-
gumenA IN conolse and emphatic man
nor, aud ondeavoscl TO impress upon his
mind the publ!o belief that two-thtrtB of tho
votos counted for Hn Ind bcan either put In
the bo1ch BY hiinselt OF by soma enc in his In
terass. Phillips replied By protesting hih tn-
nooenco OF all fraud, aud by expressing deep
regret that Hymn had EosIgncd for ho was lila
on!y hopo lot h'h pay for past nes'vices. Gleason
Ind further bl,lnderod by signing document
asseyesasiaG alt That had been claimed br tho
pooplo. Before quitting the presonce Of Con.
Liol ho handod him tho following letter, which
cxplatnB itself:
Cn1cAuo, april II, Is78.-IIermann LIB, County
C7trt hAva been e1ectetl Assessor Of the Town Of
South Chicago a. sppoAks " certitrsss to that oee
aiauea " !anes d!es4on Town CLERK Of SAID town.
' sa' ,,,nn @ w.. ~ ~ ~ ~ W ~ t1a.y Cs.t. now