, 1876-04-09
SAMSON BOUND WIrH wITHEs

The people Of Chicago have, in the de-
clared result Of the election for tho Town
Of South Chicago, direct and unmistakable
Of the criminal class, and Of the determination
Of that class to perpetuate their control and
government Of the city. This result is not
merely defiance to the Republican party.
but to the Democratic party, and to the
law-abiding, ta1-paying, honest people Of
all classes. The declared result Of this cleo
ton is that this criminal class have seized
the taxing machinery Of government, and de-
fnntly ask, "What are you going to do
about it,"
The question is pertinent one, and one
which every citizen must ask himself. It is
q question which cannot be postponed, and
must be answered at once. Is there any
remedy7 Here We have the case of the peo-
pie Of the South Town, aroused to high
sense Of indignation by the recent outrage Of
excessive, unfair, and dishonest assessments,
turning out in unprecedented numbers for q
town election to protect themselves for the
future against like expressions, and in the
whole town they are only credited with
having polled for their candidates 3,472
votes, Of which l,c72 were polled in one pre-
cinct alone. There we're not only Repub-
ican votes en- masse, but there were large
numbers of Democrats who voted the Re-
publican ticket The Democrats had nom
mated Gen. SHERMAN and Mr. LoEwES1HA1,
both popular and respectable men but in all
South Chicago they were credited with less
than ], 500 votes! On the day Of election there
we're Republican ticket and Democratic
ticket; NIKE EVANS was on the Democratic
ticket for Collector, and PAT O'RE1Es was
running in opposition to him. No other
candidates had been announced; no tickets
were circulated or seen anywhere with
other names on them but, when the
result was declared, it Was found that the
notorious Ed PHILLIPS was elected Assessor,
the equally notorious GLEASON was elected
Clerk, and fellow called RyM Super
visor. So ignorant were the citizens who
had given the whole day to the election thnt
PHuLRs was candidate, they consented
at midnight that he should be one Of the two
men who should remain oil night to guard the
against any tampering! It was
not known or suspected until the ballots
from all the boxes of the six wards had been
thrown into q common pile, and then opened,
that either PHILLIPS or GIEAsoy was candi-
date. The Moderator declared that each
had received nearly four thousand votes from
a people who we're profoundly ignorant TINT
either Of them was candidatet
We need only refer to the crowning act of
this election: The storage Of the ballot
boxes in vault, the key of which was in
the hands Of PHILLIPS, GLEASON, and THonS-
TON, and the discovery of these men in the
vault by the citizens who went to the place
between l and 2 o'clock next morning.
Taking the rote as declared, with this pro-
ceeding, no honest man can have any hesita~
hon as to the object and the result Of that
visit to the ba1lot-boxes.
Ten days hence there is to be an election !
for city officers and an entire Board Of Alder |
men. Why may not the monsrous frauds Of |
last Tuesday be repeated on Tuesday Of next |
week? These town elections have been for |
some years mere contests between one gang
If loafers and criminals, and another gang Of
he same class. Each stuffed the boxes On
he other. The fact that these men thus
elected became city officers in 1875 at last
brought the iniquity hone to the knowledge
4 othex olaessA Tha h1aaAaa1 al Assassors,