, 1876-02-13
he Explains How Johnny Long Put
in 500 Fraudulent Votes,
and Carried a Ward.
And Tells All About the Subsequent
Hurrah at Your Palmer House
Parl0rs.
The Select Company Present, and How
They Jolifed Over the Grand
Victory.
The following letter vss received at this otnce

hnntst nnn. which th,uk he il not, he would step
down and out. can, and am willing to s"eas " tns
following statement cf facts concerning tho manner 10
which tie charter Carried ca in tho Ninth Mato
Ar 4u early hour Of the morning Of the 2tIh Of Apr1
last Eas In eomp1ny with his Honor IN hs room al
tn, Palmer House. and then aud there, in the Pres.
erce ct Witnesses. told him that the Ninth NARA
counted 900 more votes than were HeLes; dgsse % IN
and that mta was present IN the room It the time
brought the astounding news to his Honor. ne
{colvln) slid bn would tale care Of those Wao haa
sss:sttd in Carrying him over aud bounce those who
worked against him He has well taken care Of some
Ct them. such rs Mike Bailey, Larry O'Erlen, 1nd
John Long, nut tbe he made the greatest pdoIlses
to-whess is be now7 He is nowhere, and has Eeps
quiet TOO long. N1. Editor, il you want to know who
when the votes were manufactured, and by whom and
under whose instructions they were counted Mayor
on know ~ 5no1t IT, ,v Ms was d 5ey t5e aa % o Of
Chicago may asS why have not come out sooner ana
exposed This rsscality and thus have saved 50 much
ton Of superintendent Il Br:lees; but now that
Colv!n has broken LIS pTonts:, why should not 90
tue sane7 You will hear from Ee again soon. Re
Epectfully, Ed AEA1E-
As the aboYe contains charges Of the very
errvest character, a TRIBUNE reporter was de-
tailed to hunt up A1r. Neale and interview him
upon the SUBJECT. In corroboration Of the
charges made in the communication above, Mr.
Neale furnished the following statement to The
TRIBUNE representative:
he WAS THERE.
Repor:cr-WaEe yon around the polls on tho
day OF the charter election?
31r. Nea1e-Yes; I commenced to peddle tick
cts just as quick as got out, and by o'clock
see that things MAS going against us at least
two to one.
R.-Which was ronr slde7
Jr. NJ vas in favor Of the charter.
R.-Where were the polls Of the Ninth Ward
JAnRy'E ADVICE.
Mr. N-At the corner Of Harrison and Des-
p1aiues streets. When / see things going against
us 60, went over to Aid. O'Briens. right acroes
the street. told him then that they we're poll
ing tao to one against us. He told me to 60
back and drop the minority yotes-" They had
two tickets voted that dsv-one for and against
minority representation, and the other for
and against the charter. He told me
to drop the minority yotcs and
put in e9o for the charter. went back and re-
ported TO John Long. md he said he was
doing that for an hour. At o'clock went over
Igain-or about theu-and told Larry, says I,
"Ne're beat! they have beat three to one!"
"Weli," says he, ''go over and keep to work
ve'll beat them anyhow" Thern's the words be
said. I went over and Kept up courage just the
eame as If ne we're ahead! When the polls were
closed one Of the judges, Con- Mahoney, locked
the box, took the key, and went away. Hs was
gone st least three hours and half-perhaps
more-dld not get back till after 10. think.
ALL ADoCT TIE BOZ
R-Where was the box 10 tie meanwhile?
Mr. Mn the room, sealed The Judges we're
Watching it, but they were pretty full
R.-Who we're the remaining judges
Mr. N.-R. v Kennedy and Ed Powell. They
were the judges. And Pat Rafferty,, Alderman,
be wanted the votes counted right forthwith. He
4 S,,l-
They had not the key. He (Raherty} wanted to
break the box open. They went ont aud got a
screw-driyer. bur they didn't use it,-there was
too much force there against it. Finally, Raj
(erty went away, and the next thing
R.-Was rafferty, in favor Of the charter2
THE POLICE APPEAR.
h7. Me was against it-worled all day
against lt-he and John Comisky. Then when
Naf1orty went away there was some little while
aftezwards-the forces from the Twelfth anu
Union Street Stations came boiling in the door.
asking those that was inside WAS there any
trouble 7 Sergeant ODonneu VAS with them.
The first man he ran afou1 Of was Nike bailey.
budTg eya esys to a
says O'Donnel, .'we have heard they we're muz-
derine one another here" :. Well" eays Bailey.
- everything is all quiet There is no trouble
here. Get out of here, and go about your busi-
not to &, back On us ?" 0'Dorneli sa,d ho
would 70 out if the proprietor would order him
out, aud the proprietor said he could stay as
long rs he had Il mind to, and then be said that
fas would stay Then Con Mlhonyca1no back
LONG GETS HIS woET Tn
R--The man who had the key to the ballot |
box7
Mr N.-Yes. He came back and wanted |
everybody IN the room cleared out-dldn't |
~ant Sergeant O'Donnen in the room,
but they insisted that O'Donuell should |
be in the room. Fin ally, they appoints |
I'd Larry O'B1en to count the tickets
and Mike Fitzgerald Just 1bout that time John |
Long came in with tray with liquor upon it, ]
and fst full Of tickets IN his hand under the |
tray.
dHere LII, Neale explained that the polling
! lGce :ras in large room, subdiyided By patti-
items about feet high into bar-room, billiard.
room aud barber shop. run BY different men,
but all connccted1
Mr. SEA1E 7AKEs 1ooK.
Mr. Neale continued his interesting narrative:
"As ho passed me, and when eaw under the
tion, and while passing the liquor to
The judges or those who we're counting |
the tickets. he let Lis fist full Of tickets fall On
thu table with the other tickets that we're taken
OUT Of the box After he came out asked him
: johnny, says I, how many did you get io?'
he answered. Five hundred!' Long is .
brothe1-in-law OF Aid. OBrien. He is boss
tapper-that is, he is inspector Of tappers under
the Board Of Public Works."
R--He h1s got that place since that election?
Mr.. N.-Tes, OF course.
THE BOYS TAKE MP.
R.-We1l, then what followed?
Mr. N.-Thep, after that, they commenced to
count tickets, aud the result WAS Isoiling]
that ve beat them Then We had joliidcat.on
over it. .-
R.-Nhere did that happen?
Mr, Mn the same plsce-in the saloon.
Lots OF whisky. lSuggestlVe smile.
R,-Who we're there2 ..
Mr. N.-a1ike Bailey and al "the boys -
Larry O'B1icn, Nike F1tzgerald-lots Of ''the
Boys"
TIE BOYS REPORT TO coLyN.
R.-After the joli6cation, what did you do?
Mr.. N.-Aftef the ballots were sealed IN the
,ox. rode doup in the buggy With Bsiley and
long. and ms drove down I suppose to find r.
u1ns st the City Clerks office. : We
oupd nobody : there, and then 1e
Ient to the Palmer House. Just as
OF to the door of tho Palmer Houss
oo Forests wife met me. She wanted to sse
oseph. She thought he was out too lnte. She
sked me il would be kind enough to tell bum
. come down; she would Ike to $50 him. just
q eot to Mayor Colvin's door, Forrest came
ut, When weut in sat down next to tho
layor. AID 'Hildreth. and AID o'Bnan, ana