The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-11-07
THE fREED0M or THE BALLoT.
The broadway mud seventh Avenues Men
Escorted to the Polls by Watchers.

The Office of the Broadway and Seventh
Avenue Railroad rcsembled an clcctonecring
Headquarters yesterday. Conductors, specially
detailed for the purpose. stood in an outer
room in the frs. story with bundles Of tickets
containing BiNby' ballots. which were rcgu-
larry Distributed 10 the men ne they entered.
The following notice. which had been posted up
in the ofIlcc. was asubiect Of much comment:
Conductor. AMI dri,cfsarc hereby notified tina, before
Nr \. Wei and MOI to ,ot until the, do so a. IL is a,
much 10 our ntcr" To vote for the isht men a. iii for
Ever, employee -cNpcc,d to ,appi, win the above.
INV Yors Nov. >. ls77
Nv Nandewnicr 1. conductor Of ear ~. At
o O'Clock i'm the morning Mr. H. A. Newell the
general manager Of the company. babe him 30
up stairs before he voted He went M. aud
was asked whether hc had voted He replied
that he had not. Mr.. Newell turned around 10
Lawrence one Of his workers. and said /:
" Go down with Nandrwatcr aud see him vote
Nandcwator then said thai ne mai tickets ot his
own in his ptkot and didnt want ANYBODY TO
- with him. llr went To- tn polls and voted
Tia" whole Dcmo'ratic ticket; IN luling Gle
sine for the Senate. Whom he returned to the
starter Office to get his car he WIS told that he
was dis 'huri.rd.
Patrick Lynch. n driver. WIS discharged for
telling the manager. with some profanity. that
he w,'d vote ~ he pleased. and wouldn't he
About two hundred voted altogether, almost
all for IiNby. Thos' who live in the Seven
ircnlh Assembly District Were rcuurrd to vote
for Taylor the Tummany candidnte for Assem-
hlynan. A. the men approached the polls. I'M
der charge Of the company watchers. they
wore greeted with cries Of Her" comes an,
" Here come the slnvos" Many Of the men
kecny FELT their position. but stincd their re-
sentiment from motives Of policy
MIR. Newell gave the companys side Of the
story To- reporter for THE suN gs fol! lows:
- II IL untrue that any man has been dis
Iff tn
water. who WAS told 10y the starter that he was
dis hargcd. is still in the employ ~ the com
pany and VIII got his car tomorrow rs usual.
pledge you my word OF honor Tor that | dis
missed II driver named Lynch for using in
~ lng and abusive language to his superior
Office and Tor nothing more. The long aud
TIE short Of the whole matter IL this: Mr..
BiNhy aud MIR; Taylor are friends OF the COM
phny. ami We irlt justified in using every pro-
per means to induce our men 10 vote for them.
II Is ~ inu u and even more for the mems in
tercst than for our. MIR. Enresinc when in
the Assembly introduced n hill requiring Us to
remove inc snow from our tracks 10
II this sort OF thing is carried through
II W. have To put on an additional force Tor that
purposc-wc shall hc Compelled 10 rc,i luce the
therefore felt Justified in requesting them. II
possible. to vote Tor Mcssrr. BiNhy and Taylor.
,lctlilcd twenty-five conductors and drivers at
81 ~ dav 10 sort out the tickets md accompany
our men t. the polls and see that they were not
mulostnt hy the agents and ticket prddlcrs OF
the different parties. y numher OF our men. ns
MANY ~ twenty or twenty-five think. declined
10 vote for niNby and TAYLOR. and were not dis
charged Had the man lynch told mo ciyiily
that he dit not want To- vote for them. u would
have been AL right Instead Of that he flung the
bullets down ON the table. saying: Go to h
with your --- --- tickets. no - -
- - shall tell mo how to vote could not
he expo ted 30 stnnd such an insult rs that. and
! accordingly dis 'harged him. | admit that
the wording of the notice 10 the men WAS likely
to be- mis- Construed. We did not want ~ force
nny. one TO vot' for Bixby and Taylor. We only
wished to advise them To do So"
Al the polls the watchers appointed by the
company walked the men up before the in
spec,urS. and then gave them their tickets so
that there could be no opportunity for changing,
them.