, 1877-11-11

to filing the club-room with tobacco
smoke, in which direction their success
was most lattering. Alter the atmosphere had
been condensed TO about the consistency Of
all the special committees wholesale. The
funny gentleman got off his joke Oh the burial
OF tie '1corpsc," and the dismal gentleman had
a few remarks to make about the light vote, and
1.-THE on-ycar in poIltfss; M1 = G1ae, me genial
his "woolchuck'' were favored with
snecial attention, and he cfTeryesccd
in reply in bis usual spicy manner, witt, llarn-
less ding at the ''ncWspapor1al dlctatoral TNlB-
uSE." The most imaginative man could frame
no tales Of balot.box stutting; the most
despoudent lad no fault to find with the result
of tue election, and the 1nembcrs Of the Club,
after sticking their cigars on tne point Of their
penknives anu smoking them to the lust inch,
adjourned to enjoy peaceful sIumber until
wakcned BY the musical cry ol the ncWsbOy
with his s'TR1D-1-uSE-tin'ex"
TENTH WARD.
4 meeting OF the Icntu Ward Republican
Club was held at No. 2;'o West Lake street last
evening. The object oi the gathering was to
OF the tckct-1>eddlers 1T the late election, who,
it was claimed, got drunk anu neglected. their
duties. \ resolution was introduced breathing
vengeance on the gentleman who lad charge oi
the First Precinct, accusing him Of "urunken-
uess and conduct unbcromlng gentleman,
there was something behind it. It was referred
to specal committee to be reported Oh 1T
future meeting.
Hundreds OF Democrats will appear to-day
singing sadly. "H this old hat was new," or re-
GREETING that they have had to pay for their own
hats and those vi as many Republican friends
out OF their own pockets.
Well" said TRIBUNE reporter to proni-
ncnt halter, "this election III be q bully thing
1,ak, tSxk$ ol,f
mad E1; as a.: a@a halter" .sWhys" k;ndlv % IN n
ouircd tho man OF items. "You see it would
have been thousands and thousands ol dollars in
NV pocket' ii j-icb had been clccted.' stBut
hun rs OIL him, weren't tAcrca" "Ycs, but the
men who bet on Lieb can't pay for their bats,
Or won't, and the fellows who bet with them
know II, and they'll say, Here, you stand
drink. or tho cigars, anu l'li let you oil, and
tl.at'Il be the last ol it," Ii the Democrats had
carried the county, business would have been
good, but as it ii -h and he bent over q new
nat to brush away tear.
4 patriot on West Adams street, who WAS m
aruent supporter OF Lieb and Lynch, had sad
downtown to saye his country, and Of course
on the road had d lot Of tickets thrust upon nin.
Selecting the airline Democratic ticket he put
it In his pocket, and set OUT Tor the
polls. as he was respectfully cIothed the par
tisans Of mis- own ticket took him for Rcpul>-
Iican, challenged his vote, anu came near mob
biug HIM, and after he had deposited the
precious ballot, he found that his pocketbouk
Lad disappeared. q prominent supporter OF
Mr. Lieb SAID that night that he had made
more that day than he would hare made had he
been eh-priccl delegate in close conycn-
ton, hence it is believed that somebody stole
that pocketbook. but this is q digression.) As
hc was goiuy home IN the evening he felt me-
chanica,y in his pocket and touud there piece
OF paper which, being unloldrd, proved to be
his airline Democratic ballot ''.May 1 De
usuffurkelr' said he, ''if some mem
ber Of Returning Board hasu't CON-
1nitted all outrage against the Republic,
slipped Republican ticket into MY pocket and
talsiticd the expression of my popular will at
the ballot-box." That night tilt buys stole his
ash-Darrel and built bonilre against the side
Of his house, coming within an ATE OF burning
him out, and next morning he found that the
only consolation which he mad gone to sleep cx-
pcctiug-the return Of Licb anu Lyncll-had
been denied him. He wishes to know ii he is
Yassal or peer, or WHAT
The Democrats lost one vote up in the Sixth
Ward, where the caurasscrs found in the box
neatly folded piece OF paper containing BUTCH
er's bill and an imperative demand for payment,
coupled with tue remark that ii the debtor
drank less whisky his creditors would be better
oil, even If his nose Was not so red nor his
breath quite so muscular.