, 1877-11-05

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ness by voting for L1En'n recollection.
1ooK OUT FOR THE BAL1oT.BoxEs,
Tho campaign haa progressed sufficiently
to indicate beyond ali question that II tho
Republican voters Of this city turn out on
Tuesday tho Republican candidates in Chi
cago md Cook County will be elected BY
largo majority. There is, however, m
alarming danger ahcad, and, ii tho proper
precautions aro not taken, 1t will reEult IN
overriding this Republican majority and
placing the candidates on tho hummer ticket
in office.
There is conspiracy on tho phrt Of tho
I1Hn gang 10 tlefeat tho will Of the majority
Of tho pcorto by tho sn,ne infamous mcans
TINT were employed at the Charter and South
Town elections, whom false rot,trns were
male md tho l4nllot-boxes were stuffed with
hats fu1l Of votes. They know TINT there
is no hopo for them in IN honest vote, and
that they can never retain the Offices except
by wholesale shifting Of the ballot-boxea,
md they are determined to resort 10 this
desperate and Infamous crime rather than DO
defeatetl.
This danger can DO averted only by the
most watchful vigilance, tho most persist
ent scrutiny Of the votes, aud tho institu.
ton Of such measures ns will guard tic
purity Of tho ballotbox and prevent altcra-
tfon Of the returns. 70 this end tho Com
nitteo at headquarters should carefully and
explicitly explain tho Inv, md evory detail
OF their duties, to tho Republican judges,
no TINT they may make no mistake them-
selves, or nl1ow tho Dcmocrntic judges 10
lake advantage Of airy teehnicalitics.
1t Is Of tho utmost importance that the
judges should 10 on hand promptly ut
tho opening Of the polls, or thoir places
viii 10 filled by others chosen from tho
bn,nmcrs. They should then scrutinlze
overy yote, from tho frat ono that Is
cast TO the last one, and SEQ TINT
they arc pnt In tho box, and not
destroyed. At dinncr-timo tho boxes must
not DO loft upwatcIlel If they nre loft in
tho ha.ltIs Of tho bnmmers Mt that timo, they
will bo stuffed. Tho votes must be counted
md declared as soon as tho polls aro closed.
There must DO no adjournment Of tho count
to more convenient time. Tho Republican
tndges n,uHt wa,cl, tho boxes every Instant
from tho time the polls open until the declara-
ton OF tho vote is matle. The onomy will be
on the alert for moment when tho Republicans
relax their vigilance, md will seize that timo
to accomplish their Infamous purposes. The
law leclarcB TINT tho roto shall bo counted
mud tloclared Immediately upon closing tho
polls"
1t is Of tho utmost importance TINT tho
Republican Judges should obtain and preserve
duplicate Of tho returns, or, II TINT can-
not DO done, that they should jot down tho
returns nj they aro decin1ed, md keep them
rs evidence to bo used III caso by anY posai-
bilty tho ba1lokboxes aro tampcred with
after tho votes aro counted. This ia MI tho
morei,nrortaut because tho bumn,crs in Bon1e
instances havo thrust In judges in flopub~
Ncan wards who 1.-Two In Democratic wartla
where their services arc not so much needed.
Wo n1o crodibly informed that tllero arc
two Democratic Judges in the Thinl Ward,
ono OF whom livos on Milwaukee avonuo and
tho other in bridgeport, and that ono OF tho
two is clork Of I.tEnts, Thoso mon ,nu4t
DO watched. They nre not asagneI to tluty
outside Of their own wards for any honest
purpose.
These precautions are all tho moro imporu-
tiSo because tLoro Ia no registration, and it III
owing to the abseuco Of this check On dis
honest voting that tho bu1nmers arg oncour.
ngcl to believe thoy coil successfully curry
ont their conspiracy against tho ballot-box.
They have no hope OF obtaining n minority
Of the votes deposited in tho boxes, but they
do expect mud intend to tampor with tho
boxes by tho processes Of tho disreputablc
south-Town gang. It only requires two pre-
cautions to tlafoat. thoms Firat, that
oyery Republican sha1l vote, rain or
| ahino, business or no business, and that he
shall see that all Of his employees have m or.
portunity TO vote; and second, tl,at tho Rc'
publican Judges watch tho boxes from The
| tiuso TINT tho first voto Is cast until the dec
laration is mailo. aud keep duplicate Of the
returns, Otherwise, tho bl,mmoss will eloc
ttoir candidates, notwithstanding nepub
lican majority. The law says: "After t'it
opening Of tho polls no adjournment shall b.
hAl, nor allnll any rccess 10 taken, until al
tho votes cast ut such election a&,all have
boen counted aud tho result publicly an
nuuuced." During this time tho boxes mus
mover 10 out OF sight Of the Republican
Judges. This done. victory IL assured
THE QUARREL OVER SUMMERS GRAVE,
The Ian Domingo affair was ono Of th.
questions that WAS supposed to be settled
but It has boon dragged out OF its obscurit,