Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-05-10
April 2gth, 1879.

times and poverty generaiiy-yet we must
have our new hats. But fearing I may
weary you, 1 win trespass no longer.
WIN.
Specimen of Supervisors i'm PhilR-
delphia.
We gave in our last issue state
ment of the doings Of Supervisor
Davenport in New York we now
draw the curtain for a view of the
Philadelphia Supervisors, the char
acter of the agents being taken as an
indication of the work to which
they We're appointed, and which
they did most effectually. In our
editorial on the veto we give another
statement of the naodtts opeyandi in
Louisiana. Too much evidence of
this kind cannot be published, for
the people should be informed how
completely the fiat of the Executive
is made to set aside the voice of the
people:
Charles Oliphant, marshal second
division, twentieth ward. drunk on
election day and insulting voters
seized Mr.. Hackenberg without
cause.
Charles Herr, marshal second di-
vision, twenty-ninth ward, charac-
ter and reputation bad, had been
arrested for crime. On election day
he arrested voter, who was re-
leased by Judge Hare and voted.
Herr wore a badge, and solicited
votes as a Republican.
Arthur Vance, marshal eighth
division, fifth ward, arrested Hutch
inson, a voter, without cause. Vance
was a notorious Republican worker.
John Homeyard, marshal sixth
division, sixth ward, drunk, and
arrested voters without cause drew
a club ON Democrat for challeng-
ing a negro repeater. The police
blocked up the poll, acted in concert
with Homeyar1, and brought voters
to polls. HOnIeyari vouched for
Republican voters and distributed
Republican tickets. Shriver, a
United States revenue officer, kept
Republican windOw-book.
j. II. Deoano, marshal first divis-
ion, fifth ward, drunk all day; too
drunk to arrest any one. There
were five policemen at these polls.
Desano never voted in that division
before that day.
James Brown, marshal fourteenth
division, fourth ward, record of his
conviction in 1872, for voting ille-
gally, produced. Proof was made
that he voted twice on the same
day.
William Augustus, fourth divis-
ion, eighth ward, acted as marshal,
assuming authority as such, but
was not on the list; q Republican
worker.
Joseph Hilferty, marshal twenty
first division, second ward, held the
Republican window-book all day
and electioneered; threatened to ar
rest the Democratic United States
Supervisor for procuring ball for a
legal voter who had been arrested.
William MCGOWAN, marshal
twenty-third division, second ward.
A policeman blocked up the voting
window, and Democratic United
States Supervisor ordered him away,
when McGowan and the policeman
seized him and locked him up in
the station house on charge of in
terfering with officers. The case
was never tried. MCGOWAN is EN-
ployed in the gas Office and paid by
the city.
Charles n. Miller, detective, test
ified that in seventeenth division of
nineteenth ward a gang of repeaters
were brought to the polls by a let
ter-carrier; he had one Of the gang
arrested.
Philip Madden, marshal fourth
ward, one of the most dangerous
men in the city; has been in prison
twice, once for highway robbery
and the second time for shooting
colored boy.
Francis McNamee, marshal eighth
ward, had been arrested for five
different robberies.
Andrew Lenoir, marshal first
ward, warrant has been issued for
him for larceny.
Daniel Redding, marshal first
ward, bad and dangerous man
had been tried for murder.
Henry Pitts, marshal seventh
ward, colOred man who keeps a
gambling-house and been arrested
twice; distributed Republican tick
cts and vouched for voters.
r. s. Stringfield, marshal fifteenth
ward, had been tried for shooting a
man character very bad.
Michael Slavin, marshal fifth
ward, a thief and notorious repeater;
had been arrested for subornation Of
perjury, but never tried.
William Glenn, marshal nine
teenth ward, superintendent of Nor
ris square, and paid by the city for
his duties.
Enoch Baker, marshal second di-
vision, third ward, arrested John
Carol, a legal voter, without cause,
and locked him up; Carroll was
discharged after hearing.
j. Roberts, marshal sixteenth di-
vision, third ward, arrested John
Johnson, a legal voter, and locked
him up all night; case never tried.
Roberts eleetioneercd for the Re
publican ticket was clerk In the
gas office and paid by the city;
there were also twelve to fourteen
policemen at that poll all day, and
they blocked up the poll.
Andrew jackson, marshaltwenty-
second division, thirtieth ward,
employed in the gas works under
the city. Ackerman, Republican
Judge of elections, acted as United
States Supervisor and Judge, and
refused to vacate the place of Judge
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