The daily gazette., 1879-09-13
.eArUHDAY, SEPT. u, As7s.


TEE -DurY OF INspEcToBs.-- 1t
would have been more wise In the Ne
publican to have looked up the duty OF
inspectors and advised those Of IT.
upasty; as it seems to have taken the
. whole charge Of the election upon ITSELF
or To their powers, before the election |
took place. Its advice is rather too late
now TO be of any service this year, 20
that its whole column Is gratuiiously
thrown away. No doubt some OF the |
men who seemed to need iu direction
would have been very grateful for any
aid 1t would have rendered Them. We
do not know that they neglected any
duty or that they took any votes they
should have rejected or rejected any they
eshould have received. But perhaps
they we're 90 negligent as not to have
read the law, or 80 iguorant as not to have
undentood its clearly expressed injunc-
=. tious. II 70 they deserve oil the lee
turing their party organ has chosen TO
. infiict upon them, although 1t may be
that some Of its words have the appear
anoe If being aimed at the Democratic
eInsuectors. In most cases they seem to
have understood their duties and exer-
cissd all their powers Of the important
trusts to the satisfaction OF their party
friends; and with due Difference to the
wishes Of their Republican Assistants.
They we're chosen and sworn to put oil
"the Democratic votes in the ballot box
ss,"and not to do so would have been very
wrong. With reference to tax receipts,
We agree that it is hard to refuse known
resident property holder in his ward the
privilege of vote because, a. be may
allege, that he had forgotten to bring his
tax receipt. Yet this is occasicned by .
rule of the Inspectors, aud has been
the custom in this city for many years.
We have ourself been turned away from
the Seventh Ward polls under the very
same circumstances, and had to bear IL
as best we could. A remembrance only
brought out the remark: "We run the
election now aud we hold that al mel
ere equal" As "there happened to be"
number of voters of "a dark color" with
in ear-shot, who wore iadient smiles OF
their faces as we passed away, we under
stood why the remark was made. y
course we felt that the remark this
"every dog had his day" was trite an
true. We did not, however, dispute th
right OF the Inspectors to choose the bes
mode to inform themselves as to VIII
had paid a tax nor did we deny ther
the right to rigidly enforce rule the
had adopted and to apply it to ali ci'']e"'
Thenet Know we could not escape pay
ing tax but we had no right to suppos
that any of them knew that zoe had PAID
and yet that is just the knowledge thu
the law requires the Inspector to hav
before he takes a vote. IL is not whethe
he is worth the money, or whether he
honest; or whether he will pay. b.
whether he has paid county tax will
in Two years. As we know one instanc
where an Inspector was fined aud mad
TO pay 500 for refusing q vote, and b
would have been liable 10 the same fir
had he taken au illegal vote, we are NJ
surprised that Inspectors take evel
means to be certain Of what they q
doing. Now, we know this that the Ia
Democratic Council did more iowa
having the election conducted strict
accol ding to law than we ever knew
be done before. So particular were tn
that they had the law printed and se
TO the Inspectors. This was done
cause 1t was found the Inspectors h
trouble to borrow 30 many law boo
and take to the polls with them. VIII
there we're but lew election districts I
matter of procuring books was not
difficult. We are for free election
and an honest ballo,, and SO is the Deu
49, cratic party. We know of no lille
votes at the late election but We
); know that there must have been h
,-dreds upon hundeds Of illegal vo
polled upon forged, counterfeit and fl
receipts by the Republicans for q III
Der OF years regularly until they "
discovered and exposed, and We bell
some Of the parties that used these
ceipts left the State fearing to encoul
prosecution.
The assumption that this country
import largely of foreign iron 8
great satisfaction in Grea: Britain, wi
it is enviously observed that, while
Bessemer steel works are busy, 70
dur British converters are idle. I'll