Daily Republican., 1880-04-03
Pa,r EI, e.tons Must be Hold.

Fair Ell. clions Must he Held.
Now that The assessments are over
those assessed are put in fair way to
! assert their rights as citizens at the
several elections which take place next
fall. With q fair vote there can be no
doubt of the success of the Republic
cans at all of the elections re-
fsrred to. The question arises, shall
Their, he 'a'r vote, or shall there be q
repetition of last falls farce, when re-
peatsrs and delinquent Democratic tax
payers did TIE most Of the voting, and
the police officers were aiders and sbet-
tors in the fraud? This depends en-
tirely upon the voters themselves. If
they are determined that there shall be
a fair election, it will be fair, but If
Republican voters show any supineness
or lukewarmness the farce Of Septem-
Der last will be repeated. A peaesabls
election next fall will depend entirely
upon the temper and disposition Of
Mayor Almond. We would advise
meeting Of the leading Republicans of
the city soon, that committee may be
appointed to wait UPON Mayor Almond
and have a proper understanding in
the matter. 1t must be perfectly I'M
derstood how far the police will be al
lowed to go in preserving order at the
polls, and we might as well say it bold
ly that the system of bull doing prac
ticsd by the police at the polls last fall
will not b. submitted to next fall.
Mayor Almond might as we'll know
now as at any other time that the Repub. |
licans will not tamsly submit to gangs
of repssters voting at nearly all the
wards in the city and sometimes two or
three times in the same ward or dis
trict under the protection Of policemen.
If Mayor Almond wants to preserve
peace at the polls at the next election he
will have to give some assurance that
his own policemen shall not be chief
among the law-breakers. We know
what we are saying when We say that
the Republicans do not intend to
encourage any fraudulent voting on
their side and will do all in their pow
er to prevent it, but while they do this
they will rot stand by and see Demo-
cratic repeaters stuff the ballot boxes
under the protection of police officers
without making some effort to prevent
them from doing SO. If making such
efforts should lead TO breach of the
peace and serious consequences ensue,
that will not be the fault of the Repub-
licans. We do not wish to be looked ,
upon as fomentors of discord, but we
want to utter timely warning that there
may be no cause of trouble at the polls
1t any of the elections next fall. The
who are entitled to vote
only want to vote once, and they are
determined that no Democrat shall vote
more than once, and they do not intend
10 submit to arrest for merely Directing
10 the vote of repeater. This much Il
might as well be known in advance,
and if Mayor Almond will listen TO
wise counsel he will 80 instruct his DO v
lice that order will be maintained at
the polls without violence. The police
have right to 60 up TO the polls and II
vote once, after Which it is their duty =
to keep thirty feet from the polls un- E
less called upon by the inspector to
Keep the peace or to arrest an illegal e
7oter. The Mayor might as we'll inform D
hem in time that it is not their duty C,
o act the partisan at the polls, to run III
round from house to house to hunt I'D :
ardy voters, or TO pilot repeaters around
rom poll to poll. We have only to say -
D conclusion that all the Republicans 1
Vant is fair and peaceable election,
Which will be very different from the
ne held last September. =