Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-11-03
ELECTION DAY TROUBLES.


Republican Bribers Arrested at Rochester,
N. Y-Too Many Guardians of the Polls
at Wilmingt IN, Delaware-Trouble Be-
tween Police and Marshals at Troy, N. Y.
Two Hundred Erroneous Republican
Tickets In Manchester, N. H., Corrected
ROCHESTER,, N. Y, Nov. 2.-The police ar
rested four prominent Republican workers at
the polls of the Fourth Tenth, Eleventh and
Fourteenth wards for offering brides to electors
to vote for Garfield. the warrants in each
case were issued on oaths of the persons sought
to be bribed.
WILMINGTON, Del, Nov. 2.-The election is
progI essing amid considerable excitement. The
police force is recruited by over two hundred
specials. A large number of deputy sheriffs
are on duty, and United States marshals are
equally numerous. At the Tenth ward polls a
colOred man giving the name of Jos. Mathews
was challenged as a nonresident, and the in
apectOr and supervisor of election ordered his
arrest. He was arrested by two policemen, one
| a special, whereupon United States deputy mar
shals interfered and attempted to rescue him.
The marshals We're arrested hy the special po-
lice and taken before the mayor. The mayor
told them he wished no conflict of authority,
but wished them to cooperate with the police
in preservation of peace. He discharged them.
telling them to go back to the polls and attend
to their business.
Troy, N. Y, Nov. 2.-Several arrests have
been made for illegal voting. Increase in Re-
publican wards, l33: decrease in Democratic
| wards, 1872. The police have arrested num-
Der of United States marshals.
CHICAGO, Nov. 2.-The voters are quiet and
peaceable, but very determined conflict is
| now going on between United States supervis-
| ors and deputy marshals and the city regular
| and special police. The latter have arrested
several deputy marshals but in each case the
United States officer has been bailed out and in
! turn caused the arrested the policeman max
ing the arrest. Mayor Harrison caused some
| remark in his own precinct strongly Repub-
lican one, by insisting on depOsiting his vote
| out of turn, line of nearlya hundred being
ahead of him.
ment was aroused by discovering that about
200 Republican ballots had been cast in five of
| the wards for Henry A. instead of Henry L..
| Tilton, one of their Presidential electors. The
error was Immediately corrected.
New HAVEN, Conn, Nov. 2.-Pretty quiet,
though objections are made to the deputy
| marshals; few arrests been made.
New YORK, Nov 2.-Late last night Super
intendent Walling of the police department.
telegraphed general order to captains declar-
ing that his order of November LIST regarding
the serving of warrants must be obeyed and
informing the police captains that he would
hold them to strict accountability it it was
disobeyed; and stated further that the uper-
| intendent of police was the only legal officer
empowered to issue orders to the police forces.
This order of the superintendent was because
of contradictory and confusing orders of thu
police commissioners who are generally re.
garded as influenced by their politics. The
| latest order of Superintendent Walhng stirred
up the Democrats, of this morning Police
T,.rk n.,efr I'll -,
cratic leaders and counsel. entered the super
inteudent's Office. handed him forty seven
| warrants and directed him to have them served,
at the same time exhibiting an order of arrest
for the Superintendent if he refused. After
some talk Superintendent Walliug stated that
| he would have the warrants served. A large
number of arrests have already been made for
| attempted illegal voting. A United States
deputy marshal was arrested, charged with dis
| orderly conduct at the polls. Police. Justice
Hilbreth discharged him with reprimand.
Over forty arrests of persoas charged with IL
legal registration have been made upon war
rants issued by Commissioner Davenport who.
court in the federal building. ALI were dis
| charged. One deputy marshal was arrested
for assaulting the chief marshal of one Assem-.
| bly, district, and was charged with drunkenness
| and neglect of duty. He was held in 81 ,00C
bail. United States deputy marshal was ar
vested charged with protecting and allowing
| illegal voters to deposit votes. The police JUS
tice remanded him for examination. Richard
W. Webb, John Holmes. Solomon and Samuel
Griffin, Republican colored men, were held &c
answer for alleged illegal registration. They
voted subsequently and were rearrested.
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 2.-The election in the
city passed off quietly with the exception of 6
| difficulty between a white man and negro, al
poll in the Fifth ward, in which the negro
| was wounded by pistol shot,