, 1880-05-09

presented the, spectacle Of NoFthsrn Deme =.
et engagsd In The sam9 pat9.r fnn1 II H.
hine S wsen lad re resved % eoek
and called On his able nsateuqnt John \. H. ~ .
to push forwafd IL }ine, and invoked t6o IS
sistunce Of .sLong john who hourished
.stupendous old-fashtoned ebony cnne. Ugh! @
Hsse Seeaas saa saa and
SSs Ct ssa gsfs 1ass inc
Congressman, All Taylor: He won't LET let ), tn
e ne9t aSfGf fnistePe fePss &c Euasnd
elected. elected: That's why: hc is so anxious to vot'
And al this while lending Democrats e wort or
SURFING backward ind forward through the
fGq Srhns a%as ss fEe e. 70 o he
for little while, and Mayor Harrison took q
hand IN tho game Mike Evans got 1a n.s t,a. 9as
uuanimtty Tor Grant, whom they regard as II the
only Republican who can be beaten IN NO
The long line Of voters Of all shades OF ,polit-
ical and other hues still stood In line, without
mn6ng py }1a
did Potter He, however, frettcd and foamed,
and called for more police LONG John" and
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was allowed to e!op bis tballot; About O'Clock
arp fe who s1s~ t ne me sna d DIS
covered that in Potter's recruits were somo
thirty or thirty five who were voters In the Beg
Palmer House colored men were engaged in re-
peating, and then there was scene: me mead
wait:r WIS quietly told to Withdraw the tne
they marched with military promptne5s to tho
Second Ward, where they got their work In for
\ ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS citizen. who seemed
| toknow the State street hotel magnatc wanted to
| know why q Democratic resident OF another
seod IN vt
intinnting to hr. Palmer that 1t vas q ID
sRa%e f9G hin 9 n yotng bis Second
Potter djsclaimed all knowledge Of Of, the fact Of Of
residence, and said he was too well known in
tns city to If ct The nnd n po
And while all this was going On, and Ira Payne,
free Of charge, negro negroes sand and anybody WI who looked
old enough to vote, from the Second Ward,
scarcely d ballot was being deposited
But bis remarks were received with groans and
derisive cheers. The non-restdcnts and Illegal
1uas sn Rs ns four
Davis. was lying: around in the Interest of the
tickets, hung on .sell to the rear of the line and
besought each oomer-up to Join the salvation
army.
Then commenced Titled good naturod pull
ing and hauling for place. Those who had stud
on the outside for chance began squeezing
into the line, and Potter became dtsgusted rs hts
walk, and the supper-honr was drawing nigh.
Some threats were made to raid the ruling in
front Of the polling place and throw ont the
policemen were sent for, and no rnid was made
Long John-Don't crowd; you'll all hare IN
opportunity.
"a 4 Aos1 yoioeIWhen did you pay your taxes?
long john-T6ere'il be- no row hero. Keep
quiet, and you'll iii vote. Nov, Taylor let this
Taylor-I challenge the vote.
Judge Of Eieottoh51who vouches for your
Coored Man-Mr. Palmer,
Democrat. PEI Can't sou seta Republican to vouoh
And the co1ored man steps aside to seek a
satisfactory Endorsement tho crowd presses for
ward and bis chance to vote, II he ever had any,
was lost forever.
told the boys to keep quiet. He promised there
would be 70 Tow.
Long John-Not except over my dead body.
And John dramatically dourishcd his gigantic |
cane amid groans and cheers.
Palmer House colored men stood no cnance for |
m immediate opportunity, to ballot. The sup.
PET eear agnf aS and poSn
returned. The deadlock had been noiscd |
vicinity and from tie City-Hall came spectators
to SEQ the fun. =
Towards o'cloca1 the clouds which had been
RAIN Which SUBS snbscauently GU poured ] % down d e,1e tor
rents. The devoted voters who were doomed to |
disappointment, stood through 1t all Whenever
known, told to step aside. Once a rush Wns
made for the ruling. and couple of the boards
were torn down TIE police rrshed IN to
ana the baffcd Democrats and Illegal
eSe service VICE # aaa the eeen third sfm
tired thoroughly disgusted, 4 count revealed
that only 2l5 votes had been deposited, though
grcgate would huye made fully 300. The ma
chine tickot-as follows John Wentworth, E. z.
Rnsca }SiSph pan Mshls John yf Ks
to 1oa The ant. .Grant ticket six for Blaine
ior aG5 %fen as
2 feS;sf e Nz;i5S! !; Tsef 1F95S = S;6SsS 5ssiS5
SECOND WARD.
Things we're right lively yesterday afternoon
on tho :'levee," US that part Of State street be-
Second Ward prary he at 5
street lnew number) and drew out as motley
crowd Of Democrats and tioaters ever was seen
y
ward had been calculated upon by the third
torn boomers. md they were not deceived SO
Iar ns the mere numerical result IS concerned.
They carried tt by the most unbushtng fraud.
The judges. G. K. Rockafellow--a clerk in the !
Superior ;'.,pE Court @ Clerks othce-and two fel-
lows named Taylor and Lewis, were the creat-
.ires Of Commissioner Coburu,. and received
their orders FROM him to carry the ward for the |
third term at every hazard. The first job was to
set up Transparent tissue paper ticket headed
G Grnnt-Washburne. This ticket differed so
much much IN appearance and texture from
the anu-Graut Que that the vAri-
nnce could bet determined at the
distance of ten or twelve feet, Early in the
game 1t became evident that the judges were |
bound to admit everything TINT presented itself,
It offered the tissue bAllOt, uud 1t |
made no difference II four or live were folded
together The necessityof having challenger
IN the inside. which from time immemorial 1t | ,
has been customary to grant except in pro-
Democrntic stronRholds, hccnme very
u Map;parent, pare and a. / .. stacker T. I very intelligent
\. Heller were selected to invade the awful
presence Of the judges aud look after the
interests of those who were opposed to :
ha third term. The barnae!e Roeknfeilow, !
who has never earned u dollar that did not come
from the public revenue, and has frequently
distinguished himself by remarkable feats Of {
in chflntfnQ ont fclnHOfng. Mt nuce t :