, 1880-05-09

and some OF the mistakes they made while hand
ing In their ballots were laughablc. 3ir. Web
ster, who at one time WAS nighiy-respeete
keeps fashionable boarding house on Ogdc
avenue. If he could have been present yester
day afternoon and have seen the array of Great
| his, he would no doubt have felt highly ttartered
| Common day laborers, with blackened clay pipes
] woolcn shirts, and oycrA1ls, would come up I
they were were boari1ers r t.r 1t Sir: Websters. SOM
could not remember tho name OF their tandlors
at all: Others got it Wilson" and many othe
| this is tho way that the Grant ticket won an
was declared to be elected. although ever.
honest Republican in the ward cousd a. bnt ADM
| The count was completed at few minutes pas
! 9.1There were two regular tickets In the heid,-
the Grant and anti-Grant-wit5 sp,id I.cEst e e.
President Elhu B. Washburne." At the heae
of the list Of delegates stood the name OF Mon
ter. ~ While lie T rest st were pronounced Grant men
these tickets were voted.
The Grant ticket bore upon Its face the fol
Amos G. Throop, r Nelson Blake,
Leonard f.s i sSssf s,'f+ S Sc. S,oren Sn,s'i;
! s.: ! steaf: S a.,. B.a. Il Num-, Mum:
| James a. Hair, -... ...-...-
Monroe Heath, Willard Woodard. Q. S. 4,
sprague, A y. Waterman. \. J. Smell, n. s
Graves, W :: kaufmnn. Charles Heper, George
The result Of the election was as follows:
Total vote cast 63s;; for Grant delegates, 56:;;
anti Grant, rs: scattering. 25* vo
ting worse and worse every year, and the old
citizens and voters say that some decisive action
must be taken to prevent the outrages which
FAr 10 rr
uon. Il was suggested yesterday that it would
be good plan TO go back to the old plan OF
publishing the names OF all voters before an
election as preventive for repeating.
THE TWELFTH.
s'This is the first time in my life that ever
voted at Democratic primary was the remark
with which Col. Hough, leading anti-thir.-
5 The atsr ved po o
wnrd yesterday afternoon to see how the battle
was going. Thd words were pregnant with
them. fhe tiavor of the SURROUNDINGS was une
deniably Democratic, and. if Petroleum v.
Nasby. wandering from the Cross Roads and
centre Of Bourbonism, had happened yesterday
TO fall in with the crowd which was run
ming things" At No. sll West Madison
tobacco which commtngled In the: damp air,
the forcible language which prevailed. and the
spirit Of buiidozing which ruled the same, would
Mt once have removed his homesickuess, and
made him happy once more.
The fun tfrom Democratic standpoint) COM
menced coincdently with the opening Of the
on the scene driving q stAse-coach crowded
with voters, plug-ugiies, and shouidcrbitters
from the Seventh Ward, who took possession Of
the polls and at Dnco sought to lend their votes
In support of the thfrd-tcrn delegation. The
excessive, not to say indecent, haste with which
this outside nssistance was placed ut tho dis
posal Of the Twelfth Ward Grant men defeated
its end, as the fraud was attempted SO openly
and with SO palpable and Democratic Il disre-
Eard to avoiding even the appearance Of evil
that the Judges Of election were forced to listen
to the objections made By Mr.. Alexander White.
who was acting as challenger TOR the antl-Gran
party. and d a to refuse M p allow @ the Seventh
Finding that they could not just then advance
lots in favor Of the Grant delegation, the Sew
enth Ward Democrats gave way and their
places were taken By an army of the West-Side
Car Conlpany's employees under the leadership
Of James Lake, the Superintendent of the Com
pany and 3. McDevItt, foreman of the car-shops
These gentlemen had brought about 30 Of their
undcrlngs to vote the Grant ticket, and, having
fa the to Rs r1y straghs
with further care Ut seeing that they voted
straight after they got there. They were very
10 m
70 each man as be nearcd the hallot-box the
The The men had seeured uri 'ai ticket 0on on bis is
own account, but gentle request
In each of these cases induced him TO open It
that it was not OF the Grant description, one
bearing q w0odcut OF the man on horseback
and the names Of the Grant deleyauoh was sub
was taken to see that the votes were cast
properly, much time WAS consumed, and
h91r and half paased d. before the
9g 99mong whom large number Of well-known
democrats were recognized, had cast their
votes end made way for more independent
these were anti-Grant mon, and it was not
without. considerable difficulty that they sue
@ eseded' ip IN many cases, IN accomplishing their
from the Seventh, although not yenturing
upon any very open disturbances. pushed aud
crowded ea and & did I'll they could e make tho
were performing an unpleasant one. In
this work they were openly abetted by
:" Ea9eE" Murphy, that member Of tho Seventh
Ward Democracy who is now under indictment
for frauds committed in the late municipal
election: Prominent, too, in promoting the in
fh 1eh the party %s taking
Of the straightest Of strlieht Democrats Of the
Twelfth Ward, who peddled Grant tickets with
he had become convert to the true political
faith The reporter approached him and asked:
:. - Why, Doc, how's this2 Thought you were q
$50 an"
what are. you doing here?" pointing to the
fat bunch OF Grant tickets which he held In his
sSMHsaptns sMs5pt as;t1 the party"
-, "The Democratic party, Of course, Grant is
help to get him nominated, that's all we want"
II suppose you will vote for him, as you are
working for him uow7"
Vote for h1ul I wouldn't vote for Grant
For President if"
The rest of his answer WIS cut short by a live
y I'll Hue discussion which was going on at the
3ther gentleman was endeavOeiur to prevent |