The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-02-18
The Democratic Victory in Philadel-
phia.

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The Philadelphia Times, referring to tn
late election. says the bosses" are Gem
plstely dishsartened. The Republican
committee spent money lavishly ans
repeaters were az work all of election dal
for Stokely, the Republican candidate. ane
when it became known that htng' ths
Democratic candidate, was elected mayor
The excitement was intense. The Demo
cratic clubs paraded the streets WITH
bands. glee clubs sang victorious songs one
hundred guns were fred in honor of the
xictory. aud general jollifcation held
The Republican ringsters could hardly
realize ie. for the first tins we're actually
frightened. They cannot understand how
il is that they were defeated by the people
In che great battle Of the taxpayers and
The taxeaters. The arrangements Tor
counting in the ring candidates were never
more complete. Money was used in
lavish manner. Every policeman in the
sitv was obliged to contribute $50, and
this money was used in fixing" election
officers. Thsrs was hardly ward in the
city where ths election oficersswers not
fixed, and on the night before the election
the bosses were claiming that Stokely
would be elected mayor By ten thousand
aud that Hunter, the citizens candidate
for tax receiver. would not carry one third
OF the wards. The one thing that pre-
vented these plans from being carried out
was fear. AS O general thing the election
officers took the money, promised to deiiv-
or their precincts to the bosses, and then
didn't do it. They felt all the time that
the eye OF one Of the thousand detectives
&c work was upon them. In
few wards, fraud was successfully
carrisd out. This was noticeable In
che Twenty seventh, in the Fourth,
aud in the Tenth wards. In the latter
wards soms If che precincts returned
more votes than thsrs are voters. 4
fayorite plan in the Fourth was 10
assault the window book men and destroy
the books; bus this sort of business was
not generally attempted, and. in spite OF
the most elaborate arrangements to count
in Stokely and Pirie. the bosses failed.
because their strikers and heelers dared
not carry out their plans. Hunters ma
iority fer receiver of taxes lie %, l21. and
Kings majority for mayor 5,53S. King
was 80 sure that he would be counted out
that he went to bed at an early hour. after
spending the frat part OF the evening in
reading Longfellow. He could hardly
believs the news. even when dragged cut
OF bed after midnight. The bosses are
very much frightened over Hunters
election, and there are many sad faces a.
their club-rooms to night. Hunter is
business man with a strong scent for
fraud. It is expected that he will fad
some very mysterious secrets 10 the tax
Office after the first of April. when he
that date will be spent by the men who
fear him in covering up their tracks.
The gas trust investigation will undoubt-
edly be continued in the new councils,
although King, Hunter, Caven. and Page
the leading spirits. will not be members
Page is beaten for the council by reDeaters
and is forced out through the hatred of
the bosses. Still there will be a reform
element in the councils, which means
trouble for the bosses, Their candidate
for president of the common council was
John Bardsley. ringsser with an unsav-
DRY record as a contractor for supplying
stone 60 the new postofice buildings. He
will be dropped, a reformer elected presi-
dent, and in a short slime there will be
some Investigations that will mean bus
!ness.