Daily Republican., 1882-07-06
e0V7ESTED ELECTION.
,oOETDTNGs LAST NIGHT
|sBEP TrvTDENUE FOR THE
TIE DEFENCE

brad IL a1a snf Eleventh ward CONTESTED
tOpy u u caSe, sSS An opinion was receives ea se.
cotton cSSt, Sitv Solicitor, and read 6y tn
ton the tn,stiEc 0 to the question OF domi-
Elerk, rels',Ds ,nss raised at a recent specia
lilo whicn, ,Ss %s case of Cyrus Ellis . wit
hess for tns tSst CvD the domicile Of the hus-
Or statea y t' he taken to be that OF his
band NUS MSS " husbands domicile deter
wife. s Int If his wife. The domicile Of
pllnsS, %,fs does not determine sna' y, nuaS su'
the WIZ wnS dOuiclle may be IS a qaes,
husba9aqt t.ct St 10 be determined by hisoWn
CtsOt 6GsOI;Jsut GeclSJt stated that all the tes.
The :, ffoP sor TIE contestants on the tirst
imCny iGt .jnu ~ was in, and Mr.. Paynter
SpeCl11CsaS,,SStuC sSSt Council hear rebutting tes'
moved 1ns, n hat count. This led to con-
il%aSrabIe i%oab DISCUSSION, during which MI. W..
siae,nU'V VstoU stated that the witnesses Tor
Dlenl1UIt 1lt0ncs 0 we're not present. MT.
tne ,I CT'Sa Said that he had some OF his
Newer laas O"r nrpsent, and he thought that
s.,S Sl.u'Vper we're enough to consume the n, time
le,c ~ 10 ths ina hour Of adjournment There
up 70 ai,s 'uv a lengthy argument about
Eas lttSr qatsv thai was participated in by
10 mS'io pavnter, Newell, Quinn, Moore
aeS'tR, IS B,isy. is The motion was finally
lna ,nS nS declared carried, and William
guI "tS suG the first witness in the rebut-
tGfsSsS Y ,SaS called. Upon being sworn he
aL SoS SS tSat on the day of the election
0oSON Mn~ Who was not a resident or a
ai maI IN The ward, but who wore a Rs-
uMi usiinan A badge, came up to the polls
uyiOS iOjd that he intended to boss the
lia laI1. Il,s that Cav, when Dan Mcguire told
IN SI thsv t would see about that. The
plI li,.s.S 'SS' saw a disturbance that was
..uusS ] Nv man endeavoring to vote
-Sobad moved out of the ward ; that
~ uv how Soweyer, soon settled. In regard
,"Sa heating of Mr.. Croney the wit
NJ tbought that one side was as much
."hIsme as the other no thought that
tr,s diamond cut diamond. To the
s.'t ma Of bis knowledge there was no
s,S0n iptimidated Or prevented from
r,tnr that had a right TO vote.
ma witness was subjected to severe
discrimination by Mr.. Garrett,
indpg which he lost his temper on
ssTprsI occasions. Mr. Quinn and Mr..
SaVell used every effort to stop the
s,o's questioning, but without avail,
M Mr, Garrett succeeded in getting
IA witness to adLlit that during a part
n thedsy it was so warm around the
SClsthat a great many stayed away
nd would not come up to vote, thus
Exclusively proving that there was
ioenCe at the polls, and through that
iosnCe men were prevented from
Iving
James Sullivan testified that he was
tthe polls but a short time and did
dsee any violence or intimidation.
b went to the polls and voted and
ben went into Mr.. Forsyth's to get
Ons tobacco, and while he was in,
here was some disturbance outside,
did not know what it was about /;
Ehsn be came out he saw Mr.. Freder-
ck, who had been beat. Cross-exam-
nd-did not see any colored men
rtVented from voting was not at the
lOlS more than ten minutes.
Edward Mcguire was sworn and tes-
lied thatOn election day he was order.
daduty in another ward, but went
B tho Eleventh. ward polls to vote.
here was some trouble between the
PpubliCan and Democratic assistant
Inspectors in regard to tax receipts
lheO the polls were opened the Demo-
ratC Inspector turned the ballot box
RtdedOWn, and said Gentlemen you
e0there is nothing in it, we intend to
aye square deal here to. day" >.
The witness voted, aud then went to
pierre he was assigned and remained
heEe until about 4 O'Clock in the after
oOD, when he started home to get
Dnethirg to eat, and went around by
% polls to see how things were coming |
y While he was there he saw q man
aned Silcox drive up with q colored
an 10 bis carriage, whom he wanted
vote The witness went over to the
hirlage and got Mr.. Silcox to get out,
pd took him aside and said to him
az be did not think the colored man
&arlght to vote, and Mr.. Silcox
gfed that he had not. Mr.. Silcox
zen WeLt along jackson street toward
Tenth ward polls, and witness
on duty in the Eastern precinct of
Fifth ward. Mr.. Mcguire was
Ssexamined by Mr.. Garrett, and
y that he induced Mr.. Silcox to get
~ The carriage and 60 away, for
Y mat his actions would lead to a
The witness was called upon by
lUcratS to arrest Mr.. Silcox but de.
laT to DO 80. In answer to a ques.
y Dc said that he thought that the
Iola man was a repeater.
!H AttllS point Mr.. Quinn asked that
|alp Plunkett be summoned as a wit.
y nm! Mr. Garrett asked a summons
1iillam Gregg and Mr.. Paynter
I.T ITu lCr a summons for Frank K. Cars
~ anu Mr. SillCox. Then amid some
E9'er Mr.. Quinn asked that the Hon.
N; N gatrett be p laced on the list to
rN |TTa Mr. Garrett assented saying,
!, a~il y. you something you will not
MT Guinn told the Clerk to be very
EqaGGuIar to address the summons to
Y S,Hton. Lew Garrett and then resum.
,TI1 Vs seat with a sarcastic smile.
nlIIlam Worth te,7 titled that he was
ss' M IAe polls when thev opened, but
%' nut 10 was there a disturbance of
pOv % n,Lu Nj was raised, but he did no.
r rsII0S Ta"' 1t was about. This was
~ ,fast ~ Oy police officer who was ont
NJ Nh ~ Iae polls. A short time after. i
ihsss!' 'nefe was Another fight and 8
riIiDs @ saw Mr.. Cropey and others {
rcb us Lght and left, but did not take G
Icni% IT'lee oft, 1s he had as much as q
hin" u :, 10 to take care of himself. b
4 uS.tn n Sus melee, however, the witaeas q
rovn pr'5eu 10 against pump handle and |
!, sOmo moown' and as he was getting !
SS~e sSu one struck or kicked him in l[
en- S a n nus he thought IL must have |
moi U0teaLiIiocrat, as the Republicans T
er S sviStke Ssiike any blows according to e
allsn"nlas5a saw several colored men 8
uc " ~ y, on account of residence, e
tbe~ ~a.5ch which he knew did not reside g
,upbt bOS examination Re said that he
lcS to W. Mcguire had little too a
hnsoOV Say arouod the polls. Mr. 3
doh,,a also L mad a great deal to say t
lly ~ Know that he was there as a t