Daily Republican., 1882-07-08
THE ELECTION CASE.
OEMOCkAT's STORY Vi
IBE DOINGS ON ELEC-
TION DAY.

was hel9 i%O ;D the chair. The con
~ ssi SectiOn case in the HleV emu
,Ta Hi,,;sm wsO Wort whe was the last W.T.
WllllSW Monday evening was recalled
sss on .nS MV tbat on election day there
nd SIaSsu aSVIOrsd man came up to the polls
ps . ColoaS ConS his vote was objected to-
b vote, anu Mr.. Newell who immedi-
y tia SsI,sS ,SsoSuched for him, when some one e
the PT' He related another instance
chnDy' oO,orsd mans vote was object
Fhere y ~ SO, Mr. Magarrity said that the
d tc' alu S uNred with him for the past
pan nsu nantbS this but when he was asked
hree IvIa;b uIa bs qualified that the man
HoS n lived E in the state one year. ne re-
fqSed s,.UeSs %tUS was cross examined by
,1.ae, aaU Moore, Garrett, Newell and
tSveuSVT answer TO a question ty Mr.. New
o. u lta auT% fitness said that he believed
'uU uUsrv man who had right to vote
nti ,SS Si Eleventh ward, and came to tbs
Liz iS' VAS M allowed 70 do so. :,
'VTr VFrsuE R. CarSwell was sworn, and
ItsSi usad that he was at the polls but
~ eS'nSU n"t sresuy violence or intimid9-
~ NV Tbs G, remainder of his testimony
lUu' n 'oorroboraiive Of those who had pre-
eded hin. .e,.,..L
thsre when the polls opened ana neard
|EciU u in'usctor call for an officer. Both
N sSoS fthe window were arguing, and
s,S @ vot giye the inspector q chaDce to
u a..o ~bst he wanted him for. The
@ -, @.I.srcstion was between Mcguire
NJ ~ Green; saw both 60 down, but in a
itte while they we're both in their
SScss Al the window and the witness
bOught II was all over
DTuS " . Short time saw Mcguire and Gro.
ny pulling each other around, they |
VA both much excited.
SSsv were down, and after they got
nCrouey said, 81 thought better of
IN tbsp that" and Mcguire replied II
m think as much OF you tomorrow,
0Suy man in the ward, but not to-
N"
The witness detailed several other
rhs around the polls, in which he
iid that both Democrats and Republi'
anS participated
On CrosS-sxamination the witness
sId that when Mr.. Trump put his
andS upon Mcguire, he considered that
committed an assault, and If he had
one 1t to the witness he would have re-
susd 1t. The witness did not see
hguire and Croney fighting; he saw
benz pnlling each other around.
The fight that started between John.
on and Mcguire, was the worst that
Ok place that day.
Nj. Paynter asked the witness If the
publiCsns were not as anxious for q
ght as the Democrats, and he re-
pled be thought 1t was about an even :
hiug.
Mi. Newell-Wbat did Mcguire say
Shen johnson threatened to hit him 8
Witnsss-He said, "All right that's q
BY picnic"
The remaining questions were direct I
to the positions of the parties In the o
SrOuS fights.
During the CROSS questions the wit. i
1858 refused to answer Mr.. Garrett's p
l@turS and was about making q Q
EeCh when the chair called him to L
ldG. a
John Bardin testified that at the time d
hepolS were opened he was present, n
nd shortly after a trouble commenced y
bout . tax receipt, when the inspector Il
@k up the. ballot box and put it under 81
Sarm. CT
There was disturbance between Gro. p
and Mcguire, and they stood and
AIed each other pet names for some IL
Ine' After the fight commenced the IL
Illness was struck several times and "
strled to get to hitsom one in return, Dt
acoqld not reach anyone but Mr..
iedsriCk. A.
tatrlCk Neary testified to the fact ef
~ Colored man trying to vote in the
sath ward, and said that when his Jc
w was refused the inspector told him 4;
rNh ne should vote in the Eleventh to-
nd' While the inspector was exam. fe,
nnB The ballot, the tax receipt was W;
|Aqped BY the assistant inspector, who ca
LUZ on the back of it stamped by uu
4Nake," The man went away and tn
ullea afterwards when the inspec. no
|4psave MIN note to the same effect. ex
tarlCA smith, the inspector at the We
Wenth Ward pclls, stated that he fai
'" OIL about the trouble on election mt
w., \, tlere was a big colored man wi
'aSa 1s John Segars, who lives at Water ms
lanai streets, came up to the Pv
-uVw 70 vote, and the witness told ba
~ .lat ne had no right to vote, and sui
seu 70 receive the ticket. There col
psuVEHer colored man who worked urt
Eian Stnen Bird, that came up to vote and ent
|vsTGoa wv \, was made that he had not
W. NY ~ ~ inc ward sufficient Length of
n.y. n.y. Al ne TOLD Eim to get something to ,
N, N" !lSt a ne was resident of the ward :
N SSI 'ue man went away and returned gu
u ~ a lote from Levi Bird; he then TN
n NJ v.st sae vote and stamped his receipt. 100
N NJ 5MtneSs said that he took two votes deN
osiUt0, SIUss tne parties showing their tax IN
s'IpiSi a,S one o, was Senator Bayard and dls
m ''Igr Thomas Pinket, q colored me
oD.,, M ne Knew both of these men to be cal
bSSy bs'i;y0 holders in the ward, and had 50
pIiinsa pIIiH'IsaEon u in receiving their votes. ano
,,YSl ~ dreen, Republican of the mu
OsotoA M SAek the witness if he was the dls'
poSSof, oss aud upon his answering in yet
MA i!t,Lnanve, i!,L Green said that he edy
A SOs No Ss 70 taIk to the witness, there pro
s'ioD SrO Vi s5O in it for him. His i'm for
DtSJ DtTn was that the Republicans bee
sSIu sSiu. 70 BUY the ward. Green on one joy.
srS In So lollowed him to the coal yard ran
1IS Ma NO NC. ~ employed, but the witness the
,u ,OsI not talk to him.
~ ,wU1sSSexamined 70 by Mr., Garretr-
s,s !" suSt the colOred man named ,Iobn n,
Ar @ ives ives at Tatnalf and Water No
4 n, T., saw him there the SUNDAY Cbo %
tbe O,S %on the election, and was told q
IA an Ta . relatives that he lived & 7
" dar ave S oeen at that house almost A
him oac .or q year past, but never G,
nv nv PSUS'tlve ,SS that Elijah Green tried N
W S,s sne ward, because be cana to u, u
that thUPS tSa az the coal yard and told In
ter N "a, sqere " was $25 or $50 in the On
I'u i u ald not offer him anv manev II
IA n was his impression that y If Ts
utiSYs oelOre the Republican ward
ev 'e committee he conld oct tbe Co
" 1ue witness said that M Was
be u ~ SAID to hin, that he knew requ