New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-08
THE ELECTION IN THE CITY.
.LARGE VOTE. BUT NO EXCITEMENT.

| The election in this city was comparatively
,,et Tho sly WA overcast and threatened rain, ana
| little fell in the afternoon. large Vo'o was
| noIled There were q few disturbances put
| none OF a serious kind. As was eNPec'eu'
large number Of arrests were made on the on'rsoo
illegal voting II being a legal holiday, business was
generally suspended down The public onices' eA
eept the Post Office, closed az were also inc pahA'
and the Exchanges, except the Petroleum hAon"nSo.
The downtown business streets bore the appearance OF
Sunday except in the vicinity OF the polling places ADe
| Bauor aud beer saloons did thriving business
| although nomnaly conforming 20 the law
by keeping their front doors closed Drunkenness was
not prevalent until late the day. when the certainty
the Democratic State ticket was elected ny an I'M
majority and the belief that the Citizens ticket
was defeated induced many Democrats to celebrate the
| event by becoming glorously drunk"
| The adnerents Of John j. O'Bren traded of all the
names the Citizens ticket for votes for their chie
| This especially tue in the downtown AS
semby districts and the East Side. In the strong
Republican districts where the voters are more inclined
TO their ballots closely, this gould not DO done
/ TO any great extent. The ChAens' ticket was
sold of the workers in the election districts
In one election district the XIII Assembly District
Tammany candidate asked one OF the Citizens Dooth-
Keepers how much he woald sell his bag Of tickets for
| You can have 1t for S." the reply The money
| was paid, the Tanmany man walked oil Win
! the bag, and for time that dis
trlct left without any Citizens ballots. The Clti
| zens' Committee the lookout Tor treachery,
however and a Of this Kind reported,
| a new man. provided VITA ballots, substituted for
the fatbess worker In several districts some OF tho
Citizens boothkeepcrs bought over In other in
the boOthkeepers and watchers were decoycd into
saloons and made drunk In still other Instances the
keepers decoyed away from their booths under
various prctexts and their absence the booths and
ballots carried off, AL the devic and articles
known to the experienced politician resorted to TO
reduce the for the Citizens ticket far AS pos
| sibe.
Early In the day it became apparent that the vote
for the Democratic state ticket In the city would be
much larger tnan usual Well known Republicans made
secret VI their intention the Democratic state
ticket rebuke to the Administration and the fraud
| and forgery practiscd nj Saratoga. wel+knoWn
Democrat asserted in Tammany Hall that Judge Noah
Davis and four friends openly voted the Democratic state
| ticket
In those portions OF the city where the better class Of
voters reside It was the testimony OF boothkepers
and workers Of all parties that the great majority OF
| the voters came provided with ballots, and the
was the limited extent all over the city
| AT POLICE HEADQUARTERS.
Profound quiet regned Ponce Headquarters all day.
| Commissioners French Mason and Matthews sat to-
| sether In SIR Mason's from an early hour in the
| morning until 4 p. d., with occasional inter
| missions for Refreshments. They appointed few
election Inspectors aud poll clerks to IA vacancies but
1
tue election. There were very ie" callers several le
ports were received Tom precincts during tHe day,
| and that no disturDances were anticipated
| John ]. O'Bricn remained III the Bureau or III ctons
with few friends nearly al day lie sd ne nad received
from various persons statements tnat large vGe WAS
being Tor Iin. superintendent NaiLnS was alone
ocraslOn any police force, as every
| thing seemed to De working smoothly.
IN DowN-TowN DISTRICTS
The great 5warms OF who mhiOit tae east side
Of the city, below Cmast alt brought form from
their king aud filthy cellars by the workers
of the various political asprants early IN the uay The
streets In front OF the numerous polling places. IN
| the vicinity of the Five Points were fairly
blocked ali day with mob which only that picturesque
neignbornoOd can turn OUT They were o. every nation
OF Inc etf.-lIeDrows, lrlin, Chinese, Italians, Ger
MANS etc. There was Iess OF 4IunAo dnd disorder
tuan mght have been expected, considering The cAaac
An ARRAY nat might have had fatal termination and
| that was the oaaso OF Considerable excite
| ment at tle time, occurred IN front OF
loss Cnrtis tue keeper Of notorious North
| Wnlan-st "o Aus industnouoiy in that poll
| in -uootn ". T. hirh, the Iaminany candidate
| Alderman ia the ild District, accused ~ JACK"
| Murphy, expire nsnter, aud " neeer" Tor
| DrUncTacy with buying votes Tor Kirk. la
order 10 sDsautlaTe hio assertion Murphy vi
out warLn. aS''9 ,,dicrr fitenpf.G 20 sve VS. Pr
ts MED T. 20 through back uOJr out OF the polling
| place. WAS captuicd " pOhceEal As The police
man was ukug MS Prisoner through the polling place,
| utt'uLy si up dealt curtis powerful b.Ow, wAci
| iunrk.l lis mead through pane N has, IA the WINDOW.
1irts men drew a ps.O AN, med Two ut lulpny
| 80 nnE refuge ia "a nei.nDOrlnB OHrrO0m. BOtn meh
| "ere trkcn 10 1um0S Police Court ana dis
/ charged hy justice MORGAN
oi IN 9 ~, I'D ana IElh Assembly Districts the un-
bIn-n- inner III which tine tckcts bearing che names
~ ,ri6im EuaOn Tor SlHyol ana J0nn =. y Brien,
IounI, CerA, produced !iou 'he ucAetUagS tue
CIIzo e.ec oneetes vas one tLe features
OF tuG day ~ 20 Aoh"J escH,i5 'u,Ie We're I'VE eau
| Jid,tes Tor Ailermah IN the lee Dlsricj, with the
canccs ciuedly In iaVo. OIL Johh h"ilrrDuJ, an In
Jrnrnd, nj Democrat, AT lew hodrs before polls
~. ,nrurd ana HIle &c was DuHcnng tcKcts MS
elo o. 81 Nawat SIR Batterbuy atrcAtn uo@n
win near. d4svase ne u!eu lbs au,V' lie Was y-Oho
ys.rs OLD pronlhen' man ih 'ne FIRST IA This
Ieft chances III ldFoi Va AN""" foey' the United
4 Ieinveracy' = candidate
\ t..a,,ts yoeu Al pOiRS place AZ No 81 Pe4rtHt
| I'm an, la District thOhiS MaLet' INC keeper VI
| iainon VINO was the iammany canaitate for Assem-
| SD uursatllod tne nUtdeS Vi voters rom tae
deuse0 20 t iisr.et IKE a ,co,g ar ,'''i,
Nm Istr.ct strOIs feeling existed ganst Tnoas
shI' u, Indepvnuen, CaniitiLc Tor Alderman, on hc-
Shells no his trlaing with O'Brirn ana he WINS
fWa1 OF H. T. kzr dtrcK, the regular Iannany ca .dI
! - one poulug place where tho O'Br II t!cKets
We're being run oneils's boxes dis urbance
cnTrs m y nlcu uckcOOx WAS overturned ana tue
tracts sJi,u IN the etcr; three psOi snOts were 1e
ana PutrIcK hUtch aud Thomas hHdey were arrested.
| justice .AorsaR reprlnanaed aud Gls.larseI
| made fifteen arrests of persons for
iraudulenty attempting 10 vote. In nearly every case
the we're dscHhrscu some Oh inc police stationed
IA tue polls furnished WIN list OF
VINO hiu friuduicny resioered few OF them attempted
| ~ vote however
| BETWEEN CANAL AND FOURTEENTHSTs.
Between anal and FOurIeeuthsts., the election
unusually quiet. There only few TAe
ua,rest approach riot when hair dozen cOlOrcd
bows gathered threatonngIy around descendant OF
| Erin aud Threatened to knock him out"
.pu take time on any of you." his heroic
| r.sponse when the pending conflict came to
| a close by the nterposton OF theIr elders. The
poce Of the Mercer street Station made arrests for
| Intoxlcation Al Charles street Station Captain
Hedden said: The election is very quiet. The uproar
raised regarding fraudulent registration here was un
called foI The fault lay with The CHy record. III whoa
votcrs iyIns Twelfth 81. Assigned Fourth st
people living IN tle latter been
| coming nrr- Numbers 10 declare there was "A