The Labor enquirer., 1883-03-17

1885
Against. 9,3Il.
Majority against. 80.
On Sunday the corporation journals,
guilty whelps of corruption, charged that
the unorganized citizens, who, despite
newspaper c4amor, voted against the
charter had perpetrated fraud. This
was done to divert suspicion from the
real criminals who we're the corporate
allies who favored the iniquity. Truth
had an extra staff of reporters out on
Saturday, who carefully inspected the
various polling places. In over thirty of
them the tickets against" had been spir-
tied away, and voters were compelled to
write the word upon their ballots. In
many of the polling places the tickets
were kept inside the polls, contrary to
law, and "spotters" were present to note
for vengeance the employees of the vari-
GUS street car lines, etc., who dared to
vote against the infamy.
The returns for the rotten boroughso
of this town were held back until the
last moment, and then fixed up" and
sent in. Many Of the election boards
did not have full sets Of officers; in some
of them the returns mysteriously disap-
peared for time, turning up later all
fixed; in other places the officers in
charge Of the sealed ballots were drunk,
and in short the most impudent and
barefaced fraud is plainly perceptible in
all the proceedings.
The rotten boroughS spoken of are no
tOrious among practical politicians as
being places where votes can easily be
counted as the bosses of those wards
command
The Second ward, which is partially
under the control Of f. c. Conroy, of the
Higgins fraternity; D. B. Jackson, the
agent Of George c. Perkins, and Boss"
J. c. Murphy, gave a majority for Of Is.
I The Third ward, the notorious strong
hold of Richard Chute, gave a majority
for Of Is.
The Fifth ward, which is run by John
ny Mott, Billy Hines and Chris Buckley,
gave a majority for of Sc.
The Sixth ward (Nob HilD under the
leadership of things like DR.. May ct al,
gave a majority for of I47.
The Eighth ward, engineered by the
talents of Senator" Perry's friends, Jake
Steppacher and ex-Superintendent OF
Streets Graham, gave a majority Of GIG
for.
Truth candidIy believes that fully 5000
votes cast against the charter have by
fraud, money and rascality, been counted
for it.
At the official canvass, held Tuesday,
Supervisor Strother, who appeared against
the charter as a citizen, entered his pro-
test against the returns from the Four
teenth, Twenty-third and ThIrty-second
precincts of the Eleventh ward, the elec-
ton therein having been conducted in
an illegal manner.
1t is best to state one peculiar fact
now
Last week Wednesday, after Truth had
gone to press, we received from Sacra-
mento specific proof that as early as Feb
ruary "a the State printing office was Sc
cretly employed in putting the new
charter in type, so that it could be in
stantIy, on adoption here, be rushed be-
fore the legislature and passed there.
1t was illegal for this to be done. 1t
was illegal for the State printing office to
be concerned in such a plot, for dam
nabIe and vilIainous plot it is. We call
the attention Of Supervisor Strother to
this matter. We urge upon the honest
country members Of the Legislature that
they, by resolution of inquiry, ascertain
whether or not this illegal use of the
State printing office was not ordered by
Lloyd Teyis and W. W. Stow, and if not,
who it was that dared to authorize SO
limpudent and highW ay-man-like method
of prostitution of a department of the
State government.
We call this fact also to the attention
of Acknowledgement Marshall the public
prosecutor, and demand that he take
steps to bring the rogues to light and do
them Justice.
This journal represents over nine
thousand readers among the laboring
classes Of this city and upon this mat