The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1884-11-01
New YORK, Oct. IS, 1884.

Election News-What Broke jesse HOyt'S
Heart, Etc.
New YORK, Oct. IS, 1884.
EDITOR CHIEF:
Last week descent was made upon dance
house in one of the vilest quarters of the
city, and dozen ruffians were captured,
| every one of whom had served term in
the penitentiary-some of them had passed
almost half their lives behind prison walls
and all of them had served a long
apprenticeship in sin; but no sooner were
they in the clutches of the law than the
local politicians were thrown in a fever.
for fear that they would be deprived of
the services of their heelers at the
approaching election. For these gentry
have specific work to do. Firstly, every
man Of them is expected to put in q
number of illigal votes, to knock down and
frighten away timid voters of the opposite
party from the polls, and when the count
comes to watch his opportunity to do
little ballot-box stufing. It is true we
have registry law, but these fellows who
can blow bank safe, or walk off with a
bundle of bonds from under the nose
of the cashier, think it but very small
job to beat the registry law. The way
it is done is this: At the time of registra-
ton 8 heeler goes into the first ward
and takes board with man who makes it
regular business of keeping just such
boarders, and he registers as Thomas
Casey, 65 Greenwich street. If the inspec-
tor goes to IS and inquiries he is told that
there is such a man boards there, and
that he is very dacent man. Now the
heeler goes to the sixth ward and registers
as Thomas Brown, residence 20 Baxter
street; go there and the fellow who keeps
the house will tell you that Thomas Brown
is an honest Iaborer. The heeler then
goes to the twelfth ward and registers as
Frederick jackson, and SO he keeps on
about the city till he has registered
dozen times, and when election day comes
he votes without fear of detection dozen
times at least. One might ask, why not
place detectives on the track of suspected
persons? Why it would take an army of
detectives larger than the army of the
United States, to do the work. These
bands of ruffians are under the control
of the keeper Of some whiskey mill in
their ward, who has aldermanic aspirations,
and this gives hint as to the complexion
of our Board of Aldermen. Then the
police Justices are elected by these villains
and the consequence is, that the ends Of
justice are defeated by the prominent
politicians in the ward. An organized
band of twenty rufians can go through a
ward and do as they please, and if arrested,
the Alderman steps up to the magistrate
who perchance owes his Office to him, he
assures the truculent official that it is all
right and his friends are Immediately
let off, If they are committed to
Blackwell's Island for six months the
chances are ten to one that you will meet
them in their old haunts in three days
after.
Only the other day one of the most
for a cowardly assault on an old man.
When dragged into court after desperate
resistance, he threateaed the Magistrate
on the bench, and then ensued one of
the most humiliating scenes over wit
messed in court of justice. The Magistrate
threatened to commit him and he told
the Magistrate to commit and be -. At
last aggravated beyond measure, the
Magistrate fined him the eno1 nous sum of