Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-04
ILLINOIS TRICKERY.
The IrOquOis Club Urges that no Mercy
be Shown the Culprits.

CHICAGO, Dec. 3.-The Federal grand
jury to-day visited the office Of the County
Clerk and personally examined the vault
from which it is charged the envelope
containing the ballots cast in the Second
precinct of the Eighteenth ward was
distracted and 200 forged tickets put in
place of like number cast at the polls.
Judge Blodgett also issued an order for
the production of the ballots a second
time before the grand jury, and they will
be examined to determine what bearing
the recent testimony given as to the
printing of forged tickets has upon the
case.
ACTION OF THE IROQUOIS CLUB.
The Iroquois Club, which embraces in
its membership prominent Democrats OF
the city, after discussion of the supposed
ballot frauds in the Eighteenth ward of
this city, adopted the following resolu-
tiOns:
The members of the Iroquois Club have
noted with deep concern the developments at
tending the Senatorial contest IN the Sixth
district of the State. They feel warranted in
declaring that the conceded facts in relation
thereto are such as to raise q strong presump-
tion that an attempt has been made by gross
frauds in the supposed interest of the Demo-
cratic candidates to falsify the return of votes
actually cast in one precinct of that district
and to reverse the decision of the electors
thereof as expressed at the polls. Such an
outrage upon the purity of the ballot merits
and must receive from good citizens of all
parties naugkt but the severest
condemnation, and every eXertion
should be made to bring the perpetra tors
to justice, nor should any supposed advantage
| from its preparation be aVailed of; 1t Is
| therefore
RESOLVED, That the members of this club de-
mand that the prosecuting officers, both State
| and Federal, spare no effort to ascertain the
| truth as to the dishonest and fraudulent con-
| duct charged against the officers of the late
| election in the Second precinct of the
| Eighteenth ward in this city, and others I'M
| phcated therein, and also to exert every
| legitimate means to bring those who are
guilty to Justice, irrespective of their party
| Affiliations and of all political considerations
whatever, and that this organization pledges
its cordial and hearty support to these officers
in all their efforts in that direction.
THE PRINTING OF THE BOGUS BALLOTS.
The Daily Neaos win say tomorrow
| that during the examination of the al
! legged forged ballots by the United States
| grand Jury to-day, Falls, who engraved
can ticket, and Wright, of Hanscom &
| Co., who set up and printed the body of
| the ticket, were called in and shown the
tickets, which were supposed to be
fraudulent; that Falls identified the
head as that engraved by him by certain
accidental slips of the ems raving tool, and
that Wright identified the whole ticket as
| that printed by him on the night of Nov.
81, or II days after the election. At this
time the original ballots were in the Gus
tody of County Clerk Ryan. 1t has al
ready been reported that Wright yester-
day testified before the grand jury that
the bogus ballots were delivered on the
evening of Nov. 81 to j. G. Mackin, Sec
retary of the Democratic County Com
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