New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-04-08
DEMOCRATIC FRAUDS IN CHICAGO.
TERRORISM AT The foLLs-A REPUBLICAN MICRO
BEATEN WITH BRASS KNUCKLEs.
TBY TELEGRAPH To THE TRIBUNE.

BEATEN WITH BRASS KNUcKLEs.
TBY TELEGRAPH To THE TRIBUNE.
CHICAGO, April I'm a local way the election
held to-day has had more elements of exciting interest
about 1t than any heretofore held in years The day
passed off with the usual number OF disturbances
ring at the polls and in some OF the downtown Demo-
cratic wards there fierce ightisg The police wero
found to be inefficient in many instances ani aided DEM
ocratic chalengers In tough" districts
drive away Republican challengers They
Afforded no prot ,ction to any OF the
latter. There charges of fraud tonight,
and the Committee OF Public Safety declares that 1t
has already sufficient evidence to send number Of
weknown election heeers" to the peneniiary. In tho
First Ward the gamblers had almost supreme control At
one Of the precincts Mike Mcdonald knocked down q
whom he disliked and was permitted to flourish
vover without any interference the part OF the police
In the First Ninth Wards which hayo been the recruit
INK grounds OF the Democracy for unlimited majorties
the district oeing filed with lodging houses there were
Of the greatest confusion and palpable fraud
The judges usually of the gambling fraternity and
all of the low sporting class II here that the
citizens committee placed large number OF
watchers in the expectation OF preventing wholesale
fraud, but of the operations of bold nature
and were abetted by the police.
reign OF prevailed in the river district Of the
Ninth Ward, where several Democratic "toughs" chal-
enged all Republican voters. took their tickets
ont OF their hands and substituted Democratic
tickets. handing them to the Judges who willingly
ceived them. Two policemen on duty defended and
protected these villains. The Committee OF Public
Safety informed Sheriff Hanchett that help needed
at this precinct The Sheriff communicated with Chief
Police Doyle, who said that he would look after the
matter and he did by seuding Captain Boned 10
the scene the perpetrators OF the outrage not
arrested. At time 1t appeared though q riot
might be precipitated, men wearing the badge
Of the Committee OF Safety appeared in forco
and talked :open violence, but their numbers
prevented any further uurages In this particular dis
trct In this ward two charges have been preferred
against the election Judges for openly changing Republic
ballots handed them by voters. In this ward coli
ored man, shadrach ID. Turner Peddling Re-
publican tickets when he assaulted without warning
by one Keleher, who knocked Turner down
while another pounded him in the face with pair
OF knuckes he lay prostrate The police declined
arrest the assaants and the instances cited as
samples OF their inactiOn.
In the American wards there unusually heavy
vote which considered presagc or Republican
success In spite tho efforts OF Harrison. tile indca
tons at o'clock that Smith and his colleagues on
the Republican ticket running winning race and
that all would be elected by decisive maores. largo
vote beng pollcd in all the strong Republican
wards and the Republican ticket receiving the full
support OF the party while IL made considerable gains In
several of the Democratic srOnghOlds Tho Democrats
claiming the city at that hour by 1000, but tho
Republicans cOntended that unless great frauds had
perpetrated their entire ticket had been elected
In q quarrel in the First Ward to-day Mike +" Nc
Donald, the gambler became embrolcd with ono Rip
ley, knocking him down and aflerward pointing a
volver ia his race The police did not interfere.
At midnight 66 precincts give Smith, 3o,973; Hars
rison, 81 405; Smiths majority, l36S.