The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-04-18

leaned him against tho tree where. he had beer
o sofee hn s rase tho hs
.TRe sapervisor turned around and looked
eral times ut u cigar stump on the sidewalk q
few fcct away, md with somewhat OF n sigh OF
The Proiiibitionist has voted and the polls
hIs Was q one RI, aide e. tho . p s2ysp
ward. together with the visiting delegations.
were exercising the suffrage rights q Amer-
lion districts were on either side Of ihe street.
IN two Of the three houses on thnt block
mon. with badges on their coats and clubs
IN their hands sauntcrrd mr AMI down the
street. They were the special policemen who
cohorts from Troy. Occasionally some man
with a club would hit some other man over the
| all. bur solely MS nm indication Of the diiIer-
en,ec IA their political nreferences.
up. from Troy on train Of street cars. About
hall an hour before. l,D men had come up on
policemen. and allied themselves nt once to
| tho regular police force Of seven. Usually
but before the election tho Police Commission
ers discharged tho Chief Of Police and a
mainrity o, tns m Fore who were against their
-, The men from Troy and tho special police
uniforms. met down by the canal near the
Harmony mills aud engaged in u political dis
s,ission with their clubs Tho Captain Of the
tenants. were speedily taken back to Troy in
carriages and will stay in he'd for several
Of Msh an
rrloircd in the way the spectators did ncrord-
ing to Homer when Achilles and a few Of his
uitcr breakfast
Ih. snecia ,nolicSr. un'lor the guidance Of
men from Troy they could anl. sent them
@ sr I n aa a"s' Mn9 Were to" G
with the respect that u victorious hero always
pays t. nix yanInshe To-, or course no pnc
any 81 the Trojans or taking them to the sta
delegations from Troy and Wcst Troy ,wns
pia;Se in tic FIRST ward and tricI to vote in !
voting at tho other thir teen polling places in tho
same manner. This line 81 policy, II success
prospects OF success OF the other candidates
for Mayor. Police Commissioners. nn,! other
S Ss u sG%o thu AMI c nry
their original plan. which resulted in another
row in the afternoon when new delegation
The only arr"st HAT t was sI MAIDS .is' vas man
from liullnl", who happened TO be in Coh1rs.
took to vote n few times himself. Every ono
resented this interferenc" from 4 conf ,H ct,
stranger. nnG AFTER clubbing MN thoroughly;
there for haf an an '% oasf Then thssss
w Mf " everybody saw '' how natural a
thing 1t was for him to Soto few times. and
trude. he only wanted to show n friendly feel
ing for Cohoes and his Willingness. when he
WAS In Cohocs . t3 do ns Cohoes!.rs DO: 50 he
anertures in his head sewcd UP.
guide. ana took y great desl Of pride in the
ws Stho
presented the reporter to Mr.. Mike Smith.
Who il the p5 GSnss etiS %r
J. S. r. Stranahan stands In brooklyn. He
T. fine physical srec,tmpsn Of man and he
tleiai weapon a. a club Mr.: Nike Smith eaEnsl
n title df by nGaf p pn
ing place and 2 policeman started to
charge alr OF the ballot boxes. This was ono
q thS chief duties Of the Cohoes police; Mr.
climb IN through the window win by tapping him
canal ale nss sek Heo sw @'a as
not try to crawl in through the window. and
the ballot boxes We're saved; II there were
We're in Rome. Mr.. Mike Smith would GO down
to- posterity as greater than lloratius nm.
sophcn HnRk @he staSSn 70 tho
curb t% watching gentlemen club one another on
TITS the nspecio rs Whit does it." observed
Mr. Hank: .N2w H those other fellows have tho
ho 81 the tS TsH na
3ughtto get four or 1.-Two hundred majority
tickets and that to get 400 or 800 majority in
tho two polling places Mr.. Hanks candidato
u get thy ep 81
stand that the fight was on social and moral as
well as political issues In some past time
Violently on the liz. with the result that bis
mousiache was p -! somewhat t1,psded. and his
said. "We's dc respekterbel eIemen,:"
election turned 70 out The nnmber Of sotes
spectors SEQ med to have made up their returns
Whom tho polls were closed the pollce ,forcs
went down to the Fourth ward and took the
special p"licemen had been fighting over them:
One, man upset u ballot box on the floor. but
b1ts swsp ana I'd in the
Who lind been Put to great deal OF trouble to
sweep up the bnilots from tho tobacco stained
at closed window. He and tho VI nd1'w went
together to the ground. some ten feet below.
sussest that ao other baotsp mg
have got mixed up in those taken from tho
floor. This was too much for the men who had
already been nut to the trouble OF sweeping up
tho ballots and thr"wing one Inspector ont Of
second inspector until he lay down quietly on
the floor: The third inspector. a thoroughly
well bred and polite man., thereupon organ
lied himself into n Board and counted tho
bullOts.
After the boxes had been taken to, the sta:
ton house u number Of men from Cohoes and
Troy. actuated by u surprising amount Of curl
Osty, visited tho police station and requested
the police to let them soc the ballot boxes andto
crafty their inIuistiveness about tho contents
They made their request with clubs. The
police were somewhat tired. but they went ont
on tho street with their clubs. and everybody
dubbed everybody until the inGuisitve mems
was satisfied.
Tho Common Council OF Cohoes. will now
take q hand Mt making returns. In the course |
" two months somebody will be Mayor In |
tho mean time the Cohosiers are entirely salts |
Tod with their election. and they regret that |
such happy occasion does not come oltcner. |