The morning call., 1892-11-09
A CONTINUED wRANGLE.
The Twenty eighth Assembly DistriG
Witnesses Much Trouble.

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continued wrangle and fuss all day. Tie
Seamen's Union took hand in the pie and
made it unpleasant for those who they
thought were not In favor of their ideas.
At about half-past somebody tore down
the registration books and things looked
very warm for a while. The man who really
did il was concealed by his friends, while
those who saw him did not know him so
could not be sure of the person. The police
had ali they could do to preserve order, and
had there not been plenty on hand there
would have been fight.
In Precinct of District 2s Patrick Ennis
was arrested for perjury. He swo re he
could neither read nor write, and asked to
be allowed to have friend help him on his
ticket. 1t was granted, but before he had
finished the clerks looked over the list and
found that he had signed his name and the
affidavit when he registered. He was taken
to Jail, but the man who so kindly assisted
him got away as fast as he could.
There was a miracle wrought when the
touEhs who surrounded the booth Of tire
Thirteenth Precinct in the Tweniy-eighth
District dispersed without 6 riot. All day
long the toughs and roughs, the sieepers in
the cheap lodging dens, the loafers and
buffers and buffers from the dives and GIN
shops of the sluDs were there In force,
b.
shed profanity from their own lips ana
blood from the hearts Of others; ready to
vote and repeat for the bosses who were
their employers and the little bosses who
were the paymasters for the big bosses;
ready to batter reputable citizens, to smash
the ballot-b0xes aud to wreck the booth
upon instruction.
What gang it wasl What fronts they
displayed! Noses Knocked awTy; mouths
distorted by wounds OF long ago; eyes
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scanned, written full o. evidence of riots
and battlesl
Did you want TO photograph all that is
vile in the vicious of masculine humanity
| Take a snap shot at that gang with your
camera and you have II.
Did YOU want TO recruit malta, a rob-
bers' roost, q pirate ship? Your recruits
are IN that crowd. Did you want one man
TO rob a henToost. another TO accomplish
burglary. another to commit murder, an
other 10 commit arson, one 10 cut throat
or one to sCuttle q snip? They are all in
that crowd. and they are there forming that
crowd the paid suffers, repesters and yio-
lators Of ballot-bOxes under orders OF the
bosses.
They had fine time of it, too. The sa-
| loon at the northeast corner of Third and
| Howard streets, barely a hundred feet is
tant. was open, and all day long the gang
| patronized il and somebody not present in
| person paid the bills.
In that saloon questions of duties done
and duties yet devoying upon the gang
| were constantly discussed. Only few
sample dialogues:
Ibid you vote the whole ticket. DickeyP"
"Devll whole ticketi l won't waste
/ time that way. / haven't voted the whole
| ticket yet, and don't mean TO-"
That's me. Bless their whole ticket! j
| voted for the, Supervisors, and that ought
! to be enough"
Another pair of confidential friends met
4 e. fha 6rct M ha daU cd
for refreshments
Say. you son Of gun, you didn't shO W
| up this morning"
Yes, did, too. / was in line when You
voted the second time, and my second vote
| went in ten minutes after yours. / didn't
want to speak TO you, but i thought you
were onto me all the time"
mo, didn't see you. Did you fill your
list so far?"
.'Yes. all but one couldn't find in the
| precinct / haven't been challenged once. "
AT the southwest corner Of Howard and
| Third streets q wagon with three kegs OF
beer stopped; faucet was brought out Of
the saloon and keg was tapped on the
| pavement
In front of the booth a couple of new
cOmers are greeted by friends. One OF the
| Immigrants examines bit Of paper and
mutters name. saying that he must go il
aud vote. AS he turns away some one calls
"Herel Stop!. Say, stop him. he hasn'i
got his numberW
But lie was inside where he gave his
| neme-oT his alias-but had neglected to ge
his register number. However. the obligin!
clerks find the name. and then he is asked
where he lives. He answers bravely with
number on Mission street. The register
gives the residence of the man he is tTylnJ
to impersonate as Minna street, and wheI
that is discovered he is told to depart, which
he does. glad to escape arrest.
Several others under similar cireum
| Oh tn ia anf
many OF them get into jail immediatel,
afterward.
One man was detected after he had voted
a second time in the same precinct and be
fore lie was outside. He was arrested, ant
as the officers boosted him into the patro
wagon two ladies stopped to ask what wa
the mans Offense. Being told that he haC
voted twice one of the ladies fervently said
Poor fellowl And now they will loci
him up! / do hope that he voted botl
| times for Clevelandw
Two of the FOUNDERS met in the afterno ool
near the entrance to the booth. One.
local, said 10 the immigrant:
"Say, what are you cuttin' the price for p
81 aintI Any man as ses / am is liar 7
81 say you voted for four bits"
you're a liar"
Whackl
Whsckl
Both went down. and the immigrant wa
on top. They were pulled up by the gang
| and an explanation I0ii0Weu. Inc lmnll
grant wound 1t up by an invitation to tn,
saloon. saying:
II get days pay for every vote put in
you bet"
During the day there we're several fight
among the gang. Once a knife, Ion!
heavy. murdcrous blade. was drawn, an
the owners fingers were severely cut In ii
struggle that followed, In which he lost II
weapon.
Had any member of the gang got into
fight with an outsider there would have bee