The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-29
PROTESTS On EVERY SIDE
Uneasy Lies the Head Of Col.
Andrew Gleason.
GREAT FRAUD IS CHARGED
Repeating and Stuffing Ballot Boxes
Repeatedly Practiced In Many ofthe
Observation-Disclosures of IL Times
Reporter In Voting Five Times With
out II Challenge.

The aftermath of an election was pre-
sentcd 10 Washington this morning.
A view of the situation this morning
revealed that there are many who have
received scars and wounds. Friends have
been made and enemies engendered.
II is not the strangest part of the whole
affair that protests this morning are
developing fast. Evidences of fraud are
! arranging themselves on The side of the
defeated candidates, and everywhere there
is the cry OF promises unkcpt and faith
I broken.
The election teaches many lessons and
reveals many errors Fraud was to be
expected from the lack of proper safe
! guards, such as 10 registration and no
laws against repeating or ballot-box
stufring.
1t is not wondered at, then, that on every
| hand is heard such expressions as Il voted
six tines yesterday" How many times
did you Vote I'VE had things fixed, We
| dd,'''The clerk was for u.s. and Il stuffed
| a handful in the box
| A stranger coming to Washington this
| morning and hearing such language would
come TO the instant conclusion that Wash
! ingtou outranked Tamlnany in its political
career. The question naturally arises as
| to now much OF this conversation is true.
IT WAS A BIG FARCE.
An investigation was made and state
! ments secured which proves that yestcr-
days election partook largely of the
! character of a mere farce from beginning
, to end. On the political stage of the Dis
! trict the Republican voters rendered an in
| terestiDg burlesque on suffrage" and
! hundreds OF residents are today enjoying
the situation as portrayed.
| Repeating was freely INDUCED in,
! ard Times representative. armed with
| ballots with every name scratched, began
| the voting in the Thirteenth precinct.
| Many persons had said repeating would
be the order Of the day, aud this was a test
with harm to no one.
Stepping up To the window at No. 1910
Tenth street, the reporter folded his bal
lot, and reached it To enc of the judges,
who promptly deposited his ballot in the
box. Not n question was asked, not even
a scrutiny of tie voter and ballot No. /
was cast.
The reporter had never resided in this
district. and lived a great distance away.
He Furthermore is n legal resident of
Maryland, and a voter in that State.
Fastening around the corner on n street,
he next went down Tenth street to house No.
SOC. where he fell in line behind half
dozen other voters. and deposited his ballot
with the judge. who put it in the box, which
was fastened in an opening in the door
This was ballot No. 2. Only short dis
tance away and a street car conveyed the
reporter within one square of Eighth and
ID streets. where was located the voting
place of the Twelfth district. at the livery
stable OF n. Schleigle.
was without any trouble that the news
paper man deposited his ballot here.
A trip was next made to the Nineteenth
district, the home of Andrew Gleeson. A
small hole in a high board fence showed
where the ballot box was located. and in
side window like a ticket box showed
dimly the faces of the judges. The reporter
walked to the window and handed the bal
lot in. 1t was deposited in the box.
The voter had not moved ] 3 feet away
from the polling place when Gleeson man
approached and urged him to deposit
Gleeson-Key ticket. 1T will be all right"
he said, IF you have voted before; no one
will challenge you"
NO OBJECTION MADE.
1t was at this window that a policeman
stood on each side of the box and watched
the voters, but did not make any objection
to any who came to the window. The First
precinct OF the First district was a good
distance away, over in Hillsdale, and it
was over there the next visit was made.
Again n ballot was cast without objection.
at no place was question asked al to
age, residence or name. Everything went.
1t was go-as- yoU-please match. A cOlored
man stood on one side of the window in
Hillsdalc. ana young white man stood OPP
posite. The policemen under Sergt. Ander-
son kept the line clear.
An amusing incident occurred when
young man, plainly OF age, attempted to
vote a citizens ticket, but was challenged
on the ground that he was minor. His
ballot was torn up. He came back again,
and attempted to vote, but was rejected.
The third time he appeared with the family
Bible and proved his age, and was allowed
to vote.
This morning the air is full of rumors
about protests and there Is every reason to
believe that Col. Andrew Gleeson and Perry
Carson will find their hands full to keep
their seats in the national convention. There