The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-05
ALLEGATIONS OF
STARTLING KIND
CONTAINED I'M REPORT or SPEC
iAL cRANC JURY PROBING
ELECTION FRAUD.
tICHlY-ONE TRUE BILLS
Have Been Found Against SiMy-one
Alleged Participants in Fraud
in Chicaro Primaries
AUGUST 8.

| Chicago, Dee. Startling a,leg..
tions were contained in the repcu
ItCGay of the special grand jury wa.c1
has been investigating fraud a'lega1
no have been perpetrated In the pr
imary election last August The jafy
to-day returned fourteen new iadiot
ments, making in all eighty-ene liz
tdictments against sixtycna alIegel
defenders Those named i'm the L Il
were judges or clerks OF the election
aud minor politicians The charges
range from misleading voters to cor.
spiracy
Touching en- the conditions whica
lhayt obtained at elections. the II.
Ipori says
we and and SO report, that NJ
confd nee can be placed IN the II.
| results in favor Of or agai 4st
4n2 candidate for party nomina i
AT the primary election, and set that
election cost the taxpayers cf Ga.
cago fully $75,000.
Many Forms Of Fraud.
Fraudulent registration Ieading t1
fraudulent voting; repeating bY pia.
toors of men who were voted first
for one party then for ether party
candidates at the same precinct sc.
ing names of absent cs II nra 7,
dents, insane and deada meal acal
ing false affidayits on behalf 0F 81
QUALIFIED voters. known 70 the Judges.
ito enable them TO east illegal Votes;
taking votes from nonresident voters
without affidayits in support OF such
votes. fraudulently writing names en-
Itha poli books ana putting ballots m
Ethe boxes corresponding Keeping
upon the registers names OF men who
had removed from their respective
precincts and voting them; voting
the same name more than once at
.thf same precincts: disfranchising
voters by permitting their names tl
be voted by others marking ballots
after the boxes were opened; hand
Ing voters ballots already marked
for certain candidates: marking bal
lots for voters against their wisheA
and so putting the ballots into the
boxes; intimidating the voters and
compelling them TO vote for their
candidates contrary to their wishes
strangers and police officers being
permitted to handle the ballots after
the boxes were opened so as to per-
nit Of the fraudulent marking OF bal
lots were proven before ms and are
by no means all OF the devices which
VIC have reason to believe were re.
sorted to, in violation OF their pro
vision Of the election laws intended
for the security Of the voter the
sanctity Of the ballot and the ac.
curacy OF the result and to defeat
the viii Of the people as expressed
by the lawfrl votes cast at said elec.
tion.
From the facts coming to our
kncwledga we express serious doubt
whether there has been any honest
general or city election in Chicago
for years past
Not Fully Developed
I'VE report that in our opinion
much OF the said fraudulent voting
was done in the persuance OF gen.
erai schemes Of corruption. the na.
ture character and extent OF which
NC had not time fully 70 develop
The police are severely condemned
for the alleged failure 10 Sc, cr
heaI OF wrong doing ar elections TIE
report causticaiiv criticisas these
uhC it alleges Wefe the means of da.
HrIvlng special States Atfnrnev
Lcescl % compensation for BIS scr
vices in making this inquiry Lccseh
being obliged 10 pay out Of his own
'otkoi f5l2 in order 10 complete the
uycst cation.
The report concludes with tie
recommendation that law bo "a.
.ctci making compulsory the see
ices CT voters as judges and clerks