Year: 1859

TRIAL COMNITTEE AND MA YOR SWAMI


BALTIMORE, Sept. Goth, 1859
To the Hon. Thomas Scam, Mayor of the City of


Bdltimore:


address OF the 18th inst, leaves in some doubt as
to whether the tender of services, made in pur-
suance OF the requirement of the resolutions of the
recent townmeeting, is meant to be accented or re-
Jected; and in order that there NAV be no misun-
derstanding on this subject, beg leave to trouble
your Honor with further communication The
resolutions express the conviction of the great meet
ing at which they were passed, (Which is shared as
we believe, by the community generality that our
recent elections have been accompanied and con-
Quoted with so much fraud and violence that they
have wholly failed to present fair expression of
the will of the people; and that unless strong pre-
ventative measures are adopted in time the ap-
preaching elections will be equally disgracefu and
subversive of our republican institutions.


In order to prevent such unfortunate result,
certain measures were recommended by the meet
ing, the chief of which the appointment of
faithful and able Judges of Election, and strong
special police; and we were appointed committee
to offer to the authorities such services good citi
zens, in a government like ours, may lawfully ten
der. Without the slightest intention of controlling
your choice or invading your official rights, we
were prepared to undertake the troublesome and
responsible duty of recommending suitable men for
the respective offices, and of obiecting to others
who might be proposed against whom well founded
complaints could be made. Not supposng that
either our recommendations or objections would be
binding on your judgment, we hoped and expected
that they would receive a fair and respectful con
sideration.


Before the Committee had time to perfect its or
ganization and prepare the address which we were
instructed to present to yOu the Judges of Election
were appointed. If we had known that the APP
pointments were to be made Immediately we should
have endeavored to avail ourselves of the privilege
(for which we now understand the nominations
were Kept open to the last moment of making
suggestion" in order TO "secure the best who
war alv 10 ~, tha


AS it is we have only deeply to regret that many
Judges of Election have been renominated, who at
the last election received and recorded large num-
bers OF illegal votes, and who therefore have lost
the confidence OF the community whose rights they
failed to protect.


There yet remain, however, vacancies to be fill
ed and others may occur, and also special police
to be appointed, provided the recommendations of
the meeting shall be carried out; and we respect
fully desire to know whether it is your intention to
appoint such police, and whether co-opera-
tion and assistance will be accepted by you to the
extent which we have indicated above, as requi-
red by the resolutions of the meeting.


Signed WIN. Woodward,


In behalf Of Central Committee.


MAYORS OFFICE, Cry HALL, !


BALTIMORE, Sept %, 1852


Nm. Woodtcdrd, Esq, President, de-:


Sir: have the pleasure to acknowledge the re-
ceipt of your communication of the goth inst.


In reply to your inquiries respectfully refer you
to my former letter, in which thought had been
suinclentiy eXpllclt. In that letter saw


"The requests which you make in your address,
referred to in the resolutions of the Town Meeting
have formed part of the instructions issued from
this office on former occasions, and will be cheer
fully met, with the introduction of such additional
guards as experience may enable me to suggest:
and feel a: liberty, so far the appointment of
special police is concerned, to say, that am ready
now, as have been heretofore, to commission anv
number of conservative men, free from party bias,
who have real wish to cooperate with the autho-
rites of the city,


Its source OF some surprise to me that in the
munication which you have addressed to me, you
should have deemed it your duty to condemn the
nomination of Judges of Elections made by me to
the City Council at the last moment before its ad-
journment, in the exercise ofmy rightful authority
and in the absence Of complaints from any quarter
and by that body confirmed, expressing as you
take occasion to do "'yeur deep regret that many
Judges OF Elections have been nominated who at
the last election received and recorded large num-
bers of illegal votes and who therefore, have lost
the confidence of the community whose rights they
failed to protect.


As it is due not less to myself than the large
Der of respectable judges of both political parties
implicated in this most unpleasant charge, ! now
respectfully ask that you will furnish me with the
names of those who stand in this relation to the
public, and the legal proofs upon which you RELY,
with view to my ulterior action.


With great respect, your obd't serv't


[Signed,] THos. SWAMI, Mayor.
A DRUNKARD REMovED.-The people of Groton
Mass. have been moving in the matter of the
violation of the temperance laws. The other day
they arrested victim, and for want of lock up
in the town placed him in an empty baggage car
for the night During the night freight engine
backed up to the train, and steamed away with the