Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 4, 1875, Page 5

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: TUESDAY MAY 4, 1875. ... - a———————————— THE GREAT FRAUD. The Council Ventures to Count the Bogus Voto, 1t Relies on thie Opinion of Counsel that the Injunction Is Hlegals Passage of the Ordinance Bela- - tive to City Officers. Grand Meeting of the People at McCormick Hall, Eioquent Speeches by Sidney Smith, ‘Thomas Hoyne, Dre Cham- berlain, and Others, Complete Exposure of the Frauds of the 23d. fesolutions Adopted Dby the Meeting— Sympathy of the Audicnce, The Injunction to Bo Argued To-Day. THE COUNCIL, CANVASHING THE VOTIL Tho Oouncil met yosterday evening., Present: Ald. Foley, Warren, Stoue of tus Fourth Ward, £tone of tho Firth Ward, Clarke of the Fifth V/ard, Reidy, Bommer, Cullorton, McClory, Hit- droth, McDonald, Dailey, O'Brion, Woodman, Clark of the Tenth Ward, White, Gunderson, 1oath, Waterman, Campbell, Cloveland, Quirk, Iiyan, Eckbardt, Stout, Malr, Lougachor, Bchafl- nor, Murphy, Ewoenoy, Lynch, Dickinson, Cot- coran, and Mr, Prealdent. Ald. ildrodth, after a fow trifling ordinances Lad boem diapored of, said that he had in his Land an opinion from the Law Departmont of tha eity rolative to tho injunction sorvéd upon the Council by Judge Willlams of tho Circuit Counrt. ¥ Tho Clork read the document aa followa: OPINION OF THE LAW DEPARTMENT. We bave, at the request of tho Mayor and Comp- troller and’ tho Bpecial Qommitteo of the Comtnon Counctl, examined (Lo bil filed i the Circuft Conrt Vy Frauklin MacVeagh ond otliors vu, Thomas Foley and others, under which o writ of {njunction ks been traucd by the Clerk of that Court. R Waare desired to express our opinion as to the valid- 1'y of the writ of injunction, aud s to the lability to unishment for disobedicnce of the writ, Wo each uod all of us are of the oplufon {hat the Circuit Court Las no juriadiction of the bill, and that the writ of in~ Junctlon is void, Wo are further of tho opinfon that the defendants canot be legally punished for cortempt fora ‘tedinos of such writ, Iiespectfully submitted, T.LTie DIGREL, 7 uns e Corparatio M, F, Touy, i ¥. 0. dou, EXrRY A, 870 Taiza 1 Root, Faaxcis A, Apaus, ‘Assistant to the Corporetion O¥tinsal, BIONINO RETURNS. The following was also submitted & Tothe llonorable the Common Council af th City of {ifcago: ' Hia lonor the Mayor requests us o com- 1aunicate to you our opinlon upon this polnt: ¢ In it 8ce that the returus of the late oloction should e aigns y the sloction ¢lerks, and will the absonce of thelr ¥ignaturcs authorize you fo rejoct auch re- tarns? answer: The law in express torms ro- vides, #“Tho judges of such electiona aknll mnlz‘ra- turns thereof to the City Council, whoso duty it shall Tioto canvess suchi returns, and’ cause the result of tuch canvace to be entered upon the recards of such :lll, mavll’ttimflllt‘laleki.IMA. fign flll',"[::n. 3.) The iguatores of bo clorks are in no necessary 10 give validity to the rolurns, T, LyLx Droxay, W, C. Goupy, M, F, ToLxy, Eurny A, 8ronns, Franom Apius, Jaxas P, Roor, ALD, MILDRETH enld the {ime had como when the Councll, as & legislativo body, shonld assert itsolf, Noyer nince tho Declaration of Iodopendence bad o grosser lttum&‘ on tha liborty of the peaple boen unde tuan that by the Citizens' ocistion, ‘he Judrl who ad granted the injunction had, n hia (H lldrnth's&opmlcn‘ oxceedod his judicial funciions. e thorofore moved that tho Coun- el tako the subject matter of tho recent vote from tho table. The President eald that, sa Chairman of the Councll, he was their gervant, and would, of oourae, entortain the motion. It was open for dobate. . WATE ALD., eald that he agroed BMAN with the opinion of tho emi- nent lawyor who had given his opinion ta the Counoil the matter, Ho had alwaya doubted the power of the Circult Court to interfora by injunction with tho legislativo proceedings of & proporly oconstituted lepslativo boedy. Dut, ¥hilo ho bolieved all this, aud while he bo- Hoved that tho precedent wset by Judgo Williama was dangorous to American ropublican Ioatitutions, at the same time he tlought it best not to bo too hasty o the mattor, Lot them show the vacillating Citizens' Aseociation, and ihe people at laige, that, under every provoca. tion, the membory of the Council wore Inw-abid- iug citizons, o bad been sorved that eveuing, a8 ho belloved the other mombors of the Conu- oil bdAl boen earved, with a logal notico to the effoct that the Injunction case would bo heard bofore Judge Willlama in his branch of the Cirs, cuit Court at 10 o'clock Tuoudniy (this) morning, Under thees olrenmstances ho should vo lgn!unlxrrocaadlnu with the canvess just thon, Ald. Eildreth asked Ald. Waterman whetbor, {f Judgo Williame made the, injunction porpetual Ls would alill rospect it ? Waterman said he wonld not, because b e e i el 1 Y knowledge of the law, Hebe- leved, however, fn due deliboration, ALD, SOHAYFNER Wae of the opinion that the injunction wonld b dixsolved. Ho thought it would be in bad taste for the Council to take haaty action fn the mat- * tory he was not easlly frightened whore he (‘wugl;t ba was right, but he falt it to his duty to faithfolly represent hia constituenoy “of ‘the Beventeonth Ward. They voted sgainst tho Incorporation act by s yote of 1,888 agaluat it to less than a hundrod for it. Mo would oppose hosty action; the Council tad employed legal sdvisers, snd ho thought they should await the matter in Court to-dsy, Xe did not think the Council would g"h t-nylmng by dolaying the matter over tho . Woodinan sgreed with Ald, Behaffner, o thought it advisable to adjourn over till noxt ureday night without takiog actiou in the matter. “He was of tha oplnion that by so doing glxuwould guin tha confidence of the com- Y. * Ald, Hildreth one week. :-l‘d he m‘:l willllnfi tfll 23 ;Iow 0, but now they had walted lon; lnf:uh 0 act for Ihelmulvmny aud canvass mf. .v‘:;d at once, e was sorry to 800 somoof the “u.:nmn meakeniog who were a week ago bl ng snd ranting in fayor of & canvass of £ 0 vote. 'They had lockod hands with the Hes- blllflal aud the MacVeagha, Henow sald the time b f.:m. Jrhien the peaple's will must be obeyed . en must show their hands. :uz-nx‘z.x.fl R A8 put off one week & {g md“bm: :3 sppear hm'; in the matter, -vfi 0“"' o d the.delsy had sinco then &oua from house to houge and “cried fraud, sod canaed all tho troublo. They had used deception :x:dh:fiul racy, aud enterod futo an arrangement th Hesing, flllflVGllilh. and others, whicli would damn them forever when tho bill had taken ef- fock. Theybad even gone tato the very Courts with tleir decelt; such g proceeding wos nover bufore heard,—it was unpmdonable. They had created an exoitomout n the miuds of the “people,—sbout what, they did not know, ‘They ware now saeking by triciiery and doceit to :m::fim to :\G&: whero fo bopod they would y roaf 408 v Paace, if peace were posalble The Alderman here pansed, and 3 ‘.'ncl from Tux ’.l‘uavng in regard :m.‘:eu.axn lMOoal:on Oonncll one week ago in the with bis re- ALD. aald that the matic marks, and sald, if Judgo Willisma deaired to test ths mattor, thore was a plmple way of doing it. His Honor might tako hioy—ho niad boen the spokesman of the Citizens' Asociation in tho Council. TLet I Ilonor nrrost him for oue, and tho Clerk and tho I'resident of the Council, Thoy would mako a gaod trio. He (Ald. Campbell) was always the spokesman of tho Citizons' Association in tho Common Council,—trying to set tham right, Bul it Jadgo Willinma ware to arrost him and tho others ho moutioned, the cara would ba vory apeedily ap- pealed by them ta tho Bupreme Court, No, wero ho City Treanurer, and woro ha a dofaniter to the smount of £1,000,000, all hLa would havo to do, wern ho candidate for tho offlce a second timo, would bo to sue out a wiit of injnnction and postpoun the canvass of the vote indellnito- Iy, and #0 postpone his sccotnting ta the poo- plo. According to that, o could hold on to tho monoy for an indofinite period. As far as tho action of tho Citlzens' Awsociation wraa coneerned, it was concoived In fraud, carried ont Ivlyl corruption, aifd sltogothior at vanance with the principlea originally profossed Ly that body. Insaying this Lo did not, by any moeans, call in quostion the integrity of e Court graut* hlfi(ho junctlon, 1d, Woodman eald, that eince ho Iast spoko ho hoard authentically that tho opmion of the Law_ Departmount wns tantamonnt to & recom- mendation to proceed withs the canvass, Thore- foro, ho wonld vote to take the subject mattor from the table. ALD, OULLERTON . was of the opinion that the Counoil shiould_not stop half-way., The Comptroller had gous East to uegotiate & loan of 23,000,000 fo pursuntco of that bill, M thought, ualcys that vote were canvassed, tho credit of the city would bo dam- aged, and, unless tho Council stood up to the bill, the Comptroller could not boirow a dollar. ‘Tho_ Crtizons’ Association hnd been working hard for influence, and at their mesting now be- fug_hold thore would be some heavy spooches made in abuso of them, but after tho canvaes of this voto thoy would bido thoir hesdas he thought it tho duty of tho Council to canvass tho vote at onco. The previous question was callod for; and or- dered, The Councll then declded to TAKE TOE ELECTION-NETURNA FROM TOE TABLE by the followiog voto: Yeas—Foley, Warren, Cullorton, McClory, ildreth, Dalley, O'Urlon, Woodman, Clark of the ‘Fenth, White, Campbell, Quirk, Tiyah, Eckhardt, Stout, Stabr, Tengachor, Murpliy, Bieaney, Corcara, . Yreal: ent—21. “Nayn—8tono of the Fourth, Reldy, Sommer, McDon- atd, Gunderson, Heath, Waterian, Oloveland, ichaff- per, Lynch, Dickinson—11, Ald, SchafTuer, when asked by Ald. Hildreth it Lie thought thoro was any fraad perpotrated, avawered that bo had notbing to may about fraud, He did not wish to be intorrupted ; ho proponod to do his duty without regard Lo con- sequonces, [Homo Aldermen remarked that woa **too thin,”] Ald, Bcehaffner contiuued, it was not “too thin"; there might have boon frands committed,—he did ot know; but it was gon- erally supposed thoro had been. Ilo had beon roquested by many citizena to investigato the fraud, if any thore had boen, aud, theretore, he did lope they would not act in a hasty manner. Ald. Woodman paked the Aldermna”if Lo over knew of fraud uutil after s volo was eau- vasrod 7 Ald. Schaffner anawered that this voio was differcnt from uny otber, Tho pross and the oople genorally thouglt thore had boen fraud. 'hey representoed tho poople, and, therefore, he hoped thovwould sct wisely. Ald. Woodman—If Ald. Bchaffnor moans, whon ho eays the press, Tug CuicAuo Tamuse, bo would inform him that Tue TRINUNE was in favor, according to an editorial in their morning 1880 to-duy, of canvassing tho voto that night. Ald, Behalfner—I yield the floor to Ald, Water- man, who gave way Tor me, Ald. Waterman hopod that the Council wonld not canvass the voto unless thoy they thought tho fnterest of the city demanded it,—thoy ought to obey the mandate of the Conrt. Tho vote on canvasalng was thon taken, and reaultod s follows ¢ Yean—Foloy, Warren, Cullerton, McClory, Balley, 0'rien, Woodman, Olark, of theTenth, White, Campe \bell, Quirk, Riyan, Eckbardt, Btout, Malir, Lengacher, Murphy, Bweeney, Corcornti, Mr, Presidént—2i, N ne, of tho Foulh, Btone, of th "Fifth, Qlurke, of thie ¥4fth, lteldy, Sommier, AMcDanald, Gune dovion, Heath, (Watcruiun, Clovelsnd, Bchalaer, Lyncls, and Dickinaon—13, Ald. Schaftner stated, boforo the rosult tras announced, that ho wished to change his voto. Ho had spoken ngainst the canvass out of re- goard for his constituonts. Iis own feolings were with the majority, and he voted ** ayo.” oud sapplause, which wos ropressed by tho Prosident, whose own voto in the aflirmative was aleo -tho subject of a *domonstration,” which ho spoedily put an end to.] ‘Tho President dosignated Ald,” Hildroth, War- ron, and Schaffner to canvnss tho voto, A quostion aroso as to whothor tho Aldermen named constitutod ncommitice, or simply tellors, Ald, Campboll held thero wad no roport of any committeo to bo made. They were simply tell- ors, and it was not noceseary to sign tholr names to any roport, 3 Aftor a rocoss of fifteen minutes, Ald, Hil- droth said that tho canvass bod boon made, and tlie Olork would road tho resuit. Ald. Blono movod that tho roport bs made in writing, Ald. Cullerton asked whethor any Aldorman had moved to appoint & committee. Ald, Campboll” saked tho Clerk to read tho rocord. The Clork road the record, which ehowed aimply that tho motion of Ald, Hildreth was that tho Connell procecd to canvass the vote on the Incorporation bill, Ald, 8tono—Does the Cbair decide my motion outof order ? . The Prosdent—I rule it out of order, Ald, Stono—Then I appoal from the desision of tho President. Ald. Hildrath said that the appeal was ussleas. Ald, Campbell eaid the Counell bad a right to proceed with the canvais by committes, or otherwise, or they might order the Clerk to do it. ‘The vota'on the’ question ** Bhall the Chair be suatainod ?" rosulted as follows : Yeas—Foley, Warran, Gloun (of tho Pourth), Reldy, Somimer, Gullorton, McOlory, Hildreth, Batley, O'liriei, Woodman, Clark (of the Fourth), White, Giiuderson, Camplell, Quirk, Rysn, Eckhardt, Stout, kabr, Leogaclior, Schafnor, Murphy, Swecnoy, Dickinson, Corcoran—29, . Nays~—Btone (of the Fifth), Clatke (of the Fifth), aDonald, Waterman, Gleveland, Lynch—g, THE RESULT OF THE CANVASS was then aunounced as follows 1 For rein-jAdoai corporas| reincor twon, | poratton, Wards, Lossense 1,453 AL Ald. Hildreth moved that the record of the ofticial yoto be spread upon the mlinutes of the Qounoll, The motion provailod by the folloy- 1og vota: Yeas—Foley, Warron, Cullerton, McClory, Tlildreth, Bailey, O'liricn, Woolman, Clagk _of ihe Tenth, Whitey Campbell, Quirk, Tiyan, Eckhardt, Slout, falr, Lengacher, Hehaffuer, Murphy, Swoensy, Corcoran, Mr, Presldent—i2, Nays—8tone of tho Fourth, Stone of tha Fifihy Clarke of the Fifth, Reldy, Bommer, McDonald, Gundorson, Ileath, Watecnisn, Cloveland, Lynch, Ditlanson—12, THE ONDINANCE, Telative to continuing city ofticors in power until thelr succousors wora olectod, roconsidored at a formor meeting, was thon tukon up and fl“ ed, Ald, Campbali gave notice that, noxt Alon night, he would introduce an ordinanoo abolish- g the Board of Polico and I'ire Commissionars, aud giving tho Mayor power to appointa Fire Maruhal and & Chief of Polico, Tho question of clecting architeots was next on up, Amrl: littla discusaion, Ald. Ontlerton moved that the matter be made the special order for an ngjonmu moeting next Thursdsy eveniugat 8 o'clook, which provailed. ‘The Council then adjourned, . 5 s ' THE. MASS.MEETING, THE YEELING O THE CITIZENS OF CHICAGO, A mass-meoting of citizens of Chirago was held st McCormick's Hall last ovoulog to protess againat the frauds snd ballot-box stufing in- dulged {a by political trickaters sud bumwers at the reocnt election. ¥he inolemenoy of the weather doubtloss doterred many from sttond- ing; but, notwithstandivg the yain aud the slop- Py streets, the lower tloor was crowded and the gallery partislly full, pearly 1500 peopls being present, snd smong them were joome of the most promwsad men of the cily. [Soated wupon the platform wero Gon. Choslmin, Murry Nelson, I, B. King, . I Derickson, J. R. Doolittls, Jr., F. Mao- Voag), the Hon, Thomas Iloyne, the Hon. J. C. Dore, Julius Rosonthal, the Itoy, Mr. Chamber- Ialn, John M. Arwodaon, Hermann Lieb, Caapar Butz, E. C, Larned, Ionry Groonsbsum, B. G. Gill, and thirty or forty others, Tho nesomblags waa called to order by SULIAX 8. NUMREY, Presldent of tho Twantieth Ward Club, who rald that the meeting wos called with s view of necing it n ntop could not be put to the vile frauda that Lisd been porpetratod at clectlons In this city during the past fow months. It was unnocensary to givo the dotsils or the facts, for they were woll known Lo every one. Tlings had come to such a pasy that wa had eitlfer Lo sub- mit to the vilest frauds, ballot-box stufling, and swindling, and to bo governed by thioves and Liacklegn, or to leave the city, [Applanss. A volco—"That's 80."] Tho question was whother Auch mon wero to take possession, or the roputa- ble citlzons. [A volce—**We will.] Mo for one lind boen in Chicago a good many years, and Lo was 1ot prepared to Inave just yob; therofore ho thought steps should bo {aken to proveut cor- ruption in the future. While all were aptto condomu in gonerul tha oflicors who governed us,—tho Council ospocially,—wo did not seem to tako hold aud do anything to provent what was oceurring. e did not think it was right to con- demn tho Council as » body, because thers wore upright men (o {t, but aiuco all wero classod ay thicves, it wan protty Liard to get honest men to take tho position. Hence, their efforts should be aimed particularly at those who wero guilty, and not at thoso who might be innocent, In couclusion, ho nominated N. K. Fairbank for Chairman. [Applause.] MR, FAIRDANK, . in taking tho chinir, said : **I tusnk yon for the confldeuco you Liave evinced towardd mo by enll- iug ma to presido over such an fmportant weet- iug. Tho call amply gets forth tho rouson of thoe presont mooting 3 it {8 & ringlog call. It, states thnt we have submittod to thio moat outrageous and cuorwons election-frauds and ballot-box stufling unprocodentéd {u the history of this city. tflms of " Wo have not road it.”] Tho call, "abich ling been already published, was hero rend. Mr. Fafrbank then continued, saying: Tho last clauso should ba tho toxt of the moeting, We should lake prompt action that will etrike terror to tho Loarts of thoso who hove outragod tho ballot-box, Tho ballot-box i the foundation of aur civil lbertics, Deprived of it, we might as wetl soll our proporty, as Mr, Humboy hus said, and leavo the city. 'Thoro was nut s question but that theso gigantic frauds had been perpetrated. Thoro woro mpealkers to follaw who would bring Incontestable proofs of thom. In some wards it would bo shown thai whora thoro wore but 1,000 legal voters over 1,800 wero cast n tho lata oloctiou. Wliat are to bo tlio con- requonces? Yon aro too intelligent to need o reply. Wo waut to take monsuros to-night to rrnvunz a ropotition of the outrage. I do not in- end to makoaspocch, 1lave the pleasuro of introducing to you tho Hon, Sidney Smith, who will now addross yon. Caspar Butz then read tho following namos of VICE-PRESIDEXTS ¢ 0, C, P, Holden, P, W, Gatea, C, W, Dlatchford, II, N, Hibbard, 1i, W, Blshop, Charles T. Crane, It, T, Crano, 1L W. Kiug. JI, Licb, Join Horting, 'Adolph Hchwrlmfer. Qeorgie Taylor, M, D. Ggden, I, V. P Gen, F, 1, Dilger, Charlen Rootelsdorf, If. Conrad Folz, Joun Denziuger, 'theo Karl am Btawart, Dr, Froer, B, K, Dow, B, G, Giil, T. D, Fitch, J, D, M, Carr, Jonoihnn Clark, Michacl Tsaus, Max Eberhardt, O, R. Mokin, Danicl Heully, Ackhoff, ~* Fred Christopheen, o Lange, ' John Anderaon, Andrew Johnsou, George A, Hoffman, Fred Frontzen, Willlam Yoterson, Emiel Droler, Murry Nelson, Johu G, Haines, Walter Kimoall, Abljali Keith, Lewis 4, Huck, Joln 11, Dnuilen, M, A, Devine,{Thomas Soyle, Thomas Lynch, A. N, Lerkius, J, D, Harvoy, F. I, Winston, Gurdon B, Hilbbard, Join Prindisifle,” 3, V. Clark, ) M. An- \erson, Freman Lawson, J, W, Dosuo, L. B, Hoomer, TPotter Palmer, Johin O, Dora, Lymau Trumbull, J, X, Doolitde, Jr., I. £ _Goodell, Dr, ¥, Mak Julius ’ Rotonttnl, ~ Dr. Ermst’ ‘Bebmidt) Derthold Loewentbal, H, A, Kahn, Frank Schwein- furth, Conrad Heipp, Ira I, Unwegblolill Goethnan, John D, Dyake, Mark Sheridan, Michael Schmitz, W, E. Doggeit, AN, Fitzgerald, Normau Willlams, Robort T. Lincoln, E, 8, Isham, It, I, Forroster, L, D, Kim- bark, B. G. Csulfield, Joln Jones, L, M, Burdick, Heury Greeoebsum, P, H, Willard, Jolin Comiskey, Miles Rehoo, John Buehler, Louis Bebultz, A, P. John- eon, ¥. G. Wolch, Michaol Keeloy, Ald, McDonald, AN\ AL, Teath, 11, 1, 3ller, On motion, J, J. Kulckorbookor, Austin Doyle, and Caspar Butz woro appoiuted Becretaries. ‘The Nov. Arthur Chambers moved that a com- mittee of sevon be appointed on resolutions. Agread to. SIDNEY BMITIHE, ESQ., Chairmen of tho Committeo on Inveatigation of tho frands committod at the olection, was thon introduced. o paid Lo rojoiced ta soo so larga an assemblage of the City of Chicago here on this occasion. Notwithstanding tho inclemency of the nvouiuj,\ this largo Liall was tilled with cit- izons who had tho bost interests of the great and growing city at Loaxt, and the largo gatloring lomonstrated that tho peoplo. were aroused to the enormity of the crimo that lnad boon com- mitted against civil society. Gontlomen, you Lave heard tho coll read by tho Prosidont. o would say hero that overy agsertion wastrue, and mora than true, After thofarco which had beon denomnated an eloction, he was placed ona Committos for the purposa of investigatiug tho facts in relntion to it. Of courso, thero hod vet been only time to eollect s more fraction of the faos showing the outruges porpetratod at that eloction. Dut ho waa able to #ay that tho facts thus far obiained wore anfli- cient toshow that the clection in overy ward whero s majority was declared was so grossly ir- regular aud froudulent as to ba nncontrovertibly null and vold, [Anpmuua.] Gontlomen Insida aud outsido of the logal profession might make all tho endeavora they might seo fit to attempt to mako the oloction legal by the tochnicalition of tho law, but theso gontlomen might take notico that their oforts would turn out entirely futile, [Applause.] The result which had been anuounced to tho publio had bocn obtained by WHOLESALE, BALLOT-DOX BTUFFING. lloled in the history of clvilized govorn- munb—unmnllnled,m’nn by the outrages somo sonrd 3go in San Franciuco which led to tho or~ ganization of that fonrful ongiuo of totribution, tho Vigilanco Committeo, But fortunatoly here we woie nob ubllg«d to =resort to a Vigilanco Committeo, In the dark anys of Bau Francisco corruption had {uvaded the judiciary, aud per- toeated overy branch'of the City Govornmont, Tho Judges bad bacn placed on the Bonch by ballot-box stutling, and thero was no redress by tho courts, so that tho only rosurt way rovolu- tion, ‘Ihoy clearod out tho criminal elemont by force, [Tremendous applause.] But, fortunately for Chicago, wo bad & YURE AND INCONNUPTIBLE JUDIOIARY, and the thiovoa and pimpe who porpetrated the outragos of tho_ 23d forgot wo bad that resort. [Loud eneoring.] 3lr, Bmith then proceeded to describo tho socurifes cast about elections by the atatute law, This law provided for the keep- ing of = rogistrv of namos of overy votor. This regatry, duplicato Hats of which ware to bo %ept, must agree with tho number of votes cast, sud, 1£ tho ballots In tho box exceedod the numbor on the rogistry-lists, unnninborod ballots wero to be cast out, and tbon drawn by lot until the num- ber in tho box wus reduced to the number on the poil-lists, . ‘Tho spacch was temporarily intartuptod by the ontranco of a ward-club boaring tlags and traus- parencics. ‘fhoy were escorted to tho frant, ‘where thoy found soats. Mr, Smith then con- tinued. When tLe polls woro ctosed, Lo vaid, in addition to the poll-lsta the clorks wera obligod {0 malko a tally-list, 80 & to be absolutoly correct. In making the roturn to the Council, it was nocessary ' to roturn these liste. and, until all legal requisitea Lad been complied with, the Couucil no moro right to connt the votes than had the Fojss Islundors a right to folst upon us a Princo, And woe to the man who sattempted to count such roturns, It wore botter ho bad a mill-stone hung sround his nock and - woro drowned. No ul:{mheam woro made, no poll-lists were kopt, and nono of -tho roquieitos cowplied with In this elootion, 1t soomed that there hind boen a conspiraoy, a dis= tinot understandivg, ss a similar courso had baen pursucd i ol tho wards. The. law re- auired that the pooplo should be sllowed to see the ballot-boxes opened. ‘I'ne judges of clootion Lsd been caroful that this should not bo dono, A volco—"Why didn't yon soe to [t2%] Bir, mith—1 guoss hio {8 vuo of the judges of elos- tlon, ~ They were drunk on the day pf eloction, snd I guoss they have beon drank evor singe. TIHB LAW REQUIND, he continned, that the judgow commonce cane vassing tho vots au soon as tho polls closed. In some cased in this elootion thoy did nat boxin counting until midolght, wantidg to walt until they woro rid of troublugomo aud watchlal peo- ple, In oue Instance thero were dizouvered unches of ew votes in tho ballot-boxes which wero stuok together and clean out, as it just from the shears, Au ' Alderman Pranut gaw thoy were so palpably raudulont that he took thom oub and threw thew upon the toor. lu amuother case, whon thae votes wore half countod, oue of tho judges of elocsion aid Lis brother had had his watoh atolen, and tho devil was to pay genorally, and that the counting would have to coasa. Acco: ingly ho picked up the votes already g:fi them back io the box, snd, taking the % with him, 't tho pl The uest &y a resull was rd- counted, nco anngunosd 8 shls ward which wan GO0 votes larger than it wonld havo boou Lad the judgo's brother not loat Lis wateh. 1% FLECTION IN TIF, PIRST WARD might bn eallod a farca 1f it had not heen In the hands of wuch vary respoctablo Punpln. An At Trude was ono of the fudges of the electiou in this ward, and as his character, like Coassr's wifa'a should bn, was above auspicion, [laughtar), wa could nat doubt the intogrity of tho cloction n this ward, ‘The speaker then instituted somo comparisons betweon this olectton and that for town oflicors & rlort tins ago, Bomeof the warda that Inthe town elsction’ had cast 8CO or 000, in that on April 23 cast 1,500 or 2,600. Jeopls export in election affairn’could tefl about whot numbor of votes waro heing caat at polls thoy observed. In thls cao auch people wero convinced of the 3IGKT OLAUING FUAUDS, The.polls had not heon wurroundod liy 20y con- siderable hody of men ot any time during tho day; thera wern no hordes of rapeators obsery- ed. The frands were undoubtodly the fusult of tho mont shamoful wholesala ballot-stufing. Thero wero two aiden to the charter burinesa. Thoso was, of course, s difforeucs of opinion as to which act was to be preforred, but uo honest aud intollicent men could disagreo ua to thoxo frauda and the nocessily for putting thom down, No matter what thg morits of the law, theso stu- pondons fiauds munt be stopved. Tho Chairman _sunounced us the Committeo on Resolutions L. T. Chamberlain, Julian 8, Rumsey, Join M. Arwedson, Hans Horting, Frank Nowak, John Comiskey, Horman N. Lieb. THE JON, THOMAB MOYNE waw then lntrodacad, and spoka substantially s follown: # 1o supposed thero was no doubt that the will of tho yeopla had boen suppressed (n tho recent election by fraud and bo came to the meating to ascertaln if, whon the freedom of tho Lallot-box bed boon dostroyed, tho freedom of spooch still romained. [Applause.] Nothing had appeared to him mora gignally re- markable in all this thing than the conduct of tho vpress. {Applauge:] 1t retly aesmod as if tho journals of Chicago had lent'itrelf to apolo- gizo for aband of maen who apparently had con- spired to polluto the bullot-buxes, and sup- press tho will of tho peovple, and were simply tho oracles of & constituency Mlling tho lowest kinms of the city. [A voico—**They "] The ballot-box was next to the fiag in sanctity, [Applause.] During tho War, we hoard that romarkable meesazo of Gen. Dix to one uf biy subordinates, ** If auy man attempts to Laul dawn the American flag, stoot bimon thowpot!” Should not ths same fato bo dealt out 1o man who attomptod to suppress or de- ntroy the will of the npeople? [Tu- muituous applause anud choers.] Btrike tho flag, and you etrike only tho symbol of liber(y: wtrike the bellot-box, and you etrike tho rubstacee ond Life of republican govern- mont. [Choers.] Ono was_a symbol of form, and tho other the source of all that distinguished republicaniam from ollgarchy and from tyranuy. o woro told by the journals of tho city that thore was hut ono ** Euglish-spoaking uewaga- per” indepondent and honest enongh to advo- cate the eauso of tho opponents of the outrage. The worke for tho journale that assorted that fuet, for it only showed tho DEGRADATION AND DEPTIL OF INPAMY o which tho other journals ad fallon. [Cheers.] ‘Tl wA9 not the flist timo, be was _morry to say, that the press of Chicago had satisfied the peo- plo that thoy (the papeis) were mnot infallible, the guides of publlc opinion, or the bost guardi- nusof the publio wesl. [Checrs.] Two yeare ngo evory English-spoaking paper in the city ndvocnted the ocontlunuuce of sn or- dinance and o Inw which authorized tha police, withoot process or other fo.m of law, to enter overy houso in the city and orbi- tranly arsest mon bocausa thoy wished to enjoy the domestie froedom of dnnking and eating what they pleased. [Applause.] It was 3 queetion ‘then of civil liberty,” of domustic right, affecling the inlorests and business uf a Inrge mass of the community. The press on that occasion wero meb With a bopular vordict of 10,000, which scut back their articles full of misrepresontation, Lranded *libolous,” and the presont Adminis- tration cutered upon the govermmont of tbe city, [Applauso,] What wero the papors now ersing ont? Of courso, ho was understood to excopt Tue TminuNe, [Applause.] All honor to its integrity and independence! [Choers.] Thae press uow was howling at . THE CITIZENS' ARKOCIATION, and, in their despair, heap every epititet of con- tumely upon it, colling it the * Seven Buvans,” tho Buvou Wiso Mon, What had the Citizons' As- Hocintion done to these editors? what power had thoy usurped? Thoy wera doing enoiysh to vx- cito the resentment of every dishonest scoundral iu thovity, [Applause.] 1ie would not go mto n dofenso of tho Citizens’ Axsociatton, for the proes iteolf failed to cast any term of reprorch agalnat tho individual or collectivo chnracter of ity members, They were_ citizeny, mou without ofice, men of Jargo business und means; and this was tho firat timo {n tho history of the city when ordivary mon of businesy were found . dotermined to seo whether public afMairs could Lo put tu a bettor condition thau they Lad been in, {Applause.] These mon had sut dybv day, What was their offenso? He would tol ther Every dishonest mau fearod invostiga- tion and inquiry, aud tho yooundrels kunow that something would be ‘uncovored regarding their rapacious courso and unscrupulons attempta ta plunder the pooplaof their substance, Hance the abuso hoaped upon thoe Association. The mombers had made themsclves offensive because . THE CONRUPT MEN IN POWER rore not to bo lot alans. Their stealing was to bo uncoversd. No fnithfnl officer in tho elti fonrod It. On tho contrary, liko Marl Sheridan, thoy sought the Association, and put in their lands tho evidonos of their fidelity, [Applausa.] e would not dlscuss porsoual fssues. Thers wero higher issuos—iusucs affocting property and 1lfe, the flmvhmenul rights to which wo were entitled by W, ‘Iho spenker then reforred to tho Iast roport of the Comprrolier. Inustoad of & dept of £13,000,- 000, u8 was supposed, it appearod that the debt had beon piled ‘up to 817,000,000, At the pres- ont time, the city in its oxponditures was fully s year in advance of its rovenues, Such a condi- tion of affairs in tho business of privato pensons would presage bankruptoy, Yet tho Comptroller lind beon sent to Now York to négutiste A LOAN or 3,000,000 to malie np tho deticienoy, and soon that would be piled on the debt. Tazation wau going to bo enormous, and it could bo slown by uccurato ostimato that tho city’s annual oxpeuditure ex- coeded thoe rental valuo of tho proporty in it. Tho English hiad boon said to bave governod Ire- land by first taking away its property and then taking' tho fruita theroof in tho sliape of ronts, Our Ci y Government had roversed all this, sud suffered us to bo the agents of our proporty to pay o thom anr incomes. . e, Hoyne thon spoko of tho objects of tho Citizens' Association, &pd the necosslty for such an independont organization. He spoko in a gonoral'way of tho difforences botween tho acts of 1872 and 1875, The former gavo all the power into tho hauds of the Common Conncil, and 1aid tho other departments of the City Qovern- ment_at its meroy, 'The oharter of '1875 sur- rounded the execut{ve branches of Govorn- wmont with salutary cheoks end safogusrds, while tho Common Council waa testrictad to its proper duty of muking laws. Buc thero woro two limitations that the Coancil ob- jocted to,—ona reatricting malarios to_ 85,000, und probibiting a higher tax lovy tuan 15 milly, and honeo this suddon Jovo for the act of 1872 [Applaune.] WY DID NOT TUE PRESS, he continned, state these things, and mnot en- coursge tho consplracy of dJcspots to vige Iato tho ballot-box ~ sud trample upon the dearest rights of the peopla? When any |, glgautio plecs ~of plunder was t0 bo consuuminatod it seowmod that thu press was all on one eide. The speakor Loro referrod to tlio Loke Front scheme, sud said thut it was & huge conspiracy of the railronds to eeize npou a plat of ground’ which with tho riparisn rights constituted a territory of 8 squgre miles, which wan outaide of elty jurisdictian, and beyoud the reach of taxation, Evory Lnglish paper hud advocated this glgantle plot, ood it bid fwr to prowper until defeatod at Springtleld, The papors wonld advosato tha consiniction of parkd whbore swamp land bought at $10U por acre could make millionaires, and furnish tho meuns for those intorosted to buy blouded horied witu which thoy epoeded their frivnds along the dis- taut boulevard, and ozhibited to ‘‘them onr beautiful park systom.” ‘Tho press waa cowardly, "1t wonld oot talk of theso fonuds, It would not speak out, It wonld not, bocauso it did not kuow how to spoals tho honost uontiments of the peoplo.* i TIUE JUDICIARY, : tusnk leaven, was honest., ln our Courts we put our trust, ' The fntrepid Judge Drummond grantod an jujunotion in tbe Lake Front matter, and it waa siillsn force,—a protoction to the peoplo agalust an outrageous steal, If this cor- ruptlou Waa to catitinuo, what would becomo of us? Forhis_part, if thoy coutinuod, be would rathor bave Pl Bheridan socuro the power 1 Chicsgo which Lo asked to havo ju Loulsi- aus, aud make himsolt s dospot, than Le under tho tyzanuy of such a mob, |Uboors.] ‘fhere was no excuso for thoir submittivg to tho tysauny of those petit-larcony thisyes, who hiad conepired to overtbrow their rights, When the ballol-box waa struok at, it was » blow at the vital pacis of Bepublicau lberty, 1 was fo eriminala, B0o to it that these eloction frauds are not ro- poated, dignify the crime to apply tlhis to much patty If wo are to hiave our rights we must. [Cheers.) TUE RESOLUTIONS. > Tho Committea on Itesolutions thon submijied tha following : The cltizenn of Chleaga, in mass-meeting assombled holding (hat ths sanctity of tho ballot-box and the purliy of nlections ara the foundatian wupon which rest the frce inatitutiona of American xelf-governiment, do daclare thst there is danger of pormanent Injury to tho rights and libertios of oitr people in the frauds to whiich thin city hias Leen subjocted during rocent elsc- tionA, As examplea of such frauds wo sct forth the following: Firat—An_organized _conspiracy, compored of the worst elemente of our population, and_controlied by some of tho mont daugerous and uukcripulous meu in the city, turned the recent town olactions beld on tho th day of Apsil st ntn a_scurrilods faroe, and Stin but ihe manifort truth that, in those elections, thera waa not even o show of fairhess to rellev the fraud that characterized then, Second—Ta the vote recently’ taken upon the adop- tion or rejection o8 the General Incorporation net of 1972, thern was ncarcely any honrat support of thin meanure, and yot it is protended that it was adopted bys large nud decislvo majority, Tu this cloction the aforesald organize ! ganjs of * repeatera” and other wiling toals for tho eurrption of the francliac, were controlled by cortaln unscrupuloia Liold public truata; men whoso £a? foryot their soletan ol fipationa to people that, for their own parmonal cuntinuauce u power, they 1ot anly couspired to bur- den the city with a Law totaliy unfit for » basin of 14 overnment, but also formed an aillance with the Hangerous "and. disropiitabio claea for tha pure so of accomplishing by Traud ~whit fhey Eflew the honostls-expresed will of thia peoplo wanid have prevented. 1t {a & fact known o every oheerying citizen that {n tmaking the appolntients for thin elece tiou thie controlling rings i tho Common Counciland otlicr depurtnente of the City Government did every. Ll tn thear power to provedt & fair oapression of the real dewizen of the prople, 1t ia further kuown that’ cortain judgen of tho olec- tion became fho willlng iustruuicnts of thors corrupt rluge. It s ol known that the elcction was eacried on without regard and_in diroct violation of, the Inwa of this Stato, to, and tha evidence I8 now fust ‘ocarntinting before an fn- | veatigating committos of citizens, whivn demonsteatia .thiad the pretendsd majority was the result of the moat infainous slectiou-fraid over perpetrated upon Amer- fean soll, In cousideration of these facta wnd the imminent danper to the prosperity of our city aad o the righta and iborties of ihe people, be it Resolted, That we, aa citizoun of an outraged com. muulty, do bereby wolemuly and empuatically protest sgaiunt the election-fraude perpotrated upois ux, s that we Jledge our uniled eforia to proveat the reje- titlm of suchi frauds ju the future. Resoleed, Thot we heartily approve of the movemont of the Citizenw’ Aswociation, aud of athiers Jovkiug tu the prosecution of thoxs judges of election aud uthers gullty of the rocent frauds, aud that we heartlly second the eforte they arm making to favoke the ah. of our courts of Justice in preventing Ly oil legal woans any stch action on the part of the Coiumon Councll ar tay recognize or give effect {0 rusults comsummsted by auch fraudulent meane, Atesoived, Tuat we aak our fellow.citizens o disre- gard ininor differencen of political upivton, aud ta uuits withont refereuce ta party asliation u rescuing tuin vaat and fmportant Interesis of Chicsgo from the power of the tisreputable men who now Lold them at helr merey, Reavited, That only by enorgetic, thorougl, and perseveriug actlon can wo hope ‘ta put a chock upon tho ovil Influences which now control the city, and to substitute therefor » Governuicnt organized eololy with & view to Lon- enty, eiliclency, aud scnomy ; sndl that, therefure, wo rezommend speely und thorough Grganization of citizens in each of the different wards of tho city, wimilar Lo the one now {u octive operation in the Twentleth Ward, aud tho crestion of & Ceutral Come mittce, to be esmpored of delegites from tho varivux ward organtzations, for the purpose of deteriniuliy upon further conceried action fur the beat lnturests of our city, TIHE REV. MR, CIIAMBERLAIN waa thon iutroduced. Ho said they could not compreliend too thoroughly the crisis that was upon thom, It had been a fecling of indignation at the outrages perpatrated ou thiat Friday. per- hiaps, which bad compolled the prosent gather- ing. Many poeoplo on that day must have bosn Hiied Wity focliags 'of suger when tho day closed. It wust bave enrazed evory honest citizen to see the evidences of organized fraud which wero everywhere present. The idea of an oloction was that it was a cour- teous summons to overy man to comse forward and expross bis lonost opinion on_public meas- uros, by making his cholce of ceudidates, ‘They Liad foiind the ballot-boxes IN TIP, HANDS OF A DADELE, and had been made to play tho parts of imbeciles and fools. lut there were foelings deoper thau per- sonal rosentment underlying this meeting, Men sometimes rose to abstract views, and worked from principlo. It was not to claim tha! aither one pido or tho other had been defented by fraud that brought tha assemblage, but it wan to oppose fraud frow principle, and cn- deavor to crush it wherover it existed. il hoped & ttmo would come when the publia cou- seience wonld be aroused to hiold every party to di- rectresponwibility,and judge of them without fear ar favor. 1t wos Dot 10 urge personal grievances that they were there ; it was to make thorough worl of the offort ta hunt down thoevil wherover it might be found, jrrespective of party, aud 1o punieh the crimo a8 crimo. They were thiore to show that tho dishonest man who trifled with §lm parity of the ballot-box had a judgment to car. 1t was 8 lessor wroug to do despite tothe disdem of royalty than to assail % THE BANCTITY OF TILE BALLOT. Was it notplainly apparent that every intorest was bound up with the iuviolability -of the ballot 7 When its purity was lost the essenco of solf-governmont was lost, As Joifervon paid : The art of solf-governmont Iays in the ability to be honest." No oue could "exaggerate tho importanco of the crisis, What way tho farther duty ? First, tho Iaw with {ta rotribution mast have ite courso. The criminal must be brought to justico aud pusished. If you lot such out- 1agos a8 those committed ot the Iast election go unpunisbied, they thomaclves strike a blow at sl righteous constituted authority. The moxt duty wna to combino all sctive citizeus for the prescrvation of {aw and order. All should unito in the grand purpose of protecting thio franchise, and putting fit 1nou in places of municipal ottice, Ho closed withs an earnest appeal to all good citizous to en- list_togethor in the warfare against fraud, and to tha causo he bade God-spoed, Iie hailed the lln-ll dofeat of fraud and the triumpli of eternai truth, At tho close of Afr. Chamberlaln's spooch, tha «question was put on the adoption of tho resolu- tions, and they were carried unanimounsly bys thundering voto, DA BENATOR KENOE spoke next. Tle waid, winco tho Iast election, e liad formed a respoctablo opintou of the caucns syatem, At & caucus, rights could bo fought for aud maiotained to o cortain degree, Ou the 23d of April the people had no rights; they were overawed by Aldormen aud tho Judges. In the Beventh Ward Lo demaunded that tho law Lp enforced,'and the judges wonld have dous it it an Alderman bad” nut told thom he placod them there, and thoy mmwt do his bidding. Ho believed in pure and fair eloctions, and wont home satistied that the chiarter had beon defoatod, But past exparience was worth nothing, The ballot-boxos were Lalf full when tho polla closed ; whon thoy wera oponed that tho vote might ba countod thoy 'were jammed full. [Lavghter.] . o did not know how to remody such a etatc of things,—whether to advocate tho adoption of o law to punish the men who votod fraudu- lently, or ono to punish thosa who did not vols atall, [Cheors.] 'Tho poople who complainod should tum out and defend their rights at tho polls, 1f they did, no corrapt combination an the face of thie earth, oven of Altermen, could overawe thom, [Applause.] 1o looked upon tho sssomblage as & 000D OMEX. It meaut an awakening of tho masa of the pao- ple, aud would result in the organization of & party having tho welfars of the city at boart, #nd "** thae othor foltown ' would horuaf:er hear thoir names mentioned (n obituary notices after their defeat for office. [Aprlause.] lHaving protested sgaiust tho fraudulout ~ election, thoy should go home and organiza the tax-paying and roputablo olomoots of the noveral wards, and vote down st the uext oloc- tion thiosa Aldermon who secinnd o Lave no ro- gard for tho comtituents who elected them, o then addresaed Limsolf to the Idsbimon in the sudience, sayivg thoy bad come to this country to escapo.tyranny. If the purity of the ballot- box were {ost, they wonld relapso futo a groater doapotism than thoy had left. [Cheers,] NEBAUM NMu, NENRY QUE waa the next spoaker, o neolen part of hiv thunder, T not au lrishiman, but ho was & Dutchman. Tho Gorman pooplo, had owigrated to Amorica from thoir howod boyond tho seas to obtain the blessings of & free Uoversmeut fouuded upon tho wiil of the pooplo. That will was oxpressed Ly the ballot-box, It must be preserved sacred, When our Amorlean foro- fatbers pledged thelr lives and sucrod honots to their conutry's canse, they did sunos for thom- wolvoy, but from princinlo, aud for postority. [Cheors.] Whon peopld in the North laid down thioir livea for tha maluteuance of our Govern- ment shey dld so from principle, and for their citldren,” And if tho people of Chicago uow fail short of gny sacrificos nccossary to proserve sho ballot-box thoy would be slaves. 1iut they wonld nat hesitato for tho wake of handing dowu a fres form of goveramont to thelr childron, Ife thon alluded to tho difforeuce botweon the days when the roostsr, dlaplayod at the head of tho newspaper-columu, annonuced tho victory of ono party or anotber, aud overybody waa eatis- ke e, T e oo oF ‘Jhi e, mocd raul a8 in the cesn of this meeting, respuciable people waze broughl toget har todis cuss an olection paat, than conld be bronght out presions to the moat important ona. They had come now becanso the eleation hnd been charsc- torizad by i TNE GROSAERT FRAUDE. Tire purity of the bailot-box hiad been fla- rantly vinlated, and the libertion of llmpunlxxta ind beon trodden under foot. They nssombled from nrinciple, {Cheern.] Asido from this ides of principle, of duty, they wero Interested in a roform a4 merchauts, mochanles, and bustiess- met. Lot the disteputablo rabble hiave control of tho Lallot-bos, and they would control the nolice fores, Countrv merchants would not dare to come hero to buy goods. They wonld ha robled at the depotn, and tha police, who would Do fn rartoership with the tneves, would share the apoils. MM, 3, R DOOLITTLE, 3., wan then introduced, and was rocoived with ap- plaurn, 1ls spoke in a geosral way of tho frauds that had beon committed, and the efforts of the Citizons' Arsoclation to collect anch ovi- deuca as would defeat tho objects for which they were perpetrated. lfe was et n member of that Association, but, ay & citizen of Chicaza, ho would say that thoy owod s dobt of gratitude to that Association for ths bold and manly stand it had taken. Ho described th wholesalo hallot-box stufting that : beeu committed, and donouuced tho raacals who Dind comuitted those outragen ngatunt freo gov- ernmont. He apoks for abous ten minutos, and was frequently sjplauded. it A, Q. HEBING, was the next speaker, Ife natd nothing had ever been beforo the peoplo of this city or couutry ao momentous aa the subject uuder considoration,—the preservation and perpetuity of the purity of the bailot-box. (Apnlmna.l Topular government waa ou trial. It was no 100 years nince the Declaration of Independbuce, and vet poopia who boasted of belng the freest Eow,,lo in the wotld had met to protest agatnst sllot-bog stufling. An evening paoer had utatod that **Heving was going to talk about the purity of the bullot-box.” Ilis band had naver auled nor his tongue ever countenuuced auc a thing. [Applause.]. And “ko holp him God” thoy never would, [Cheers.] He thon allnded totho Citizens' Assoclation, snging it was organized to promote tha iuteronts of’the people. ilo was uot s momber of it: but 1o hind’ met with thow, aud he could say that a nobler net of man had never gottau together he- fore to work dinintercatodly for the benetit of tho city. [Cheern.] Ho indorsed the resolutions heartily. [Applause.] No party for him aa long THE CITY WA IN NEED OF HELP. [Choera.} e Lind alwava,boen u party man, bat partics had proven to be fmlures when tho af- faird of a city wore to be managed. [Applauso.] A# an fustauco of what partics, as such, did, he adverted to the Chicagpo Custom-Houeo and Post-Ofico, charactorizing it ns the greatest Bwindio that had ever Leon perpotrated upon any community {cheors],—a disgraco to the uation, because it was bult by & party, snd not by the people. [Applause. Teferring to city ofiicials, Lo sala e did not cars whetlior the Muyor was a Republican or a Detnocrat, if ho woroan honest man and pos- nessed of tho energy roquisito to onforce the laws. Heo did not want such an one ns was afraid to face acoundrots and drive them to their holes, - —[applause]—who bed not tho courage to tell the gamblers and pimps snd thioves that thoy must leavo the city within tweuty-four bours, and that. it they did not, “thoy would bo arrested au vagrantn, [Cheers,] If sucha prociamation were made, visitors to Chicago would be safo; strangera would not be drapped into bunko dens and robbod of the money they had brought with them to purchhse goods, ;L‘heor‘!]. Tha prosent Mayor had been brought orward by him. Ile (Colvin) was not his choico; but Lo was tho only ouo they could met to ruo {laughter] ; and Lo asiked ‘thoss who wvere with him n yoarand a half ago to forgivo him [great aud prolonged laughter}, being por- foetly willing to bo covered with suckeloth and ushies for gome time to come. He then weunt on to make an impassioned ap- poal for OROANIZATION AMONG GOOD CITIZENR to protect tho ballot-box, and called on all who would join in such an endesvor to stand up. ‘The wiole sesombly immediatels sprang to their feet, and Mr. Hesiug, continuing, ssid: *Lot us wswesar uever to desist in our efforts until we drive thess rascals back to their holea.” ~ There was a shout of en- thusiasm, and with the audienco in this temper the moetlug wss doclared adjouraed. gl MISCELLANEOUS, ARGUING TIE INIONCTION. ‘The dampuess of yestorday a4 so provoking to overybody tuat those kind and banevolent guardians of the pablic, the Aldormen, began to talk periously about gelting out an {njunction agninst O1d Probabilities. Thisundonbtedly would havo occurred had they had any moaus of loarn- ing of anather Common Couuc that would con- sidor tteclf right in omploying alt tho logal talont the country affords for the enke of having tho injunction dissolved. As matters turned oat, lowevyor, tho idoa waa more easly dissolved than the injunction, for 88 soou as tho Alderwanio pates wero damvened with tho rmm, the ilen was abandoned, and each one exproased Limself **demuition happy that tho raiu would drown out the talkers at McCormick's Liall." Later, au Aldorman was seen rittiug on tho street-crossing i tho mud, drafting s pousive eulogy on a spoiled beavor and & swapped umn- Drolis. Thon he tmrned up at a conferonce of tho legn! quadrilateral Leid in Yrank Adsma' oflice, and horo ho was lost sight of. At tho couforenco there ware present esch of tho four corners_of the quadnlateral,—>essis, Tuloy, 8torrs, Root, and Goudy,—and Judge Dickoy and Frank Adawme, who, with the Cuy-Attorney, bave formed a liltle trinngle of thewr owu. The City-Attornoy was abzeut, being engaged in house-moving. Judge Dickey remained at hils house noarly all day, engagod in drafting volamiuous argument on the motion to dissolve the injunction. If tho Judge bud only a fow days miore to prepare himself the city would pos- nibly bo the richor by a whole tomo of logal opinlon on Judge Williame' injunction.’ ‘I'tio city authorities bave notilod the attorneys of tho Citizous’ Association that thoy will take 1p the defensa of the injunction at”10o'clock this morning 10 Judgo Williams' Court, aud tho Citizeus' Association havoin responeo notitied the city that they wilthen spply for su extension of tho injunction -for xovoral dava. This, tho lega) seven aro confident of defenting, as thoy claim that the fojunction was wrongfully issuod by the Judgo, sud tLey oxpoct that aftor citiug their autboritive the Jindico will immediatoly dis- solve the injunction. It this is not thus ensily accomplishiod, each individusl member of tho soven will b preparvd to deliver an extensive arguwent on the case, aud each oue of these opivions bids fair to boso entiroly different from tho others that 1n the end nobody can tell just what is the matter. TUL CITIZENS' AHSOCIATION, Messes, Swith and Doolittle woro busy yeater- day exanuning wisuessos as the Citizens' Associ- ation rooms, roltiva to tho frauds w carrying the 1872 charter, 'Fhe depositions of Bergt. O'Donuell and & number of police ofticors and citizens wora taken, and thoy expoct to «go Into court with an overwhelming” masd of evidenco agatost the logality of the late eloction, Tho injunction case wilt probably be argued to-day. TIHE ARMY REUNION. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. The Executive Commnittoe of the Soldiers' aud Bailors’ Reunion held & meeting yestorday morn- iug in the Recorder's oftice, Iu the abseuce of Gen, Whits, Co). Lilliard was callod to the chair. Capt. Gould, Becrotary of the Commiltes on Ilendquartora nud Hally, submitted tlo following roport : ‘Tho hevdquarters of the differont depariments of tho Grahd Atuny of e Republio wilitary orunizations ranged as follows 3 cadquariers G, A, R, and wachiuselts, Wiveonsiu, Mionesats, New York, G, A, I3 theglnvitation, riutiog, aud Transportation Commiitees ) the Aty of the Potomog Niuth_Army Corpe, Artiliery Corpe uf tha U, H,, sud Iron Nrigade from Wiscousin; the ¥irst Heghwment Veteran Volunteer Engluccr Corps U, 8, Palmer Louas—1ha Depariments of Malue, New Humpshire, Virmout, llnde 1Island, Counecticnt, Totosaoe, Maryiaud, snd Virginia, G, ‘A, 5, th coption, " Lalls, anll ieadquartor Cominiitees Aviny of the Ténuesvee: Nov. 3l Marine Corp sud Cavalry Gorpw of the United Htalus aud Eighth flltnols Cuvaley, Sherwan Hous=Tho Departisents of Pennaylvanis, thnols, Indians, Obio, New Jursey, aud fows, G, A .3 Fiuunce, Laeoutive, aud Decoration Cou= mlitove; the Army of the Camberland sud (!hh!!' o ‘Pwenty-thind, Ninotieth, and Noventy-secoud Ll ll«'KlIlmur‘h \m-l‘ Ch\i 'l“'!:"ul -‘gn:rlh,]l’“l)‘-lnnlllll, Futy-eighth, aud Thirty-third Whiconsin, Tremont Houss—Ths Departmenta of California, Toxuy, Colorado, lieusas, aud Wyoming of the G, A, H.gthe .\Mr:mllllll aud Musie Cowmuditeos; and the Ariny of Greorgls, s, Howse—Tho Departménta of Michigan, Nee braaks, Bisslexippl, issourl, Keutucky, and’ Ala. Dawk f the O, A. 1. ¢ the Ary of tho Jatnes, Phio Firet Hiinots Militla Regimont wiil o bavoftshead- quarters at tho srioory ou Leko strect. All otler uniformed apd visiliog anilitury organizations Will hove thelr beadyuseicrs ot Exposition. Building, unleas othierwiss disposod of ju the ututime by tho Cuiumttice, duo notles of which will bo given throngh thio pross, 'T¢ ia earnostly hopod by tlie Commitios haviug in charge tho sssigoment of quarters dusis i grand raunluu, (b all cOuipanios regiumeits, b onyshlzations luteliing to pacticipatoln the Reunion will st o000 comuunicate with the Chairman, ¥, H, Lioyne, Republlo Life Dullding, Ohicaxo, Il » Qumotion of Kr, Hoyue, ths rosignation eof 4 Gen, Chotlaln aa Marshal-in-Ohlof of the grand pa-ado was accepted, and Gon, Frank T. Bhor« man appointed, Capt. Harrington, af the Committeeon Musle, reported progross, and asked for inetructions. Ou motion of Col, Haklwin, s Commitice was directed to ongage five bands, On motion of Col. Baldwin, the Committees of Invitation aud Roception wero directed to take in clhargo the uuynllntam‘enco of tho banquet on the ovoning of the 18th and the ball of the 14th. On motton of Col. Baldwin £125 was appropri= ated for tho purchase of a flag to be presanted to the best dnilled company aftor the drill on the Iake front on tho mfternoon of tho 18th, the jml%nn to be appointed by the Marshat-in-Chiaf. Thers wna nome informal dlacussion upon tho smount nocoksary to he ratsod and ostimaics of oxponditure canvassed, In order to finsily com- plota tho financial arrangements it waa ordered that the Marshalin-Chlef, the Frogrammo Committes, and tho Chsirmen of the other committaca shonld meat at 8 o'clock Wedunesday evening at the Tremont House. A meoting of tho Musio Committes was directed to te held Friday evoning at the Tre- mont. The moeting then adjourned. THE RECEPTION COMMITTEE. The Necoption Commitles of the- proposed Army Rennion held s meeting at the Bherman Houso last ovening, Mayor Colvin in the chalr, and J. J. Healey, Bocrotary. Dr. J, Ward Ellis moved the appointthont of & committea of ivo to eclect from the General Committes a sul-committee to attond at the railroad depota to eacort soldiera arriving fn tho city on the eve of the Reunlon to the several rondozvous. After some discussion the motion sranadopted, and the following appofuted ns #ald Commltteos Dr. J, Ward Ellis, Gen, 1. W, Smith, Col. Dald- win, Dr., McCarthy, and Capt. J. J. Healy, Gan, Bosm eaid ho bad ordored a tri-color badga formed in & bow with thren pendant rib- boun, on which was printed {n gold * Soldiors" Rteception Committos," to designate tho meni- bors of that Committee. Mo thought bLadges ought to be sgreed upon by the other com- mitteos. In auswor to an inquiry, Col. Baldwin said the banquet proposed for tho rounion wounld coosist of army ratlona and such donations ss the cit- izens might_make, and would be sorved intho lix'lmahiun Dilding. Hecretary Healy read s communication from thio Meyem Cadets, of Toledo, nccepting the in- vitation to tako part n the rounion. Gon, Boem sup;gested that tho Committes o mest vigitors at the depots bo also requested to sppoint committees to tako chargo of the bane quet and Lsll. ‘Ihe snggostion was adopted. A member kuggested that somothing onght to ho don toward procuring food and bodding for the visitora ontside of the city. lavor Colviu thought the soldiers oupht ta e fad while Liere, and ho had no doubt they would be. About lodgmg them thore would te no trouble. Mo would guerantes tho nas of twenty- five rooms free of cont for thnt purposo, and, in view of the large number of vacant buildings in the city, no trouble ought to ba anticipated. Capt. Brockway said_Gen, Shondan had 800 blankets wlich o would lonn for tho occanion, After further motions and discugsion tho fols lowing woro uppointed & commitice to confer with the Executive Committen in rozard to pro- viding food nnd lodging for the viwitars: Col, Ricaby, E. B, 8herman, and Mr, Eldridgo, Gon, Q. H, Hommond, Msaj. A, W. G. W. Gage, Capt. dohn If. Colvin, Gon._J. Smith, C. Ji. Blodgett, au the Rev. E. 1. Powall wara added to the Reception Committes. On motion, the Committos of five appointod to melect sub-committocs was increasod by the addition of Col. Ellridge, Col. John Murphy, Col. Arno Vors, and Col, Ratlin, The Committee then sdjourned until Thurs- day evoning. THE SUN-CONMITTEES, Tmmediatoly aftor the ad journmont of the I'e- coptions Committos, , tho Corumittoo of nine to appoint sub-conuiitteos to meet visitors at tho dopots Leld & weetiug, Dr. J. ard Ellis in the clir, Ou_motfon of Col. Baldwin, Gov. Bovoridgo, Gen. Sheridan, and Mayor Culvin were appomit- ed & Special Committée to recelvo Prosident Grant and such prominent civic and military of- ficors as should attend the rouvion. ‘The following Bub-Committees wera then ap- pointod: On the Banquet—Capt, Brockwny, Cipt. Tealy, Col. Hiliard, Gen., 1, W, Smith, Col.’ Shnifner, T, T, ler, xnd Gen, MeArthur, Col, Eldridge, Col, Taldwin, Touls Walil, Dr. McCarthy, Dr, J. Ward Eilis, Weshington Moty Col. Uwen Stuart, Johin T, McAuley, snd J, G, reuian, The Banauot and Ball Committoes will moot st the Grand Pacltic Hotel this evouiug at 8 ‘cloe ‘he follawing Depot Roception Committess were .ppoiuted Unfon Depo'—John Lanigan, A, LeD nan, Jumeq Blewart, B, Clark, 4. C, Eilia, 3tr. Hindersh Kbrirg, W, T, tovens, Joun i Depot—N, M.Wood, E.Cummings, F, Clristophieraon, J. W. Oreyg, J. .\lm;slhv Capte Earl, Thomaw Broen, D; Bromuer, 3tad. W, Dean, Tugwel Oteaon, and Dr, Pa Michiadn Southern Depot—Witliam McLaughlin, J, W, Brockwsy, M. A, Thayer, Col, Baldwin, O, E. Over: rocker, L ) Drury, N, 1L Merrill, wud Wayng Galis. way. Tho Committce then adjourned without date. AMERICAN RIEDICAL ASSOCIATION, LousviLLg; Ky., May 3.—I'roparationa for the twenty-sixth aunual meating of the American Medical Amsociation, whicl convenes at the Galt Housoe to-morrow moarning, ave complete. Al- ready over 300 delogates ara in tho city ana 200 or 30 moro are expected to-night and to-mor~ row, Tho mceling promisos to be tho largest and most importent over held by tho Assocla- tion. Two daily meotings will be beld, morning _and aflernoon, and ndjourn- ment will not be reachod beforo Fri- day. Members of tho profession in this city havo spared no paina to make the meot- ing o pleasant one for dolegatos, To-morrow night a genaral recoption willbo givon by the Lousvilie phyniciaus aud surgoons to the “visit- ars, and excl night dnriufi tha Convention from threo 1o five roceptious will ba given at private residoncos. 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