Show ELECTION in no country in the world has the art of stuffing ballot boxes avei ever arrived at such perfection as in california in the recent erection in the new county of san mateo the studdie stu flers rs must have had it all their own way the following is an extract from a letter written by a resident of tha th county to a friend in san francisco los angeles star in fact our ejection was a mockery and an insult upon common decency and honor our oar ballot boxes were stuffed beyond a parallel crystal springs votes with 50 voters belmont po polled ile lle 31 votes while there were ivere not over 30 voters in the e precinct and at lillys where there are 40 voters votes were polled men whose names were not on a ticket and eind who were not known as candidates were ivere elected and randsome some of the canalda canaida candidates tes received votes more from the three precincts than ihan there were voters in the county there were three times as many mahy votes polled as is there are voters in in the whole county I 1 am disgusted 6 arul ami ashamed to own myself a cuzen citizen 1 denof of so young a county so deep in rascality and sin |