New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-03-14
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY, MARCH IA, 1885,

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which will come 10 all hearts.
The above may be considered to be an imperfect
outline Of Mr. COlss speech, but your reporter Wa
some twenty feet distant from the speaker and could
bear no more.
There was a general rising among the guests, the
champagne was nearly exhausted, and new topic Of
exci,enent-sn assault and ba.tery-clsimed stten-
ton Councilman Mcconnell Soft of the Thirteenth
Ward, was sitting opposite ex-Alderman Dodge,
(hard,D of the Second Ward. The Councilman, when
Mr.. Cole introduced, called Justify for o keefe.
The e1-Alderman wished to hear Cole, and said TO
the Councilman and other distdrbers-" Hush up
TIE Councilman replied" You are ssucker. You're
"aG-d did Tn Of b--h" and with come other
expressions Of that character the time clinch-
ing Dodge and threatening 20 al lick him. Alderman
varian, of the Twenty first Ward caught the Coun-
Gilman, and prevented him from committing any fur
Their violence The Police, of whom about tFeu'y-
five were in the hail, came up-when it vas over.
The lades under the escor. Of the gallant Lieut. Gov
erDor, preciEtstely retired.
Mr. DAILY, an assistant doorkeeper Of tue Senate,
elevated himself above the uproar, and screamed:
GESTLEMEY: want TO give you toast, this side
OF the house, / will give you:
william H. Seward The Of the State"
Cries Of hiss him do W. folio we'd, and the three
cheers were given with plentiful Kisses. Okeee AID
Fred. Douglass were vociferously called upon. Such
gentlemen a. could do So filed up their glasses, aud
Il was noticed that some of the policemen wei psr
ticuuly active in that department of the service.
Mr. Towle the business partner OF james W. Barker
the late candidate Of the Know Nohiugs for Mayor,
proposed I" three cheers FOR the Know-Nothngs >
They were given, but the Kisses were fully equal to
them. Somebody then cried out, three cheers 70
"Sam" These were given so very fsintly that TIE
opponents did rot think il worth while 10 hiss. Some
body didn't think that the boys understood ~ aud s.
somebody proposed "anotter three cheers Ill
orIv answer was a colo: you go to HI"
A thought struck the President. He said that the
boat would start in five minutes. This started the
mob, and they separated into groups, discussing
various more or less exciting subjects.
The police were very active in the brandy -room;,
as well as over the champagne, and quite number
of them revived their acquaintance With the street
ladies who were confined in the work-house. The
matrops thought that some Of the stars behaved
worse than the inmates.
In about half an hour after the break up people got
on board the steamer agair. Egeryboiy, rowdies
included said that the whole affair was " most dis
graceful" sn indefinite number of times. The
Councilman who had distinguished himself at dinner
met AID Dodge the boat near the door of the la
dies cabin and made the following historical asser-
ton: You said to me, shutup' and said you was
add sucker" Persons Immediately interfered,
and the Hon. Mr. Wells, Of Warren Co, remarking
that Mr. Dodge had acted like gentleman, and he
could not say as much for Mcconnell, the Council
man said "Ill bet you're Il sucker" The bar was
not SO well pstronized the way down as when going
up-the rovdies were gorged
The cause of the is quite apparent. 1t was
the bar on board Of the boat, the Governors brandy
at Randalls Island, the gratis brandy at Blackwell
Island, and $50 bottles of wine labeled;