The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-11-11

ScondTo prosecute promptly and to convict every de-
tected offender against the Interests OF the ballot.
Trd-Io take measures to prevent any eanuaae NOV
FauTNfo appeai to lie Legislature about to assem-
bio for such speedy relief it may be In their power to
FVA-To such other and further measures for en-:
we hereby pledge 10 said committee from The begnni1
the end Of their abors our moral peeuniay and need oc
RESOLVED. That with full knowledge OF the wrongs
bring the criminals JUSTICE with confidence in The JUS
lice Of our cause and reliance on Divine rroydenss We
first desDoea US Of our have US Of our
We hereby notify t them Sa, the battle TO which we ehs
@ O s. Ps s e to as bitter hs ad Gs
about to oyertske them at the hands OF an nsued and
SPEECH OF GENERAL HENRY W. sLocuM.
General HENRY W. SLocUM, on being introduced,
spoke as foll0ws:-
FELLOW CITIzENs-Ihave been absent from home
most OF the time since the polls closed, and have
known but little OF what was gong on. have
heard more this morning than expected of
the alleged frauds ! was invited to attend
this meeting late this evening, and came here
with no intention OF making q speech, but with an
earnest desire to place myself among those who de.
sire not only TO correct those frauds, but to punish
their perpetrators. (Applause.) was little sorry
to hear my friend, Mr. Tracy, speak Of them as
democratic frauds They may have been perpe.
trated by democrats, but l speak the truth
great mass OF the democratic party will condemn
them as strongly as any man In this house. LAD.
plause. He pledges MS District Attorney to prose-
cute them pledge him that VIII secure as much
money to prosecute these frauds from democratic
sources as he Will from his own political friends.
(Applause). say this because believe that every
sensible demoOfat, every man VINO has any
ambition, every man who has any property must
see that it Is to his interest 70 condemn them. 1t Is
to his interest to preserve the purity OF the ballot
box. (Appause.) Whenever 1t comes to the point
that four or five men can eject our officers In back
property becomes OF little value You nave no hold on
1t. believe that every sensible democrat VIII unite
here assembled, in prosecuting to the bitter end
every man who has been engaged In these frauds.
The Legislature which is about to assemble is In
that 1T is composed in the main OF honest and good
men. Let Us ask that Legislature to give
the baot-boy. tApplause.) For one, say now, rs
have always said that you cannot make too strln-
don't care how stringent the law is made Ii would
be better to put every man in the city to the trouble
Of going TO some place TO register his name
stolen from us through the stuiIlng OF
the ballot box: applause! ! WIN Join IN peti,
most stringent registry law that can be en-.
acted. .Applause.) Having once secured a pure
our money come before the people. ("rhat's 80 !"
Good ~ Let us have none OF those boards where
man slip behind somebody ese Let them all IKE
your representatives in Congress and in the state
Legislature be compelled to come before you where
You can n say we done go9d ana faithful ser
your streets or the man who constructs your sew
ers come before Won anu submit to the same thing.
box and say by our votes I'VE ma that
you have been an honest man." Give US that and
give us pure ballot, ana then Brooklyn VIII be
place worth living in, and 1t won't be without. ZAP
plausel
Loud calls were then made for "Woodford, Wood
ford;n but Mayor KaDneisch announced that that
gentleman was not present. Tic introduced instead
CAPTAIN 4. W. TENNY,
who arose and addressed the assemblage as fol-
lows
Mr.. CHAIRMAN and GESTLEMEN-I nm not on
your list OF speakers here tonight. l am here
simply because am an American citizen and IN
full sympathy with this meeting (Applause) But
as you nave drafted me into the service
by pulling me over the bannister 1
will briefly respond to the CALL In the
first place, ] congratulate you. the citl.
zens OF Brooklyn, for this magn.h cent out
pouring OF our people, who have come here this In
clement night to put into shape and form their
righteous Indignation against the frauds OF last
Tuesday. (App ause.) furthermore congratulate
the good citizens oil this city that mere not
as partisans, but as American citizens. applause
here WHO voted Tor Powell for Mavor that there are
men who voted for our respected Mayor Kalbneisch-
"a voice, Good n')-and there arc those here who
voted for Booth for MayOr-each ana all demanding
the same thing and with the purpose, and that
is that the men who have stuffed our ballot
names over and over again on the
poll list shall be driven the wall and punished for
was on fire and the forked flames were leaping from
block to block and from square to square the people
OF that CITY did not stop to ask which building ii
was, or whether 1t belonged to q democrat or q re-
publican; but they fought the names inch by inch
mercy poured out the walls OF heaven and put out
the ~, aam n,, Appause So when we are writing
W.
before, 1t is time that we came as citizens
to fight this thing inch BY inch, ana
plause) And, what is more, we find that
little freshman who drew the sword at Chicago and
there were plundermg ana getting rich OUT OF the
exigcncies and necessities OF that citv, what aid
pIanse And SO. wien we cannot get justice in our
10 Isg'ss!aTe Rang '%s% issanss there
q lie 'As ss;3 Think "
omnipotent. Then the will OF one man was the law
Of that city. t!Iisses.l Councils and legislatures
the Ring is broken and It's supporters pow
erless as wa an infant in , The cradle .Ap
p on 1Ia nave an beard snppose
There was such man. Little in stature, little in SOUL
little In principle and small in manhood-(lau9h-
bourne from which no traveller like MN ever re-
turns Laughter ana ap p Where IS the
WhOle itinR that rODped the city, Tley nave gone
down beneath the green pool OF their
own corruption to rise never again. applause)-
put down there by the people ana not by partisans
(Appause.) There Is q lesson which the good men
Of the city should gather from the recent election
It is this: we should take an example from
the earnest men In New YORK city. We
ought to have gone into this canvass with
two tickets instead OF three. (Applause.) We
ought to have united, no matter what name
headed the ticket, taxing the old starry flag OF The
republic, and on 1t ''re'renchment ana Yefo!m''-on
that we should have gone into the canvass tAp-
/ he m IN n hnn1I ha hot,
our present honored Mayor who, / say here as
republican. has been the faithful guardian OF the
interests OF the city and Of TINS people he
has been Mayor-Gapplause,- or whether Samuel
Booth (appause)-I care not. Had we made a
reform ticket, as we ought to have done-had we
fight you would not have been here. There could
have been no frauds tor tell you we would have
carried the city by from ten to twenty thousand
majority. "a voice, '.Thats sor) But, gentlemen
find am making speech, and Will bid you
GOOD night. Voices, Go on, 60 on.')