The New York herald., 1874-10-30
Ratification of the City and
County Ticket.
Enthusiastic Gathering ut
Cooper Institute.
THE TICKET UNANIMOUSLY INDoRSED.
Speeches by Jackson s. Schultz, Geo. W. Curtis,
Governor Noyes and Salem n. Wales.
THE THIRD TERM.

4 meeting was held last night in the Cooper
institute Tor the purpose of ratifyng the republi
can city and county ticket. The hall was crowded
BY very enthusiastic and Intelligent audience.
ana on the outside IN the streets adjoining were
placed stands, around which were gathered large
CROWDS oi PERSONS who were addresse: by leading
local republican politicians. Tne Glee Singers en-.
hvcned the proceedings In the hall by the singing
OF several humorous and patriotic gees. The
loyalty OF the audience was appealed to by the
various speakers III the recital Of war reminis-
eences. "Thc third term" question was referred
70 III Significant language by the Governor OF
onto. On the platform were number OF promi.
0ent republicans, including Ex-Governor Morgan.
THE PROCEEDINGS.
MI. JACKSON S. SCRULTz. in opening the meet
Ing. said they all regretted that the munich
pal election comes at this time. 1t Is dam
aging that 1t should come at the same time
- the State election He wished to call at
tention to the fact that Tammany Hall is knocking
outside asking to come IN. They assure US that
they are reformed He would compare old Tamma.
ny Hall with the new Tammany Hall. In 1869 the
dty OF New York was indebted $36,oo0coO We had
then had three or four years or Tammany rule. In
1917 there was to be Q Presidential election. Ar
rangements were to be made on grand scale. 1t
was therefore arranged that So, ,0OO 900 should be
slowed away on this. occasion. The plan was
this:-lt was alleged that New YORK city had
large floating debt. Albany was to be applied to
for power to issue bonds to pay this debt. You
know what the result Of this was. From 1859 to
1871, In two years and eight months 1t was in
creased to $Sl, 600. Mr.. Green says, In
his printed report issued recently, that more
than $25, ,0o0 900 Of this was incurred without any
equivalent. II ne (the speaker) were to speak
IN 40 i,,Ar ft
raise that estimate to s45,OOO,000. II, said Mr..
Schultz, this man Wickham is made Mayor
wnom, personally, I have not to say one word
against (and, whatever may be his faults, more
phable man than Green Is put over the
treasury as the watchdog)-bonds will be issued
Tor this city tnat will raise this sum to
e200, ,00O,0 600. What are the facts? Only tnat
there are tens upon tens of millions OF dollars
worth OF bonds ready to be put forward, and then
this city win be laid under obligations that it will
never recover from. Our property is already
Tammany 10 to rule over us more than Sss per
cent q tnat property VIII be put under bonds.
the list OF Vice Presidents and Secre aries.
Assistant District Attorney Russell read the fol-
lowing resolutions. which were adopted:-
THE RESOLUTIONS.
The republicans OF the county of New York, in mass
meeting assembled. resovei-
sssp ,ss
suisaed public Citizen waoss hf high cSarac @
:Ts tnoSn 70 al ms fellow e,tizsns; that sesepi.
anEe fS a,,a me nominee for Kcgse.-
and orpSan f.
afssf pnas
?ss s e Ss
pSpuaSn nay q yisn
Vance and for he s next soard Of Alder
men have been made as partial recosntlon Of their
iourth candidate for Alderman Mr.. George H. forster
New YORK eaced Two 0e''
s e o the Piay Of as @ %
desires anshing that brings against Mr. aorrisseys
and urges tGe asnce honest respectable and dis
5 s e wss o
bringing that rule to speedy end by helping TO elect
Tstyd-Tnat, with determlnation to give Now York
ns saS e e s We s WORK
tor our cause and candidates
SPEECH OF @. W. CURTIS.
Mr.. G. W. CURTIS said Fellow citZens-It In
now ffteen years. since Abraham Lincoln
lcheers)-stood IN this hall on behalf or the
ne gave his llfe and which are the sole security
for the government OF the people and these prln-
Sere he nc sS AS ne 19d
was confronted by the great, powerful ana domi-
nant demociatic party. There have oeen these
and we are confronted by the same
same leadership That party would cause us to
forget the history and traditions OF that party
v,n,s winch brought into history the PATRIOTIC memo.
flals OF this nun. That party stands tonight
where It stood then, and where 1t once stood
nnder the old dominion Of slavery that is past.
forget. The duty Of every wise man, however
freely ne may forgive is equally never to forget.
cratic Mayor Of 1850 tried ali in his
deadly certainty at loyal breasts that Mayor was
the regular democratic Mayor OF this city. We 90
not forget that me democratic Governor OF this
state In 1853 stood OH the steps OF the City Hail. In
rbe Park and called the red-handed rioters OF that
time MS "dear friends''- lcncsrs) and promised
them that he would ask thc PRESIDENT. Abraham
lancoln-ttremendous cheers)--to grant them ali
they demanded. Nor do we forget that one OF the
%Sst % being
with al loyal men simply to MAINTAIN
the Union !, ana once more to run
down from the star OF Fort Sumter, refused to
take that step. and tnat democratic leader to-
state s, oi New York against the maa VINO issued
tnat famous order-"Whoevcr pulls down the
American American nag shoot him on the spot" Great
cneerIng) Fellow citizens, 1t Is with this party
We have to deal and no other. TWO years ago
there were some good honest men wAo thought
1t Cincinnati Dy clever politicians Of another
party, who, Ike themselves, were soon alter cap.
The Cincinnati y isii into the the e web d pas ne
Baltimore SPIDER -Qaugnterl-bu never walked
out again, anu when they want To make au
alliance over again tncy receive the short and
peremptory answer, 'Snoo. fly, don't bother me.n
lLaughter.) Fellow citizens, the alliance Is COM
night. my friends, Dorsheiner is the regular Tam
manv candidate Tor Lieutenant Governor oil the
state OF New York. We are. then. to choose pe.
parry necessarily Is. II is not only an association
oi men who agree on special purposes, directed
toward given end. All history shows that party,
being compact organization, bound together on
certain principles and acquiring certain traditions,
Decoines also an organic Dody, with organic lie.
II was well SAID by 4 British statesman that the
neads o parties are like the heads OF serpents-
they are moved and governed by the tal. There.
lore, when you are choosing between two parties
and you desire to know what the policy 0i either
party would be look ana see where either party
has It's cnlefest strength. IT. there ore, Ia this
country yon nnd q party strongest In the north.
west-ln New England or III the rural districts OF
new york. or In the great centres Ci industry, OF
IN telligence and OF morals, then YOU Know very
wen tnat the policy OF tnat party will be The policy