New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-11-07

John Morrissey, after campaign of only
eleven days, was elected Senator from the
Fourth District of this city yesterday, over
John Fox, the Tammany candidate, by a
majority of $500, certainly, in round figures.
Two years ago Fox was elected over Nor
gan Jones by majority o. 6063, out of
total vote of 81 $3.50. This enormous major
ity has been wiped out and has broken up
combination which contemplated making
Fox the next sheriff OF New York and his
brother in-law, ex Police Justice Hogan,
police commissioner. All day yesterday
Fox and his men were oyerbearibg. con-
fident, and even insolent all through the
district. They resorted to the subterfuge of
running up the betting in the pools in order
to ere ate outside effect, and up to the
last few minutes before the closing of
the polls his workers" were buying
votes and fairly dragging voters up
to the ballOt-box. 1t was no secret
amounts of money on Monday and yester-
day. On Monday night he sent $4,000 cash
TO be invested in the pools, and sent $400O
into the fourth assembly district yesterday.
1t is said that the secret Of Morrissey's sue
cess was in the peculiar way in which he
marched his men to the polla' IN squads OF five
to twenty, early yesterday morning, and got
in his votes before Foxs money could be
brought into play. The working men
were taken charge Of by agents of
Morrssey's, and all the down town
hotels and restaurant keepers in
structed their gangs of walters and other
employees to vote for Morrissey. After mid
day yesterday four out OF every i've votes
polled we're Tor Fox and the fact that Nor
rissey votes came in so slow discouraged
even the men in charge of his ticket boxes.
A Times reporter who went through the
first, second, third, fourth, sixth, seventh
and fourteenth wards after two o'clock yes
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from whom to Obtain single Item OF In
formation, while the Fox men were in
droves about every polling place, and bla
tant with defiance. At four O'Clock some of
Morrissey's warmest friends we're downcast
and openly gave up the contest to Fox
by majority of 5000, and among this
number were Morrisssys brother-in-
and other ordinarily well informed
men. During the canvass Morrisseys
headquarters were frequented by some
twenty men of reputation, among them
County Clerk Walsh. Warden. Stacom,
Thomas Walsh, Dennis Burns, Edward Ca
hill, ex-Assembly man Charles Reilly, ex-
Assistant Alderman George krauss, Justice
Fowler and few others. They were looked
upon as small knot of soreheads and ont
siders. But there was great change last
night after seven o'clock, and his paIlOrs
were crowded almost TO sntfocation, while
several hundred persona were cOngregated
in the bar room and in the street about the
Arson House. Of course Mr. Morrissey
was the great centre of attraction, and
everybody wanted to shake his hand, which
they would have refused to do, many of
them, forty eight hours since. Mr. Norris
sey never tor one moment lost faith in his
prospects of success, though some friends
about him did yesterday, and was as un-
moved last night when the bulletins of
victory from all parts of the district and
city came to him as he was before he En-
tered the canvass. He had arranged to
have the returns brought to him by his poll
watchers, instead of waiting for the police
returns, and he was consequently posted as
to the results before the police board knew
of it. As the figures came in by election
districts, one after another. showing his
majolities even in the election districts in
which Fox and Hogan reside, the enthusi-
asm among che people assembled at his
rooms was Intense. Captain j. d. MoClel-
land and Ellis B. Schnabel, who have both
done good service for Morrissey on the
stump, made brief addresses of congratula-
ton to the candidate and to the working
men, who had thus eplendidly vindicated
themselves against Tammany, injustice and
oppression. York Times.