The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-11-04

terviews which had with some OF the successful
candidates and various politicians the event Of the
hour arc here appended.
RECORDER HAcKETT
was in poor health yesterday, owing TO very
cold he contracted in driving around the city few
nights ago. He quite hoarse and had suffered
from splitting Of blood He left court about and
proceeded home. In answer to the questions OF tho
HERALD representative he. said-'T expected my
jorty would be about 20, OOo have had time to
look up the returns this morning but told they
give me than / anticipated The victory
just achieved belongs 10 the people not to any
party. 1t was the triumph OF democracy usurp-
alton and despotism. Hereafter the people will have
something to say in selecting their repre-
sontatyss In the pas, od tins has h not n oegn
given away at the behest and caprice Of one
to whomsoever he pleased. The system was I'M
American and dangerous, and when It's proper char,
acter was exposed 1t was destroyed The uprising of
yesterday will politicians OF John keHys stripe
that there is limit they cannot pass 1t taught
them before 1871 but that looked on as phe-
nomena exhibition OF popular feeling not likely to be
repeated in years IL is now seen that when properly
aroused the people, despite organizations or leaders,
will settle matters for themselves very thoroughly"
edo you suppose the local democratic party will
suffer any from the divisions in the canvassY"
'Not at all. Rid OF Mr.. Kelly who would insist
imposing his dIctum on the party, there is every hope
that better and stronger organization will follow"
'Grcat efforts were made to defeat you ?'
"Every effort possible. Money was freely used in
all sorts of ways, and the whole county was deuged
with pamphlets and proclamatons aimed at me and
those who gave me their support. New York cannot
be too thankful for having got rid of this Ubiquitous
scheme for controlling its political interests 1t is a
cheering sign that there is latent power in the COM
munity for checking the bad ambition of politicians
who seek personal ends 10 and that it is not
aroused in vain"
EX-SENATOR JAMES o'BRIEN
was in jubilan state Of soul yesterday and wherever
he went met with warm congratulations. He spent
some time at the Bixby headquarters, in Park row,
where the disafected wont to rally prior to the
recent revolution Speaking to the HERALD reporter,
Mr. 0Bren said that he thought he had run for Sena
tor he would have been elected by from 1000 to 5000
majority On being asked what he considered the best
thing be done in the present crisis to harmonic the
party and bring all its dsintegratcd parts together,
he answered, "Let John Kelly take himself out of
the way and all will be right again He is the OBJ
structon. There is room for all OF who demo-
Gratis in Tammany Hail. and with the right way of
doing things need be compelled to take up his
hat and leave because his opinions don't coincide with
whoever claims to be boss We want no boss in
Tammany Hall. Bosses don't suit the democracy. Let
this or that nomination is not proper give him liberty
to say am willing and So are friends of mine, to
go back to Tammany Hall when John Kelly steps out
and the one man power Is ended"
FRANCIS M. BIxBY
said he felt better in his life than at the
throw OF Tammany rule. ~ have been working for
that result he continued ''for the past six years.
during the time Tweed ruled Tammany, well as while
it has been under the control OF John Kelly. For the
last two weeks have been up night and day talking
and working, speaking at meeting in public hall to
thousand men one night and in barroom to group
rested chiefly the justice of appeals to the
people. We had neither money nor patronage to
about town to prejudice peoples minds against our op
ponents. We took stand against personal rule and
personal aggrandizement in democracy. Tammany
has been nothing more than machine to exalt and go
riy John Kelly and provide public positions for his
galaxy of satellites. The people realized this, and the
reduction of the laborers' wages only intensified the
feeling against an ohgarchy that presumed NEEDLE
with matter that was entirely out of their Juris-
diction."
What In yonr oninion xuas tho r,otive of raducino
the laborers' wages ?''
some motive to strengthen their forces by put
ting more men at work and paying each man less than
formerly the other TO court favor with the silk
stocking democracy by show OF reform and retrench-
ment "
"What are the prospects Of reorganization of
Tammany Hall2"
1--WE intend TO have no Tammany Hall Ours is now
the democratic organization OF the city and county of
New York Tammany no longer exists. After yester
day per of its followers will remain with
it, We showed strength that entities to be recog
nized the organization proper. elected by
antiTammany democratic votes, and though Endorsed
by the republicans got few OF their votes As will be
seen, the anti-Tammany vote foots up about 35 000
That makes very respectable showing Our strength
is established Tammany may come TO US,
fact is there is no Tammany. Il was
buried yesterday and attended the funeral 1t was
a machine for the benefit of John Kelly and his
oceseeking friends AS an instance of the utter dis
regard Of the peoples rights exhibited by Kelly, three
members of the Committee on Discipline were sent to
the Senatorial Convention and instructed to dictate to
the members the nomination of Everett p Wheeler,
which was done accordingly though a hundred men
in that convention asked wonderingy who Everett p.
Wheeler might be and where he resided"
FERNANDO WOOD
SAID he preferred wait till the smoke OF the battle
before venturing opinion on the present
of affairs. He thought the late revolution quite
shock but yet local in its bearings and effect II
think, after all /" said Mr. Wood, that it will do good
II certainly will do harm to the national democratic
party 1t will make it more sensitive TO the needs OF
the hour and point out what to do and what TO avoid
Don't you think it destroys Governor Tilden a
candidate for President2"
Excuse me-" said Mr. Wood, smiling, ~ can't
offer opinion, you know, till the smoke clears
away
JOHN p couGHLAs
formerly member of Assembly and OF the Tammany
Hall General Committee spoke husiasticaly of the
fight made against the Tammauy candidate Everett p.
Wheeler for Senator In the Eighth Senatorial district
1t much more important in It's influence on Tam
many Hall than that in the Fourth Senatorial district,
as it determined the results of six years struggle
against the rule OF the wgwam. When asked if there
not good many members of the General Com
mttee who were dissatisfied with John Key's manage
ment and yet AFRAID TO speak their sentiments because
of the dread OF being disciplined" Mr.. Coughan
said
'There must, of course, be quite number, but
they keep their thoughts to themselves for fear of being
expelled They may denounce Kelly now, as they per-
ceve he is going down has gone down; but they
will wait day or two to see what the Committee on
Organization is about to do"
'fwhere does the evil lie in the Tammany organiza-
tionf''
"The evil, in my opinion, lies in having a secret
society OF sachems who the trustees ofTam-
many Hail. The General Committee are only tenants
John Kelly is the head of the sachems, and any
Der who dspeases him can be elected from Tammany
Hall on his mandate II is this secret society that
makes a one-man power possible. If the General Com
mittee had the lease of the Hail. say for year, with
no grand sachems to interfere with Them autocracy
like the present would be impossible"
MoRRssRYs VIEWS
Hon. John Morrissey Fox's successor in the Fourth
Senatorial district unquaaedly condemned the course
of Tammany Hail. and claimed that its present leader
John Kelly, had nothing left now but to tender his
resignation Speaking Of the election and its conse
quences he said last evening in the Hoffman House to
HERALD reporter that he considered the defeat of Tam
many fitting rebuke TO the dctatoral mannerin which
Mr. Kelly had attempted to control the sufrages of the
democratic party in this county, and he added. moth
ing remains for the beaten chief but to resign.
This however, Mr. Morrssey did not think he would
do, although in his estimation nothing better for the
organization could happen, as then there would be
chance for the consolidation of the honest remnants Of
the party in this county He did not regard the result
of the election a condemnation of democracy in this
city and county; he looked upon II as distinct ex
preston of the peoples determination to dis
countenance once and forever zone man rule" The