The Portland daily press., 1876-07-03
New York Correspondence.
The Downfall of John KeIIy-CeIebra-
ton of the Fourth.


The tdings of the nomination of Tilden at
st. Louis came too late in the evening to Sc
cure any organized demonstration among his
supporters. In the rooms of the Young Mems
Democratic Club, an association formed this
year in support of Tilden, there was a little
speaking and much hurrahing, and in Union
Square, front of the Fifth Avenue Hotel, some
men blazed away for an hour or two with a
small cannon. There were small groups in
front of the principal hotels of the city, who
discussed the situation without excitement and,
excepting those whose ventures in pool buying
had been disastrous, seemed to regard the NOM
ination as something which had been q FORE
gone conclusion, There was no talk among
the Democrats of an era of reform, but there
was much said of the skill in ipolitical manipu-
lation of Sammy Tilden, sold Yarbs," as some
of the younger Democrats call him with great
irreverence, and the million Of dollars he had
devoted to the campaign. The Republicans re-
celved the nomination with satisfaction, for
while he will receive, as would any other DEM
Ocratic nominee, the straight vote of his party,
the vulnerability of his business and political
record and the sham of his pre.entions as q
reformes, which are well understood here by
all parties, and will be before long as well un-
understood throughout the country, render him
powerless to attract the floating vote which
will go to the 'best man." and which this year
will decide the contest. There was one Demo-
cratic resort which was unlighted, and where
none gathered to remark on the news; Tam
many Hall stood lonely and iesolate waiting
the arrival of its chief, Kelly, and his dispirited.
beaten followers, who return from st. Louis to
receive in their ancient stronghold the melan-
choly rites of their political funeral. Kelly
went from New York a week ago the absolute
and despotc ruler of that organization which
has been so potent not in this city only but in
the councils of the entire Democratic party.
At his command the Mayor and Board of Al
dermen followed him with their body guard of
strikers, to fight, with the best heart they could
summon, against the nomination of the man
whom they remembered as the associate of
that greatest cheftain of the Ring, the depart
cd Tweed, and whom, especially as he was
likely to run, it seemed sacrilege to oppose.
Poor Sammy Cox even was summoned, much
against his will, to leave the speakership and
come to st. Louis and although he pleaded
pteously to be spared the sacrif flee Of his pros
p6CtSy ITO CUuiu Hutbo lhuotOl buO OOutu9O W
defy Kelly, and came hesitatiugly to the con-
vention to oe engulfe1 in the ruin of his asso-
cates. The rank and file of Tammany are
| quick to discern that their leader has lost his
power, and were saying as early as Wednesday
| night that within 80 days Tammany Hall will
| be reorganized in a manner satisfactory to Mr..
| Tilden and utterly destructive to Mr.. John
| Kelly and his friends like Wickham and Cox,
/ who are too much committed to the actions of
their leader to escape the sharing of his down.
| fall.
| The most extensive preparations are making
| for the celebration in New York Of the Cen
tennial Fourth of July. The whole city is
ablazs with flags which wave from the tops of
buildings, hang from windows, and are fes-
tooned in profusion in the interior of almost
| every place Of business. A use has at last
been found for the seedier class of "bummers"
| who are not oyerburdened with fastidious scru-
| pies as to their appearance. The vendors of
| fireworks and Centennial bargains employ
them as peripatetc advertisements. One can
| not walk block without meeting one of these
| grotesque objects clad in Turkish raiment OF
centennial colors, and wearing hat of extra
ordinary shape draped in the same gorgeous
hues. Placards hang in front and behind, and
between these and the hat broad Milesian face
looks gravely forth as its owner slowly prone
nades the street. When the countenance is set
off by Chinese pig-tail, or short clay pipe
held between the teeth, the effect is very fine.
The festivities of the Fourth begin with the
citizens of Teutonic descent on the I'd of July,
which will be day of picnics and singing fes-
tivals. As an instance of the extent of the
preparations made for one of these meetings,
will mention the Allgemeiner Saengerbund
Association which goes to Jones Wood on Sun
day and has provided for the enjoyment of the
| occasion one thousand kegs of lager beer. On
the evening of the Sd the whole city will be
illuminated, and there will be t0rchlght pro-
cession of the various societies, civic and mill
tary, in which %, 900 people will march; the
exercises will be kept up until daylight. On
the 4th the Declaration of Independence will
be read, and an Grafton and ode delivered at the
Academy of Music. EDGAR.