The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1876-11-23
LETTER F1R0MDR. MOORE.

LETTER FROMDR MOORE
NEW York, Nov. 10, 1876.
ED1ron ADVANCE: s The thought.
occurredsto me.this evening that you
reader smight be interested .bka short
skketcllof ELECTION week. in bis ~,
by.an. sye Witness, and .hayinf 9 Ittle
spare time will try to entertain them.
New York, as you are aware, is quite a
good sized place. There are an i'm
mense number of houses here, and
about ! 200, 600 people. 70 supply these
people with FOOD and clothing requires
= large number of stores, shops, etc.
That these are not lacking IS easily
SdSohs Wa1ks along o' Sseohd
Fourth, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth
Avenues, and, last aid greatest, Broad
way, for you can walk a distance OF
from eight to ten miles and pass little
else but places for trade. Lager beer
shops are sprinkled along in such pro-
fusion that it would be very little, lex
aggeration to say that every other door
was q saloon. The city is Is miles long,
At miles in it's widest part, and covers
the Whole Of Manhattan Island and
part of the main land, occupying All
area equal to $500 acres. While the
city contains so many houses and peo-
pie, they are 50 arranged, and the shops
are so distributed, that every square
contains within its own area the neces-
sary means for supporting its existence,
50 that we might say that the great city
is an aggregation of small towns which
taken together form the grand whole.
AS a general thing, eacl, person attends
to their own affairs differing thereby
materially from small towns), so that
persons living. here for years do. not
know the name of their next neighbor.
Many people in: one end of the city
know no more what passes at the other
end from month to month than a per-
son living in Minnesota, and it is only
when some event of unusual signiti-
canoe disturbs the current that the
masses congregate in unusual numbers
and there is evidence of the mutual re.
lation of the different parts to each
other and to the whole. 49, 49,: 49,.
Such an event, or events, rather, have
been agitating the city during the past
two weeks. There has been exhibited
throughout the whole campaign feel
ing of intense .earnestness, snDdued, it
is true, but potent, and evidently per.
vading all classes, from the millionaire
to the hod carrier. During tile last two
weeks this has cropped out in numerous
torch light professions, public speeches,
etc. No room in the city is of sufficient
capacity to hold the crowds who assem-.
bled to hear 1.-THE situation' discussed
from evening to evening. I managed
to obtain il seat at Cooper Institute
when Attorney General Taft and Murat
Halsted were here by being on hand one
hour before the opening. At the meet
ing OF the business men, who were ad.
dressed by Evarts, l could get near
enough to the outside door to look in
and see the speaker.
| Trouble was anticipated on election
day, and extra precautions were adopt
ed to suppress any eruption. a large
force of deputy marsllals were sworn
i'll and armed, and police were stationed
all over the city. Happily the forebod
ings of trouble were not realized (per
haps on acco,s'.t of the precautions), and
with the exception of one man killed
and the arrest of 400 ''repeaters," which
was effected without any trouble, the
day passed off very quietly. The col
leges were all closed. so that not being
able to hear any lectures l left the hos
pital and went down town. The day
was Il wet one, the kind of day which
is considered favorable to the Demo
Gratis, as it is held that Republicans are
less inclined to face stormy weather
than their opponents. On the day pre-
viOus there had been earnest work done
by the committees of the different par,
ties; tickets were distributed, sub:com.
mittees were at work urging upon
doubtful persons the Importance of the
tissues" involved and the necessity oil
voting early land, suppose, rs often
us Was consistent with safety, and the
eventful day dawned upon many sleep
less eyes at the several HEADQUARTERS ,
Preparations had been made by severa,
of the theatres to give the returns az
fast AS they came in by means of wires
connected with the buildings, and it j.
said that as the dispatches were reat
between the acts the scenes were inde
scriDable. .--.
City Hall square presented sea O
upturned faces watching the Heralt
bulletin Oh which the dispatches Il
they came were placed, and rs eacl
latest was read by the excited crowd
alternate cheers and groans testified
their approval or otherwise. At til
Fifth Avenue Hotel 1.-THE finest in tin
city and the Republican headquarters
the leading menof the party were gath
cred, their anxious faces and knit brow
indicating their interest in the result
and as the night work on their gloom,
! looks testified of the disappointment
with which the news was received. "A
the Everett House, however, which i
the Democra :ic headquarters, every OH
wis jubilant, and tile house fairly sl,ool
with the cheers Of the excited crowd a
the dispatches were announced f ron
, the committee room. Indiana, wal
loudly Cheered, us WAS New Jersey
New York went about as was expected
so that the returns from this State Iii,
not meet with such al enthusiastic re
ceptiOn as those from more doubtful
States. On Wednesday there was Ill
evident change in the political sky
Republicans presented clearer brows
and Democrats began to quiet dow
and look thoughtful. There was nov
more excitement, if possible, than ever
but of u different and less demonstr;,
tive kind. Gov. Tilden was visible OF
|, the streets and ut the committee roo n
at different times during the day, ant
appeared rs much interested rs any one
lie WAS hailed as President sever;l