The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-12-01
MR.. E. B. IIART'S COMMITTEE.
REF OR7TNG THAT THE ANTI T4MMtNY
TICKET WAS IdIRLY RUN
Great Cry ana Little svooi-Defeated Because
fhe Taxpayers were Apn,hctic that
wns what Made the Germans Lau.h.

Great Cry and Little Wool Defeated Bccnu.e
the TnNpnyers were Apn,hettc- And that
wns what Made the Germans Laugh.
The Anti-Tammany Executive Committee
mot last evening at 2li Fourth avenue. Among
thoso present were Emanuel y. Hart, John
Purcell Oscar Bogart. senator Bixbv. VIM.
Mitchell. John u. Coughlin. Goo. d. whi,son.
Thomos M'Kcllar. Timothy Shea. and Col.
Michael C. Murphy Tho Gcrmnns were rep
rcs"n'ea by A'lolph T.. Sanger. Gcrshon Cohen.
an Dr. 1ierson's white nccktic Judge Koch
appeared later in the evening" but Bryan Reilly
was abs MT. Mr.. Hart took the chair
III presenting tho report Of the Invest igal ne
Comnlttca. Mr. Sanger said that II was signed
by only four OF the committee. Timothy Sh,n
attended no meetings. and Mr. Dannenbnum
wa si"k. The report rcn,st,d great credit on
nr,. mr. Sl%ng1r. % an Mr.. Sanger reflected great
The committee declare that they have thor
,nmIinly examined all the charges brought 10
th"lr notice. md while there were Individual
r.'lslnts. think that the ticket was fairly run
~ IN" mt election II was defeated hcrause of
nnd the use made Of the prOpos ii Il sfrnnchis-
,ng constitutional amendment by Tnmmnny
HHll. Inr poor wrrn t"rrurizrd in view Of their
nrpn9s"d disiranchscmcni ana mad 10 believe
mat the remedy was 10 vote for the Tammnny
ticket All this. despite the fact that the proposed
amendment WIS iutroiur"l by the Thmmanv
senator from John Kc!ly's district. Tho result
shows that lie wcll told in short canvass ia
more effective than the truth. Tho 1000 ma
iority for I.oow shows that TammRny could
,usly have been upset II II proper spirit had
been manifested tn" regular State Il kct ran
b"hlhl over 6.nOp voies. and this ought to con-
Nnc" Democratic State Conventions That IL ia
n"ithcr wise nor prudent tu throw thcmsrlycs
city ~ '''' '''''' III '''''
Tn, result in tho Sixth and Seventh scna-
iOrinl Districts lGpchrl's : and MOrria.ny'sl waa
highly sat sfnrtory. In The Eighth tBlxby'sj il
was not so gratifying. but there was no CON.
h hiailnt !, makc "l tt9 workers in thc party. In
Nn;stail ~. the organization had hrcil grossly
n,irniangged. ana ~ n few Assembly Districts
Tho commitlcr find that Col Michael c. Mur-
didatrs outside ~ Judge Koch. Thcy sny TINT
tho evidence shows tat in the second Assembly
o. the Hon. Denis Burns. and that Low was
with betrnying the tirkc, in tho Seventh As.
srnhly Distri t. and Dennis MrMahon ditto in
AZ AZ Twenty-t,ird and Twenty fourth Wards.
others We're charged with treason. bat the evil
dcncc did not warrant decisive action. Under
NE 7, solution appointing them the committee
had no pow to dcnl with any rcru-dnt and
recommend. that they be loit 10 their con-
stitueuts
At the conclusion Of tho reading of the report
Dr. Miers"n lighted cigar, and the Germans
seemed t. breathe more free. Col Murphy
challenged the Chairman 10 produce particle
him. Mr. Hart sad that there was gross dis
organization in the First District and TINT he
r..
phvs statement to bis friends concctning his
aii' ton for judge Koch. II was his duty to
gN, tn, whole ticket his earnest support. and
Shown in the vote for Aidcrman. senator. AMI
R"t;-ter: Burns dcclired that the tickets were
given out straight IN hl- di-tri t.but thccvidcnce
proved different. Healev sworr that all wns
righi in his 81 strict. but the vote showed 800
ior liealry. 300 for Brasscl. aud for Burns
Lynch ACKNOWLEDGED Il that all those who did not
pHy their assessments wore heaved oNrri,oard
In the seventh District NJ Cabc was notified To
that II the committee wanted him they could
hnd hlm AZ Rt Ms pnceoi business. The evidence
thrown aside. and Tammany tickets subst-
Cd. Murphy,-I ask the Chairman if Norris
irict. dil not q silly that they were hunohrd
straight and sent TO the polls in proper con,
Mr.. Hart hclicye Mr.. Stack to be an honest
Tim Shea aro-. with the thumb Of his loft
hand in his brooches pocket and sail that tho
cuusc uf all the trouble WIS nfllation with the
u publicansi Gush Cohen md tho other Der
mans seemed wonderfully pleased.
Judge Koch slid that hc spent part Of clec-
tl"n IN tol. Murphy's district. and saw tho |
straight Anu Tammany ticket run from the |
soN's. H. was sorry he couldn't say So much |
Tor some Of the other districts. Gush COhoif |
seemed pleasrd 10 think that he didn't visit the
Scnetor BiNby snid that he thought the tickets
W w're r. irMry hnnrhed md properly distributed
that the vote icll or from other causes. not the |
least Of which wa- Col. Murphy's indiscrcet re- |
mark
Col. Murrhy-The blame must come on me- In |
some way.
Senator BiNhy-porhaus iustlv.
Col. Murphy-H w Is II that the Democratic |
Stat tlrket ran 2.OoJ votes behind in your own |
li-tr.fY
senator BiNby-I am not rcsponsible for the |
voters n the entire Senatorial district
Cot. MURPHY oiin refer TO your Senatorial |
but Ia your Assembly district.
Mr.. Bixby then moved TO strike out MI Of the |
r"pnri relating 10 III" flrst District. which was |
done and thu report adopted.
, Tn" last half hour was spent in cxtricating |
ne hartman from parliamentary network |
thrown about him 10y cN- ASS 'lnh yninn C,-ii- |
gan. whose head hristlcd with points Of order. |
could not be huul-dO-2rd" and closed by |
erming Mr. Hart u courtly gentleman which |
gave great satisfaction 10 the Germans.