The New York herald., 1877-11-03
THE Fight FOR OFFICE.
Il Wakes Exceedingly Warm In lhe
Seventh District.
RELIGION IN POLITICS.
The Two Johns Harangue
Their Constituents
THE BROOKLYN SENSATION


Through rain clouds and sunshine the canvass in
tho soventh Senatorial district has goDe unabated
ana tho PATRON Van ScLcll aud The Patrick OMorrs
sey az utterly diverse representatives Of social forces
and traditions as over met in tho ncld OF political con-
lrovcrsy. maintain each, In tho available visor OF his
faculties. the struggle Tor supremacy. AoTrissey,
with his lion heart and frame, prosratcd from sick
ness, but balancing his physical impairment against
the age Of his adversary both would appear 10 be
anesrIy icvo plano. Morrssey almost sixty years,
sens 10 over seventy. that where tho loses by
ulnoss The other loses by ago People wero saying
yesterday that IN the mental OF the Two
men all allowances made for the lack Of opportunities
Tor education on the hand and the redundance OF
facilities Tor tho samc on the other limo Of average
drawn between them would place them very few do
yroes removed So lar so good; but then comes In
The potent question OF standing and aptocedens
Thcre the Tammany candidate undoubtedly has the
innings Despite Tho rain the agents Of Scheil and
Morrisscy were actively abroad. The Morrissey peo-
pie gave little heed TO report that host OF repub.
lcahs. nearly thousand in number, belonging 10 the
administration side In politics-otnerwse Hayes
publicans-had resolved TO cast their suifraGes for
SchclL
CURIOUS PHAsH OF DISCUSSION
"That's all ktd.' observed . Morrsaey supporter.
could buy all them ielers with keg O. lager and
boz o cigars" Tammany man standing by shook
b& head whom no hoard this. and said -"My friend,
Sou make the biggest mistake OF your lite. That's
gtuoowlns thing. Don't you know" he exclaimed,
turning to a small audience In tho neighborhood,
'that know something about this mattors" Hero
he paused, and everybody shook hoad In the noga
tive As continued In this strain :-sI'm an old
roundoL Universal assent TO tho statemenI) In
mi fl0uo Twaa ~ 1ank nj haas itv
the fellcr that mado John Kelly what he m
tWnks OF various interpretatlona) I'm the boy
that pu: Gus Seheli In nomination fur Senatawr
In the Seventh Senatorial dstrcock. General unbo-
heI) know what Pm asayin, and thcre amt any
anti.Tammany snooxer hero around that can say
hAln'I (Genora silenoe) Now want you iellers 10
know that John Morrissey Is q jeremiah. (Cres Of
"What's thati") Wel as you don't 'pcar 10 know II,
Jest ask Tom Duolap, an guess he moro than
all you galoots put together. (Silent ndignaton)
Well, you seem 10 know less than give you crcds
iur John Morrissoy Is Jeremy DiddleE (Exolama-
tons OF 'Oh!" "Don't say So |" SHOWER thought III"
kc) Jest So Morrissoy and lot o. buns
went into this thing on speculation. and they Jest
thought thoy'd fetch Tammany and Tammany didn't
fetch worth cent Am rightf mo rcply.) Nor
risscy thought he'd wag his apper another Two years
In the Senate ana como down and bo Mayor OF New
York. Am right2 rNo, you're wrongly We'll.
now dm ! wrong! ~ tnot foOstcf gOtn' 10 spend
$4,000 git elected senator salary ST. 500
a yoar without he looks for somethin elsea
ls he agoln' up there for pothn' I'd
like to know? ("For tho public good,
perhaps" answered very modest listcncr.)
oh, 10 hell with the public good. We ains UNDER
takcrs We aint settin' ourscls up for buryin' tho
dead Understand CONFUSED nods) Morrsscy
carries on faro bank, don't hor t"Perhaps hs
docs. ~ Can any man carry on . faro bank and not
cbeatr Eli? Am right? Undcrstandf Dye hear9
Gan any have two sides to his characterf Ehs
tumble to ycrsolvea Can Morrissey be faro bank
and legislator together? EhY Understandg (.Why
%a. sooSIse 80 H me law aon n,,1w he law says
aov ;Ssa: ssssns,," .aSx ss.s; nls'ss, % aaS .
bhe insurance gamblersq" "How about tho trust
company gamberss" How about all the gamblers in
every kind OF susiness"'I You got me there, gentle
men; you are one too many tor ne Good night.
t MoRRIssEr AS Az ASrI-tsow NOTHING. rey
grayish beard delivered himself III these words
There amt much style 10 Morr,ssey," said ne,
'but he's got a heap o. horse sense.' Iknowcd him
whom he no moro thought OF bein' a State Senator
than Of hyin' on angel Wings l'm an American born
The wide-awakes was carryin' things ali ,hoir own
way 10 this city. We was known as Catholics, ana It
wa' Just as RrnsSnav muSn |" our hf' % WINS worth
used to slouch our has: ovor
Sys ou, and puuUn as n the
sons OF guns Well, was this way Tor some time,
when Morrssey kim along, and toll you no
putty tough man thereabouis He no slouch, like
he Is now, 6ut tall spry chap, with git up an git
about HIM that wo folcrs liked. ! toll you, We was
In tho Fourth ward. These widc.awakes jest
waik'n' over US everywhere Well Morrisscy
you've blu. ssanain' this thing long enough sn.
IN tako hand I'M An no did, an he KNOCKED
single handed night IN saloon, tho corner OF
East Broadway and Caibarinc street. and you bet he
iha. wide-awako gang, ana Irishmcn and Catholics
could walk tho streets afterwafd without bong ham
inercd on tho head by derned sot OF rowdcs.
al the game o. punchin' heads, an do think ho
did more TO hist that organization than any other ton
,ihals" "~'' 80 -
swel, indeed, hadn't ough,cr do anything else,
but us bread and butter with ma My voto counts
only one, and suppose that won't tell or tho
other I'm his iacc at this moment there painful
ish intcros butii vote for John Morfisscy then my
means OF lvn' is gone, and needn't say any more"
He didn't say any more nor was he asked and OF no
narrator OF that pathetic tale might been
TO change his mind II one had only time, patience
and something else TO oncr him tho 'logicai'' argu
mont
MEETINGS BY BOTH SIDES
Both sides held meetings IN all parts OF the district
last cvoning. The ono NJ JeGcrs0u Hall, on avenue
A, was attended by Morrissey, who made brief
speech much in the samc strain az Tho one nc dehv
cred on The previous night at Twobtysxh street and
Seventh avenuc. When no was leaving the crowded
hall no was iii,od IRON hts feet ard borne by nlrrc
bstiuic sGcaIl ol pcopte WnO cTowueu hTOIlu MN
right on TO the sidewalk. The raminany people mus
terod strong at all their meetings throughout tho
trct, and IN point OF numcricai exhibition there
hardly seemed TO 90 moro than what present
expressed - toss up between thc;n," meaning tho
noctiDgs oi tho two partios.
JOHN KELLY on THE STUMP
Tho Tammany Hall democrats OF the sixth Assem-
bly, district hold largo and enthusiastic ratification
meeting last night at Chntoa Garden, whore several
prominent speakers addressed tho meeting conspica-
GUS among whom was Mr. John Kelly. Tho
large hall tho second noor where Justice Campbell
presided bong crowded cxccss number Of people
who could not gain admission thore assembled in the