New-York tribune., 1878-11-06
INCIDENTS AT THE FIFTH AVENUE HOTEL.

INCIDENTS AT THE FIFTH AVENUE hOlEb'
VAST THRONG-SFws OF REPUBLICAN GAINS
THROUGHoUr THE sTATE-RPJoICING OVER THE
VICTORY OF THE COMBINATION.
The Fifth Avenue Hotel was lively Re-
publican headquarters last evening. Almost every
good Republican in the city had premonllon Oh V"e
good tidlngs that would roll In to that news centre
Shortly after @ O'Clock a few welcome pohti-
clans gathered in Mr.. A. B. COrnells inner room at
the sta:e Committee parOrs knot Of people had hso
collected in front Of the pOrtco OF the hotel ana eagerly
watched for the first udings OF victory. Returns as
fast "a they came in displayed on the sereOpeoh
screen above the Erie Office at the junction OF BroadwaJ'
Ffthaye ana Twenty thrdst The first vague surmlses
announced OF Tammanys overwhelming defeat wore re-
ceyed with cheers and wild shouts. BY hali-past7
many thousand people had conRregated near
the hotel O dense throng blocking the side
walk frOm TwentyfOurth-st along broau"S
10 the ladies' entrance Twenty-third-st-
The mas, of eager men half covered the street pave
men leaving barely enough for the horsecars 10
s1ueeze through and another dense crowd gathered on
the west side Of the Park The returns were all one
sided and so were the expressions OF opinion Ed"au
Cooper's and njamin X. Phelps's names were ap-
plauded. "Give Ttmmany man eIecled'
shouted some, and " Give Tammany chance cried
others in derlsiou.
seudy stream OF citizens kept pouring In and out OF
the hotel The Hobbies and barroOm were packed, ana
on all sides were heard CONGRATULATIONS and aughter
One man said had $50 by the election OF Cooper
and that an employe in the Controllers once
had told him how TO bet This employe had
overheard Mr. Kelly drop very doleim state
ment, and said that while the Tammany leader
had pretended to be cheerful and confident for three
DAYS he had really been very blue and Respondent Sew
era Democrats In the throng attacked Mr Kelly TOT the
tactics pursued In the election and especially Tor an a.
eged attempt TO enkindle religious bgotry. Express
sops Of satisfaction at the overthrow OF Tammany ia
were OF the urost emphatic KIND
An attendant closely guarded Mr.. Cornells private
room and only admitted weli-nOwn political friends
Mr. Cornell sat at a table with Eyeglasses on nose and
a most benevolent smile sufusng his countenance lie
had before him few sheets Of fOoseap on which he tai
lied victories throughout tue state as they
were received and read ai"ua D ''oIn ic,on, az
busily making estimates OF maloritics ana Keeping
other dota At one there were also Ia the r ON
col ecor Merritt exCOector Arthur, Postmaster James,
Surveyor Graham Naval Officer Burt General hcCook,
Chance aud Register in Bankruptcy John Fitch, who
this occasion, seemed most apty arriyed in u eycung
the situation. and asserted that the Republicans
would have ninety memhers or the lsglslature' Ll
This is how II happenrd." he said to knot of pot-
clans: 90 Tue Republicans have voted sond and e nave
Mr. Tden with Il. He nas done better than he prom
ised You don't believe it, Well, give the under dog
He's all wrong" sad another Republican. "Til-
den Pahaw Tilden has had nothing to
the Republican majority. by tae exposition c OF
h- internal Cipuer Business Mr. Cornell seut Two us
matches before 10 oclpcS Senator COukng. OF Uuca.
but got no reply. II inferred that the Senator was
M Ihca hlz sister il said to be lying dIngerOuty
H. Al nalf-past 10 u'c Ock Mr. Cornell cOuHted up
gain OF TWEEN y-One Repub'au Assembymrn, and sald
that a singlo dlsrict previously Republican,, had
been lost At hour nc placed the gam In Congress
men ut four or Nv. Dispatches lowed steadily IN,
chroncang Republican successes and gains beyond eA-
peciatiOn
An eager crowd packed the outer committeeman
Mr. Cornell had the dlspatcHes read there by Mr. Wool
sey, clerk ~ the committee. Police Comml-sloIer De
NIt Wheeler note giving the first cOrefl e7t-
mates the result OF tn county ticket, ana lhl5 news
was chcred yOc crUsv Genera Sharpe sent word that
he nd been elected beyond adUubt To tue Assembly rum
UsIrt County and IT. Hustled announced by telegraph
that he had elected la kockland County 10y 0OO
majority RuDUT steadily raised ihe majority OF "lHt
" - called ciran sweep IN tne city, CODpers m0 l.
ity ascend ug gradually from 10000 To 1000 I'll ABOUT
nI past 10 IL announced with some degree Ot ~
actues As beiug Oetwoen 1900 aud $4,000. The crowd
llnrercd tho FifIh AYcnue Hotel TIL atTr mdnlghL
James O'Brens headquarters, at FOurth-aYe. ana
Tweut, -ifth-sL we're closed several days ago Last
evening there was "a small Dut very happy gathering OF
his friends at the Ashland House In the early para or
the evening ~hn sympathzed with the Ann
Tammuny movement put had been specializing on
TaInmany victory were trying desperately 10 heuse'