The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-11-06

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The ,Twenty.frst, Ward, the home district Of
/ tends from Twenty-sixth street To- Forteth
street. aud from Sixth avenue 70 the East River.
| ana is densely populated. At every election
since the coronation OF John Kelly, and. in fact
! Tor some years before. the TweIty-hrst Ward
mas been the battlefield of the uptown Democ-
! becn candidate. Kelly has been beaten out Of
sight. This year the King sent some Of his
! counteract o Brien's personal influence. hoping
thus 70 bring It into the Tainmany fold, aud
sihnd before the people as = louder who could
| ~ least command tho confidence and the suf-
lragges of his immediate neighbors Senator
! O'Brien turned out with the lark, and at once
particular attention. on tho Twenty-nrst Ward.
I want 70 show Kelly what his own people
think Of him" said he. and ! want to show
elect lin pound n Keeper" ThroGshout The day
Mo- Mr, Bren made FREQUENT visits 10 the ward
| He was careful to see that the county tickets
had not been taTpered Nib, and iTns.
S9ns ntIskets ont q Combination is,ss
| was not seen. In most Of the districts. how
| eyor. ne made an upexpectedly good run IL
was nverred that the Hepu hicaus were scratch
ing 0'Brlen in favor Of Potter, and doubtless
| this was 80 In mnny instances, but on the whole
| OBrien's loss from this source was not very
| alarming. All the interest OF the election seemed
10 centrc on the Mayoralty and the Congress
| candidates. The police shy there never was
moro quiet and orderly election.
In tho Twrnty-sccond Ward good order was
! preserved. there being only two very mild
s6s SyeP 9Sqk IN Ss9 ha1S vSa ss
/ wanted. out there wero few cases 81 inebriety.
Atthe headquarters Of the peputy Marshal for
seventh street. about 300 men were brought IN
Tor voting on naturalization papers Of 1868. and
States TS dommissone e pavenpoTt or Shields ''u
! since the campaign ~ 1871 tho ballots polled
in the Twenty-third Ward have not been so
! terday's election. The fighting WIS mainly
oyer the Aldcrmanic nominees. Jordan L.
Mott. anti Tammany. and Henry Heffen. the
| tool OF tho King. There was earnest
| work on both sides. In the election district,
| nearest Motts workshops the tide act toward
tho peoples candidate, while In the northern
| Part of the wari Haffen had a strong following.
| Around the polling plnccs good feeling pre-
in the day They were mostly caused by dis
trict canyassers. who had. before election day
| arrived looked up the residences OF registered
voters, Those whose residences could not be-
| found. had q wnrrnnt Of arrest thrust IN their
faces when they offered their ballots. Tho votes
! offered were mostly those Of TammRny men.
The Tweniy-fourth Ward covers q large ter
ritory. and very many voters had 70 travel
long distance yesterday 10 deposit their votes.
| Nevertheless n very large vote was pollcd. Can
| didates carried voters tu tho polls whenever
they lived u great distance. Few arTes1 ware
| made. and they were g ncrally bailed out Tho
election passed of quietly.
The Westminster Hotel. tho headquarters Of
! l.
hopeful feeling grew stronger and when Mt
| Cooper entcrcd at IL o'clock he WIS greeted rs
greeting premature even. at that time. rele-
grams had been received from the several dis
iricts saying TINT Mr.. Cooper aud others on the
Union ticket were moro than holding
their own. and that proportionate vote
throughout the day would give auietus
To the one-man power. Every blue-coated mes
sengcr boy that arrived was tho father OF nd.
! diuonal hope. and the message that ha had
caused moro cheers. What was especially tho
~ AL Ion fIltaf
that. In some quarters. Mr.. Cooper was reported
10 run ahead OF his ticket, Even among some
been an uncasy suspicion that NJ the eleventh
hour, the 1Hmmany Dictator. fOrsreeing his
overthrow. ,wluli "nect c9rIupt hArsain 10y
all the other wgwani candidates..
Mr. Cooper. in quiet way. was more hopeful
even than his friends and he shook hands with
his callers with IN air ,hHt showed his expect.
ancy oi doing the like TO them In the Cay Hall
Very different was the feeling in Tammnny
! Hall. and Il had been difiercn; from The start
The braves thai usually congraeatsa mere On
seIce Te!egrains were apaounsed IN low
tone. were handed, arcnpd surlily. and We're
| Guided md. closet-d with his candidate Tor
Mayor. issued mysterious orders al day long
| that apparently bore little fruit. Before the sun
went down tho great banner acrors Fourteenth
stress T"s henc inf ~ cniss va }ea
The Police justices sat from early morning
until ) o'clock y,esicriay afternoon al tho
| lpfnbN ana ErtfA 1ifkti COURTS
Officcr John Dufnm OF the Oak street police
Arrnigned before Justice kilbrsth Robert Min.
turn o,,Neil oil the Pearl street Hotel, charged
with Illegal voting. The officer sad that he
had been called into the registering offire at
100 Beesman street hy a Marshal. who said he
station The Marshal who was intoxicated. FELL
down. O'Nsll snit that the arrest WIS an out
PSsr a Ao M saa the RsaOToS s i hnG
Miller, had formerly in his employ a CLERK
ae s,cr,i Robert oNeil to The polls Tic
Inspector Of Election passed QNeil. but the
arrest arrest o'Neii Il he voted. Mr. Miller replicd
that he would be responsible for O'Ncil. aud he
accordingly Dropped his ballot IN the box. No
Where Is Is that Marshal;'' asked Justice Kill
>" lie was drunk. your Honor, and We lost him
on the road 10 the station
| Justice kiibreth discharged O'Neil
T. ". Donnely OF lH Inst Fortieih street was
plaeS Of the Nineteenth Election, District
suspicious persons. He became under the in
iiuence Of LIQUOR in the afternoon and chal-
"orSer HaSkeM 'R and Thomas D. brown. the
Pres dent Of the Erie Railway Ferry Company.
Donneily satd inat he had learned from Jimmy
O'Brien that Mr.. Brown had bet on the cleo
ton. Mr.. Brown denied this and sworo ia his
vote. Donnelly persisted IN his challenge. and
both were arrested and taken before Justice
Fanmer. Donnely admitted that he did not
know that Mr.. Brown had made bet Of his
own personal knowledge. rs the law required.
Mr. Brown was discharged. and he at once
made charge Of perjury against Donnelly.
who WIS held in 81 OO0 bail
Larry Kelly 81 jOJ Tenth avenue. worked for
TammHus ia the seventeenth Assembly Dis
trict. Michael Harrigan OF 800 Tenth avenue.
IL n jealous anti Iammany man. While Har-
riugton was in line. yesterday. watching his
turn TO vote nj one Of the polling pacrs. he was
accosted by Kelly. who demanded what he WINS
doing there. Thoy came to hot words. and
nenrly N blows Harrington voted and walked
down street. followed by Kelly. who struck him.
Harrington hit back. and the fight resulted in
both being taken 10 the Jefferson Market Police
Court. Justice Otterbourg said II was a clear
case Of Intimidation from kelly5 own state
ment Counsellor Frshie. who was waiting at
the polls for any arrest OF Tammany men.
blended keys ease. but Justice Otterbourg
held him in $500 bail and discharged Harrlng-
ton. John Reynolds OF $50 Eighth avenue. who
had come g. court 10 60 bail for Harrington
bailed out Kelly.
The Federal building was scene Of confusion
throughout the day. commissioner Daven-
port occupied the bench in the Circuit Court
criminal branch Commissioner Shields in the
Circuit Court Chambers. and Commissioned
| Shields in the Circuit Court, Trial Term, In
the great majority OF cases men who had been
arrested on charge of illegal voting were dis
charged on their own declarations that they
were enttlei 10 vote and had been arrested by
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