The New York herald., 1878-11-06

candidate for Representative. AT the headquarters
of Colonel Benjamin A. Willis near the corner OF
Broadway and Thirty fifth street. there great
confusion and demorazation. and after the nrst
turns had been received little effort made to
the results by any organized method. The, fact
of defeat acknowledged by every one. There
very few politicians OF any note present, with
the exception of Excise Commissioner Morrison, who
withdrew before ten clock and did not return Mr..
Frederick smyth in and remained short
time appearing very despondent About nine o'clock
twenty election districts he'd shown that
Willis l.7O0 votes behind his opponent and thefo
were sixty-six districts yet to be heard from His
lieutenants confessed in one breath that he
beaten and in another they declared that the result
might yet be different se II hs slslt
MIR. MoRTos's HEADQUARTERS. AA
At the Grand Union Hotel. where Mr.. Morton's
friends had fixed central campaign bureau, the
was srikingly different. Some three or four hundred
gentlemen were assembled. quietly awaiting intelli
gence from the polls and finding something in almost
every report which reused them to cheers they
Were nearly all politicians % "a more prepos-
There was Rufus d. Cowing seated with .
circle of aids at table and receiving dispatches with
as much cooness as il the result Of the day had no
more interest for him than for the most ordinary
voter. Judge Dittenhoefer. Alderman Philips Alder.
Elliot f. Shepard. Mr. stcinberger the banker; Gem,
eral Daniel Ulman. ex-Alderman William A. Dowling
and Mr. Newwtter, exconsnl Of the United States to
Japan, among the groups in the interior rooms
that were scrutnizing the returns.
Cheers repeatedly given for Morton. and II
predicted by shat his vote would be ut least
25,OO0 and his majority 1000 few minutes before
nine O'Clock the following despatch drew forth hearty
cheers:- tt liza y
Morton is 4 to l ahead of Willis" e.ls. s,sst-t
Mr.. Morton himself was quite confident Of large
majority as he has been from the beginning OF the
campaign. eHq HHEt54 s73 fTztt
Colonel Willis an hour later told . reporter at the
Windsor Hotel that he was hopelessly beaten, and
that his opponents majority would be from 1000 to
5000. g4arsA s.WNf y88ga aNAs
THE HERALD ELECTION BULLETINS HOW THH
VAST CROWDS THAT GATHERED BEFORE THEM
RECEIVED THE NEWS OF THE ANTI-TAadMANI~
VICTORY SCENES AND INCIDENTS. lrl xINpg !
Shortly after nightfall crowd of people began 10
assemble in front of the HERALD Office swaiting the
election returns Over tho main entrance to the build
ing bulletin board erected on which, from time
to time, dispatches in summary to the Ersniw1 !,
Telegram were posted, and fankng this wore tive
other boards ruled off to receive returns by wards
for Mayor, City Judge District Attorney and Coroner
Across the street at right angles TO broadway hoate<
an extensive white sheet on which was thrown IN
rapid succession by the stereoptcon process the
turns to the HERALD Of local and general characeE
The crowd increased in numbers very fast a. the
figures began to appear until finally the wide space
between the HERALD Office and the Post Office ons
dense of human beings. A large portion
ond and Third Assembly districts, and
when the announcement was made that
General Thomas r. Bourkc probably elected over
Nicholas Muller the cheering loud and continu.
ous. There were many TaniInany adherents in the
vast concourse and their presence indicated by
their silence. The partisans of the opposition were
easily discovered by their vehement dcmonstra-
| tions of applause over every line Of figures
| that told against Tamniany. The announcement
that Butler beaten in Massachusetts received
with loud gufaw. and he certainly must have baen
| Tammany who exclaimed in peevish tone ol
voice when he saw It. 'Ohi durn their returns They
pretend to tell that Butler beaten for Governor Of
Massachusetts and they can't let us know who L.
elected Mayor Of New York" Yet few minutes be-
fore that he the despatch displayed stating that
Coopers majority would reach 10000.
| AN OCCASION GREAT JoY. ~ ~
OF all the various bulletins thrown the big whito
banner and legble enough to read far away the
corner Of Park place. stirred the anti Tamnany
spirit In the crowd to such depth and caused such
tumultous explosion of JOY as the declaring that
are beaten all along the line, That's enough sssd
| several in the crowd. "lets go home II the boss
laugh o ss
when bulletin was displayed saying The Twenty.
fourth ward gives schell majority Of 1oA An sorh
Of mock sympathetic expressions were indulged In
over this PITY the old man didn't know he was
strong in Westchesterl 'They didn't forget him after
wait till we hear from the Twenty third wardi-
/ 'tiive the old man chancei and in the salH<
| strain od hb,tum. Three or four hundred left the
crowd and went gloomily homeward after reading
what John Kelly said but their places were quickly
neyed down from the remote part. Of the city. The
HERALD bulletin gave great satisfactionthe returns
wsrs quickly displayed. 30 plainly written and %
| 5 AN xrsrHusrAsr1o nrBEnNuAx uio9 EHah y
| An enthusiastic Irishmsn. with deep bass voice
crowd by bowling for General Bourke's and CoronsS,
Fynns returns The chaps standing around tried 70
Tor anything. but it was ali in vain. Let me sea
1000 majority for Coroner Flynn right there that
ap tSs vas uttered IN nn mneary voice that mirh
be heard two blocks away. At ten o'clock about 5000
people assembled in the broad space facing the
ranged range along the sidewalis on broadway and ana Psr
row and there pushing nor jostling fos evury
one had full clear view Of the bulletins as they spr
pearcd.
| - a THE ''1vxsusa rBIxGRAsf" EXTRA siG ia
Prior TO this extra edition Of the TeleVr0n cana
out, and . host of men and women, boys and giria.
with load OF the extras thrown their shoulderB
tearing through the eroxS Yelling IaS Esss
less to say the papers went of like hot cakes. ~ y
i WATCHING THE cAnDrDArEs' roRrUNns. u fA81
Tho electric light in front of the HxRAID oGace on
tho third story, threw vivid beams tho whole
below and far up Broadway, revealing the
large proportions of the multitude in the street. Sew
oral Of the names Of Assemblymen pronounced elected
seemed unknown TO the people, and eager inquiries
around 10 learn Wnevner tncy were CQukNn4
men not. The fortunes Of . Brien looked for
with anxious Interest," and when an Announcemspt
flashed the banner that he 800 votes ahead
OF potter Wild cheer broke ont from the snttTsm.
many element. The last hope Of the Tammany
ookcrs-on broke down when the figures declared thne
in 34H election districts Coopers majority was
110OO. They turned away chopfallon aud dishoArt.
ened and for the rest of the evening the crowd
OF one complexion and Of mind. The announce.
ment Of Coxs election for Congsess ovoS
Dcvres stirred up only faint applause.
Woods election was greeted moro dcmonstratively,
Ono Of the anti-Tammany way OF thiukina
became delirious with enthusiasm that the boys IA
his neighborhood set to work 10 guy him. and whom
bulletin about tho election Of . candidate IN
some other State appeared they all set up whoop.
- Another anti -TAYnYnanv fnnn