The New York herald., 1878-11-06

oBRIEN APPEARS
Shortly after seven O'Clock James O'Brien entered
the hall and received with demoniac yells and
hoarse shouting. He dragged upon the platform.
and yainy shook his head in reply to the wild cries Of
Speech T. AT last. seeing that resistance useless.
he came forward and spoke briefly about folows:-
FELLOW cIrrzgss-Allow me to congratulate You
npon the splendid victory. you have won to-day You
have at last thrown away the shackles which Tam
many Hall placed round yonr necks hve years ago.
Cooper is man who viii do Justice 10 the working
men and taxpayers. There will be no longer any
division in the democratic party when this man who
rules in darkness and secrecy is once out Of the way
CTerrifc applause) From this day shall truly
have democratc party. rs so ru4 4rFfyDN
VoIcE-What about Potter Cheers. laughter and
Mr.. oBEES-we have made Potter's field Of
Kelly and his friend Potter. wild cheering and
BY this time threefourths of the assemblage were
standing upon their chairs, and the chairman re-
queste that these enthusiasts should sit down Some
then squatted down upon the hoor in front of the
platform.s atea .lfNi - tleA lne f6tlH
ayt,f WAITING PoR COOPER.
Mr.. James DAILY said, amid the widest excitement,
that there seemed to be doubt the anti-Tammany
party had won great victory, and he moved that .
of his election as Mayor of New York and to ask him
to come over to Irving Hall.
At this there was terrific cheering and loud
cries such as Fetch him along. John!" Bring him
overP Don't let him skedaddle" &C., greeted alter
natey by yells Of enthusissIa and roaring outlaws
James e. Morrison addressed the assemblage, CON
gratulating them upon their victory over the vast
money power of Tammany and the influences which
had corrupted city politics IN the past "Centlcmen,"
he said Il have been Informed that Tammany Hall
closed tonight Haughter.l That the bill Is to be
put up tomorrow, TO let" g9 y M
1t seemed almost practical joke upon the au-
dience--who were waiting excitedly for the appear
ance OF the next Mayor-for Mr. Morrison now to
read the following from Massachusetts Zone hun
dred and thirty towns outside of Boston give Talbot
over thirteen thousand majority over Butler" :"
gA.voIcE-D---n Massachusetts. Give us local news;
that what we want tCheers.l
Loud cries OF "Music inusicP now rang through
the hall, but no music forthcoming Mr.. George w.
McLane made speech in which he said the stigma of
John Kelly and Talnmany had ut last been removed
by tho antidote of Cooper and reform. The masses
and the working classes had sustained the position
due to them in this community, and future occs-
sions they should come as manflly forward as they
'et leave here democrats. in harmony and in
peace and abide by the principle that the majority
This sort Of speechifying TO kill time until Mr..
Cooper should come went on. and the reading Of the
returns were sandwitched in between these random
speeches.
3i@An THE GRATIFYING RETURNS. A
Two hundred and sixteen election districts give
in Tammany Hall saying they are beaten all along tho
line. was an announcement which gave rise to moro
yells OF enthusiasm.
ert Fl. Strahan, which also greeted by applause
checked soon however, by disapprovins out and out
.yf Ftt + f8fYt rsyf .r
Ex-Judge Ackert was now called for, and in the
of his speech he asked what great civilized city
ever had been ruled with such a high hand as New
York had been ruled by John Kelly? He denounced
John Kelly in the liyeliest terms 59Hl ttft fsA
voIcE-You held NICE soft place under Kelly
yourself 4. .a9 II. H 11@4i ~ n Ah r
Mr.. AcKEnT-I never did (Applause.) owe no
thanks to Tammany Hall. but did my best for it
until Mr.. John Kelly drove out OF the party every
decent man in it and surrounded himself with the
Spinolas, Tuomeys, &C.
A vmcE--Judge Ackert lot Of Tammany men have
come III here to break up this meeting.
-tt Ns lal3i "a STUPID DICTATOR. sN+ff lAtt4@
Mr.. ACKEIT-Fellow democrats of Tammany Han, ]
am glad to see you. Tremendous cheering) This is
the first truly democratic meeting you have at
tended. daughter. and cries Of "Give it to them.
Mr.. Ackert continued to denounce John Kelly and
said this stupid dictator would be kicked out of
the party which he had ruined. Great applause.)
young, btnrdless graduate Of Cooper Union, John
Connolly, now introduced and when he congratu-
heavens look down upon free city. &C., voice rang
out "You are too young" at which there
guiaw and then part Of tho platform gave way amid
the greatest confusion. Connolly went until his
voice drowned amid the deafening cheers for
Cooper. Mr.. Cooper and the committee fought their
newly elected Mayor was pulled up TO the
Platform S X the s vigorous na cssnr. Of two pS
waving his hat down at the audience though hs
would like to quiet them But there was manifes
terrified not to let him speak, but to keep yelling
Cooper forever. Kx-Judge Ackert, amid great
element. denounced these ~ Tammany rufians who
had come to break up the meeting and after waiting
about fifteen minutes Mr. Cooper at last turned to tho
right spread manuscript upon the table. and IN /
not even dozen men on the platform were able to
hear Don't let him read" few Of his friends on
the platform excitedy excIaimed but Mr. Cooper road
with apparent composurdas follows:-- i, rf. 4e
MIR. CooPER's SPEECH.
MY Fx1Low C1rrzEss--I have come here with your
ton which assure you. do from the bottom Of my
heart have TO thank you for the good will which you
have shown me so continuously and for the sturdy
efforts which you have made cordially in my behalf
during this campaign know that all this has not
done for but for the cause OF independent popu-
lar governments The great advantage Of our triumph
the good Of all citizens even those op-
posed to. us. for they also win now enjoy
MY best endeavors win be spent to make good all that
/ promised in my letter of acceptance, and these
ms were y sns on,y ones made and made them
carrying out the principles which set forth in my
letter and thanking YOU again for earnest efforts
Scarcely had tho newly elected Mayor finished his
speech, which lone of the committe stately hastily
Written by him against the door Of his room when
chairs overthrown snd there was fear that the
dead set which was being made at the platform
would bring 1t down altogether with q crash, and
with It the new Mayor aud all the ntiTammany men
round him. number of roughs drove back the
guard Of police round the plstform and as this
densely wedged-in mass of humanity swsyed to and
fro like one solid body. there seemed to be an ex-
ccient prospect Of tho entire meeting bong broken
up and the Mayor and every of his friends being
crushed among the mob. The police, however. drove
back the roughs. who after ton minutes more Of such
wild excitement battles all description, subsidcd
Mayor Cooper stolo quietly away. and gave Colonel
Fellows. who was the next speaker. chance to ad-
dress the meeting.
ttfM UHt COLONEL yEILOws spEAKs. 95F4 Il
He thanked God and his fclow-citizcns that he and
the entire community freed from the despotism
Of John Kelly. They would rise in the morning in
the dawn Of glorious day of Independence. John
Kelly had far forgotten his dictatorship TO have
descended this evening at Tanmany Hall TO make q
personal attack upon him John Kelly had heard
from him and would hear from him again. loud
chcering.l , - E
Jerome Buck, Timothy shay, John d. McClelland
and others spoke amid tho most extraordinary con-
fusion, and finally threc-fourths Of the platform upon
which the speakers and reporters stood hroke down
with sudden crash under tho weight Of the multi
tnde which had gathered upon it; but still the speak
ing went until exJudge Ackert finally declared the
meeting adjourned. few impromptu attempts ut
fireworks were made outside the hall. sr