New-York tribune., 1878-10-26

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| Edward Cooper the candidate for Mayor
of the Republicans and Anti-Tammany
Democrats, says that if he is elected
he will have bipartisan Police
Board, and lie Is IN favor of the
representation of the Republican party in the
other departments of the City Government.
Plans for the campaign were mapped
ont by the leaders of the cOali-
ton, yesterday. County coventions were held
| by the Blair-COnnolly wing and the
O'Reilly-Hanlon wing of the National Green
back-Labor party. Maurice 5. De Nries was
nominated for Congress by the Republ-
cans and Anti-Tammany Democrats of the
! With Congressional District, and Thomas +.
BOUrke by the Anti-Tammany Democrats OF
the Vth District. The registration of voters was
| over 5000 greater yesterday than on the cor
| responding day last year.
Mr.. KELLY'S REPLY TO MR.. HEWITT.
SARCASTIC SKETCH OF THE CONGREsSNANs
CAREFR-RTTER TALK FROM TIE CONTROLLER
PREDICTIONS IN REGARD TO THE LOCAL ElEC-
TIONs.
In conversation yesterday about Mr.. lIewitts
comments his political course Controller Kelly gave
his views Of Mr.. Hewitts political life and aspirations
He declared that Hewitt had been rejected by Tam
l
of the opposition ticket He reviewed Mr. Hewitts
career in very mcomplimcntary way, and he
prophefied the complete overthrow OF Edward Cooper
the coming election and the sweeping success OF the
Tammany ticket.
In regard to the denomination Of Mr. Hewitt, Mr..
Kelly said Mr.. Hewitt ought TO nave known tEa the
fact that his brOneT-n-aw headed the opposition ticket
would render It impossible for Tammany TO use him as
a candidate. Many OF the friends OF Mr. Cooper would
have taken mp Hewitt and had his name been used we
should have been virtually without candidate. You
can see the utter impOsbity Of using his name under
the circumstances lie ought TO have seen 1t himself
"Agan he says in this talk that he sought the
Office of Congressman. lie did seek It as earnestly as
he could In 1874 when Mr. Tildcn was running for
Governor, Mr.. Hewitt was citizen OF NewiJersey'
where he had lived for Of years He was close
personal friend OF Mr. Tlden and the latter wished to
nave him run for Congress in tins city. Mr. Hewitt was
then a member of TammaDy Hall, but ho only entered
the organization in 1874, and he has done any
work in IT, II was suggested TO Nr. Tilden
that il would be very odd to send a man TO
Congress from this city who neither resided here
nor had any interest in the city To this Mr. Tilden
responded: Ob, II he's elected he won't have 10 go TO
Congress for year. and that time he can spend here;
he will DC good enough citizen before the over
SO IL resolved TO run him for Congress, although
Walworth good man, had been named for the place
and felt keenly this displacement by stranger. To
show the utter alienation OF Mr.. Hewitts interests
from this State, l will merely say that
when Mr. Tilden suggested his name for Congress
he was intending to run for Governor OF New-Jersey
The cause Of Mr.. Tildens championship OF Mr. Hewitt
arose from close personal relations Mr. Cooper
and Mr.. Hewitt were largely engaged in iron making
Through the friendship OF Mr.. Tden they secured
large contracts western railroads. They also
came in for making of the iron the New-YOrk
Elevated road, also through Tlden's influence.
at is almost needless to speak Of Mr.. Hewtps
political life. Nervous impatient, irritable, he
uuarrels with almost everyone with whom he has
anything do. His excuse for all this Is insomnia
After insulting O man he will send apology
the next day, saying that lack OF sleep had made
him irritable that he expressed himself in stronger
terms than he should have done had he been IN good
health. This has become chronic with him. l see he
audes to sleeping in this talk At last he enjoys good
refreshing sumber. Well it will be as good q thing
for the people with whom he comes in contact as for
him would advise Mr.. Hewitt TO retire again to New
Jersey. Probably the pure mountain air would quiet
his nervous system and increase that sweet reposc he
has been enjoying for few nights Doubtless there lie
may be able draw bill to protect his iron interest," as
that was the chief motive for his entering Congress.
"Now about the nomination for Congress. Instead OF
! John Kelly debating in an arbitrary way the nomlna
ton Of o. b. Potter John Kelly saw clearly the unpOpu
lar candidate Mr.. Hewitt would make. As chairman OF
the Committee on Business Depression which in the
Post Once building this Summer, instead OF listening TO
the testimony given and contenting himself with asking
questions and making suggestions, Mr. Hewitt began
from the start to badger the Witnesses Mot OF the men
| who came there unused to giving testimony
| They became confused on cross-examination. They
| could not express themselves clearly when they saw
traps we're set to catch them slight The
| suit was that Mr.. Hewitt, by trying TO make these
! workipgmen see how much more he knew on oil
subiacts than they, aroused very bitter feeling
against him. Probably to-day there is no public man
as unpopular in his district as Mr. Hewitt. II had
a boy Of ten who had not more tact than Mr. Hewitt
| IIa hua aim nj Y hnnn haa-
quious tool Of Sam Tilden as long as have known
| him. He and Cooper have done Tilden's bidding for
twenty-five years. Neither would dare assert an Opln-
ion in the presence OF Samuel j. Tden II he disagreed
with them. II Edward Cooper were elected (and let me
tell you he Will be the worst beaten man
| who ever for an otlce) he would be simply
Tildens mouthpece. He never had clear idea in bis
head and II he had was never manly enough to give 1t
expression II he elected to any Office requiring
real executive ability, that office would soon be In
state OF the most deporabe confusion This is not mere
conjecture. He was Commissioner Of Public Works for
| four months during Tiemann's term as Mayor He
got the Office into such state OF confusion
! that he had to give It up. The around
| Cooper now II by any chance they should get power
from my knowledge OF them. would bring about re-
viyal Of tho practices OF the old Ring.
"In speaking OF me-" added Mr.. Kelly. with slight
| smile, Hewitt saws: lie Is not man OF sufficient
breadth OF intellect TO realize the results OF the political
system which he is establishing when carried to their
logical conclusion All say for this Is that have
no intellect very he has none. He s OF the
most minded Of men, All he has is good edu.
cation. without that he would he poor indeed, and even
that he got at the public expense lie paid nothing for
| as he obtained free scholarship at Columbia Col
lege."
In answer 10 question about Orlando b. Potter, the
candidate for Congress in the Xth District Mr. Kelly
said: Mr.. Potter has been resident OF this city
! for over twenty-five wears. He old
! Wing when the Republican party came In
n. ,ia