The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-10-27
EDWARD C00PER'S LETTER.
WHAT NEW YORk's GOvERNMENT
SHOULD BE AND WHdT rs.
The Campaign Beainnira In Farnest-Prepn-n.
tions ut Uendqunri~rs-A Additional Nom.
inations-Chnrges Against Young Mr.. Fish.

Edward Cooper yesterday sent to the chair
men OF tho several organizations which have
nominated him for the Office ot Mayor his let
ter OF acceptance. 1t is A. follows:
NEW YORK oct. &c 1878.
GENTLEMEN: II is proper that should sup
pencnt my verbal replies TO the committees of
the several organizations which have rendered
me their nomination for tho cflcc Of Mayor Of
this city with n written acceptance.
8" In deciding to accept the honor so proYcred
have disregardcd my own inclinations. and
deferred TO what seems to be the general voice
Of those opposed to the present control in civic
affairs.
" In my view. the City Government should he
| conducted upon tho principles which guide
prudent and economical yet liberal minded men
Of business. All wasteful expenditures should
he discontinued; nll useless offices should bo
abolished and exirnvagant salaries reduced.
At the samo time am not in favor Of n mig
gnrdly course. which would stop the develop
ment and improvement Of the city or prevent
| expenditures calculated to diminish the cost of
carrying on business. now largely diverted to
rival cities by the burdens OF taxation. unrcH-
sonablc charges nnl want of proper local facil
ties With this policy steadily pursued see no
reason why New York should not resume its old
! prosperity and renew is growth
The issue OF the contest in which we are en-
| gagged will determine whether or not the city
shall remain under the control OF solf-consu-
tuted. self perpetunting band OF ofriceholdcrs.
| who regard the interests OF their organization
as paramount TO the interests OF the city Mt
| large-an organization. too, which Ia under
| dcspoiic control. and in which popular repre-
scntatlon hus no voice and individual opinions.
savo MS expressed by one man. have no con-
sideration or respect. 1t Is right that all citi-
zcns opposed to such an organization should
| unite for its overthrow. irrespective of their
| differences upon questions OF national and state
| politics.
1T is proper too. that the political interests ot
neither party should suffer 10y such union. II
elected. shall respect these considerations.
| and in pnrticular shall deem II my duty tO
maintain an equal representation ot Democras
| and Repuhicans in the Board oi Police. which
is charged win the preservation OF the pence
| and orler OF the city. and with the ministerial
| management of elections
Fully Approaching the honor conferred 10y
DO al ~ my power 10 prqNn mat the coniidcnce
which 1t implies has not been misplaced.
am. Xcry respectfully
EDWARD COOPER"
Mr. cooper,,s personal dhea1anarters in The
Westminster Hotel were nl,ed yesterday from
early morning until late hour by the friends
OF the anti -Tammany ticket. In ono room
clerks were busy copying the names of voters
been received that in several Assembly districts
many names have been illegally or freudulenily
EScgS,eJted ScgssJd on day & mex, week ,bs rs to . ee
ny.0'eu try. For " This worE 5G7 mel men viii
b. employed. Each man vii ysit every hous7 ,,
anil ascertain whether the voters who are regis
tered from it actually live there. The names q
the persons who hayc registered illegally will
be given to a Police Magistrate. who will issue n
warrant In each case The men. who attempt To
vote on. these names on election day will be
arrested. After the registry has been revised.
ballots and campaign documents VIII le sent t2
every voter. Among the gentlemen who called
| Mr. IDOppr's lpSt evening
SMsf SsSr 9fadoTsT s Po1sSs5 T"ySS. Ssr,os
All we're confident Of sur'e-s.
The ant-Tammany Campaign Committee
| met in Irving Hall IN the afternoon. James r.
Morrison. Nelson j. Waterbury,. John Fox.
Peter Bowe. Ira Shafcr John +; Haskin. col;
Michael 4. Murphy. Thomas Mnck"llnr. and
Timothy Shea were appointed committee on
the superyisio of the election. They will have
the disirhution OF the ball On election day.
Robert B. Mooney. and eight others wer" mad.
committee on conferences. Their luty VIII
several districts as 10 candidates to be- nomi-
mated for District Aldermen and for the As
Tie Repuhicans are AS active "a the Demo-
Gratis. The Chairmen of their District Ass ocin-
Tons met agnin Yesterday t. complete
both of the nominees for, that office in the
the candidates IN the Tfh District should bo
l;epuhicans. Tho other districts will he con
|
meeting thnt Mr. Cullipp. the Republ lean
nominee for Ald.rman IN IN" Twenty, third and
Twr9iyin49rh S %argN w@"I d w,nGrSsw S xd Hnd
10 Jordan l.. Mott, the anti -Tammany candi-
date.
The first meeting 20 rntify tho combination
ticket was held last night I'm the Fourteenth
Assembly Distrlct i was largely attended. and
Daly. and Conrad Elngcr. There nre To lie
meetings in every district next wcek. and q
grand mass meeting will be -, held in
NAfNn al "a q
might The anti nt-Tanmany nominees for
lor Congress are hard nt work. Gen. Thongs
viii speak at meetings every DAY and night
until election day, The candidacy Of lanes
District, All over the district are displayed
posters bearing the name of the eX-Sheriff. and
procaming that he is Tn" Pcople's Candi-
dnte." Mr. O'Brien is working like II beaver.
H. goes over the district every day urging the
voters - rebuke the onc-nlan power in Tam
many Hall hy giving him their SUPPORT He
with mass meeting tomorrow night in Glass
Wallace Bryant was last might nominated by
the irving Hall Democrats in the Eleventh Dis
trict, Mr. Bryalrl accepted the nomination in n
letter. in which he promises. II elected, 10 favor
the substitution of legal-tcndcr notes for the
national bank currency. md To- exert hlmself 10
insure the completion OF the Harlem River I'M
In the Eighth Distric.. the Irving, Hall Demo-
cTats nominated Gcn W. W. N"rill
The TammHny Democrats mad" their nomi-
nations Tor the Assembly last evening. James
II. Madlgau was nominated In the First Dis
trct. Thomas L. Grady in the Second. VIM.
II. Mcintyre In the Third, John Calvin In
the Fourth Thomas Began in tho Ffth, Jacob
SeehRrher ia the sixth. John H. Perlcy IN the
Seventh. Daniel Patterson in tho Eighth. John
W. Browning IN the Ninth, John Ianp in the
Tenth. Isaac n. Terrell IN thn Eleventh. Maurice
+. HpohHu IN the Twelfth. Henry DuEro in III"
Fourteenth Michael J. Doughcrty IN the FIJI
teenth Edward T. Hagen In the Siytecnth. leo
e. Dessar in thn seventeenth, J9seEh 7. NJ;
Donough in the Eighteenth, John B Mcdonald
in the lneteenth. Henry Stlne ~ tho Twon-
tieth, and Alexander Thain in the Twenty first.
The Irving Hall Democracy pominated Col.
Michael G., Murphy for, tho Assembly IN
tho First District. Al least LOCO persons
checrcd the Colonel after he bad accepted
the nomination. In the Second District tho
Irving Hall Democrats named BArtholo.
! nov lIu ,<ley; in the Fourth. Richard
Walters In the SIXTH John OBri"n and in the
Seventh john H. Whitmore. In the Twelfth
District tho anti -'rnmmany parties md the Kc-
publicans named Nicholas Shoen, The Repnh-
iicans nominated John Brodsky in the Eighth
District. In the Twentieth they named W. II,
Arkerman in the place OF cX-ludRe Often
hoetcr who declined the nomlnntion.
The G ty Democrats, County Democracy. and
Shupe- Ialor Groenbnckcrs ~ the First District
nominated Cornelius FLYNN Tor the Assemhy
and in the second District the Shupe- l4alor
GrnenhAckcrs named Bartholomew q. Buckley.
IL. all aN.l