The sun., 1878-11-04
NOW FOR VICTORY!
Getting Ready for To-Norrow- John Nor
rissey's Ghost L. Amer Them"

The fourth commandment In the deca-
logue was certainly not observed by the poll
ticians yesterday. From early morning until
late at night they were busy preparing for the
battle that is to be fought at the polls to-mor-
row. At the headquarters OF the Several AS
sembly District Associations OF Republicans
and OF the Tammany Democrats. men were en-
gagged in folding and punching tickets. and the
leaders were selecting the mes who are TO have
charge " the booths in the various districts on
election day. In the rooms of the candidates
for Congress. and in the District headquarters
OF the ant, ,Tanmany Democrats. the same
In the afternoon the lss Tammany inspect
ors OF election were ia the big wigwam 10 re-
ceivo instructions from John Kelly rs each
inspector entered the outer door he was given a
picture of Augustus Schell. The inspectors re.
celved the usual orders for election day. and
were advised TO take the votes OF men who were
registered on the naturalization certificates Of
1868. Many OF them smiled when they were
told to see that the election was fairy conducted
and the vote honestly counted. The inspectors
who were appointed because of their known
ability TO manipulate ballots. will get their In
structons tonight.
Mr.. Cooper's headquarters in the West
minister Hotel presented a busy scene. In one
room clerks we're bunching the tickets that are
to le held in reserve to replace ballots that may
be lost or destroyed by the treachery OF workers
at the polls or otherwise and In another ballots
and circulars calling attention to the fact that
false tickets are often issued from the boxes
at the polls were being made ready for distrlbu-
The reception rooms wero crowded by poll
tlciuns and the men who are to do the work at
the polls. Greater confidence prevailed than
on any day since the campaign began. Every
body felt certain that the peoples nominees
would be elected by handsome majority.
EN-Shern O'Brien said that. In the district In
which he is running for Congress, Mr.. Cooper's
majority would reach 1000. md he believed
that in tue city the majority would not fall much
below 80 900. No truding Or false counting
can defeat the ticket" Mr.. O'Bren continued.
The vote, for IL will be SO heavy that 1t cannot
be counted out"
In the evening prominent anti-Tammany
men from every Assembly district in the city
visited the rooms. The news which they
brought showed that all differences were set
tied. and that there was no danger OF treachery
in any part OF the city, They were all in eNu-
berhnt spirits. and confident OF success. Their
confidence was strengthened by the well uuthen-
ticated reports that came OF the decentralization
in Tammanys ranks. nominee on the
peoples ticket was told by a leading Tammany
man TINT they expected 10 elect Schell by from
5000 10 1000 majority. and that in making the
canvass upon which that conclusl lon was based.
they had estimated that one-third OF the Repub-
story resembled so closely the Tammany re-
ports during last years contest between John
Morrissey and Augustus Schell. that friend OF
the deceased Senator shouted: John Norris
sey's ghost is a'ter them"
Then came the news that Orlando l.. Stewart.
Mcclure. Frank on. William Moyhnn. John o.
Shaughnessy. Patrick King. George +. Clausen
Isaac Schrieter. George L. Loutrel. Ambrose
Parsons, John Davidson. John Tucker, and
Michael Fogarty had resigned from the Twen-
tieth Assembly Districts Tammany General
same committee had refused to take charge OF
boxes election duy.