The New York herald., 1879-10-22
MR.. KELLY'S WELCOME.

he rs RECEIVED by THE woRKINGMEN AND
TAMMANYs BRAvEs-HIs ACCOUNT OF THE
ToUR-HE THINKS HE CAN DE ELECTED
GOVERNOR.
Me- John Kelly, candidate for Governor. arrived
in town yesterday, after extended stumping tour
throughout the State. He received at the
Erie depot. foot OF Chambers street, by
mittees from various workingmens clubs, and
during the evening n formal reception was held at
the st. Nicholas Hotel where the headquarters Of
the Kelly organization is located. Notwithstanding
the hurried tour he had just concluded. and the
cxhaustng oratorcal efforts he has been subjected
to, the Comptroller looked quite well and hearty.
Mr.. Kelly and his party. consisting OF Assembly
men Grady. Holahan. General Collarheld Spinola.
John b. Haskin, Congressman S. s. Cox. Felix Nc
Closkey John II. Strahan. w. II. Maloney and Jefer-
NJ. Levy alighted from the train about noon and
greeted on the platform by a committee from
Tammany Hall and another from the workngmen's
clubs, and the warmth and confusion of
hand-shaking were SO great that it
almost one o'clock before the returned stumpers
and their friends took the boat for New York. The
reception on the Jersey side only a mild pre-
monitor that which awaited Mr.. Kelly the New
York shore. The Workingmens Club had erected a
large stand in the space in front of the ferry house
at the foot of Chambers street and decorated 1t
crowd filed the space in front of the stand. and
when Mr.. Kelly appeared coming out of the ferry
s sS sanS ws decorated with
legends. among others the following
"John Kelly. mason and crate settler !"
State Prsons" mo prostitution of the Courts for
partisan purposes" Just and equitable Excise
laws" After considerable difficulty the police
aged to clear u passageway for Mr.. Kelly from the
gatehouse to the stand to which he advanced to the
strains of "Hail to Our Chief"
When tho cheering-which had continued from
the time Mr.. Kelly was first sighted-was quieted.
Mr.. Kelly in behalf of the assembly behalf Of
the workingmen." said he, Eve welcome you
despotism which have 80 long CALLED the necks of
the laborng men OF New York. We Welcome you as
man OF the people. one who knows their needs and
wants, a man honest and capable and most fit to
sit in the Gubernatoral chair, aud with our votes
and voices. many thousand strong. we will help to
place you there"
Citizen David Conroy, OF the Horseshoers Union.
and Nelson W. Young. an old typo also made short
speeches to the returned candidates. Mr. s. s. Cox.
being called for. stepped to the railing and
thanked the crowd. lie told his auditors
that workingmen they should stand by of
troduced. Mr.. James 4. Keegan. q workingman of
the Democratic Jefersonan Order. performed this
function.
MIR. KELLy's SPEECH.
When Mr. Kelly advanced he was again loudly
checrcd. He said
FELLOW WORKING MEN CITIZENS New
York; thank you most heartily for this kind well
you have extended to after my short absence
from this city. greet You workingmen, as l SEQ
you are, and am proud TO do Why should noty
was once workinginan and therefore can under
stand your position" At the Elmra Reformatory
he said he saw men dressed. not in prison Rarb,
but in ordinary. clothes, working at basket
making. who. when they are discharged. get
the money they have earned during their
stay. Mr. Kelly SAID .he mentioned this fact
because he thought that prison labor could
be no conducted not to interfere with honest
labor. Ho told tho workingmen of his tour through
the State, and concluded by asserting that he had
been assured of tho corporation OF all independent
IN his action in taking the field against Lucius
Robinson.
When the meeting at the ferry landing concluded.
Mr.. Kelly accompanied by Mr.. Augustus Schell, Mr..
y. S. Cox and MIR. Timothy Campbell. drove to the
Comptrolers9 Office and there alighted. A fow
minutes after his arrival he attended meeting OF
the sinking Fund Commission. The rest OF the
day spent in discharging tho routine business
OF his Office and receiving visitors from the country.
THE EVENING OVATION.
The ovation rendered to Mr.. Kelly during tho
evening ut the st. Nicholas Hotel was unique in the
history OF political parades In New York city. In
front OF the hotel. about eight o'clock. there had
congregatod between two aud three thousand
men of decidedly different stamp from those
usually called together on such occasions.
| and about three-quarters of hour later
between six and seven thousand more wore added by
| the procession which came from Tammany Hail,
where grand rendezvous OF the rank and hle had
been called This procession brought with IL oh it's
way down broadway from Fourteenth street nearly
half as many more people, who trampcd
side by side with the processionists along the
| fagways on either side OF tho thoroughiare.
AS Grafullas band. which headed the line,
reached the hotel, MIR. Kelly, accompanied
| by Mr. Schcl and Lieutenant Governor Dorsheimcr,
| appeared on the balcony, and tren endous cheer
| scuELI.s SPEECH.
When the music ceased. MIR. Schell took OIL his
hat and addressed the people. Ao told them that