New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-08
4 GRTEF-STRICKEN WIGWAM
TAMMANY BOWED LOW UNDER HER BURDEN
OF SORROW.

MIR. CROKER HEAvEs BIG signs OF woE-THE
GRAVES AND HEELEEs CONE. THINKING ~
HEAR GOOD NEws-sHOCKED AND OVER
COME. THEY DISAPPEAR SILENTLY
INTO THE MrIKY NIGHT.
Tammany Hall about as cheeriui as a no' -
last evening. Long before the lai."iu
gather 70 listen TO the returns which the Wigwa'n
spouters had promised should tell OF great DeI''o
cratic victory. extending from the niagara W ."o
faux Point the leaders moving ABOUT WIN
muffled tread. reminding disnterested spectators ..
undertakers preparing the premises lot 'he "'''",
of the corpse Mr. Croker had been at his post All
day sending orders and receiving rephes rum
his s,,bordnates in the Assembly Districts lie ma"
issued a general command to each OF MS ois'r'o'
chiefs early in the day directing them to have
every possible vote poled by noon ana 10 give
especial attention to saving Maynard from pc''e
cut or scratched. The boss had received prompt
answers from all Of the thirty. from the Battery
to the Yonkers line, assuring him that every'hms
was being done he had commanded. Some OF
them like Paddy" Diver and Johnny Scannei'
told him that they had anticipated his direcuons
about the vote and nearly every man JACK OF
them" declared that Maynard was running up even
with or ahead Of the ticket. Judge Joseph +. New
burger. who running the With District as SUD-
stitutc for Pat keenan,. was about the only ex-
ception He admitted that Maynard was being cut
by the Germans In his district, but he hoped IL
wouldn't amount to much
Mr.. Croker sat in the luxuriousy furnished apart
ments of the Executive Committee on the west side
of the entrance. and few disturbed the sombre
quietude of his meditations until the electric lights
were turned and the shuttle Of moccasins on the
wide staircase told the chief that his seasoned war
riors coming to rejoice with him. Among
those who sat with Mr. Croker in the council
chamber were David Mcclure, his legal adviser;
<oCh mis- SiO
T. DAILY. Thomas F. Grady, John +. Mcintyre. As
sstant Dstrct-Attorney John f. Carroll. Colonel
George d. Mcclellan. and a few others believed to
be "cose to the boss" Robert Kelly kept watch
and ward at the door on the inside. while without
q bury policeman stood guard Two telegraph in
struments. with operator for each, were at the
two ends of the long table which runs across the
room These began to tick off the news. and
the very first returns which were read TO the
boss made him look thoughtful
THEY HATE TO ACKNOWLEDGE 1T.
Upstairs in the big hall the crowd had gathered
in force, and manifested much uneaslness that
Mr.. Croker sent up word TO start In" Baynes
military band executed a medley. and ex-senator
Thomas J. Creamer was called TO the chair. with
John b. McGoldnck secretary and reader OF re-
S We're monO;onoHs Mr. Dreamer made an able and
on the S never
nca G ,e US m s had aaSnrs Of
gYf " o. The request was greeted with cheers hers o
bly, this year and Mr. Oliver spoke for half hour:
s%i % snor Speech about Se
Of Tammany rule in New-York but not syllable
hs t crowd s Of and
Johnny" McGoldrick came to the front Of the
York City returns. which indicated a majority for
Cord Meyer, tr., for Secretary OF state but
Tell us who's elected shouted voices, both in
the gallery and on the floor.
and after he had exhausted the patience OF half
a%d TO
svely by Mr.. Dreamer. Mr.. Calvin had long
sn % 'ns wSn nj ma" OF d
l!verns. He seized the opportunity and spoke for
The audience was getting. disgused and ugly.
M McGol1rck; acting on the advice Of ex-c9m .
MAYNARD, This was cheeTea ySelfsTeSsiy' and
election of McDermott to the Assembly from the
M Sia ps str Faint appause, followed only
permeated The survivors that the Republicans he'd
branches Of the Legislature. and that brooklyn.
Buffalo and a lot Of other big towns had gone
Republican by smashing majorities.
WEARY AND DISCOUNTED CROWD
Poor Mr. Creamer tried to hold his meeting to-
gcther while longer, hoping for change in the
tide. but it useless. Several llppy young
tors Of the Wigwam. anxious for glory in the
forum. did their best to aid the chairman and
talked wildly OF the glcrics of Democracy. Their
hearers had business elsewhere. Creamer or
dere. adjournment Not a return showing the
State was read but the crowd smeied defeat in
the air In the ADJACENT rumshops in Fourteenth
talked until late hour about what had 'trun EN-
down" An cx- Alderman OF the FIT gave ex-
Dyes" he said. with knowing lear. ITS too
much big head at hez dun us"
Mr.. Croker remained in the Council Chamber and
examined election figures until a late hour. Cen
eral Daniel f. Slckes Recorder Smyih Surrogate
ih-elect. were among those who came 10 condole
oyer 1v tie loss of the LsS@Ins ana The STAT
over the vote which his rcpeaters had given in
the the id i and IT, asserted ana reiterated that IL i
Of the B?wery' he would have given solid vote for
Me Irish an Eye,alians wuz all right" he
said.
THE BOsss ONLY SOURCES OF COMFORT
When the returns from all but about fifty cleo
ton districts indicated majority Of about 5000
In New-York City Mr. Croker drew a sigh Of re-
lief. Whatever had happened to Maynard and the
Democratic State ticket. the Legislature and the
Constitutional Convention. could not be laid a. his
door. The boss also seemed to extract much con-
ISOLATION from the returns from Brooklyn and
Mclaughlin and "Blue-eyed Isilly' sheehan When
Mr.. Croker would turn to the cyclonic figures
from the rdse Snq ne Other end Of he
ton they afforded, however. could not ft the
shadow from the BOBSS brow OF relieve the deep
gloom which settled upon the spirits OF his lieu
tenants.
The chief must have missed some faces from his
side last night ". Bourke Cochran whose clarion
voice wont to delight Tammany Halls
riors I'm the hour of their victories and soothe
them when defeat settled on the Wiewam escutch-
con; Thomas f. Glroy. only last year elected
Mayor; William H. Clark. the dnshng young Cor
poration Counsel; Henry D. Purroy who has
hoped Of being boss himself day; cx- Mayor
Grant-none OF these came 10 the wake Neither
did James w. Boyle John j. Scanne. George r.
Rocsch. John II. Sexton. Charles Welde any OF
the district leaders suspected Of losing their As
semblymen yesterday.