The New York herald., 1922-11-08
lTAMMAW HALL Wild
AS AL Smith COMES
.Pals of AIS Sing Some of
Crowd as Noise Gets
Deafening.
BIG SMILE ON MURPHY
GovernOr-Elect Reminds
Friends of Obligations
in His Victory.
JUST LIKE THE OLD DAYS
Oliver Street Deserted, as Peo-
pie There Guessed Outcome
Long Ago.
JUST LIKE THE OLD DAYS

Oliver street last night was damp
and deserted No. % was as gloomy
as the heart of a Republican Upon
horn, from which issued at regular
intervals toots that echoed through the
street. An ownerless dog sat on the
curb shifting at passers by. Just be-
low, on the corners of Madison street,
little groups Of young men stood dis
cussing everything except Al Smith
and his victory.
For all the signs in Oliver street, II
of election night-the election night.
The reason? That's easy. Oliver
street knew it all along. There might
have been little excitement had AL
winning. What did you expect?
Oliver street knew it long ago. What
was the Use of getting excited over a
dead certainty? What was there to
raise a fuss about?
Moreover, AL didn't visit Oliver
street last night He did it yesterday
morning when he voted and lost a
nearly brand new derby hat and three
buttons off his overcoat. In their
gentle reminders of affection the resi-
dents mobbed him and ALL but tore
the doors off the motor car in which
he had come down town.
AL Refuses TO Go Back.
They asked him then whether he
was coming down some time during
the night and he told them:
mo. I'm not. If you mob me now,
what will you do when I'm e4ected? No,
IL any of you people want to see me to-
night come up to Tammany Hall or up
to the Biltmore Hotel. I'll be there and
I expect to see you"
So AL Smith didn't go to Oliver street
last night. But he did 60 10 Tammany
Hall. The day will come when folks
who were in Fourteenth stree: last night
when AL arrived will rtgale their chill.
dren and grandchildren with TIE tale of
that riot in Tammany Hall.
Yep. ] was in Tammany Hall back
In November. 1922, when AL Smith come
In after beating Nathan Miller. Yep. l
was there. Don't bother .elllng me
about excitement. The excitement
you've just seen was a mere May-po'e
dance. l was in Tammany Hall In 1922
the night Al Smith was there after being
elected Governor"
Observe the big auditorium In Tam
many Hall A crowd that f1lled the floor
defed whole squads of policemen and
would not and could not have been
budged by n whippet tank. The gal
leries were bulging with humanity. over
In one corner a hard working band was
blowing "Tammany" and The Side
walks Of New York" In another cor
ner six young men with accordeohe were
pumping music that not even themselves
could hear. An enormous man with
huge bass drum, which he beat with
two sticks was hemmed i'm against the
platform. A former soldier with a bugle
was blowing "Soopie Soopie, Soopie."
A thousand men and women In the
boxes around the floor were singing
something or other about pals OF AIS"
In the tightly packed mob on the floor
ten huskies tried to organize snake
dance and their leaders were dragged
out by the police who said Al or no Al
there'd be no rough stuff because AL
was against II. And then. by some
and was hoisted upon the stage.
Tries to Introduce smith.
Gene Reilly tried to introduce the
Governor elect. His face was wet.
Some said that Gene was crying, while
cthers. less sentimental, said that Gene
was merely sweating. Anyway Gene
made a few appropriate remarks and
then pushed Al 30 the lip of the plat
form.
For three minutes the crowd yelled
One couldn't call it cheering. 1t was
Just Yelling The stairs leading to the
second floor were packed.
Out in the street was an overflow
that. by itself. would have made a great
reception crowd. They couldn't hear
Al talk. All they could hear was the
riot that greeted his appearance. And
they yelled Just because the lucky ones
inside the hall we're yelling.
Down in the executive offices on the
first floor OF Tammany Hall sat Boss
Murphy with n beatlfic smile upon mis-
face. He smiled and smiled and smiled
lie issued n statement explaining tho
emile and when Al came IN he stood up
with the rest OF them and grasped the
rev Governors hand
AL" said Mr.. Murphy, 1T looks as
though we'd done It,"
''ft does indeed. Charlie replied a.
The indications are, Al" went on
Mr.. Murphy, "that the people OF this
state would like to have YOU as their
Governor"
There are reasons 10 believe you are
telling the truth, Charlie"
Herbert c. Pell, Democratic State
Chairman, arrived.
Chairman" said Al. you look ike
a winner
"ft Is just ss we'll" replied the phil
csophic Mr.. Pell, Eve might az well
70 on looking that way, as we are JUS.
that"
smith Listens to Returns.
In the offices were Tom Smith. Judge
Grain. former District Attorney Swrrn.
Joe ''B. Gee" Humphries (who announced
things every so often out of force OF
EabiD, Judge Moss. DIR. Thomas Oar.
lington John T. SAKE. Smoky Joe Mar
tin, former Jundge Unger. Eddie Feuer,
Joe Morrissey. Magistrate McQuade,
John =. OBrien. Frank Smith. City
Court Judge Walsh. former Represen-
tative Donovan, William Harman Black.
John j. Ryan and fifty more.
Al Smith sat IN their midst for ten