Year: 1878

you never saw such lively s'wake" as we have No
other party could come together we do after
publicans or whatever you call them may stay with
their allies. We can survive them. made some
remarks about deluge the other day. Well, we
have had sort of forty days shower. but the animals
will all come out Of the ark naughter) The other
side may think It's asias To- svs pn, ss ,nn %


nd that the soup will give out before they do. You
have idea how hungry they are; This federal
officer by the name of Davenport shall not be author
tied with impunity to carry ON these outrages upon
the voters of this city; Applausel don't
Attorney. don't want to try him by any
court made by this combination; want the Peniten-
s ia law By which he @
no other member of Congress from New York offers
the bin will offer it OH they think THU they have got
democratic after the 4th of March next and the House
is already democratic; and think elected pres
whether we did or not. When man is naturalized in
this country. whether 1t be in 1868 or 1S4s
and so Ee Court should recognize until it otherwise
appears. Instruct your members of Congress in this
city; instruct the democratic members all over the
country; instruct the democratic House and the SEN
ate put the knife clear through the Johnny Daven
por's Of this country. Appause)., We are not yet
wear the crown to- morrow lApplause). Oh they
talk abouta 'one man power. and some Colonel from
Arkansas called II lone horse power" insulting the
man whom we all know to be honest. One man
powerl You can't make an army without general.
Power is lodged somewhere in every organization,





you go to the Upper Throne / have heard of "one
woman power in family. know man who
have one man power Is 1t not better to
have honest one man power than 10000
dishonest scoundrels combined against the one man?
Our organization can't be broken up by that sort Of
talk No organization, from the legion of Cesar to
the Supreme Court, is without one man power
some lodgment Of power as the last resort. never
knew Mr.. Kelly to control my districts never knew
him to defer to me or to him very much; and this
talk about his dctation is far fetched. sat with him
n
well as since I found him an honest
No ws Sns can say one word to the
daughterl-and we have now to go to our respective
duties. This combination will last about forty days
erous. 1t was not made in the right way and will
soon go to pieces uaughter) Oh. sure. honey?
after Mr Cooper will 60 to pieces And whyf Cor
rupton never holds together When we meet to fight
again next year we VIII strain ourselves kicking at
something which will no longer exist. lApplause.)


MR.. KELLY EXPLAINS.


Mr.. Kelly was loudly called for when Mr.. Cox had
finished and he came forward slowly. assembled the
platform and made an address which listed an hour
He spoke like one who was talking to small
circle Of friends rather than an orator. and
the past of himself and the institution he rep
resents the recent defeat and his hopes for the future
"By their fruits ye shall know them were the words
with which he began. He proposed. he said to give
his opinion Of the of the defeat. He said
distinct anti Tammany organizations in the city He
went to tell what these were and described the
manner in which , they combined: They 10 claimed to
whom they claimed was usurping the government Of
this city. They did not say: however" added Mr.
Kelly, "that he was usurpng 1t in his own interest.
He went to say that If he any other man well &C
quainted with the political affairs Of the city.
given money to use he could poll 10000 to
IS 900 votes against any organization. People were
also influenced always in voting by their personal
friendships and prejudices. Any organization with
money, therefore. powerful, and that was the
case with the combination MIR. Kelly reviewed the
history Of the democracy in the city. from
ton. the name Of william H. wicSham BE-
ing received with Kisses. Speaking of the
party Mr. Ky saa rhew cant see see
q combination with political foes and let them
main with them. man that proves traitor TO his
with political power" This remark
ceved with applause. Mr.. Kelly explained
rank and ale The misfortune Of local politics he
said. that the question Of natonalities entered
into the canvass This should not be SO. All men
who vote here American citizens as Mr.. Kelly
understood 1t. Three cheers greeted this PROPOSE
ton. and the speaker went on to amplify It. He
ep~ on, ticket t. to conciliate the German ee-
ment of q district without regard to whether
manner he deprecated the plan Of putting an Irish
man upon particular ticket to court the votes of his
countrymen. With grim hnmor Mr.; Kelly remarked
slams Bohemians Good government and good laws
could not be expected while such sentiments
were appealed to- In the recent these tactics
had been adopted by the combination In the lower
district General Bourke because his country
men were numerous there. He did not live In the
district and very properly beaten. although nine
tenths OF the voters of the lower district are
Irish. So. too. OByicn ran against Potter
and the largcst proportion of the citi-
of that district being Irish the former was
elected. Mr.. Kelly expressed himself opposed to
the principle of John Cochrane, who said in Tam
many Hall that he would vote for the devil incarnate
If he the democratic nominee He was surprised
under the circumstances that the party polled such
an immense vote it did-61 900 for Mr..
Schell. tApplause 1t was unfortunate for that
gentlemen that his connected with that
of 'that political monster John Kelly" for it was
against the latter that all the anathemas Of the oppo-
stion were hurled The speaker rehcarsed the pro-
ceeedings Of the different parties to the combina
ton before the fusion, and claimed that Mr..
Arthur exercised just as despotic power as
it was possible for one man to WELD in
the selection of candidates and yet the press and
the public had SGT up no howl about one-nan power
in his case. Stand by your organizaton" was the
advice which Mr.. Kelly gave his hearers ''or-
ganize stronger in your districts than ever be-
fore, get strong men as you can find
in your respective localities. make up your
committees stronger stand by the party and you may
depend upon it that at the next coming election
will achieve a victory in this city the like Of which
has not been since the organization Of the demo-
cratic party. (Applausc.)