Year: 1875

The room to the right Of the entrance TO Tammany
Hall thrown open early yesterday and the work of
arranging and despatchng the various Assembly dis
tricts the necessary ballots along with the notices from
candidates to inspectors OF election, begun and was
carried on vigorously. To this room there were more
than 200 visitors through the day, embracing most Of
the prominent members of the Tammany Hall
General Committee, including John Kelly, who
tarried for awhile and then departed in
carriage number large canvas Sacks filed
with ballotng tickets, rudely inscribed with the
Der Of each Assembly district, stood ranged upon the


floor These called for at intervals through the
day and taken away 70 their respective destinations
In the morning, about ten O'Clock, Fourteenth street,
from Third to Fourth avenue, was lined with cabs,
and brisk movement of democratic politicians
went Some drove up in hot haste to the great wig
wam and Others equally hurried departed IN this and
that direction II harvest day for the cab drivers
Excited politicians not apt to inquire too closely
about the strictly legal cab fares the of cleo
tion ana knowing this, there was uncommon flock
ing together OF the idle city Jehus On the steps of
the building knots of men, two and three In number,
fingered the veong day In the room where the ballots
and other papers being arranged groups OF poll
tcians occupied the corners and discussed the pros
pect for to-day largo table stood in the middle of
the room Uttered with various printed notices and blank
forms. Prominent among them was the following
To THE MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL AND DISTRICT Con-
MITTEEs AND TO THE Box KEEPERs OF THE ORGANI-
We are informed that the republicans and their
tratorous allies have despared of the election of their


Judiciary ticket in full bt they have determined to
make desperate effort at the polls by of past
ers, handbls portraits circulars, special boxes and
agents. and other irregular warfare, and by the


lawful and unscrupuous use OF money to elect Hackett,
Phelps and Gderseeve and to defeat your candidates
Smyth, Olney and Spencer


| BY such means they hope to obtain the control of
the criminal courts and police Jurisprudence of your
| city for the ensuing fourteen years.


We urge you TO meet and overcome these desperate
efforts by all honest and honorable means Exert your
utmost vigilance and energy from the opening until the
close of the polls and the count and return OF the
| from each election district


Such arm, determined and energetic action on your
part is all that is necessary to secure glorious demo-


Chairman of the Committee on Organization Of Tam
\ many Hall.


NOVEMBER l. 1875.


LOYAL AND INDIGNANT JANIToR.
The jantor of the hall is very loyal Tammanyite.
He was indignant when asked IL any more designations
from the General Committee had taken place. 'Thm's
all lies W he exclaimed. "There have been resigna
tell the TRUTH and then they tells It by mistake What
| would man resign for from Tammany HaY How
could he expect to get better livn anywhere else
Whn you hear OF man resignin' from Tammany Hall
you may be he is onaisy aither in his his
/ mind" The old janitor worked himself up into high
temper against the authors OF 'thim es' about the
designations and his afterward to very cvly
worded questions were curt and rude in the extreme
or other curiostes in the besides the irate old
janitor plaster bust of John Kelly presenting 10
the view head and face suggestive of Roman gladi-
ator In fighting trim and miniature flag, souvenir of
Jne convention OIL encioSeu III glass
| frame


| The pamphlet containing John Kellys charges
against Recorder Hacket called Tor by several of
the visiting ward politicians; but the old janitor de-
clared on his honor that the edition entirely
| hausted Accompanying the blank forms for the re.
turns of the election sent to the inspectors was
printed note instructing them how TO the FORMS
the separate for each election district 10 be filed


in certifying the result each ticket has been
counted and result declared and certified by inspectors
OF election other competent witness to verify the
same AS rapidly as each ticket is completed the Ger
titled return from each election district is to be
veyed TO central headquarters for the Assembly dis
trct where the same is to be condensed in form by
stating the number of votes in each election district
each candidate, and Immediately the completion Of
the whole result for the Assembly district any cand
date the statement of the vote is to be sent by special
messenger to Tammany Hail. The certified returns
from each election district is to be kept for future ref
erence.


II is the privilege OF every nominated candidate to
designate person to be present during the canyassng
OF the ballots in each election district.
THREE WAGON LOADS OF BALLOTS
The entire quantity of papers sent out yesterday
from Tammany Hall to tho various Assembly districts
made three express wagon loads