The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-10-08
New York, Monday, October 3. Is4s.
The Coming Observation-Disclosures OF
Candidates.

The Coming Elcct1Ou-NOm1natlOn OF
Candidates. Is. .-...
The democrats have not yet concluded their
nominations. The convention for selecting county
officers has adjourned TO Wednesday evening,
when 1t is supposed they will finish their la
bors, and place before the democratic voters If
New York candidates for the Offices Of coroner,
county clerk, and sheriff The wings have not
yet made their nominations; they are holding
back, we believe, to see what men their opponents
will select. The contest promises to be very
Spite d and exciting.
II This year do not witness the last OF the system
Of nominating candidates, which has been so long
ssed by both parties, it certainly ought. The
er it is abolished, The better it will be for both
parties, and the community al large. Money, and
not merit, is the influence which controls the
selection of candidates for public Offices at pre-
sent, among all parties and the consequence is,
that in many Cases candidates are placed before
the community for Offices of emolument, who are
utterly unfit to discharge the duties pertaining to
them. How can il be otherwise, under the pre-
sent system of party machinsryl
For the information and edication Of the honest
masses OF both parties-those who do not attend
primary meetings, and know nothing of caucussng
who discharge their duty to their coanry aud
theu party, by voting, on the day Of election, tor
such candidates are selected for them by the
wire pullen-we ,hsll give little insigh, into the
manner in which candidates are nominated. lie
as, for instance, take the case of an Office which
Is worth five or ten thousand dollars a year, aud
In come ciion with which three four. or half a
dozen persons, are mentioned as being likely TO be
nominated. Each of the aspirsnts il OF course
DESTROYS of serving his country by filing the office
In question; but 10 secure the support OF his own
ward in the primary meeting, which is an indus
pensabls thing, he must pay very literally set OF
DULLES, who wIll take care, il they are rewarded
sufficiently, that none but delegates in h,s favor are
Returned. In many cases, the men thus paid be-
come delegates themselves, and then fresh bar
gain is made. On paying a certain sum, they
agree to vote in convention for the candidate fron
whom they receive the money. The delegates
frsm the wards IN which the other candidates re-
s,de, do the same. After voting once in favor of
their respective candidates the bargain is finished,
and another 10 made between the partizans of the
most prominent men A, being pretty strong man
In the convention, will give certain sum to the sup
porten Of b. il they will rally around him and support
linn The bargain is struck; but even with this ad-
dton to his forces, he can't get ihs nomination. g,
q third csnddats, will then offer the adherens Of
A and u 60 much for their support. The sum 10
accepted, as matter Of course, and he is put in
nomination, but with the like result ID then pays
ny, and takes his chance; but noticing able to give
very literally, he IL merely trasd with. II A, the
first candidate, has money enough, he will then
make another bargain, and agree TO pay so much
10 the supporters Of b, G and ID, n they will sus-
tain him. The money is accepted; but b may
offer more than A. II he does, it is accepted.
Again, c may offer more than the other two;
# he does, it IL accepted and thus 1t goes on
to the end Of the chapter, until all the candi-
dates are respectively black mailed four or FIVE
times, and thoroughly depleted Of their fusds
and the candidate who has bled the mos
freely, finally gets the nomination, besides,
in addition to paying large sum Of money, being
obliged to bind himself to give the haf-a-dozen
minor Offices in his gift, TO some two or three hun
bred Of those who brought about his nomination in
this disnteretted way. All Of the proceedings
which have referred to, do not take place in one
night The nominating convention, whether It be
vhig or democratic, adJouns occasionally, to give
The candidates an opportunity to raise funds, and
TO hand in proposals but no one gets the nomina-
non for lucrative office without bleeding very
freely. The above is but sketch Of the manner
m which nominations are brought about 10 this
city but # we were TO write three columns, il
would end in nothing more than what we wish to
impress upon the communiiy-that only the riches,
man, or rather, he who bleeds the freely, can
r.ta nomination for an office Of emolument, ac-
cordng to the manner in which things are con-
Quoted at present
Now, these evils could be remedled il the re-
spectacle portions Of the two parties would attend
the primary meetings, and take that fowdyism
and bullyIsm did not triumph but they will not do
So They wall not encounter the rush-wi not
meet cheek by jowl with gamblers. blacklegs aud
ruffsrs--snd hence we cay that the nomination
Of candidates Is so corsupdy managed that the
sooner the present system is abolished the better
Il has become dlsgracefully corrupt, and ought to
be abandoned. Let us have the Southern system.
Letevery man who desres an Office, put hmselfln
nomination, and stump the city If he Phrases II
we have twenty candidates in the field for each
Office. 20 much the better. Any plan would be
preferable TO what now exists. II may be prema-
ture to urge this change at the election which
will take place in November but inasrnuch as the
viIlany md corruption winch we have ske,ched
(snd only .ketched for we could Gil our sheet with
further illustssiions,) do exlst--and we defy any
enc acquainted with patty tactics 10 deny what we
have stst diet our ciilzens, az FAR our mum
cigsl ciFc,s are csnccrrea, dscrimirsis s9d vote,