New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-07-22

Dental nomination q new division OF parties arose.
The leaders Of the Bucktail faction preferred MI
Craw ford and for the purpose OF securing his cleo
ton. advocated that system Of appointing elect
ors which had hitherto been in force, VIZ ny 'ns
Iep.lstre expecting from the recent result oil the
state Election to secure majority in favor of casting
the votes ofthis State for Mr. Crawford But torthe
purpo,e of coupteracting this result, project was
sarted having for its end the repeal OF the law vest
inc the appointment of electors in the Legislature
,nd submitting their choice directly TO the people
The marty supporting this scheme adopted the name
If the Peoples party" and they gave their oppo-
pepts the sppellation of the Regency party" The
onroste party did not however adopt the latter de-
sgpst;ou, but claimed still to be the regular RePub-
Hcsns The Peoples party seem to have combined
in favor of their project the friends OF all the candi
dates except Mr.. Crawford. This Peoples party APP
resred in the CITY canvass of 1923, and elected five
Aldermen and six Assistants, being majority OIL one
in the Board: and VIM. Pauldng, the Peoples party
candidate, Was appointed Mayor by the Council OF
Appointment ut Albany
In 1924 the Common Council stood slightly IN favor
of the Republicans A vote of the people as to d.
,idSbs the Council into two Boards resulted in l'Vo
YEAS 10 LES nays For year or two parties re-
NAMED ouiet. In 1925 Paulding was removed from
the Mayorslty and Philip Hsns took the chair
There now began TO be some agitation with refer
euce to tie coming Presidential Election and
change of party names was made. The Crawford wea
favored jackson, taking the general name oil Demo
cr,ts; bic other side going for John Quincy Adams
under the designation of National Republicans Al
the Charter election in S27 five National Republican
,even Democratic and two both party Aldermen weio
cbosep-the CITY having now ii Wards. The Nor
,sn excitement began TO be felt this year, but the
An,i-Mssous were never strong in the City. They
went almost unanimously against Jackson, yet he had
X 400 vote TO 1900 for Adams. The local elections
Of 80 had no political significance the Demo
Gratis having a very heavy majority and the contest
being principally by stump opposition to regular
nominations. The Working Mems party, which had
some weight about this time. did not NEEDLE with
local affairs. their aim being to secure lien law by
eecting their men to the Legislature.
A Convention, on the subject of the City charter,
we. held in October 1920, which submitted draft
of a new charter BY act of the Legislature of April
= ls3O. this became law 1t provided for separate
meetings of the two Boards and left out the Mayor
and Recorder as members of the Common Council
giving the Mayor. however the power OF approving
or disappearing the acts OF the Common Council
The first election under this charter was not specially
contested by either of the great parties In April
1881, all the opponents of Jacksens Admins
tratiOn made vigorous contest in the CITY
The result was the return of a great number OF
"irreCuars." and, though the Jackson party claimed
a majority, the preponderance was heavily on the
other side. as was evnced by the election OF Samuel
of no n
dermen. In December 1880, the friends Of Mr..
Clay first organized in the City, though with no
reference to local politics In April, 1888 twelve
jackson and three Opposition Aldermen were
returned and next year the result was
mnch the same. About this time the opponents OF
Jacksons Administration began to be called wings;
and in 1884 we had the first election for Mayor by the
people Gulian c. Verplanck, the Wing candidate
had Il 312 votes, and Cornelius W. Lawrence, Demo-
crat 1853 I've Fourth and Eighth Wards were
then on the Wing side The next year Mr.. Law
renee was reelected without opposition.
At this time party arose calling themselves the
Equal Rights or AgrariA party or Antl-Monopo'
lists This party aterward published declaration
of principles, among which were "unquallhed hoSti-
"ity to bank-noes and paper money as circulating
medium :" hostility to any and all monopolies by
Legislation" Most of the members of this section
being of the Demo cratic party and seeking to make
their nominations in conformity with the usages OF
that party, violent alteration took place at Tam
many Hall at ratification meeting held in the fall of
1886 Discord being anticipate the Tammany men
entered the Hall at the hour of meeting by means OF
back stairs while at the same time the Equal Rights
men rushed up by the usual entrance. The noise and
violence was extreme that neither party could put
a question on the appointment of Chairman. In the
midst of the disturbances the gas turned of eav
ing the disputans in total darkness The Equa
Rights party however, finding among them some
lOeo-foco or ucifer matches reghted the hall,
and the business of the evening proceeded From this
circumstance the Wing party named their opponents
the Loco. FOcO party, name which, though never re-
cognzed BY the Democrats, was in common use among
politicians after that time. About this time also, We
notice the rise of party called Native Americans
the object of which was to neutralze the influence
of foreign born citizens in political affairs. This
party though occasionally subsidng and its members
finding their way back into or the other of the
great national parties has from time to time revived
and as will be seen become the leading party in local
politics. At the election in April, 1885, there were
four parties in the field for Mayor and in the several
Wards variety of tickets were run. The result
was: Lawrence, (Dem.) 1884; Seth Geer, (Whig)
6,l36; Alex. Ming. Jr., Equal Rights) 27l2; s. f.
b. More, Native l,496; scattering 50. The Alder
men stood Wing and Democrat
In 1857, the Wings achieved their first victory,
elscting Aaron Clark Mayor, with IL of the II Alder
men. The vote for Mayor was: Clark, 1904; John