The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-06-05

PHnADEnxnA PoLr71cs-THE LOCAL EIno-
rIoN-We give, in another column, letter
from Philadelphia correspondent, detailing
the plan of the city election which is to take
place tomorrow, and also giving few opin-
ions as to the relative merits of the candidates
who have been nominated by the wing and
democratic parties. Although we give our
correspondents letter entire, we do not endorse
the opinions which he holds neither do we
believe entirely in the infallibility Of any pre-
dictions as to the result of the election
What is the state of the case?
The candidates for the Office of Mayor are
both considered strong men. Robert T. Conrad
(whig) it seems, has been adopted by the wings,
the natives, or Know Nothings, and the tee
totallers. As an author and orator he is ad-
mired by his friends It is stated that he is
not good politician-time tries all. Mr.. Con-
rad has been guilty, it seems, Of the sin of
letter writing; he has written letters to every
body, and pledged himself to every body to sus-
tain everybody's views on every subject. Hei
wing, he is political native American, and
he favors prohibitory liquor law. Mr.. Vaux
is the regular candidate of the democratic party.
He is said to be good man, Independent in
principle, favorite with the party and the
people.
1t is well known that Philadelphia has gen.
orally been whg city, although it did give it's
vote for General Pierce. But now it must
be remembered that by the oct of
hoe 1o{a .c4o
effect, and by which Kensington, South
wark, Moyamensing and Schuylkill are made
portions of the city, the democratic vote has
been greatly increased In a fair stand-up
fight, without any side issues, the wings would
probably be defeated. At any rate, the excess
of the democratic vote in the city, as now
bounded, is sufficient to compensate for any
falling off that there may have been in conse-
quence of the unpopularity of the administra-
ton. Against this heavy democratic vote
we have coalition of the shattered whig party,
the revived native party, and the new teetotal,
or Maine Law party. The result of the election
will show the strength Of the two organizations
last named. We shall see what the Know
Nothings can do when they have a majority
of five thousand to overcome, and this
will be swelled by many Germans and
Irish who have heretofore voted with the wings.
Mr. Vaux, it appears, has acted like true
party man, stunning all pledges and promises
He points to his previous life as guarantee
for his future conduct; the bend will not be
taken by everybody. because doctors often give
to other people the medicines which they would
refuse to swallow under any circumstances.
The vote of Philadelphia will probably be a
close one, and it is foolish to attempt any pre-
dictions as to the result at present. AS we have
before stated the old party lines have been
broken down, and that new organization which
succeeds in hooking the largest number of the
loose fish that are now swimming about in poll
teal waters will be likely to triumph for the
time being The existence of such parties will
be as evanescent as their victories are sudden
and unexpected.
The contest in Philadelphia, then, is between
the old democratic party on one side, and all
the discontented people of all the other parties
on the other. The probability is that many
wings will refuse to vote for Mr.
Conrad. Many LIBERAL wings will also decline
giving him their sufrages. The whole Irish
and German vote will 60 against him, and he
must have sufficient number of democratic
votes to make up for the deficit caused by the
secession of his own party. Now, if Mr.. Conrad
obtains these votes, it will go far towards open
ing the eyes of the old politicians, and to show
them that there must be a thorough reorganiz-
ing and cleansing Of the old parties, if they
hope to hold position in public favor.
Let the file leaders at Washington take no
tice The people have taken the business out
of the hands Of the politicians. 1t is certainly
refreshing to see them act for themselves