The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-06-08
TROUBLES I'M TAMMAnY.


tect-Fights Of the FactiOns-The Reform
Convention On Thuraday Night-sceaes aud
Incilents.-John X ely ThrOtsles Dan sickics
and Dan cries " Pcccavf'-M0vemeat Ia Ex-
pei the Reforrners, Sc, Sc, DC.
The democracy has been kicking up queer capers IN
this city Of The battle Of the factions has waged
with foreclosures not often excced in the past history
Of the party Tammany Hall, the Old Wgwam where the
tomahawk is buried every fall and the calumet of poace
smoked, only for strife to break on, bitter when the
for the division Of the spells approaches was a.
usual the battle field OF the factions. Last week. indeed was
exciting one, for Old Tamnany that has Witnessed
much excitement, Committees and conventions to reor
GAME the democracy and to bring back into its earlier
and better Frame have been held and have only Tn is far
resulted in wild enipg the breach between the factions
POSITION OF THE FACTIONS.
The democracy of the city aud county of New York is
apresent indeed II generally is and promises always to
be- divided and split up. Its component parts, jas nov,
known the Wood faction aud the Libby faction or
each claims TO be the pure, unaulterated out and
ont Simon Pure democracy ard brands the other With the
epthei Of sham bogus, and other terms sgnyng the re-
verse of regular. The Wood faction, taking is from
the Mayer has the control of tho municipal Offices, the po
ce &c. and its patronage gives an immense influence and
preponde its rival, known the Libby faction.
The latter acquires its des nation from the OF gen
tleman who ambiioned at the last election supplant
Fernando Wood in the Mayoraly of the city, but who,
on that occasion, only succeeded IN pohuB tour thou
sand out OF eighty thousand votes cast But if the
Woodes have the municipal patronage in their hands,
the Libbyites have in their favor the prestige
which the possession Of Tammany Hall gives
them. They also control the patronage OF the
Post ohce the Surveyors Office the Navy Agents office,
and other departments of the federal government here
and consequently foes by TO be dcspsed
undervalued.
now TUE LIBBYrEs GOT INTO rAMxANv,
Tammapy Hall, we have said--the Malakof Of the
paty-is the hands of the bbytes At the last cleo
ton Of sachems, the leaders Of that faction managed by
species Of political intrigue 10 have majority Of their
numbers indicted into that imposngn at least
post These Sachems are elected by the close corpora
ton representing the rammany Society, many Of the mem
bers Of which no longer act with the party, but have
joined the black republican ranks not losing thereby,
however, their right to vote The whole number Of votes
cast for the last batch OF Saches was only g. so that the
term close corporation Is not msappcd. Il added the
qualifications Of rotten and corrupt would be no farther
from the truth.
RHFoRm OF THE PRIMARY ELECTION SYSTEM.
Well, this Council OF Sschems this democratic sanhe
drin having been irtaled and having thus become the
cusodans tf the property Of Tammony Hall, Of the
fret moves to which they turned their attention
move TO turn out and eject the Democratic General Com
=" The fierce unierrihed" The motive Of this
TO deprive that General now days
as the wilson Small committee, and supposed to be IN the
interest Of The Wood actono the moal weight which
presumed to ach TO the wgwam. For the purpose Of
accomplishing that object, but under the plea Of re-
forming the primary election system OF the party,
they called together Convention of mem 1ers created By
themselves, and If course ready to be their plant tools
Tho members Of this Convention were appointed In novel
Each ward TO send ave delegates, OF these
the Counei Of Sachems nominated III &C, and partly
ceeded In debating who the other two should be- This
convention denominated the reform convention. 1t
purge the party OF the nquy Of It's ways aud in
roducc some other influence besides that OF the rumhoe
politicians into the primary election system. That, at
least was The magnificent design which affected to have
But all this was and Is mere pretenson 1t Is nothing
less than faction move, having its basis In low
domagoeical uickery. was merely an organization to
pcrpetua,e the LIBBY dynasty overthrow the woodes and
get nside OF Tammany Hall the LIBBY boilers who had
up 10 that time had the privilege of remaining outside Of
\ the temple.
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Such being the aim and organization Of the Rfrm Con-
vepion, thai body met for the nrst time In March, and
ward, the ec,on being made by the chair and the
sequence being that eighteen OF the committee belonged 10
the LIBBY faction Al ,heis second meeting IN TIE ZANE
mit,cc OF Eve consisting OF Robert j. Dillon, Iaiah Ryu
clerk in the Post once Department. This sub committee
had many meetings, and finally plan was agreed upon
which would put an end to hereseut dgrsceusysem Of
primary elections The plan lis face appeared 10 be
fair liberal one But was simply got up Tor effect,
and to give air of sincerity to the movement iis adop
lion had never been contemplated Or intendcd. II
got UP merely as bind to coa,eal the
ultimate designs Of the mover, and 10 ward oil suspicion
TIE sICELBs SCHEME.
This pan maturcd by the sub committee OF nye
presented and endorsed by tho committee OF tTcny-
two twas then thai Mr. nanie e. sclcs fer the hrst
time appeared the stage In connection with this
ment lie a member Of the com rpee OF twenty two.
dc politely desired to nave the plan read to him Hare
que, complied with. lie affected 10 be pleased with
the plan and declared his approval Of IT, "Ru said hc, In
most nsinuatirg, bland manner, "there are some
snfnt ancndnentS NECn Nonld 10 OUcr 10 ana
hope some gentlemen who voted with the majority
will ohlgc me by moving reconsideration so that may
oler hcse my amendments 10 the Consideration OF Tho
body Tho appeal not made In vain.
sonc person willing 10 comply with such a reasonable
rtquett moved RECOMMENDATION. Tho vote was accord
ingly r,considered, and then Mr.. Scklos, IN tho
plausible style, submitted his few slight amendments,
which turned out 10 be an entire subsuute completely
changing the whole FORM features and character Of tho
plan. The trap sprung. The original plan,
have minated merely got up for effect for thow,
not FOR practice. The real iona fdc plan, maiured and
~ arffnl oil paa
clipped ont OF Me- IAN sokcs' pocket, aud introduced
under the guise Of few thgh' amendment It's design
voters OF the city under the thumb OF this reform
vtptiCn In Tammany Hall, or Of such other organi-
e,ae,y The sSI Of fssorm ,Sa is needed, or Tia, Is
likely 10 be made. Instead OF amnany Hall or any
other corrupt organizations controlling The democracy o.
the city, and Cling mos, Of tho public offices with knavcs
and fools The reform which expect 10 see soon nau
guraied will sweep away these dgrscefal organ aons,
and The s~sms OF political backlegs attached TO them,
and will perhaps place in Office men for whom good cu
consciepiiously and honoaby vote That is the
reform need but that Is not the tor OF reform pro
posed by the new Daniel como 10 Judgment.
WHAT WOULD BIZ ITS ErIEcTl
whai was ne pan proposed oy MT, Daniel 2 sexes,
than that the Eve delegates from each ward 10 that Con
venton consisting for the most part ofsuch have
in the Post Oace, Surveyors oicc and Navy Agents
onc,shoud be authorised to their number TO
tvent ve and that these twenty five in each ward
should form the basis Of tho democratic organization,
make the nominations and in fact hold all the power Of
The party IN their own hands Ncher more nor less, IN
tact, than the transfer Of The power TO sell MONT
nations from the DULLES and shoulder hters 10
organized company OF twenty-five dealers In
nom nations A notable plan, indeed, by which Offices
would be put public competition, the proceeds OF the
,aes to TO enrich the join, stock ward company Of
t~enty ave John Kelly denounced this scheme in com
mittee az fraud on the democracy Of the city.
1T 10 RyPoBTBD TO THE CONVENTION.
The Committee, however, adop,sd X, and subsequently
the same evening reported II to tho Convention which
was In session in rammany Hall Elijah y. Purdy fsmi.
larry known A. the war horse Of The democracy was in
the chair, and Isaac Fowler the Postmaster at bis
back 30 prompt and direct his rulings and otherwise keep
him on the right track. Many Of tie other lights OF Tam
many presontthe WHY and artfu Sokcs, the elias
sic Cochrane, the amabe, good natured John Kelly the
steam ilotine man. Sanders the gentle Hart, aud
crowd d prominent oficchoders In the Custom HoGsc,
Poet ofice, Navy Agents Office, NC.
THE coSvKNTrof-THE sIcKLEs SCHEME ENDORSED
BY DILLON, FOWLER, c0caRANB, HAEr AND RYE-
DERs.
Wen, the Convention met rhursday night in Tam.