The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-11-18


There are already three candidates in the field
for the Office of City Comptroller. George II.
Purser is the nominee Of Tammany Hall, Stephen
p. Russell is the candidate OF the Tammany ont
siders or selfstyled regulars and Robert T. Haws
is the choice Of the republicans. We're this trio
put into mortar and treated AFTER the most APP
proved formula of the pbarmacopGa, we do not
believe that the extract of their three carcasses
would make one sound man. We night analyse
their antecedents, if it was necessary; but we do
not see that there is anything to be gained by it.
The only observation which their selection sug-
gests is that the parties whom they represent
are all eagerly seeking to secure their share of
the city spoils, and that in this spirit they have
put the right men in the right place.
From present appearances We do not see the
least likelihood of the movement for corporate
reform assuming a practical character. The
taxpayers have, to be sure, issued manifesto;
but it amounts to nothing. 1t denounces expli-
city enough the abuses and expressions
under which we are suffering, but it steers
clear of the conclusions to which its
own statements point. II suggests no plan
Of action, dcviscs no remedy. Like the
Irish repealers, the taxpayers cor mittec are
content with establishing grievance and living
upon it. The only practical result of their or
ganization has been the appointment Of two
lawyers to watch their interests. The occupa-
ton will no doubt prove so profitable to the par
tee selected that they will lake care that their
grievances shall be long lived. Like a suit in
chancery. the protection Of their interests will
furnish handsome incomes to several generations
of lawyers. These cormorants never willingly
let 60 their hold Of good thing, and the man
ncr in which this sinccurc has been created shows
that it is susceptible Of protractcd pckings.
II it ever was intended that the taxpayers
movement should lead to substantial reforms In
the management Of our city affairs, no more enec-
tive plan Of neutralizing that intention could
have been hit upon than the arrangement to
which we refer. II would seem as If the direc-
ton of this organization had been purposcly
assumed by men to defeat It's objects, or, at all
events, TO divert II from any very dangerous
activity. Considering tie large amount OF party
spoils that were imperilled by II. VIC are iu-li-
fed in arriving at the conclusion that our leading
city politicians have had . nd in impartng to
the plans Of the associat'1. ne harmless direc-
ton they have taken.
All the fine aniicpations formed Of the results
Of this movement are therefore. 10 all appear
anoe destined to he disappointed. Between this
and the day Of election nothing is likely TO I've
done, unless. indeed, the general body Of tax
payers should be moved TO indignation at the
manner In which their interests are being frit-
tered away, and resolve TO concentrate their
strength in vigorous effort. or spontaneous
explosion Of this kind We confess we can sec no
present probability, 80 We shall have to resign
ourselves for some time longer to wholesale
peoulation, bad government, dirty streets, and
continually increasing and oppressive taxation
HAND WINTER FOR THE PooR-SroPPAgE
or PUBLIC WoRKs.-In few weeks from now
the winter will be hard upon us, and good deal
Of the outdoor work now in operation will have
to be stopped, and many thousands thrown out
Of employment. This is bleak prospect for the
poor. On the Central Park alone there are en-
ployod some four thousand men-two thousand
eight hundred on the Park proper, and over a
thousand on the new reservoir. When the frost
comes the lrgcr portion Of these must be dis
charged. ard % il will be TO some extent with
the employees on nearly all kinds Of work. After
the recent hard times we fear that working men
have not been able to lay anything by for a rainy
day, and the probability is that we shall witness
much privation and suffering during the coming
season, unless the charitably wealthy extend
bounteous largesses to the needy.
Tow THUMB on CnrNA.-One Of our cotcmpo-
raries, who may be appropriately called the
Tom Thumb Of the newspapers, has worked him
self into terrible stew about very small mat
ter, and IL continually crying out. elias anybody
seen the China treaty we published will anybody
notice the China treaty we published has any
body stolen the China treaty we published"
Some Of our praver contemporaries have noticed