The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-09-02

The unintiated In the windings and twistings OF tho
great unterriaed congomeraon, the headquarters OF
whose political nfaibity concentrated within the
walls Of the Pewter Mug and Tam many Hall PROBABLY
unaware that the different factions into which the denzens
OF those places are dvded have been grooming Tor many
days past under nwonted agones Of preparation for the
important Crisis which antcp aied lest night, and
which consisted In the appointment OF inspectors Of the
primary elections for delegates to the Democratic Coaven
ton for tbe nomination Of State ofcsrs, which will be
held at Syracuse the l4sh inst None Iammaqy
leaders shirt button whether the State nominees
are elected sitter they shall have presented the
sulrages Of the people, and very guoran unnitiased
persons, may therefore wonder why any fuss should
De nade upon the subject But ii happens
that, owing TO the rascaly msnGuvring OF
Confidence Cassidy and come OF ha associAto mischief.
nopaess az Albany, there ia fair probability that the
delegates choeen to Syracuse mag ia their turn called
upon to make up the slate Of Of delegates to
National Convention a. Charleston Which will nominate
the next democratic candidates for Presden, aad Vice
President of the United sates sirpggls against such
nonsrous ukurpaicn OF The rights Of the people on the
part Of the Syracuse leaders will certainly made; but
it is very likely they may step out Of their legitimate
sphere Of action and in that contingency all OF the oayes
fehes, crusts crumbs and psrngs potatoes hca
the federal government will have to distribute from 1881
till 1865, may possibly be somewhat dependent upon the
acon OF the delegates to Syracuse large number OF
wnom will be sent from New YORK city.
will naturally and necessarily be asked what the ap
pontment Of inspectors Of primary elections to do
with the SURFACES of independent democrats for delegates
to State Convention? Oh most un5orhistcatsd reader
be made aware that owing TO tho improved method 81
conducting, not only primary, but all elections our
large cities, the number OF votes cast for candidate has
nothing whatever to do wa bis Of being declared
rsnd Na;sn do -
Mug resort to such old fashioned horse machinery
ballot stufng, arrng force to keep away rivals, or
countenance any similar groas and unmannory proceed
ngs. They simply the services OF the inspectors
wboee only duty herceforward is to prepare and sign
certificates Of election for their friends rrespectvey of
the number Of votes they may have received. Thus,
John Doe and Richard Roe neirg rival candidates. docs
not avail The former that 500 votes cast for him
while bis opponent obtained but twenty The inspectors
who were appointed for other than thai they
pledged to Mr. Foe certify that the latter gentle
had 900 surages and they cheerfdy grant him the
certificate delegate to Syracuse, as in duty bound
One person mournfuy declared last night that although
he had Ave sxtbs of the voters Of his district with him.
election against she will OF inspectors II would be utter
folly 10 attempt Most frequently indeed the certificates
made out before the primary election actually takes
place. which saves much trouble and annoyance
II the comment shodld BE- made upon this process that
it slightly unrepublcan rascally and scbversve Of the
very meaning Of the word democracy, other expln
nation can than thai It is highly pleasing and
delightful, both in theory and practice to the sages Of
Tarnmany and that there apparent likelihood of it's
being altered.
II the duty OF the Committee Organization Of
the Tammany Hall General Committee to report last
night to the Of appointing inspectors in the
dlfieren. districts Ths committee, Of which Mr. Elijah
e. Purdy (War Hcrse) is chairman, Consists Of the fol-
loving gentlemen, vlz-Thos Byrnes William Miner 4.
J. Mccarthy George Ii. Purser, Robert Donner, John
Clancy, Nichoar Sesgrist, isaiah Rynders, r. r. Comp
ton, John Richardson, BERNARD Kelly John Vance, Peter
Mitchell, David Kissner, Nicholas Murphy, Emanuel B.
Hart, J. W. Chanler, Edward Cooper Anson Herrck
n. ]. Waterbury and r. B. Connolly.
Sundry meetings OF this committee have been held with
ia the last five or six days, in the other Of
thole fayore pureus where brandy smashes 10 be
obtained at short notice to invgorate tagging Tam
many intellect, but without arriving a. definite result
until yesterday morning Day before yesterday the dr
erenf methods Of appointing inspectors considered
and three plans were proposed First, continuance of
The old system by which where the Eve members the
General Committee from any ward agree together they
may appoint their own inspectors, but in the wards
where they do not sgree they sba be chosen By the
General Committee. Secondly, the appointment or in-
spectors by the majority Of he five votes ward with
out W Lnlrd, reference OF the
whole subject including the appointment OF inspectors to
the people This last plan secuted altogether Its
edoptcn secuted altogether by the "prvilegsd few
who very correctly reflected that they might be driven
from their places and politically bankrupted for
ever if The "peoplo" go. hold Of the matter. The
first project would have left things wholly under
tho thumb OF Fowler, asd MS majority would have
sent him TO Syracuse Nth the Convention in his
oreeches pocket The second left for trial of
strength in shoEe wards o,h are divided aud rather
significantly seemed to be favored by the majority OF the
they appointed sui Committee which ct one O'Clock
yesterday and ultimately adopted this lac. paed plan.
ony Were there was no majority at all in district the
General Committee should decide The members OF the
subcommittee were Messrs. Il. B. Connolly. Edward
Cooper George Purser Bernard Kelly John Vance aud
somebody else-n fact an apparently anti Fowler clique
which it was supposed would floor him. az far as was in
their power half past SIX O'Clock this cub
adopted their Recommendation unaHimouey. $500
The meeting Of the General Committee had been fixed
a. eight O'Clock Previous to that tme however, the
salow, rubicund and shGky faces Of sundry anxious
members began to appear. First in the lobby room
we sew John c9narane, hale and hearty, and
singuarly with the anxious face Of Gus Cohen who
next u order amo,ed into the barroom, full OF
oetersibe anxiety lest he should be besen the Eighth
ward by the rank and he Of Daniel T. Deavan. Theu
came, By and tvos, the brave Miner, smiling and
happy; Ryniers, ,he Marsna much the Same ever;
the reat Postnr nnss rather twchy shout the
lips, and looking satisfied by far than he ought TO
have been with such programme; Dick Connolly, Tom
Byrnes Mike Tuomey, riemauns Cooper, Wm D.
Kennedy, Peter Sweeny, Arson Herrick. md crowd
OF other noabes, TO mention. Fernando
Wood had expected % the ground as an outsider
heavy squal anticipated, and his presence was as
much looked for that OF OF Mother Carey chickens
In storm off Cape God SIC did not, hewever show him.
self. His forces in Tammany canvsssed by some
members Of the committee, md were vRrousy estimated
at anywhere between fteen and forty members II this
latter statement anywhere near correct accounts Tor
the vsunt attributed Fernando, that II Fowler would
run for Corporation Counsel the same ticket with him
sell Tor Mayor they could sweep everything In Tam
many Fall before them
Jus' before The ham fell, and Mr. Fowler as Chair
man, called the Committee 70 oraer, mutterings
were neatd through she hs that the adoption Of the