The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-11-12

The MUNICIPAL ELECTION AND THn CAwr-
DArEs.--In an article on the coming munioi,sl
election, the Tribune advises the republicans y
exhibit in the selection Of candidate fer
Mayor the same disregard Of party which ohes-
acteriaed their course in adopting Msvor IT,
mann and giving him their support at the lsst
charter election. But 1t insists that this t;r.>
the candidate shall be from the republios.
ranks and that the democracy shall sustain hin.
That certainly Is o very curious mode Of dirs-
gardlng party. The organ Of q party which h
largely in tho minority modestly insists tAaa
the candidate on which eli GLASSES Of ciu,eus
shall unite must be chosen from that party.
How would the Tribune like the same kial
of arrangement as regards the Presidential
elections Would it and its party Of the Nseth
be satisfied TO accept a candidate for the whte
House selected from the democracy of the Ssata.
which is as much in minority in point Of
population as are the republicans in the
city Of New York; We give the repubu-
cans no credit fur disregard of psrty
spirit in adopting Mayor Tiemann. They
knew very well that they could not elect q maa
Of their own party, and the next best thing
they could do for their party was just what
they did-to upset the regular nomination Of
their opponents by playing off against him
stump candidate of the same party, and making
bargain with him for fair division Of the
spoils of Office. Mayor Tiemann is now a.
cused Of selling the republicans and disregard
ing his pledges to share with them the loaves
and fishes. Now, according to the Tribune,
the republicans will not trust demo
crat again, and will set up man Of theic
own party, and that man the Tribune already
puts in nomination. He is No other than Simeoa
Draper, one of the most decided party men to
be found in the republican army, an active
leader of its hosts, and many years an Official
in the corrupt government of the Almshouse.
Could not the Tribune hit upon some
fresher man-one not SO hackneyed in the
ways of party: What guarantee have tho
democrats that Simeon Draper, if elected,
would not serve them as Tiemann served
the republicans AS regards partisanshiD,
Greeley himself would not be more objeo-
tionable, and would just be as likely to make
fair distribution of the public plumber. IF we
are to have republican partisan Mayor, there
fore, let us, by all means, have Horace Greeley,
who in many respects is a better man than Dra-
per. But of that there is very small probability.
The democrats have the game in their eva
hands, and if they agree in selecting the right
man they can elect him, despite Of all opposi
ton from republicans or others.
Would it not be better, therefore, for the re-
publioans, like the conservative classes, to vail
and see what democratic candidates will loom
up, and to give their support to the best Of
thems Thus they would in measure hold the
balance Of power. Unless the democracy goes
into the contest split into two equal factions,
the republicans cannot hope to elect a man Of
their own stripe. There is one point on
which we fully agree with the Tribune, and
that is that the chief magistrate and the Board
of Aldermen be selected from among the
wealthy and respectable men Of the city; but
then they must not be fools and noodles, the
passive tools Of men of inferior education, but
of stronger intellect and Of more energy and
experience. The Mayor should be an able
man, as well as man of wealth and respeota-
bility.