The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-11-26
fammany Hall with Seven New Blades and
Five New Handles.
The Last Siege OF Secesh 1
New York City.
Tho Race Between Roberts, HOH-
man and Gunther.
&c &c. To-

4 MARSHALL o. ROBERTS AND MURRAY HOFFMAN.
= The sst Of the candidates nominated Marshall o.
Roberts for Mayor and Murray Hoffman for Corporation
Counsel ushered in by the Union Convention ON
friday evening. The manner Of their nomination was
wonderfully unanimous and evidently astonishea some
people, in OF the camor raised by the Tribune for
nome recognition of Hecker There not solitary
vote for tho Fernando Wood candidate. Tho thing was
mot done by reclamation either for there were some
scattering votes The poor mans candidate (Farmer)
got seven and the rich mans candidate lConklng) got
score or so but there poor to cast so
fary ballot in recognition of the played radical and
-1ecessonist alliance the Wood and Greeley ticket
Hecker and O'Gorman.
The Union ticket thus put In nomination evidently
chosen for the paramount excellence and fitness Of the
men. Marshall o. Roberts was poor boy, born in the
First ward OF this city, in very humble condition His
career from the position of porter and clerk and
chant at his post in the old shpchandlers shop
familiar to the people of the lower wards Of the city
any other fact identified with that locality His
MATURE enterprises in the Pacific Mail and many other
steamship and commercial undertakings have placed
him in the very first rank of citizens, both
wealth and influence. There is not longshoreman who
docs not understand the significance of his and its
identity with the peculiar Of the prosperity Of
New York.
There no name more respected at the bar than that
Court and in various other capacities his commentary
on the city charters his compilations Of the city laws and
knowledge of the bearings Of municipal questions all
place him In the attitude Of the very best selection that
could be made for Corporation Counsel Indeed, the
whole interest Of city affairs must turn upon the
construction and codicaton Of crazy jungle Of city
Jaws the selection Of Judge Hoffman for his place the
tcket most significant fact Whether elected not
there is to think that his hand win in all pro.
A~t~.tt
,1estiny of the metropolis under the legislation
bf the approaching winter at Albany. There
ts already shrewd for believing that
he may be elected in this canvass but, failing this II is
almost positive that he Is chosen, and advanced in
anticipation OF the great work TO be reposed in himhe
Eevsion OF our local laws younger man, like Joseph
Choate presenting youth well remarkable ability
with energy and freshness for the conquest Of popularity
In this campaign would perhaps have made the political
compexon OF the ticket more acceptable in certain
quarters; but the well known Of Murray Hoffman
meets tho peculiar emergency with far moro telling
effect.
GUNTHRR, THE PEACE" CANDIDATE.
prevailing mistake about the canvass puts Mayor
Gunthcrs chances out Of any account Some, for want
.of Information assume that he 10 withdraw
while others will In their prejudice concede him nothing
In tho vote In the FIRST place, II Is the positive
purpose Of Mayor Gunther to rum and it is no less
his confident intention to be elected He has
peculiar position that Of being the professcd and dis
tinctvo "pcace candidate" and since Fernando was
sdiscardcd" no takes the ned with OGorman on this
platform without rival their joint nomination being
FIRST BY the McKeon organization with the view OF
presenting the pcaco issue squarey for their partisans
1n this city Gunthor has not been supplanted with the
Germans by Hoffman, and he will sweep the Mozart vote
from the Hecker boxes like char election day The
ssecesh interest has been very strong here and quite
bitter at the South. Fort Lafayette has imposed
hush which tho close Of the war has ended The great
row in the democracy proceeds from the long pcnt up
bic OF the s'peace men," who now think their
turn has come. Gunther has been their sole
consistent and persistent representative in Office he
Is the candidate Of their malice and their
John T. Holman has been the bitter and domneering
Tho local democracy q Tsmma 1 Il viii BE- surely
found on election day that other consideration will
The one has had once respect division Of the honors
and the spells Of the war; the other has had degree
OF poverty and infamy which s readily turned INTO the
aspect OF persecution and which In this will be
made TO present the rctrbutive complexion Of over
throw and entire change in the local dynasty Of the
za councillors Of tho old wgwam know how intensoiy
chose sentiments are cherished.
N HECKER STILL RUNNING.
In this view 0unther Is obviously very strong cand-
date Hecker has been from the start mere victim He
has been running since the street swecper chased
much more ms y M
viii merely be neeced and the other factions in
ehe held arc making common butt Of him.
EAMnAsY HALL WITH SEVEN NEW BLADES AND
4 FIVE NEW HANDLES.
John 7. Hoffman Is ostensIbly running upon Tam
many nomination, which, o harmo NOUS organization,
ion nowadays which will be conceded ronders such
. result morally impossible. Tammany Hall, TO
ssrensthsn self has carried out rot some time past
1ndvduas and candidates from the ranks Of ts antago
nists and placing them in office and on the ward com
like tho school boys jackknife which had got
scvcn now blades and i've new handles, there
Whitsior Tammany ' Hall is as much Mozart
Hail. or McKeon Hall, IL is anything else
have either faction prevail in nomination, that the
Others may have their revenge in defeat Of the cand
date at tho polls THIS state Of things deferred num-
Der Of aspirans who solicited accept the Mayor
atty nomination None, not even Wood could be found
% ven,aren Recorder Holman was induced TO take
was shown TO him that II he was defeated he could
lose nothing He need not resign, and his friends In
would inspire most desirable means Of keeping the
more sinister districts in wholesome awe. Although
Tombs with the city Police Justices who arc the tools
OF Ben Wood and tho special guardians and pensioners
orders court and bisirc. Attorney and the canvass
will be strongly bolstered by the possession OF in
srumen,ay in the hands OF the sklfu Of the
From this political inventory IT may DO footed up tina.
IN the democracy Gunther and Hoffman will perhaps
very nearly divide the VOTE with something scattered
on Heckor the reform candidate aud Farmer the free
lodging house and public soup candidate.
now rHE UNION ORGANIZATION sTANDs-THE LAST
sfRGE OF sECEsH.
year ago. general election day the aspect Of the
country was such will never DO forgotten by any
who took living interest in the time The people de-
eidcd between Lincoln and Mcclellan. There vast
hush throughout land the little silent ballots fell
like snow fakes and buried forever as with Alpine ava
1anohc the hoard of hungry secession wolves Gen. But
Ter al the Hoffman House In this city He came with
many egmens and gunboats that surrounded the alleged
disloya city OF New York His stat and his appearance
from spurs TO his gauntets made great sensation
In The city. But at the time there came here be-
sides thus vcegerent Of Stanton another Massachusetts
man, who put far loss preension and more htly
presented Honest Old Abe This General Banks
On the morning OF election he set forth and visited every
quarter u the city, afoot and civilians costume His
ion was TO go the people, hear their talk around the
polts aud learn what II that made 10 strange