The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-11-28

that will end In sweeping the detested purple
from our entire continent.
The Approaching Mayoralty Election.
There areehow three strong candidates in the
field for the Mayoralty, viz: Hoffman, Gunther
and Roberts. Farmer, the soup candidate,
does not amount to anything, and therefore we
exclude him from the list Hecker, the bran
bread candidate, has no chance whatever, and
might better save his credit and his money by
Withdrawing Already he is said to have ex-
pended about twenty thousand dollars; but
what has become of it and who has pocketed 1t
nobody knows Everybody is aware, however,
that he is in the hands Of men accustomed to
put candidates through the mill to the tune of
"money makes the mare CO." and he will pIoba-
bly, come out Of the contest without dollar
and with very few votes. The determination
of Gunther to remain . candidate at all hazards
gives Mr.. Roberts very fair chance of success.
Gunther will secure large portion of the Ger
man vote, Q large portion ofthe secession vote,
large portion of the Mozart vote and
some of the Tammany vote, thus presenting
considerable strength, besides weakening H6f-
man, whom he may possibly neutralize, and
leaving Mr. Roberts the very opportunity that
Opdyke had few years ago in similar TRAN
gular contest We cannot believe that any
number Of the republicans will follow the lead
of Greeley in pinning their fortunes to the coat
tails Of Fernando Wood, and we therefore credit
Roberts with the full republican strength.
Should he hold this he may be elected; but
should his party desert him Hoffman will be
successful. We need scarcely add that either
of these gentlemen would make an honest, up
right, worthy, intelligent, able and popular
Mayor.
But our hopes of municipal reform are not at
all involved in this Mayoralty canvass. We
expect that the next Legislature will take hold
of this city, abolish the Board Of Supervisors,
the various departments and the Common
Council; unite New York, Brooklyn, Williams
burg and the adjacent towns and villages in
vast metropolis, numbering nearly two mil
lions Of inhabitants; give the legislative adj
ministration of this metropolis to commission
composed of the best men Of the State, and in
trust the executive power to Metropolitan
Mayor. This sweeping reform is demanded by
the necessities of the times, and is the only one
that will be at all effectual. Our city affairs
are now in such snarl that nothing but bill
OF this recreative character can disentangle
them. At present good Mayor cannot relieve
us by preventing corruption, nor bad Mayor
make matters much worse. The next Legisla-
ture will have the power, and we believe that
it will have the inclination, to end our troubles
at once, and to give us good government and
a magnificent metropolis. Instead of voting at
the approaching election for "reform" candi-
date-who can reform nothing, even if he be
elected and who Is accompanied and supported
by swarm Of the hungriest cormorants that
ever wanted TO get at the public treasury-we
advise our readers to vote for q person like
Roberts or Hoffman, who will be ft repre-
sentative Of the metropolis, and who may thus
become our Metropolitan Mayor. If. through
all the middle Of this canvass-and it is the
worst we ever saw-the fact that the next Lee
gislature is pledged to q complete reconstruc-
ton is kept steadily in mind by the intelligent
voters, they will perceive very clearly that
such so-called "reformers' as Fernando Wood
mean no good; that they ought not to be sup
ported, and that If successful, they will give rs
no end Of trouble in again ousting them from
Office.