The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-11-03

Very little general interest il felt In the
election Of Tuesday next and the politicians,
eggmen and petty ONCE seekers are the only
persons who seem to care which way It may
60. This indifference d easily accounted for.
The result on members Of Congress in the city
districts is entirely immaterial, 30 far - the
question Of national policy ID concerned; for II
il now fixed fact that the republicans will be
little stronger in the next Congress than they
are In the present, and will have moro than
two.thirds vote in each House for the entire
remainder Of President Johnson's term Of ONCE.
The result on the Governor Is already a. good
as settled; for every unprecedented man knows
that Mr. Hoffman never had . chance Of sue
cess, that the boasts Of his organs and hackers
have been mere brag, and that Governor Fem
toms former majority over so popular demo-
crat az Governor Seymour, win be increased
over New York "ring" candidate by several
thousand votes
AS to tho county ticket, the only interest
felt by the citizens generally is on the issue
raised by the nomination for Register, made by
several independent democratic organizations
and endorsed by the republicans, against the
joint candidate Of the Tammany ssring" and
Fernando Wood.
Mr.. John McCool represents the new bargain
made between Fernando Wood and the Tam
many rump, by which the latter hope to sus-
tain themselves little time longer in power.
General Charles G. Halpine represents the OPP
position to the corrupt rule of the "ring" and
the political trading and bargaining Of Fer
nando Wood. The issue comes up distinctly
between these two candidates; for General
Halpine il the boldcst opponent Of the "ring"
In the city of New York, while McCool is Fer
nando Woods man, and Woods bargain with
the "riDg" is to re-elect him to the Office of
Register. As to the Recorder and Surrogate,
the present incumbents will no doubt be re-
elected; for no person objects to them, while
the candidates brought forward by the repub-
licans in opposition do not amount to much.
As the issue made upon the Register is,
therefore, the only one Of any general concern,
it will not be uninteresting to examine the
chances of tho candidates. When we look
over the ground and recall the results of other
local elections, there seems to be no doubt of
the success Of General Halpine. It is . we'll
known fact that the Tammany rump cannot
poll over twenty thousand votes. Mr.. Bodies
vote for Mayor was only . little over twenty
two thousand when the "ring" had the large
patronage Of the City Inspectors ONCE at its
back, and 1t is weaker now than It was then.
Last year Marshall O. Roberts was in reality
elected Mayor by nearly Ave thousand plu-
rality over Hoffman; but he refused TO
follow up his claim to the election be-
cause he did not desire to hold the
Office. The city gave sixteen thousand
popular majority against Hoffman at that time.
Outside Of the strength Of the "ring"-some
twenty thousand votes-McCool has nothing
but the personal strength of Fernando Wood to
back him, and that cannot be set down as very
efficient at this time. All the organizations in
the city except this particular "ring" and the
parties personally interested in their Fernando
Wood bargain have declared for General
Charles G. Halpine. General Halpine will re-
ceive heavy vote from his Irish fellow citi-
zens, and will, Of course, take all the soldier
boys" Of the war away from stay-at-home
copperhcad like McCool. He will receive the
support Of all the anti "ring" democratic or
CARNATIONS as their nominee, and the solid
votes Of the thrty-cight or forty Thousand re-
publicans who have endorsed him for the pur-
pose Of breaking up corrupt combination.
So if all those independent and respectable
citizens who attach themselves to no particular
party, but who desire e put stop to the
career Of the band Of Forty Thieves that has
plundered the city for ten years past and In
creased the taxation TO twenty millions, will
turn ont on election day and vote for General
Halpine, they will not onl, dispose forever OF
the "ring" and the "runp," but they will
finally lay the restless ghost of that delunct
copperhead, Fernando Wood, as we'll
The TROUBLE AT BALTMoRE.-It is 10 be
hoped by all sensible and aw-abiding citizens
that the trouble at Baltimore between the
Governor and the Police Commissioners may
be settled without bloodsled and without the