The New York herald., 1867-11-10

classes of the American people.
Oar City Eiection-The Rius Nominations.
The two city rings, the outside and the in
side, have made their nominations for Mayor
in accordance with the prearranged pro-
grammes, Fernando Wood on the one side and
Hoffman on the other. The people, Of course
had nothing whatever to do with either selection,
Fernando being the master OF his own clique and
nominating himself, and Hoffman aving been
selected as the most convenient representative
Of the inner Tammany ring, and put forward
by ready prepared committee accordingly.
1t remains now to be seen what will be the
action Of the respectable and independent por-
ton Of the electors under these circumstances
The opposition to the prevailing system of
forcing undesirable and unfit men into nomi-
nation, by means Of o corrupt machinery, is
composed Of the Union democracy, the. McKeon
democracy, the Citizens Association and the
republicans, with the addition of numbers Of
cit.zens who belong to no political
faction or organization whatever. They are
strong enough to elect candidate OF their
own If they will not fritter away their strength
by divisions among themselves. As between
Wood and Hoffman, the former is likely to be
successful, since b, will comm md the great
bulk Of the Irish whiskey and Germa
lager beer influence outside of the immediate
partisans Of Tammany, and because his admin
istration shows favorably when compared with
that OF Hoffman, under whose rule the taxation
Of the city has reached twenty-four million
dollars. His magnificent rascality does not
appear to have extended to raids upon the city
treasury, and the boldness and decision Of his
character are more popular than tae timid and
policy Of his Puritanical opponent.
If, therefore, the respectable portion of the
community desire to prevent the election Of
Wood for Mayor. they must unite upon some
good citizen for that OH, %, and defeat him.
In the recent State election one hundred
and eleven thousand votes were cast
in this city. Of which forty-two thousand
were for Tammany, leaving sixty-nine
or . majority Of twenty-seven thou
sand against that organization. In the Mayor
alty election there will probably be not
more than eighty or eighty-nve thousand votes
polled in all. or these from thirty to thirty
i've thousand will be cast by independent
democrats and republicans who are opposed
to the corrupt cliques represented by Wood
and Hoffman If they are given to one man
he cannot fail to be elected; for the remain
ing fifty thousand will be nearly equally di.
vided between Wood and Hoffman, with
balance Of Q thousand or two, probably, in
favor of Wood. In 1865 three Candidates
Roberts, Hecker and Gunther-ran against
Hoffman. Eighty-one thousand votes were
polled, and the three opposition nominees
comoined obtained seventeen thousand ma
jority over Hoffman, who was successful only
by a plurality of eleven hundred over Roberts.
The united votes OF either Roberts and Hecker
or Roberts and Gunther would have defeated
Hoffman by several thousand.
With these facts before them, if the respecta-
bio and independent people of New York
choose to have unfit and Objectionable candi-
dates thrust upon them by corrupt cliques and
rings, they deserve that their taxation shall
continue to grow, as 1t has under Hoffman, by
four or five million dollars every year. They
have the power, If they have the desire, to
make q change. There are citizens enough
upon whom all good men could combine-such
as Andrew Ii. Green, Cornelius X. Garrison,
John Anderson or John Kelly, and who are
deserving the support OF all parties. If some
such candidate cannot be put in nomination
against such men as Wood and Hoffman. then IL
matters little who may be elected or what may
become Of the city government. We may as
well throw open the city treasury, clear the
road Of ell distractions, shut our eyes, hold
our tongues, AMI let the whole army Of
rascals, big and little, magnificent and Peck
snifian, run the machine after whatever fashion
an 40 may plaaae