The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-09-27
CITY PoLlTIc s.

Council or Wnr-The Happy Family-ALozart.
McKcou, Democratic Union Organizations.
| Al orsMNo on POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY.
To the great mass Of readers the political world 10
terra incoenaa. The men who figure In It are ike
the actors the theatres, seen only the part they
perform In public and little the subject Of thought
beyond that consideration in their private lives ~
the theatrical representative, the who drive the
Omnibus or the mysterious Jacobs who does the hang
ing for the sheriff. They are class by themselves.
They direct machinery, operated BY human motive
power the steries Of which exclusively known
themselves the Chadean the learned scholar or
Choctaw to the unettsrcd savage Il seems an easy
Idle luxurious life 70 be politician, to sit around,
wear good Clothes smoke. drink whiskey, be up late
o'nights in loud talking, self.assuming company, to
nsure conspcuously In the newspapers be looked up
10 In onc's family. But there s nameess knack in the
city professional politician which It il worry hard
to acquire Counirymeu, great in the rural dstrlcis
good speakers on the stump, mellow fellows At the
tavern, jonted loerers having all the nat
ural qualities and propenses 1t would SEEM think IL
easy obtain prominence a political leaders
city. How many have tried Il and have sue
iceededf They don't know where to take hold and,
they get hold. don't know what to do next and grow
seedy red.nossd and melancholy before they acquire
any distinctive power leading individuality. The
countyman gets along bravey here in dry goods gro
csries the pulpit; he makes successful editor DOCTOR
and good stock actor for the Broadway theatres
but the world don't wag 10 him in poIitics Our local
politicians are "o the manor born" and are brought
up 70 the business There are as many grades Of Thorn
there OF actors and the fatality the nu-
Of It's dominion Once actor always an actor
once politician always poitican-thers to be
an inevitable fatality; there no release. To have
'vews" tho public questions Of the day, in bar
rooms and barber shops; regular seat In q caucus
his own; and there IL fascination or growing unit
ness for all useful pursuits which relaxss its
grip on its victim. He is either Office
holder or an Office seeker all his life, and
he can no moro stay away from bis fellows who
'hunck" in fat places or who, being ou are fellow
sufferers and fellow GROWERS land then "feow feeling
makes them wondrous kind, than the chronic drinker
get along without his dam the opium eater with
out his regular potion. They have their ways their
haunts, their pecuarities Of language and
trsy distinctive. To know what Is 10 be done in the
presentation OF candidates political management you
have make excursions among them and take observa-
tons notebook In hand, rs you would to discover the
ways OF the gorilla, the language Of the Kafr tho
do not seem advance defined principles OF pro-
gressiou, but BY kind Of fermentation The politician
not know himself who are nominated for the chief
pacea They talk and canvass, and caucus and finally
or buSs "U On The o. n h TOT
wrgges his way to the bottom. like an uneasy
eel IN barrel Of uncongsnial nsh, or falls 70 q
dead level like sediment when the buoyant gas
escapea We speak particularly now OF the grub
or hack-the scurvy Politician Of Snakspeare's time
the "worker''thosc IN the ranks who get golden
wings from government dstieries protected BY reve
nue. officials or fat places, that make the political butter
state 70 baskng sunshine and rch disdanfuI Ieposs.
This bret suggestion of the poculIary OF the politician
that Ornamental not useful department Of Ire and
the explanation OF the life long devotion the business
will give vent to the half formed idea which has often
entered and bothered the head Of the general public
and will furnish reputable excuss 70 the respectable
p. who often unjusliy condemn themselves that they
politics won't mix with groceries (sxcept retail cornersD
dry goods, banking law, religion, Pnysc or any other
life II Is business, profession, BY ITSELF which
you must give your mind as well a. oodyas absorbing
a. the Itch The general public ought 10 content Them
selves 10 deciding for the candidates placed
81 %s they .Ss n: ,,us
Jurors in criminal cases with the prisoner ct the bar
thanking Heaven Tia: they are 20 r removed from the
periodical consideration. = So ,ttr.
;, m s..Ar Ton. oosn . Y nm political cAra
ports now receiving currency In the world Of local poll
Tics. there 10 70 BE- condition Of widespread smash
OF cherished hopes and General Ruin in command OF the
entire forces fhs million Of additional years OF extension
ral before are 10 ~ INTO liquidation a. well as que-
faction It would seem do not apply tho local poll.
which will release them from their existing confusion
threatening perdition, and defer the time when they
regularly nomnatsd for the hotIer Regions 10 which
they duly consigned Tammany Hall has lie trials and
troubles The democratic union dlssolvng view Fer.
nando 10 chaunting hozart's requiem, and the MeKeon
organizations e 'ssrikng" picture OF diSpidasion
and dismay. Chaos u come again; that ia IL We take
each ctons view OF the others case but We have the
satiseson Of assuring the anxious public tina. matters
arc moi - bad ~ they are represented in either direction
ana that that part Of the fall entertainments usually pro-
vided on the political boards will on advertised
with most OF the favorite actors 10 their lines
gers the performances viii be more shso vsuay noys
interesting and absorbing We shall give the public the
best authenticated information from the rival houses
the usual privilege such great occasona We shall
take them up In their ORDER
THx raouBLn rAMASY HALL.
We shadowed forth . former occasion the combins-
tion whch our present shrswd, wide awake and ex-
adroit Street Commissioner George W. Mclean and The
threatened dancer which hung over the house Of
r., wssd s,~e@y = Co" 10 addition 70 the
In the same line Of business. recent events have
added 70 the causes Of opposition appears that Con-
molly VINO desired TO DO secured and projected Albany
by the nomination and election or his son-iu-Iaw.
Robert hutchngs the Assistant District Attorney a.
ton, add that George W. Mclean who was pro6eS Of
the Csizens Association and their candidate for
cabinet position his department. In his recent letter
on the affairs OF bis department. he defers TO the cage
psa., and & economy Of the venerable
acknowledging the coal, wood and pebble stone ques-
tons snd promising snsndment TO the spougss and
sponeon Of the body corporate; agreeing to wisp |
broous coal ct reduced rates. other audabe inno
vatons OF retrenchment upon which that respectable
and thrifty old gentleman, In microscopic specacles the
Citizens ASS u duly engaged In redesming the |
omcia world from pscula,ion and plumber. This |
action Of Mclean has greatly fncepsed the
Irregular organisation - ~ being "agaiuss the |
usages or the party" and the combination |
PERSONAL and official ~ vol political necessity The
advantage which tho new firm OF "Connolly Mclean
Co." has over the Swesny Tweed concern IL that l.
they are not responsible for the current political BUSH
ness which y being done, not having the control and
are enjoying the safe and ultimately profitable
Of watching events finding fault and preparing to lake
commsoa st the suspicious moment In the meantime
Connolly md Mclean are also engaged forming bust
houses and mining and counterminins all around and