The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-11-30

giving 30 much trouble to the incompetent
blookheads who are showing their folly in
Congress, and 60 far towards verifying the
predictions Of DIR. Cummings regarding the
approaching millennium.
Our Charter Election-The Middle and the
Mystery Clearing Up.
The complications and combinations Of poll
ticians on our Mayoralty election contest have
made Of it middle and q mystery which
honest men have been sorely puzzled to under
stand. Moreover, in preaching about In ward
meetings and in the highways and byways Of
the city, each his own virtues and the bad
reputation Of his democratic adversary, the
highly respectable Hoffman and the highly
respectable Wood have been making them
selves the Laughing stocks Of the community.
And what is it all about A squabble between
several democratic cliques for the city spoils
and plumber Of twenty-four millions year.
The insiders, sleek and fat as Mitchel's Ala
bama niggers, are not yet satisfied, and the
outsiders, lean and hungry as unpardoned
rebels, are clamorous for new division Of the
provender.
This Is the middle and now for the mystery
Of this demoralizing contest In the outset
republican organ or two, dead let against Mr..
Chase for the Presidency, struck out boldly
and earnestly for the respectable Hoffman as
the only escape from the clutches of the dread
full Fernando Wood while the radical Chase
organ par excellence leaned rather TO the tor
rible Fernando as choice OF evils The
democratic middle, however, under the mani
pulations Of the contending cliques by Peter
Bismarck Swceny, Is clearing up. He has
been worming in these little outside cliques
after the fashion Of the great German Bis
marck's scheme for the unification Of "Vater-
land" Likewise, in certain comfortable sops,
he has been successfully manipulating the
republicans.
With the retirement of Anthem this squabble
for the spoils is clearly developed into game
for the Presidency. There Is in this city
Seward-W eed -Raymond-Rufus Andrews con-
sentative republican faction in opposition
to the Fenton- Greeley-Spencer-Cha faction.
General Grant Is the Presidential ticket OF
these conservatives, but as last resort they
will probably join the democrats on Mcclellan
or Seymour rather than play second fiddle to
Greeley in supporting Chase. Weed and Ray
mond, therefore, are playing for Hoffman as
the representative Of Mcclellan or Seymour,
while Greeley prefers Wood as the representa-
head wing Of the democracy, whose successin
this Mayoralty election would be too muchfor
these delicate and tender-footed republican
conservatives.
| In other words, as this municipal contest NV
stands, the election Of Wood, in giving he
inside track to Pendleton and the inHexille
simon pure copperhead democracy, win, h is
thought, make the Presidential fight an cay
matter for the republicans, even with Mr..
Chase as their candidate while the electionof
Hoffman, a. the representative Of the Inlia
rubber democracy, will probably force he
republicans to tack ship and compel Greeey
to play second fiddler to Raymond and Ruus
Andrewa So 1t is that on both sides be
ground Is slipping away from under the feeiof
the amiable Mr.. Darling. What are character,
qualifications and loyal antecedents, and wlat
Is retrenchment or reform, in this contest, to
Mozart or Tammany, or the Citizens Assoca-
ton aoaters, or to Greeley or Raymond
Fiddlesticks.
Tie late Ohio election gave powerful in
to Pendleton, vallandigham, Wood and thdr
wing Of the democracy the late New Yok
state election was damaging blow to Chae
and his republican followers. In this New
York city contest, with the success Of Wood rr
Hoffman, the one wing or the other Of the
democracy will get the inside track for tie
Presidency; for the vote Of this city now cu-
trolls the State, and the vote Of the State snaps
our national politics. With Woods election
Greeley will feel reasonably certain Of Chas
as the republican candidate against q regulS
democratic copperhead; with Hoifman's elee
zion the India rubber democracy will como Il,
and against their flexible ticket Chase, I
nominated, will probably be beaten with tb
assistance Of the Scward-W ICED Raymond r.
publioans.
So, then, Mr.. Darling, as tho republican car
didate for Mayor. becomes more stalking
horse, behind which republicans, radicals an
conservatives ara playing bo-psOp with Tan
many or Mozart for Hoffman or Wood ant
tho Garland arr" Or outand-out copperheat
democracy, % . starting point for The Prssl
dsnslal contest