New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-11-18
THE MdYORALTY.

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THE MAYORALTY
In 1s57-Fenando Wood being Mayor of our
CITY and candidate for reelection lndorsed
by both the Tammany and Mozart Democratic or
ganizatiOns-an independent nOn-partlSan or
ganization brought out Daniel +. Tiemann as
Reform candidate against him, and we supported
Mr. II to the best of our ability, though we knew
him as very bitter Democrat, because we believed
him an honest man. who would use the power
with which he was to be clothed (mainly by Re-
publican votes to promote the Citys best IN
terests regardless of party. lie was elected by
the following vote
Tfemann AZ asa Wood. 49,. 39,951
Tiemann's majority .......----- 3,35i
Mr.. Tiemann began well, but. Mt length the
Tammany wire-wOrkeTs, playing on his Demo
cratic prejudices, got possession OF him, and
he became mere Democratic Mayor, though
pretty good one for that breed. lie was not
presented for reelection.
In 1859, there was a triang ular contests and
The Times did its very best to take Republican
votes from Mr. Opdyke, the Republican, and
give them to Mr. Havemeyer, the Tammany
Democratic candidate. We did not see the
utility of this, but supported throughout the
Republican candidate. We do not believe one
Republican voted for Wood though The Times
strenuously insisted that Opdyke was run
merely as cover for the support of Wood
| The vote stood:
opdyke.. :9177a Have@ ac .s3 9e's4s
Wood over Havemeyer $3.50 do. over Opdyke $3.50.
In 1851, C. G. Gunther was run by the Tam
many Democracy against Wood; the Republl-
cans again supporting Mr.. Opdyke. The result
was Just what we insisted it should and might
have been in $50 if the Republicans had not
been divided by The Times. The total vote
was:
opdyke. as,sso G s. her, "A7e'
on6vke over CuntHeT si3 DO over wood 1913
| In 1863, Mr.. Opdyke declined a reelection;
Mr.. Wood did not run; the Republicans pre-
sented Mr.. Orison Blunt; and Mr.. F. !. A.
Beole received both the Tammany and Mozart
nominations, so that his election seemed inev-
liable. But Boole, though a Jealous Democrat,
was not COpperhead; he did not sympathize
with the Rebellion. secret " Peace organi-
zation rallied the determinedIy Copperhead vote
on Mr. G. Godfrey Gunther, and he was
elected, the aggregate vote standing:
Blunt 10. 39:} BOOle 90, $40 Gunther 90, I21
Gunther over Boole. ,542 DO. over Blunt. -o,73S
In 1866, the Tammany and Mozart machines
again united-this time on John Il. Hoffman
| The Citizens Association presented as their
candidate John Hecker, OH the simple plat
form of hostility to Municipal abuses and cor
ruptions. Having repeatedly supported County
Officers and Judges on that platform, and
deeming it a sound one, we approved and sup
ported this nomination. Afterward, the Repub-
lican organization presented the name of Mar
shall o. Roberts, and we were urged to drop
Hecker and support Roberts. But to do this
would simply be to throw Hecker out Of the
canvass, making the contest one between a sim
gle Democratic candidate, supported by the two
| Democratic machines, and Republican, with
a certainty, first of crushing out the Reform
| organization next, of electing Hoffman by q
large majority. Even if we had wished to elect
| Mr.. Roberts, this would have been blunder I;
but what we did wish was 10 divorce our Mu-
nicpal concerns from politics, and this end imper-
atively required the support Of Hecker, and we
supported him to the end, though the extraor-
binary efforts made for Roberts reduced Heck
| er's vote below all reasonable expectation.
| The aggregates were:
sSo Ga Gn%eG Ind ssss
Hoffman over Roberts, 1853.
1 - mere UtlHS HOW no hcIOIIU CduuludUc III
nomination, and two closely matched Demo-
Gratis against one worthy and popular Republi-
can, it seems to us that tho Republicans can
do no better than to support their own candi
date. True, our vote was light two weeks ago
but that was because every daily newspaper
in the City, THE TRIBUNE only excepted,
tried to make it so. With barely one paper
working for the Republican ticket, it polled
over $4,000 votes; if the rest will take hold
now, the aggregate may be increased by many
thousands. But if two or three Republican
journals shall urge their readers to support
Hoffman, they will of course reduce Darling's
vote, and may possibly elect Hoffman. We
see nothing TO be gained by this, and shall do
our best against it; and. if our vote shall be
light, we trust our distant friends will lay the
blame where it belongs.
Mr.. Darling, say The Times and The CONNER
cial, is Conservative Republican. Very well
then let Conservative Republicans support him.
Why notR lie was in the last Congress- and
his course there was such that he was renOmi-