The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-07-16

The Coming Political CaRpnign-The Anti.
Liquor Cnudsdates for Govcrmor--rhe New
"P. L.. H." PoIiIca! parsy-Tae Hotels,
BurroGms ana Club Rooms in B0si0n-A Ma.
tion"i Portrait Gallery Ct Fallen Heroes-A
Row imone Theatre Stockholders.
Bosroy, July a. 1867.
The political campaign will commence Two months
earlier than usGe his year rho election does
Until November and now in m dsummer the politicians
beginning lay their pipes The VIII not be
of character VII ch has heretofore Stimulated the
leaders 10 active exertons, but will be fairly and square,
ly on Rum rgm,'' "Licens, no license.
The prohiblory candidates for Governor are nu
merous. Bullock will try 10 in again;
Lieutenant Governor CaGn is also willing
to the Geld against him and Dr. George b. Loring
or sa.en is active in making himself popular with tho1e
who likely 10 compose the nominating convention.
On the 18th OF July Lor.ns delivered au address be-
! fore temperance gathering Abingdon in which he
pledged himself rneQuvoca.y in favor Of proh.b
and opposed to license.
The liberal license men are working more secretly
but not less industrious than opponents
Their plan TO bring al men Of liberal views into
party, and at State convention nominate ticket
which Will so by storm, aud then by active effort
| in every city, town and hamlet, secure
majority Of license Representatives and Senators for
the Legislature To obtain this result they have formed
a secret organization which s known The =. L. L. IS
| !
as enectually suddenly and unexpectedly as did the
I newly formed Know Nothing party dozen or more
years ago. Whether they viii do this not ii is
ianiv true that the party Is already quite formidable in
all sections OF The State and is constantly and rapidly
multiplying In numbers.
since the Legislature adjourned the State constablcs
have not been SO active III enforcing The prohiory law.
TO be sure there are seizures and prosecutions every
day but they amount substantially to nothing AZ the
1 hotels man can sit down at table, buy
sIacsr and under the nTGt.s'On of furnishing
drink Where barrooms formerly existed there are
now club rooms and each patron has key
| Some Of them nave as many a thousand keys and
very few lees Than four nye hundred Others more
| bold, sell openly to everybody in a bacl. ROOM and no
wthslantng The violation OF the law Is apparent 10 the
officers they rluctani prosecute unless forced {,
by theIr chief is therefore, pretty clearly demon
STATED nat in the long ran prohibition IS 'alcre. Il
may eaec drive he iqno. traffic partially
on, CT sight bll 70 believe that checks i In tho
ia simply absurd. Informed thar IN tn nciyhborng
city ~ Springfield barrooms open and public as
whoirg evidence OF thn utter IA gre and ro,lenyes Of
the prchbtory system. - Ear checking nieinrer-
ance and eycItng heallh.gi mora inference IN the
community Is concerned, iais terribly behind the re-
| suits of the Excise law In New York
| One or the mort worthy records of the history 81
Heroes, which i 10 be established in th. city
II viii be made up Of OF portraits OF al tho leading
officers q the army OF the Union from all the loyal
states who lost their lives dur ng rebellion an WI
probably b, more complete than anything else OF the
sind in tho country. b D. schwabe, "a German, ls a,
pendure cf his means Il is soon 20 b established and
opened to the public. lie has already secured
! BY which the nlmber viii he largely increased
during the next few months The rnllery Is 10
| occupy portion OF Mason Hamlins marble
oaidlrs' on fremont street aud on tho opening day,
which has DOT yet been hSed Mr. schwnne will present
the whole 10 tho general through board OF
trustees. Last winter he rendered as gf, to the
State, but certain mombers Of the Legislature nstook
and the fact becoming known Mr. schwsc he prompt.
| y withdrew It. and viii now donate IL 10 tho United
expended large amount OF money and, from the deep
| interest he has taken IN the work, u is not i'm.
probable that II has been more thoroughly done
| than II " had been performed by the gov
| crnmen. itself. The building in which the gallery
Is being established has been leased Tor number OF
years by schwaoe AMI !, is therefore probable that IL
| the government accepts the git y will not be removed
Besides the portraits which win ajorn the walls the 70.
| tunda wiz he hlci with battle field relics and other
| mementoes OF the war
Toe stockholders OF the Boston theatre had bit OF
at their annual meeting which has found is way
into tho papers yet Il that ons.ha of the stock
holders lack confidence the fair dealing OF the other
half and the latter half hold majority OF the stock
and are thus the controlling power the two cqucs are
in constant turmoil The PRINCIPAL difficulty now Is in
stockholders have leased 20 one man for abou, 81 O0o
when an offer OF some $4,000 made by another
party, which they declined entertain as charged by
The stockholders not In power The latter shareholders
further alege that the party Who s represented the
lessee such In TACT but that the controlling stock
holders the real essee aud that the pre- oncd lessee
is myth or man Of straw: aud that by this arrange
nent tie stockholders who own he majority of the stock
run the theatre for their teneG and without any
particular regard for the nercs, OF the other stockhod.
These seemed TO he the facts they loudly
| ~mlHht!eeh' ~ 'uc Hcetik Vut, rs
they also bolsierousy denied II Is hard To- de-
| termine whether they facts or not. General
| John $. Tyler, or the minority stockholers
and +. o. Prince. one OF tho majority the most
excited OF the different minded members OF the corpo.
| ration, and their language toward each other was
| great deal more emphatic than decorous
The now theatre, 70 be known az selwyn's theatre
bndinz By Commodore Tollett, OF the Yacht Club IL
rapidly approaching completion. II will he the most
formidable competitor the ODD Boston theatre ever had,
and the stockholders already realise the fact Al the
present time the theatres IN Boston pretty well
filled BY New York companies fox's combinaton have
boon the Boston, and are now at the Howard having
succeeded sam Sbapleys negro mnsirels there; Tony
Pastor Is ~ the Morris Brohers Opera House with hts
Broadway company, having succeeded Charley Whites
sonpany at The same place, and Kelly Icons min
etrcis are at the Theire Conique. The Continental
and the Boston closed for The sessoH