The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-08-20
CITY POLlTiC s i.


dates in the Fieid-The NIayoraity-The Elk
Of Our City Treasury-yermin Feeding ON
Its Brain.
Travellers through Norway tell US that IN the dark
woods OF that Scandinavian land thers is speces OF
minute but .swarmns insects which, setting on the
broad antieis OF The stately elk thence taor way
down TO tho head, and, penetrating tho BRAIN keep
producing themselves ia minute but destructive icgons
anti the whole brain of the suffering animal IS con-
susped and death comes TO relieve i, from tho slow
agonles Of approaching dissolution.
ras POLITICIANS RING
Very much resembling these usocts-as contempt iba
in size and fully as rapacousare the various politi
Clans Of our local ring, who have fastened themselves
on the antiers Of our municipal government, and who
are fast eating out the brains and all the vital energies
OF community through tho city treasury. Foremost
OF these factions and rapacios, also expo
rionced in the work OF plumber the 'rng" politi-
Cans OF Tauimany Hail. who for years have claimed to
govern our city by prescrptrve right II is to ther
scandaous msmanageme in past wears OF the power
entrusted them tina, stand indebted for tho new
anG equally rapacious broods of Albany Commissioners
wno while pretending to appointed to serve the in.
forests OF reform seldom hold Office six months
without ryallns and surpassug in the Wholesale
Character Of their schemes for sefsggrandlzsmen the
most INSCRIPTIONS and aro, OF their democratic pre-
decessors. The faction powerful in city poll.
ties called Mozart Hail. has long ago lost iss vitality,
It's leading men finding themselves year in aud year
out, but hucksered and barganei away Whenever such
might suit ttk personal interests OF the
controlling family Of the Woods who had and still
claim to have, possession Of that machine. SO com.
petey was this organization demorsIized by this
OF treatment, that for the last four five years
General Committee has merely consisted Of rammany
pacehoders of the baser sort specially detailed to ap.
pear in Mozart Hall uniform whenever IT might
necessary to make show OF strength by pretended
consultation o. two apparently opposing armies, white
really they were but one
THE DEMOCRATIC UNION PARTY
All the men OF Independence position and political
up that not merely sinking but condemned and dis
araced vessel, more than three years ago, aud have
largely contributed by their personal Influence aud
honest force OF character buid up lis present
gapized position OF power The young and progressive
organization known as the democratic Union party, or
Miles O'Reiy democracy having their headquarters in
tho Cooper Institute That Tammany Hall apparently
more powerful than ever at this moment. must be con-
ceded but IL Is that fatal ovsrcorpulency Of power
which defeats itself OF all activity and tends both TO
dropsy and apopectc death. There two dangerous
conditions for any pary-one, tue least dangerous
VIII lie Is minority lighting obtain regain ascend
ancy and the other, and more dangerous state, when
its majority has risen to such bulk that
factions and from an undue and overweening
Of its irresistabity. Such is the present
condition OF Tammany Hall Nor II recover
the fatal blow inflicted t-not only its PRESTIGE
but still more importantly upon its party dsclipneby
tho election General Onarie3 dalpno Register
last fall Then numerous rammany captains, here,
there and elsewhere Throughout, the city, openly revolted
against Mr. john McCooi, the regular nominee OF that
party In It's compromise with Fernando Wood and pub
lciy the tickets Of the democratic insurrec-
tonists from the Tammany boxes election day. And
since that eventful day there has been such conf
dence Of strength nterained by the Tammany leaders
TO induce them to dare the hazardous experiment OF
expeng those party traitors from their camp In the
Twenty-irs ward, for example, where every fammany
box ran the Hapine ticket instead OF Mr. John McCoo,
the regular nominee. the Tanmany managers had not
Aims Artllo af ahafr
party as United states District Attorney Courtney Will
liam G. Barrett Alderman James 0Brien and others of
ike k And the has been the case in regard TO the
Thirteenth and other wards under the conro OF Tam
many men, who disappointed candidates for the
year nearly every ward In our city has
It's special candidate for OF the larger county
prizes; and in every case deep and hot vows are re-
gcred that unless that special pct and candidate shall
receive the nomination. either for sheriff. county cerE,
supreme or superior court judge, or coroner Tam
many ticket shall be run in the ward from any Tam
many box. II is this condition Of things which
every farseeng politician to realize and the wiser
Tamnany politicians to admit, that the democratic
its young manhood its freedom from the con-
tamination OF old party hacks, its complete
take advantage OF every combination and move the
poltca chessboard holds the whip hand both the No
vendor and December contests. This party sometimes
called the Cooper Institute and sometimes the Miles
ORely democracy, has shown In four successive cleo
tons and under the most discourang circumstances an
nsurrectionary and independent strength OF at least
twenty-five thousand votes indeed, thai IL nearly holds
majority in every ward above Fourteenth street, and
only shows weakness IN the lower wards, which are
entirely under the OF the clubs Of the police
tho orders OF Tammany police justices and the patronage
OF the Street and Financial departments.
FIGHT OF THE FACTIONS.
SO savage however, the present fsctious animos
ties that prevail within the walls Of tho Old wgwam,
that large accessons OF strength from the Tammanv
side viii be brought to swell the democratic Union ranks
In the coming campaigns The German interest, for
Miles Reilly people, with whom lie their natural an-
ties, unless Alderman Charles = Loew shall receive
the Iammary nomination for County Clerk Il being
ticket will be found on election day in either
the Eleventh or seventeenth wards, which are
entirely undcr the control Of Loews friends WHILE
contra, tho friends or faction Of Alderman James
O'Bren OF the twenty nrst wsrd-a powerful demo-
ana favor, that The same defea, and slaughter which
Mr. John McCool inside their precinct shall
ovcrtake the whole ramnany ticket In two and half
months from now. unless their special favorte, Mr..
James Bricn, shall receive the nomination for that
same Office Of County CLERK. As another example and
faction ngh, In rendins ssunder the vais Of
The ancient Wgwam organization. We may point 10 the
District. where Deputy street Commissioner william
Tweed the candidate advanced for Senatorial honors
BY the interest," which bias for w chief standard bearers
CONGRESSMAN and Supervisor and Deputy Collector OF
Assessments John Fox and Police justice John Hogan;
while against Tweed and threatening 90 run for the
Senate, with without the Tammsny nomination, and
20 make alliance or alliances offensive and defen-
sve wherever necessary TO secure M Twseds defeat
We ind ex-Congressmsn Morgan Jones placed on the
Justice Bowling, Captain Jordsn, ana oil tbs re-
Gently defeated Tammany elements who I'M
derstood TO belong TO that particular clique
So also In another Senatorial district We End two power
fol candldstss-Exsen John Bradley aud Assist
ant Dstrlc, Attorney Robert c. Hutchnzsboth at pres
seeking and confident that they will obtain the
Tammany endorsement, but both At the same time
unrescrvedly announcing that whether with Tammapy
without they are In tie field and will mako Whatever
alliances they can 10 secure their immediate OBJECT
AZ the cos, o. srrsyng themselves in open hostility to
tho whole Tammany ticket
CANDIDATES. AND ovrIcxs
The chief prize Ia dispute the sbrevstv for which
on the Tsmrnany side there Two csndidaiesSuper
visor Congressman and Deputy Collector Of Asscssnents
Jonn FoH Supported by al The police Justices OF our
city except Justices Dosing and Kelly and also by
majority Of the Boards Of Aldermen and Councimen on
the side; While agains, him arrayed Alderman
Joseph shannon Of the Four,n ward who will be
tanned BY The Board Of Supervisors under tho sader
ship OF Superv isor James Hayes and BY Whatever OF
faction still be controlled By ex.Comproer Bren-
On the democrasc rn.on side there bat can
ddse talked oi'he BV Judge, as he lie called Otherwise
known as Judge Connolly. Of the Yorkville district
This gentleman has on several occasions shown tina, he