The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-09-10
THE LOCAL POLITICAL HOROSCOPE.

Another View of the Political situntton-Tsm.
many Hall-An Inner View-The armed
Nentrals-Outside Faetions-Ther origtu
and Innuence-No TO be Made
ssBInthering Mike" a. Goa Preliminary
Review of the Reign Of the Old Wiawam.
So much has been said Of late Of the plots and plans
inside movements and outside expectations In local
political matters, that has rested on mere Idle gossip and
mirnformed conjecture, that havo been At some
pains ascertain the true state OF affairs Tammany
Hall the rsgnng political house. is necessarily the
point OF attack in every successive revolution.
Old Tammany has had variable fortunes The Tins
was when its ediets and its nominations made s'accord
ing The usages of the party we're the law and the
gospel for every democra, of good standing who had
any hopes here or hereafter When the democratic
vote about % 900, and the government came
down regular descent, In linea hands
undisputed this obedience easily maintained, and
the old chiefs OF the Wgwsm truly monarchs OF
all they surveyed In tho good old days OF the Albany
Regency, Of jackson, Van Buren, and Polk at tho ua
tional capital and Marry Bouck and the rest al Albany
the city, S'ac and Union in happy accord dele
cation o, tho leaders OF Tsmmany made reg pilgrim
Albany where thoy were received In state az the
ambassadors and representatives, OF power and dictated
narbor masters, pot and pearl aud beef and pork in
speciors judges masters and examiners and all the long
list of appointments be made by the Governor and
Senate tor the city or New York So too Washington
the collector surveyor naval officer postmaster and
forth were designated in tho council chamber of the
Tsmmany Society, amid tho SOLEMN ceremonies OF the
ns,tution, with absolute certainty and authority
The proportion OF patronage OF officers to followers
much larger then than at present, and
disr buted and perpctuats the regular
organization. Political then political death
IN those days such meu Sterhen Allen the Cambre.
lngs Rosavalts Lawrencss Hcyts aud Swartwous were
the recognized chiefs, and they reigued supreme.
Pure, the Old War Horse" of later tines Jim Conner.
Dick Connolly, Ike Fowler John A. and william D. Ken.
nedy, and men OF that stamp, were then lie tenants
Charles oConor then made asioua political speecbes
James Brady john McKeon John Mumford Levi
D. s!amm, and, later, Dan sicSes, Mike Walsh, Ned
etrahan and John Coohrane, freshly imported, were
regularly heard on tho stump in the various wards.
THE RgGrLARIrY CHANGES II, L7cAL potITIcs
There seems TO have been pretty regular laws govern
fms the existence anil con nuance wer Of the sew
tra accidental comb ma ions that have from time TO
time governed the destlnes OF the Columbian Order
They came and went No combination, II would appear.
can hold for than an allotted lime
They PASS away ana new men and new
motives succeed regular pro ro'sion Take the period
snce 1854 Then and FOR about iyo years subsequent
Fernando Wooi's in tho aeon lnnt in the Ola
Tigwam. In 1858, when the hunk rs and hsrishers
united with tho barnblrn"rs and sorsholls after
Buchanan was nominated at Cincinnati, ani The etuy-
vesant Insi'uts CoHmteo combined with Tammany
Hal, lorenzo 3. shapud was el ced cGairman Of the
Join committee. There was onto ovefeast Tho
rammany Committee met Mt the old hal and marched
70 Stuyvesant Institute IN InGian 1e headed by Wilson
Email, is chairman At stuyvosant Ins tute the hard
shel committee convened, with Horace r Clark p,
chairman. This organlzation embraced many men be-
sides Clark who have troubled tho pea of the demo
Cusa nd hall
Easkiu, Man Hart, James 81 Smith, Peter D. sweeuc
John Y. savage, Mex D.mond, Thomas J. Barr Isaac
Bel Bill oDonneli and other macontens Small and
CLARK presided over tho joint meetug az Stuyvesan,
ana at an election then aud there held Lorenzr
y. sheParn was elected chairman a we have stated
npd ITO eiot BODY marched in Low unity 10 the vena
rabie council chamber OF rammaoy Hall Tho be,
Ion 81 TIE hars and 'ofis was tho first real division OF
the democratic party proper or tic city md Siac
TIE was division on prncple nc. for moro office and
on escn sloe were ranged the ndin, men OF tho State
tho subsequent splits, diversion divisions and fac
Mons have had iheir origin in the scamb for The
"lcaves and hshes"-'ne nnseHmy struggle for ofnca
and plumber. Soon after this smalgamaton and conso
eaiion Of tie hurds and ofs Wood rcganod Tho contgo
which he hsd temporarily lost by the election OF Sheu
ard as Chairman; and he, with Dan Schcs as his
nrst lieutenant, reEned for time with aulocraic
nseh Buste a Couoss 20 the Cooperation Then Itc
Fowler Sickes, BIZ Kennedy, Jim Conner "Oli Wa
Horse" Purdy, with Waterbury, Swceny and sarore-
. loving trio-and long list OF others came mo III
control over the deposed and continuously
ssc'sd oGdy OF no, tho Sd man with rnse
Miles o'EsIly Halpinc Nrst tried his prentice hand m
poll ics lie ws' private secretary to stnayer Fowler
and was the historian aud pet laureate or the hous
Of Fowler Co. He sang in song and told in story the
loves, the proves and tho virtues OF the chief II
Hight all the faithful Hapine win Douglas, raw
Tor, then facotum Of Fowler, tho author OF lie
famous letters sienei The Bird In Tho Bushn Foacr
regned In regal grandeur until dca Gated nnl sem
20 tho hosptabie halls Of the Monioz1mas Ihero va
something grand about "lslac the arst He dressed
and Aeed his part with grea. richness and lon and
Introduced the nTisioCratc oloWcn' IN Tamleuy Han
which after~ in III of dssust. or and 1T
up the Manhattan tubs-srch - Belmont, Butte WORTH
VIM. b. Duncan niden, Barrow, Cisco, Royal Phelps
Ed~ard Cooper. and men or tia, ssa p. ana
when members OF the Cabinet Southern Sen
ssors and dlgniiares, other democratic chiefs
from distant parts Of the Union To ioSr,
he he'd high wnssail AZ tho Nov York Ho..
Fowler passed away. and VIM Kennedy organized
mosaic combination. having their headquarters
Ai wndusts on more Dc uoerat,c and siab bass tha
lsaacs bco and soi frsoood par0r coalition OF luxury
and spend r bce and mutton ruling at the Wind "a
feast ns cad OF eanvasback and widgeon, and Nonon
and Chanheruo Koan ~ died Then d4rry Genet
Elijah T. Puriv, Dick Connolly, John Drvcin. ram
yred the rnas. for brief time, succe cded by t,o
Brennan, Tweed, Boole, De an, ci9uc9, a age. mics
uon, VINO hai tlsr DAY aud scattered Tho nro-'at
organ zaticn represents AL the former powers OF the
WiZwam-that Il 20 say sections o. Hh-anf IL CON.
glomoraion without any ndiv dual beat beng
governed moro by concessions adartariiy a1d ulroi
s.foppng hrourd 20 TO necessities 4 ne tm,s O a
thc strong hand os when single ruler ctlii grasp
WELD tho scoptro m former tines. Thus 70 W
DO seen that in dorrn years All nos. a
many different combinations have had power
and passed away IN tho Ot Wigwtm. The r,ai,n o.
tic rapid change Of dsntsi's "a the ollsn in3s and
the eccro, oi ~ presen pcrseut hold nf IN 20 yers
That be n famneay Hail. e Org D, f'rni IA t'e ao h,
the battles 81 the party m min ainod aad aIr
70 issuo within me orcarzt W the dis a.l.laI
FAC Ons c1mbne nutsiia aul, Of brief cS 5ssnres.
mould aNar. Ibis ledvef the ,illn -,ns,daed fsr
mutual rr tee Ton urdisi rbed ahi by those
Who would ollie rGe BE- but tempo arr uccnpaas
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