The New York herald., 1868-06-10
CITY POLITICS.
WARD POLITICS AND WARD POLITICIANS.

WARD POLITICS AND WARD POLITICIANS.
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The Chase Movement-Proposed Chase Meet.
ing at the Cooper Neutrality-suspicious. for
Nominations.
In our last article we were compelled to omit
many of the wards In our peregrinatiOns among the
hard-f1sted makers Of Aldermen, COuncilmen and
Mayors, and in the meantime have wandered among
those sections of the city which left unvsited.
THE FOURTH WARD
has long been noted for its large democratic majorl
tes well for its celebrated internecine feud be-
tween the houses of Brennan and Walsh. The Celtic
democracy, wherever they are largely in the
majority, true to their natural and national
characteristics that their local politics are In
chronic "Donneybr0ok condition, and the wink OF an
eye over social glass Of whiskey has made and un-
made Aldermen Just at the present moment we
discovered that the house OF Conan held undsputed
sway the political destinies of the ward, the
Walsh faction having been disastriously put to route
in the memorable engagement In November last,
for the occupancy of the citadel Of the
City Hall fortress-the County Clerks Office.
The local warriors the Leameys, the divers, the
Fullertons, the O'Sheas, the OBriens the Murphys,
Dunphys and the Healeys at present levying trib
ute upon the quartered taxpayers Of the city, and
carry on their shields the insignia Of the house of
Conan. The friends of Walsh, so we were informed
by Jerry McSwiney, are, however, buckling on the
armor and are preparing to raise the battle cry Of
Walsh for Congress-" Jerry McSwiney, our nara
tor, has long been famed as the eloquent "pen
dealer' and Is prepared to shake Off the trammels
Of party and blow his clarion bugle for
Chase for President. Councillor oliver, however
ia somewhat opposed to the nomination Of Chase
and prefers that some democrat like Seymour, Eng
lish Hendricks should receive the democratic
suffrages Among the great outside world Of the
Fourth ward the name of Chase seems to have a
strong hold, and the true Celt, who everywhere ad
mres boldness and decision of character, though he
may not always possess them, is proud Of the
manly attitude Of Chief Justice Chase in the i'm
peachment trial and is disposed to elevate him to
the position in which the trucking radicals were
afraid to place him. From this ward step brought
into the
SIXTH WARD,
the old fortress Of the democracy. The political
headquarters OF this ward is the hotel OF Walter
Roche and where congregate the local luminaries.
Mory Sullivan and P. Cain carry the Mozart organi-
zation-what there is Of it-upOn their shoulders,
and are at present endeavoring to the Pendleon
machine, proposing shortly to call meeting OF Pen
dletons friends at Kessler's Hotel, in Pearl street.
The other politicians who frequent the O'ROche Hotel
are all Tammany men, and hold comfortable little
Offices and talk as the machine talks. At present
they are favQring Chase. Among the poorer classes
there is very little comment upon politics except the
unemployed are at present besieging Morgy Jones
(who, by the way, is in training as candidate for
on the public works. Among the well-to-do shop
Keepers strong feeling Is manifested for Chase
From this ward to the
Is but step, where the effective discipline OF the
Tammany organization, under the control Of senator
Supervisor and Street Commissioner Tweed assisted
by his able lieutenans, Judge Shandley, Wilson
Small, Michael Gayty, George J. Brown, Coroner
Keenan,, Assembyman Calvin (who, like Richmond,
DenlV
Others has almost completely crushed out opposi-
tion. Bryan Reilly and Ned Carey being quiescent,
there was some growing about Tweed, who Paddy
Martin swore, should not be Governor at the mkt
election II he didn't do something more for the
candidate for denomination for police justice, and
that John j. Blair was disposed to contest chances
for the Assembly with Calvin. The old well.to-do
element that many years ago made East Broad
way and Henry street arstocratc thoroughfares
are rapidly passing away and this 3. ward iul Is
bors, the indomitable DR.. Sn0dgrass and the
crafty Bill Kinney, who always has something good
on the end of his fork are manipulating the Grant
machine. Returning from our jaunt through these
three wards this afternoon we tarried at Crook &
Duil's and listened to Rynders expatating upon the
ing with political pyrotechnics, and vows that the
new Empire Club Will he as much Of
its motto was, "Arjse, o man and vim.
dicate thy rghtn From this place we
wended our way to Sharkey's, which has become the
colorado OF the sporting politicians, where We be-
held the energetic Chairman OF the Central Chase
Association. DR.. Hall, who assured us that that
organization was arranging the details OF grand
meeting OF the friends OF Chief Justice Chase at the
Cooper Institute on some evening OF the coming
week. The old man, though an ardent republican,
was very enthusiastic and vowed that he would
become democrat II they nominated Chase. The
officers OF the proposed meeting are to be composed
equally Of democrats and republicans, and number
OF prominent names were mentioned as favorable to
the cause. At the Astor House we discovered a num-
ber OF politicians from the West in the interest OF
Chief justice Chase and several from the South, in
Guiding Judge Dawson, who were canvassng the
merits Of Hancock.