The New York herald., 1868-06-12
CITY POLITICS.



An Afternoon at the City HaII-What the
stiarhss Think of the Presidency.
The Coun; de pumberger an unofficial visitor to
the metropolis, when taken through the City Hall
and after being shown the Governors Room, with
its collection Of portraits Of departed statesmen. and
having passed through the Mayors Once and the
Offices Of the Clerks OF the Boards OF Aldermen, Coun
cilmen ana Supervisors and after admirlng them in
accordance with their merits was taken, the last
place OF interest, to the corridor OF the building
and after adnirng the grandeur of the dome
and the graceful winding OF the marble stairways
glanced his eye through the passage which leads to
the halls OF civic legislation, and observing the null
titude which thronged the corridor 1T being meet
ing day OF the Board OF Adermen) remarked in
broken English, "Vhat adese peoples are dat line
de vay?" "Ohp remarked his friend, .they are the
civic legislators and their friends" "vel am sur
prise; hear in France dat de beople rule America
and shall wonder more at What see. You bese
Won berry great beople, vid did government and no
revolution"
The genius OF our institutions not being understood
or appreciated by the enlightened foreigner, can
forgive his errors OF Judgment and congratulate
ourselves that 1t is no worse.
THE CITY HALL
Is the great rendezvous of the leading ward pOiti-
clans, especially upon those days when important
meetings of the civic boards call them together.
The severe storm Of yesterday kept many Of the ha
buals within the cOsey hooks Of their ward resorts,
and those whose faces we occasionally met were the
regular attaches of the building. The chamber
of the Clerk OF the Board Of Aldermen has re-
Gently been reftted with elegant black walnut fur
niture, while the old rosewood desks and chairs
which were placed there by De Witt Clinton when
Mayor of the city, and which were considered re-
markable specimens of the cabinetmaker's skill, have
ham md orn nhoh lu 1nrrh hnrin N
the dungeons which line the subterranean passage
way, unvsited save when the watchfu eye OF keeper
ROOme searches for buried treasure. Behind the ee
CANT railing we were admitted aud saluted Ed Hag-
gerty, the ex-Clerk Of the Board Of Councmen who
In his dissertation on politics assured us that they
meant Chase In earnest and that he thought he was
very strong man to go into the canvass with BY ms
elbow was Henry Mum, who induged in his usual
amount Of growing about the powers that be, but
meaning servant OF the people. Frank Tuomey
the brains of the Board and its head clerk passed by
but lisped not word on the political situation En-
Councilman Robinson indulged in a variety of his
political pyr0technics, and said "that what he
man on democratic platform that could win, and
thought that Chase would make q gallant fight"
Ihe eXConnciman 49, to some extent renecti9n 10, OF
therefore gave him respectful attention. Harry
Howard, the whom idol Of the fire boys,
pleasant chatting, in which Harry related some
OF his old experiences, he declared emphaticaly that
ton, could easily win John Baulch strolled by and
we had hardly time to ask him how it was that the
city library never seemed to increase the number Of
its volumes. From this chamber we passed into the
Clerks office of the Board OF COuncilmen, and dis
covered Jimmy Early and Maloney, both OF whom
we understand, are advocating the nomination OF
Chase. In conversation II was discovered that fight
would probably be made in the Tammany COnven-
ton upon the Supreme Court Judgeship and that
tain parties were making strong fight against Judge
Barnard for a denomination, while the canvass be-
tween the partisans OF Abram Russell and Cunning
Bedford for the City Judgeshp is assuming formidable
t1DOn these questions. however. COLO
qual friends were very SILENT not desiring to show
their hands, The Americus Club and all Of the social
clubs Of the democratic politicians were to arrange
for the accommodation Of the wearied democratic
multitude who will nOck into the city on the Fourth
OF July, and the clubhouse politician who informed
us Of this fact in esctasies the anticipated
| feast of whlskey anu now Of soul.