The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-10-13

elevation Of such distinguished member Of 1t
to legislative honors all the pugilists of the
world are focking hither. Hence we see a
great revival of the civilization Of the prize
ring among us.
The Tammany Primaries and the County
Nominations.
The giants are arming for the great battle of
the present week-or, to speak less figura-
lively, the Tammany '.pugs" are peeling for
the primaries which are to be held on Thurs
day next. There is pleasant political fiction
that the delegates then chosen have the power
of nominating candidates for the several Of
fees, Congressional, Legislative and local, to
be filed in November, and as the enormous
democratic majority in the city renders
nomination by that party equivalent to an
election considerable interest is felt in the re-
sult of Thursdays preliminary proceedings.
We say pheasant fiction, because those con-
versant with the inside workings of Tammany
are very well aware that the primaries are
nothing more than the carrying out of form
regarded as necessary in order to keep up
the show of party action, and that the dele
gates TO the nominating conventions, like the
members of the General Committee, are, in
fact, only the mouthpieces or the master
minds that control and govern the ancient and
efficient organization. 1t is, therefore, in
reality, of not so much importance to know
whether Patsey O'Rourke goes as delegate
to the County Convention from the First ward,
or whether Mickey McSlane is sent to the Con-
gressional Convention from the Bloody Sixth,
as it is to discover whose Esmes are ON the
slate in the new City Hall, or what candidates
find favor in the eyes of the Bismarck of the
Chamberlainship and the rotund and jovial Or
ganizer of the Street Department. -
The prizes to be distributed this fall are yalu-
able enough to justify the interest taken in
the political lottery. The Registership, made
vacant by the unfortunate death Of the gallant
Miles O'Reilly, is Of itself worth fortune.
Its three years term is good for clear one
hundred and twenty thousand dollars, over
and above all political assessments and out
goings whatsoever There is o Supreme
Court Judgeship in the market, and City
Judgeship, which, in the hands Of a sharp,
avaricious man, can be made largely remune-
rative. There are Congressional and Assem-
bly, districts to be filed, with all their prospec
tive lobby profits looming up grandly In
the distance There is Supervisorship
vacant, with it's comfortable pickings and its
valuable influence. It is not surprising that
With ouch Oft cfiun hoif ohno1 IF hunrrv
fish should be making desperate efforts to
secure nibble, and that the action of the
political anglers who stand at the end
of the rod, ready to land in their baskets
those who swallow the hook, should be
watched with intense anxiety. We feel bound
in Christian charity, however, to advise all
who are wasting their time and their means in
attempts to make q little ward capital here
and there in the hope that it may help them to
secure or retain a good fat office, to save their
labor and their money and turn their thoughts
to godliness and legitimate work. The men
and dispense its patronage are shrewd,
far-seeing and self-reliant. They have
already made up their minds to the
policy to be pursued this fall, and their
plans cannot be shaken or thwarted. Tri-
umphant over the strong combination made to
vention, they have since that signal victory
been laboring to heal up the wounds of their
ormer adversaries and to renew combinations
to reunite the party and secure the
benefit Of its full strength In the election. 1t
Is well known among those behind the scenes
hat the November county Offices are already
parcelled out, and the rumor is that the places
will be adroitly sandwiched between inside
md outside politicians. Judge Barnard is
pertain of denomination for the Supreme Court
bench, as his promptness, independence and
wonderful executive ability render it impossi-
bio to dispense with his services. But another
judicial Office, it is said, remains to satisfy the
active young blood and strong Irish element
Of the city combined. Tweed must go back
10 the Board Of Supervisors; for is not his
rotundity an indispensable requisite to the
formation of perfect ring But there is still
The large tub of the Registership, 1t is argued,
10 throw to the whale that has just foated into
the Tammany harbor. For two Of these four
county Offices at least, say the wiseacres in
political maneuvring, must be found
new, active, vigorous andidates-candidates
who will satisfy Irish Americans and American
candidates who will bring outside
strength into the organization; candidates
who have not already made themselves rich
out of the Offices. BY no other policy can
entitle herself to demand, as she
will, the denomination of oil her special cham
pions of last session for the Legislature and,
with one or two exceptions, for Congress.
We may make up our minds, then, that the
four county Offices, all the Assembly nomina-
tons and most of the Congressional districts
are already assigned in conformity with the
noljcv and purposes of the manauera who hold