The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-12-04

THO rOuT aA0puUsicUu HAsnASe
There are four republican rings in New
York, all anxious to serve their country under
the new dispensation and to control General
Grants administration. Each of these rings
has its organ in the city-one headed by
Greeley, another by Raymond, a third by Dana
apd fourth by Weed-and each has its own
game to play, the stakes being the comfortable
pickings from the brokerage of the federal
patronage and the rich drippings from whiskey,
tobacco and revenue matters generally. Their
first point was to obtain some sort of official
recognition from the President elect and
when he was in this city all the rival orgauists
waited upon him at his hotel in the hope of
being enabled to make some sort of public an
nouncement indicating that they had gained
the inside track in the great race. But they
could get nothing out of Grant but a polite
'sgood morning" and the pleasant Whit of an ex-
cellent cigar as he stepped into Bonner's hand
some wagon, to be whirled away on the road in
side two-forty gait. Thus baffled the heads of
the rings next set themselves to work to create
the impression that they had been chosen as
new administration. Two of them caused it to
be given out that they were about to become
the proprietors Of the whiskey ring paper at
Washington, which was to DO recognized az
the official meuthpiece OF General Grant;
while third desired it to be understood that
organ that General Grant needed or
desired. All Of them got mixed up in an inn
pertinent discussion Of the domestic economy
of the White House and entered into a general
scramble for the position Of chief cook and
bottle washer Of Grants kitchen cabinet.
They are now particularly engaged in nomi-
mating themselves and their friends for the best
Offices in the gift Of the new federal admins
tration, and are likely to prove az monopolizing
i'm this direction as were she Blairs in the good
old days or as would be the Washburncs In
these modern times
The first pitched battle between these four
rings will be fought at Albany in January next,
over the question Of the United States Senator
ship. This struggle opened some time since
with great contest between Fcnton and Nor
similar TO that resulting from the famous com
bat between the Kilkenny cats. At all events,
Fenton has been finally disposed of, with not
even the most extreme point OF his tail left to
tell the story of his valor, and il Morgan still
lives it is only through the galvanizing proper
ties Of gold bearing government bonds. The
Greeley ring, originally inclined towards Fem
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hour OF need, and will concentrate their
strength upon Noah Davis, of Orleans, who
was pitted against Roscoe Conkling in
the last Senatorial struggle, but only
served to kill Off Ira Harris. The Dana
ring and the old Tammany Hall Joint Stock
Real Estate and Mutual Admiration Society
are prepared to'bct their pile on Morgan, win
or lose. Raymond and his combination would
like for Senator Attorney General Evarts or
any other good-hearted gentleman who is
easily managed, believes in the United States
Eastern district for the State Of New York
and does not credit all the idle gossip about
revenue frauds. Weed ia, as usual, beating
abont the bush, willing to pick up Marshall o.
Roberts and his stamps, or any other man,
and 10 claim the candidate as his own special
property, whoever he may be. There IS
rumor floating around that this bunch Of pa
triots actually contemplate doctoring up Secre-
tary Seward, cutting his corns aud entering
him for the Senatorial sweepstaae.
The struggle between the four rings over the
Cabinet appointment which is expected to fall
to the share of New York, and for the rich
Office OF Collector of the Port, win be post
poncd until after the Senatorial contest shalt
have been decided. The victory in Albany
will be half the battle. In the meantime the
expectaut Secretaries Of the Treasury and
Postmaster Generals win have 10 watch and
pray, and the aspirants for the Custom House
will DO compelled to occupy the anxious seat.
II would be curious, after all, If General Grant
should discard al these rings as bogus, and
should refuse to have anything TO do with the
gift enterprise spectators who offer them on
the market