The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-09-19
POLITICAL.
CITY POLITICS.

> CITY POLITICS.
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y New Phase of the Political C0utest-Tho
Great Question ut Issue-Tho COMING State
ConveBti0ns-An AnecdOto Of tho Albany
Regency In Pofnt-The Fight Over the
Local Omces-The Judiciary and Legis-
larure.
No peace reigns In our political warsaw. Every
thing is convulsed and the politicians are all In the
throes Of hope and doubt. The City Hall Park pre-
sents q revolutionary aspect. Every tree trunk
has Its surrounding knot OF greasy looking con-
sprat0rs against the peace and dignity and SO forth
Of the potentates Of the wigwam. Every wooden
seat-as much as has been left OF 1t from the
whiting OF the summer loafers-is taken pos
session OF by the bashi bazouks politics that control
primary meetings organized In the interest Of some
luckier striker OF ward or district. The very
chains which the juvenile native American ana
Italian lazzaroni swayed their bare legs and chat
tered to each other so gaily and merry, all unc0n
scous OF a pending fall campaign, and caring moth
ing Tor jobs, places contracts beyond fair COM
peltive for the custom Of passer by, now and
again. whose boots, In their eyes, needed "a Union
shine" With the Italian boys-the other importa-
tlon from foreign climes-the sparrows have taken
TO themselves wings and ned ncontinently from tree
and grass plot in the presence Of the corruption Of
Tic pOlltlCldu5s INC drA, III IdCt ID uebeTJeu ny
the element calculated to remind us 80 happily,
though sometimes regretfully, Of our own boylsh
days, and is usurpcd by another, that suggests
nothing pleasant in the past and everything to make
distrustful OF the future. The fact is that the
great Tammany chief, the representative OF the
democracy OF New York city and State, the Saul
who towers above all his compeers in the knowledge
and policy necessary to make him the true leader
and ruler OF the '.ferce democracy" has returned,
and holds high court In the City Chamberlans ofce
In the Court House. The crowds In the City Hall
Park yesterday, from early morn till late In the
afternoon, were but significant of the fact that some
thing was going on within that marble building in
which, though they were deeply interested, must
remain to them like the contents OF the Sybs books
TO the Tarquns-a mystery for some time to come.
But within the penctralium OF the building
there was even greater excitement Here the
candidates for the higher Offices at the dis
pOsal Of the chief slatemaker presented them
selves. Thy mounted the staircases. they got
Ingress to the outer offlces-the antechamber
1t may be SAID leading to the "presence"-but
to the ''presence" very few OF them penetrated.
There were amid the thrOng-not by any means
gay and festive one-many Judges, "big' judges and
little Judges justices In embryo and full fedged JUS
tees; justices "civl' and justices ''criminal'-most
Of the latter There Senators and ex-A Assem-
blymen, ex-Aldermen and ex-Assstant Aldermen,
NIL anxious to be allowed to continue their
services to the State for another term at least.
And then there were many who thought that those
&c 0tctOs should be compelled to take Q back seat
ana make room Tor men quite as honest and capa-
dlence and no audience was granted them.
The simple fact is that the City Chamberlain's
wss oessgsd the sy BY crowd
standing. might claim an interview-but by majo-
rlty Of those whose only passport thereto is the
q IN nf thn milf
cards IN past contests gives them But little came OF
the siege OF the Chamberlain's office to aoy, Mr.
Sweeny wisely kept out OF the way, had himself
denied during very brer visit his private room.
The candidates and their "frends were therefore in
great perplexity ana departed with the shades OF
Of months they worked like beavers in their wards
and districts to make big show when the time for
at hand they feel and know that they utterly
helpless and at the mercy Of the moves the politl
never take into calculation their shifts ana lodges
for winning place on the board.
THE CAMPAIGN oPENED-rnE TAMMANY CONVENTION
The campaign, however, Is fairly opened In State
and county. Last night all the democratic ward
primaries met and elected members OF q convention
to be held at noon tomorrow In the wigwam, said
convention TO assemble to elect seventeen delegates
and seventeen alternates to represent Tammany In
cuse on Wednesday.
NOMINATING CONVENTION ANECDorE.
roast" in the Convention ana ali the threatenngs Of
potngs on the part OF country delegates will be
valued as the idle wind, which Tammany regards
not. The nominations are all fOregone conclusion
and Tammany has already decided on the men to
whom, like the Centurion, 1t Will say to this one
he goeth;" and to o third, and to many more
are needed, "Do this, and he doeth It," The Albany
Sd TINS s g In @ a Wn
thing-ay, and improve upon the lessons. The Al
bany Regency kept up the farce Of holding conven.
tons, but II did all the nominations ITSELF On one
OCCASION after the Regency sitting in council had
nxed upon thesr nominees, Dean Richmond,
sas. he had T pess tS
Of Inspector OF State Prisons. ooh never mind"
says the Dean ct isn't vi, much; we WIN leave thai to
ing Convention If they have even as good chance
as that to exercise authority and make choice.
THE DEMOCRATIC STATE SLATE.
From all appearances the democratic State slate
will undergo little If any, alteration. 1t Is admitted
that the present office holders have all discharged
their duties acceptaby. An effort will OF be
made TO GUST some OF the republican onice-holders,
especially in the Court OF Appeals. For this vacancy
the Kings county delegation. There win be O big
fight over this and some of the other offices held by
republicans and the probabilities are that will end
in democratic gain.
THE REPUBLICAN SLATE
The republican party Will hold their State Nomi-
mating Convention at Albany within few days after
that Of their democratic opponents. The party Will
likely renominate the present incumbents. The prin
Will be over the legislative ticket. The Tammany
Regency VIII put forth all their power to secure
the most favorable POSITIONS from which to open
their tactics for the Presidential campaign OF 1872
The Regency to carry out their programme, deter
mined to go the "whole hog" anu all their calcua-
ti0ns are made to that porcine but desirable end.
THE OFFICES AND THE CANDIDATES.
As we have briefly reverted TO the State slate OF
the two contendlng parties, the nominations
which are somewhat outside CITY politics, we come
TO the slate on which the principal fight IN the
ing campaign Is to ne fought In this city, presenting
very briefly the claims OF the candidates for the
several oihces, emitting all comment whatever
thereon.
THE SUPREME COURT
There Is very great interest felt In the action OF
Tammany on Its nomination OF q candidate for this
Office. Luckily Bismarck Sweeny himself, OF all
the ring and OF all It's outside influences,
has the least interest In nomination.