The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-11-09

Movements for the Charter Election.
After the important political contest that
has just passed it might be fairly presumed
that the leaders of parties who have had to
bear the brunt of directing the hand to hand
encounters of the actual oombatants, and to
supply them with the sinews Of war, were by
this time pretty well exhausted. There Is in
the present charter campaign really but ono
party in the field. To the non-politician this
would look like walk over the course"
for the candidates, whoever they may be. A
great mistake would this conclusion lead to,
from the simple fact that the coming struggle
is not between opposing parties, but between
candidates Of the same organization, and
hence the difficulty Of the political situation.
Tie leaders are, therefore, in just as serious
q snarl with their subordinate forces as if the
result of the contest was Of the greatest impor-
lance, because the understrappers are fighting
tooth and nail for the respective offices after
which they yearn, in connection with certain
compromises and complications already
entered into in connection with the late fight.
AuO 4uiuuluuy Culclb, lOlCoCCAuB tuAo WILL
Guilty, passed bill last year through one
branch of the Legislature to combine both
elections (November and Dccember) in one,
and thus to save the expense and the terrible
political horror Of o second contest. The bill,
however, failed, and all the trouble that is now
pressing upon the party is the consequence.
There Is not an aldermanic or assistant alder
manic district in the city that has not six for
one and half dozen and more candidates for
The other. It was intended by the amalgama-
ton bill to get these follows oil into line and
to dispose of them at once, and thus to pre-
serve the peace and harmony of the party.
But now accounts have to be settled that oven
the leaders could hardly have been prepared
for. There is not politician in the city, big
or little, unprovided for, who is not candi-
date for ono or other of the offices to be filed
next month, all presenting somewhat equal
claims and credentials for the consideration of
the leaders. In fact, 1t would require another
election in January, and one perhaps monthly
through new year, to supply Offices for the
demand that is made on the ring for its pa
tronage in this respect.
A little patience, however, would be a
splendid thing just now. The disappointed
might consider themselves in the position of
the learned but distracted professor who,
ringing at his own door for admission and not
being recognized was told the professor OHM
self was not In, replied no matter, he would
call another time, and walked away. So with
the present numerous candidates Of the party
there will be so many places to be filed that
If they can abstract their minds enough from
one disappointment they can call again and
have another chance.
There is q big thing in the aldermanic and
assistant aldermanic positions to make them
desirable. The yearly stipend for the amount
of work done is considerable, but that taken
with tho we'll known emoluments swells the
value of the Office to such an extent that it is
no wonder that half of the politicians Of the
city who are candidates are after these par
ticular Offices. Tammany is in fix, how
ever, and the fight promises to give con-
siderable amount of political trouble between
this and the day Of election.