, 1870-03-26
WAR OF THE DEMOCRATIC FAC
TIONS.

dtsany tAG1sh a lE'1'afeh 10 tAe str York Herald
New York City to day placed itself before the
Assembly IS Al applicant for the restoration Of
chartered rights, and the Democratic Legisla-
tp1e OF 1s70 has crushed it most et1ectualiy.
The ecene in the House to-lay was one not
eff,y TO he forgotten. OF course. the political
leatlc1s and followers from the metropolis yero
present in large numbers, and the most intense
insereet waa eyinced. The three bills, Police,
Supervisors and Charter. after passing safoly
through the Committee OF the Whole, were
seemingly tafo for adoption. when A11. Dem
nlh Bu1ns, by coup detnf, managed 10 have
tho polee hili reeomuitted to tho
TIC cnA. ting clause: The same tactics were
pursued witl, regard to tho SupcryisprYs Liu
and the Charter, in manHuv1ing which
acesra. AlsoEd and Huested acted ~ Republi-
cAsi leaders for the Democrats, and pushed
hack REain into tie overwhelming waves the
struggling Democracy Of New York city. which
Was imrlorllgly holding out it's Mms, pleading
Tor the support OF tho country members Of the
Democratic family, The result OF the yotes,
Of couree. made the Republicans juhilant, and
they accepted With good grace, this absolute
wns almost at the zenith Of lasting power,
Turing the debate and ac.iona on tho
measures before the House Tho
galleries, lohhies, and nnte.roonH we1o
crowded by men and women from Ill parts Of
the State, and when the final overthrow Of the
U4noefatH on each measure, waA announced a
OF very many who were present. 4 Hdamper -
has been cast On the Affairs here, and the e1-
cit6mcnt will not eoon die out. It il publicly
charged that the rrice Of votes to defeat the
bill varied from 900 to e16,0O0 each; hut,
Of ecurre, such charges are but natural under
the circumstances, whether founded on fact or
not, The result Of to-davs Legislation will lie
10 make matters here, for some timo to come,
very warm, an tho defeaters Of these net 1pea4-
urcs OF the yonng Democracy, for tho SUCCESS
Of which they depended on the support Of the
"loyers Of reform" can expect no aid from
those TO whom they hare broken their pledges.
lne Cheeterhcldiah Herman. tha CHAMPION
q the Police Commission and Supervisors bills,
did not behold his idols overthrown without
emotion. He fought even around the broken
altars like = zeAlot and hero, and when the
Police bill, the Supervisors bill and the rem
nAnt Of tue charter went to destruction one
after the other by votes Of twenty-two Demo-
cratic members, ho exclaimed bitterly:
The Angri Gf hcstFurtiot, has sNep! oceT
The houses Of Isrdel since Lost yiqhtT'
A Scr1ptl1l alusion which seemed to be u1l-
dcIstood to refer to the result OF tho 1lcFubli-
can caucus which sat up all last night, whose
lahoB gave nke to q variety Of stories that
might lind an interesting place in your financial
column On Friday morning little gathering
Of Republicans wAs held, compr3sed of J, nj
White, Hustled Ayori, Ljtstejohn, SeIkreg,
and two or three others. The machinery to de-
feat the New York bills was then set in motion.
II is said thu. several Democratic members N
Sonse1saHon Wlth members OF the CAUCUS hid
billa, hccause they did not como asag general
charter for the city, but "a number Of bills
concocted they knew not where or in what mys-
FERROUS interest
a sAl iof ne pa1tr was tho ~oice whicl!
Vaeo9s raiseo "ueo Tue nnA result waA arrived
At, It wAs like the voice OF Rachel cryiuV far
her children 1t that precise period when she
7" would not be comfoHed-" Jacobs WAS never
20 earnest, All his young political euthusissm
rote up i'll him when he declared, with mourn
inl elo4utnee, that tho power which tho Demo-
cratic party had been wasting for seventeen
INTO tno ilanas of the encmy whom they inst
'nnausnes, Al Which, the Republicans smiled
ht round.
AFTER THE RATTLE
The Delavnn tonight IL like = luuahc
aFsHm. Groups Of excited Individuals arc
ssiHe1t1i nefe sEo there discussing the action
u 1ne Assembly to-day. The leaders OF the
Young democracy arc more bitter th1n ever
They claim ti,at Senator Tweed had promi-
!S Eent Part IN the nAn1usr1ng Of the vote on the
;haie ,taSe - .,ls toias, a11, III compliance with
1ner te4uest, George Mclean leaves here to-
night Ter the purpose Of officially discbargins
~. I"cc'i from his position Is Deputy Street
eomniss'onet. They ltclare that e25o, 900
"c1S iAa ont 10 control the setlon in the As
semo!! 'o-das, ana that the notorious lobby
ists, bafbos and Van Fechten, manipulated tho
men aud money. IwM not pretend to verify
NE sAnaes that members Of the Assembly can
z, ne t.onfht, but tnmo wicked people say that