The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-10-20

Some of the Tammany decemvirs the other
evening, it is said, with their legs stretched I'M
der the mahogany Of ''the Grand Sachem, were
exalted to the seventh heaven of the Prophet
with the assurances from "Big Six" that lit is
all right - that 'the late elections in Pennsyl-
vania, Ohio and Indiana show that only about
| two-thrds Of the full vote of those States was
drawn out" that ''the same general apathy
and republican disaffections will mark our
November State election, and that ''accor d.
ingly the democracy, always successful on a
short popular vote, will walk over the course
in New York and carry everything, including
the reelection of Hoffman, by at least seventy
five thousand majority, majority in the
| State Assembly hardly less than that Of last
year, and gain Of eight or ten members of
| Congress, and that ''Marshal Sharpe and the
Ledwth boilers will signify nothing in the
| general results, State or city"
Alter the last September election in Maine
such calculations for New York would have
appeared preposterous but after the late
October election in Pennsylvania they appear
to us not at all extravagant, but really
in New York this year, even with all their
expected aid in this city from the new election
laws of Congress and the colored vote, was in
drawing out their full strength in the rural
districts; but now we are satisfied that, from
the same general causes which have resulted
in short popular vote in Pennsylvania, Ohio
and Indiana in October, there will be very
short November vote as usual in such cases,
in New York, and that, In consequences, the
democrats will walk over the course, city and
State The siaews Of var, the organization,
the discipline, the prestige and the machinery
are all on the side of Tammany, while the
discords, the wrangling factions, the doubts
and the weak brethren are all on the side Of
the republicans.
In the matter Of the spoils Tammany, under
our new Charter, is monarch Of all she surveys
In 1858 the democracy throughout the State
were split into two factions-hardshells and
sottshells--over the spoils of the Custom
House but those spois are now mere baga-
tellc. Tammany in our city and county affairs
controls the annual collection and disburse-
ment of some twenty-five millions of money,
or about twice the whole annual expenses of
the government of the United States under
John Quincy Adams. Tammany can, and
probably will, from her savings put million
into this election. She can buy up every man
that is. in the market, and as far as necessary
she has bought or will buy them. Why not,
when among politicians every man has his
price? The followers of the Wigwam luxu-
riate in the fleshpots of Egypt, and when they
wax fat and kick she can still afford to
pacify them or let them 60. In fact, the head
Sachem of Tammany is greater than was
Baron Haussmann in all his glory, and has an
army better disciplined and better supplied
for an active campaign than was the army of
Louis Napoleon when he set out for Berlin.
Now look at the republicans. They say
that Senator Fenton was deliberately snubbed
in the appointment of honest Tom Murphy to
the Custom House, that General Grant, not
satisfied with this snubbing of Fenton, fol-
lowed him up to the Saratoga Convention and
headed him off there, through Murphy, and
headed off Fentons rghthand man, Greeley;
set up Woodiord as the republican candidate
for Governor, only to be knocked down by
Fenton aud Greeley They say that there is
gang Of republicans here in the pay of Tam
many Hall, and that where these Tammany
strikers as delegates can't manage the radical
primaries they raise row and call in the
police and put out the lights and break up the
meeting. Then there are the s'revenue re-
formers or free-trade republicans, who are
working like beavers in the rural dis
tricts to break up the party on
all, the rank and file throughout
the State don't seem to care button about
the election, whether it goes up or down, and
even General Grant don't seem to care but
ton. Perhaps he thinks that in cutting down
the republican majority in Congress to mere
vote or two it will be brought to its senses and
within the control Of the administration. We
think so, at all events. Hence we have no re-
grets at the general outlook Of this New York
campaign. We rather like it, although the
discussions and squabbles and conflicting
cliqnes Of soreheads in the republican camp
are gloomy and peculiar"
They have fish in Brazil that climb trees.
Professor Agassz saw them in his explora-
tons Of the Amazon. But we have republic
cans here that can face both ways at the same
time What chance, then, has Woodford
against Hoffman? Between the Tammany
ring and The Erie rng-between Punch and
Judy and the optra 6oute-he will be ground
into powder. On full, square poll through
out the State the colored vote might save
Woodiord; but there will not be full
poll nor square poll SO long as these Tam
many republicans get their wages. Moreover,
who can expect men to work for nothing, in
carving an emntx hucket when they can get