The New York herald., 1871-10-21
Hachcm Brennan Puts on His
War Paint.
Tammany Must Not Play the
Bully, Else ----.
A Lively Time Ahead for the
Politicians.
The Thunder Rolling All Round
the Sky.


Tho politicians In and about the City Hall were IN
Q terrible hurry yesterday over the rumOr that
6hertn Brennan had put on his war paint ana sworn
eternal opposition 10 TamnaNy HalL The snlau
n.y. who are still ON the fence and who don't know
which way to Jump, were In plfiabs mnddie, ana
about from Office 10 another IN their n"frOr
each aDxious TO find out, for hls individual peace OF
SOUL whether or not the formidable charapion VI
lhe Sixth ward democrats had actually thrown d0wn
she gauge OF battle and dared his Old comradcs 10
saortal strife. .'fIes IN with Connolly" said one;
."Hes . friend OF Green's," said another;
.'He wants to take the BOSS place as
,eaoer,n said q third. All was confusion, all
was mystery, ami no one seemed 10 know how 70
oct or how to talk. Little groups Of the ward
leaders got together In the Railways OF the Court
House TO
DISCUSS THE SENSATION
Every one wanted to speak his piece, but no one
wanted TO speak Hrst for fear he would happen to
shOw himself on the side Of the minority, which ls
never the popular side with We ward man OF ambi-
Nous aims who depends for his bread and butter
upon the puliings and haulings OF the men
IN power The virtuous young men attached
OF course anxious be put where their chief was;
but as thoy knew nothing officially as to where he
stood in the dghr, they fought sly and talked
dom, without committing themselves. This only
made the confusion worse cOnhOunded, and 80
HERALD reporter who was meandcring his winding
way among the crowds IN the outside office Of the
Sheriff, and listening with an eager eur to every
thing that was being sait on both Sides determined
10 satisfy himself as the truth Of the that
were 80 thlckly flying about. lie knew right well
that he couldn't find
THE GENIAL MATTHEW
without considerable engineering among the poiti-
clans who thronged about the doors. waiting to pay
their respects, and, as a consequence, he mapped
out In MS own mind way which. he thought,
would lead hlm directly 10 the headquarters OF the
'.head ruler" himself, without any risk to his
precious bones. The plan proved successful, and.
sfter few turns through Railways and a few
kn0ckings at several DOORS he found himself in the
private office OF the Snerin.
Mr. Brennan was seated ut his table busily writing
out very lengthy document, quite long enough In
appearance 10 have enveloped the entire race
Of pOhticians--that is II it was warrant, anJ
big warrant was the one thing necessary for the
political envel0png business The ONCE was neatly
furnished, portraits Of the "Bo.s the County Clerk
and several other local dignitaries adorning the
walls OF the room The Sheriff is an agreeable
sersatiOnalist, and likes nothing better than
WISE LITrLE TALK
portant 70 do. Wncn the HERALD reporter shook
MIN BY the hand and took seat by the table Mr.
m ons d ms genial mOoas INC His welcome was s
hearty one, and when he learned that the reporter
n,s III pen aS. GOWN WIRE resianealy ana calmly said
We'll now, ! dare say you come here 70 inter
Tne reporter busncd TO the roots OF his delicate
hair at this, and quietly reminded the genial Mat
thew that public incn were naturally the victims OF
hat was unayodanle. s
The sheriff took the hlnt laid hack in mis- ample
srm chair, threw his head back 50 as to gel good
view. fronl heat loot, OF his nterocufor, ana ex
claimed, pleasant smile crcpt oycr his facc:---
Now then, what on earth have you come sler II
Il p not 10 interview There's nothing asIrey III
Ihe ONCE Is lhercr'
II " needless 70 say mat the reporter explained
how enurciy ignorant he was OF the Affairs Of tle
6nerin's Office and then AID
"But really, Mr.. Brennan, understand you and
yammany Hall have fallen out.
..simriy TINS, that you have determined to place
yourself among the antagonists OF lammany."
"Wh0 told yOu sor'
"It Is 80 rumOrei about town.
'weli, have done nothing oil the kind. There Is
considerable trouble just now about The Tenth ward
delegation To the Sena'o 'orial Convention last night.
and thar trouble of course must come 10 an end in
"Then the trouble mas nothing to do with the gen.
er& War being made against Tammany Oh the score
..Not at ali. have had nothing TO do with tina,
nght am mol party 10 it In any way"
"Then what is tie row Z"
night the Sixth ward delegates, who are friends OF
mine. went there, regularly elected, with cera-
Gates, &c, and expected to be admitted as the
regular delegation. no matter what set OF fellows
would camor for admirtance IN their place Bus
,endeu % co represent the SKIN war cams aonS pns
wanted to be admitted, and they got admitted al The
same tme my regularly elected friends did, and were
fhis do not THINK Just. NV friends were duly
elected according 10 All the party rules reguia-
lions. and the others who were admitted with them
show
METRES LNrkD THE PEoILs
Of the warc. The fact l., they di not represent "A
corporais guard iu the war, and they Knew il. and
,ne men who arranged That they should be adDilued
what DO you propose to dog,
"Ihe General Committee OF the ward will meet
soon and the question w,ll he decided as TO
what ought to be done. ] have been an adviser Of
che committee these twenty years back, and al.
though have never been on the COMMITTEES but
are plenty OF good men IN the ward 10 serve GU 1t
without me-tney viii take my advice how they
more. Either we arc not the regular delegalion or
we are. That Is the simple issue Of the whole
.'Who managed the compromise, which admitted
both your delegation and the othersn'
"Ns TWEED.
him lew days ago and told him plainly what NV
friends wanted; but l understand he sent roma
and harmony, he wanted both delegations admired
ha told my friends u The others were admitted 10
leave the Convention, ~ ,nei did, am happy to
Know
win all this induce you to place yourself in an.
tagonism 10 TammanyY"
81 DO NOT say that; tor that question covers great
deal OF ground; but do say this: We have been
cealt with wrongly our rights have not been
gardcd, and we are therefore left 70 fight our own
battles as We please. and We viii fight them. We
care for
40 FACTION or tSFLtESCE.
We demand nothing, want nothing, care for nothing
what We should not have by right, and we are uli-
willing 10 do anything that Will cncroach upou the
principles 0f others"
How can the breach be brdged oyera
''Simply by those who arc cndeavortBg TO make
trouble letting the people In the ward nave their
own say about who should represent them. They
do not want TO be represented Ivy dummies They
elect men, not for the fun of the Thing to Cohvcn-
uOna but so that they Will 70 ana do their duty
Were The contesting delegates ent,tled TO any
consideration ~
None Whatever. There are many very unplcas-
ANT On things aud revelations I could make about the