The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-10-31
rrRom ous OWN CORRESPONDENCE

fFRoM oUR OWN CORRESPONDENT
NEW YORK, October 90.
Even to an experienced New Yorker. local
politics now are almost hopelessly mudded.
Amid the multiplicity of tickets put in the field
by the different reform and citizens organiza-
tions, the Republicans and the Germans, the
voter who does not go with Tammany will be
at q loss to decide how to cast his ballot 80
that It will be effective. While the factions
sailing under the colors of "Reforn" are thus
demoralized by rivalry, Tammany presents
| solid, compact front, and 1t iB growing evident
that, owing TO her superior organization, she
will sweep the city as usual IN the coming
| election.
The Reformers might have had chance Of
| success II they had united. But now i5 success
possible when they oppose seven candidates
| for a certain office against one nominated by
Tammany. For instance, In one of the assem-
bly, districts where the Tammany candidate
last year beat his Republican opponent by 2600
votes, there are now nominated against the
Tammany candidate, Democratic Reformer,
and Independent Relormer, q Democratic
Unionlst, o German Democrat. "Young De-
mocracy" Democrat, Customhouse Repub:.
lican and Greeley Republican. Mr.. Tweed
| has sure thing there.
| The New York State and county elections
take place on Tuesday, November Z. The Off.
ces to be filed are: Int the State, secretary OF
State, comptroller, treasurer, attorney -gener-
al, State engineer, canal commissioner and
inspector of the prisons; In this Judicial dis
| trIct, Judge of the Supreme Court In place of
Judge sutherland, and in this county five
| State senators, twepty-one members OF the
State Assembly, a county registrar, two JUS
tlces of the Superior Court, Judge OF OF the
| rfp nd iudc n C0lrt Gnm.
mon Pleas For all OF the judicial and coun-
| ty offices, Tammany has made what are claim.
ed to be irregular nominations" For Supreme
Court Judge, old Sutherland, who has been on
| the bench fourteen years, has been thrown
overheard. Tammany has performed coup
detat BIZ nominating In his place ('buying
| up" Is the proper term,) her bitterest oppo-
nent, Ledwith, who Is now petty police court
| Justice. Ledwith carries back Wath him from
| the '.Reiorm" ranks to Tammany Hall host
of personal adherents of the lower classes.
Politicians are slippery fellows. It looks as
| if the taxpayers will have to depend entirely
| upon the courts or the country members OF
the legislature for their relief. With all their
money, they will be unable to reinstate honesty
| In office by means Of the ballot-box. They
are children when they come to measure wits
with the shrewd, long-headed politicians OF
the Tweed regime.
One of the newspapers has had swarm of
reporters employed recently searching the re.
cords of the registrars office TOR evidences OF
the rapidly acquired wealth of the ''ring"
leaders. Mr.. Tweed was bankrupt In 1861.
Since 1868 he has purchased real estate and
stock to the amount OF Sc, 1894, ,954. His earn
ings between 1861 and 1868 ore not stated.
He has an annual salary OF about $l5, 900.
Comptroller Connolly was sued for debt
In 1866, and swore IN court that ne owned
no property whatever. He has purchased
since 1868 property to the value Of 81, 300, ,69l.
Mr.. Sweenys real estate operations are not 80
conclusive Of guilt, for he was rich man be-
fore he went Into politics. Since 1853 ne has
bought houses and lots to the value of 81, ,479,-
1856. Nothing appears on the county records
in reference to Mayor Hall, but his estate at
| Is valued at sl5O,OOO. There Is no evidence
that he could not have paid for this out OF his
| Income as member of the legal firm OF
| Brown, Hall and Vanderpoel, one of the most
successful in the city. This testimony serves
| rather to confirm the opinion recently ex-
pressed In the columns of the Tribune by the
| Hon. Horace Greeley, which was, In the cases OF
cases of Tweed and Conrolly-guilty.
The musical season Is proving very remune'
| ratlve to the managers The italian Opera,
| with Nilsson as the leading attraction. Is
great success. All the boxes In the Academy
are engaged for the entire season of twenty
ulRQtS, uuu eAOEUlL6ut ia1oo oAo NJ" ooiuS
| paid in the shape of bonuses to speculators
who are holding many of them. The combl.
| nation of Wachtel with Parepa.Rosa at the
| Academy OF Music on last Saturday night
drew on immense audience, and proved
mine of wealth to the ticket speculators.
| friend who was returning from party IN
Lexington avenue, about 2 o'clock, on Wed.
Academy of Music he noticed large crowd on
| the sidewalk. Surprised at such q spectacle
| at such an hour, he questioned one of the lott.
erers. "Oh," said the maa 1--WE are waiting for
the box office to open." when will 1t
open ?" Eight o'clock In the morning." was
the reply. The fellow was ticket speculator,
and had been on the ground since midnight.
hands OF spectators the office sold but ten to
any one application. Each speculator, there
| fore, had from two to dozen boys to help
| him. Nearly the whole house was thus bought
| up, and when the general public came along
In the morning the box office had nothing to
| sell and purchasers were obliged TO 60 to the
| sidewalk gentry and pay as high as $40 piece
| for tickets. The receipts at the box office
were over $4,000, and 1t is estimated that the
public paid out fully $4,000 to the money
| takers or the spectators for the purpose Of
hearing Wachtel and Parepa-Rosa for that
evening.
The efforts of the managers to break up the
business of the ticket spectators are failure.
Every conceivable device has been resorted to,
but without effect. 1t is Impossible to prevent
tickets getting into the hands OF these men,
and there is no law against their reselllng
them II they can find purchasers, The police
may drive them from the sidewalks, but they
will congregate on the street corners and way
lay people going to the theatre. Experience
has taught most theatre patrons that If they
fall to engage tickets for themselves before
hand, their only chance for good seats, after
the doors open, is In purchasing from the ex-
tortlonists. On nights of unusual attractions
the profits of the spectators are very heavy.
One of the most successful OF them In past
years was Fred Rullman. He made himself so
rich that he blossomed into manager too,
and this season imported concert troupe
from Europe. NYA.