New-York tribune., 1872-11-07
RESULT IN THE CITY.
GREELEY RUNS AHEAD OF THE LIBERAL
TICKET.

TICKET.
uAvEMEYER's OFFICIAL MAJORITY OVER 5000
CORRECTED LIST OF CITY OFFICIALS ELECT,
CONGREs5AIEN, AssEMBLYMEN, AND THEIR
MAJoRITIEs-sINGULAR FEATURES OF THE
CANVASS
Below will be found the returns of the city
vote in full. The FIRST table shows each candidate
elected, with his majority over HIS principal opponent
The tables incomplete only In consequence Of the
failure Of the canvassers to make official returns. but
enough Is known TO that the result now Tore
shadowed cannot be Overhrown by subsequent returns
study Of the tabular statement Of Election districts
for Greeley Kernan and the Mayoralty candidates will
present some curious results TO the politicians well
as those who have contempt for all OF that race ltw
be In all the lower wards and districts say the
Is I'D and lid Assembly Districts, Francis kernan'
candidate for Governor ahead by from 225 to 45o
votes each district OF Horace Greeley, while DIX fe
far behind Gen. Grant But in the upper districts as
for instance in the V6h With, YIIIh, Xth Altb Allth
XXth and XXIst Districts well as Others, Greeley
ran far ahead Of the State ticket yet Dix far ahead
OF Grant The only explanation OF this Is tho
fact possibly now apparent to all who voted as well
all who since studied the returns that In the
lower wards intensely Catholic population voted for
Herman and scratched" Greeley, while in the upper
wards n Protestant population "scratched" Herman
while voting for Greeley. IL may not be the part OF
wisdom call public attention to these sef-evident
facts but Is fuller less the part Of wisdom TO
shut ones eyes them In this city the religious ques-
ton, which should have entered into the cam
paign very materially affected the Of the State
ticket and II is unwise not 10 recognize and reflect on
the result.
And while this contest was thus progressing state
and National issues the MLyoralty rivalry was exciting
the active e1ertions the part of the political
parsans and OF all the public It Is not too much to
say that the local In ths city wholly absorbed at
tenton and that State and National issues were ignored
or sacrificed to benefit parsans OF the various candi
dates for Mayors and minor Offices The truth Is that
there was interest among the large class Of parisans
New York City the Presidential and State contests
thoy we're wholly absorbed in local issues and 1t was
common practice to exchange State vote for an AS
sembly ticket, and TO sacrifice ballot for President TO
secure vote for Congressman. The Democracy were
not only Indifferent TO the political issue, but reckless
also of the principle involved In IT,
The Mayoray contest is OF the most singular ever
known In this city. TammaDy Hall, under the Reform
Administration developed such unexpected strength
confirms the belief that in their possession Of the
city the Customhouse party will fnd such organized,
honest and effective opposition will restrict their
wrong-dong now aud eventually land that at early
day. relieve the metropolis OF tho Ring which 10 all a
pcarance they have fastened and proposed fasten
the city The common, not to say tho popular
belief, was that O'Brieu was the strongest
in the city. At one time lie was 1t Is
due to The TRIBUNE that early in the campaign the
compact by which 0Brien was to have been made
Mayor Of Ncw-York fully exposed, and It is matter
Of sincere qualification that that pot Of Thomas Murphy.
arranged at No. 3 Pinest. with O'Bren aud acCunn,
was finally defeated Instead Of proving the strongest
OBrien, in consequence of that exposure rendered
the weakest. 1t was placed beyond the power of the
Cusomhouse party either to nominate or ndorse him,
and In the end he proved TO he the third in the race and
NewYork was forever relieved Of hun in the capacity OF
political candidate.
tits matter OF sincere regret that Lawrence was not
elected over Uaveneyer for any reasons but partcu
ry because OF the effect OF the return OF Havemeyer
on the various Commissions Many Of them ought to be
overth-own as doubtless they viii be, but moro &C.
nous problem ever presented itself Mayor and Leg
islature than presents itself in this particular. To Mr.
Lawrence vered n the legal history OF the corporation
familiar with the functions OF each official by
reason OF peculiar study Of the duties OF each
imposed him by his duties counsel OF the Commit
tee Of evenly OF S1 the city could have better trusted
itself than TO Mr. Havemeyer unfamiliar without dis
rcspec Lin be 1t said with the complex relations OF
the various commissions which have since he
tired from active life II Is chiefly for this that
the result o Tuesdays Mayoralty contest Is TO be
GREETED. Mr.. Hayemeyer viii make, equally with Mr..
Lawrence, conscientious officer and under him New
York viii begin OF peace and quiet
II viii be seen that the Assembly ticket as
yesterday published is altered by the substitution
Of James Ryan for John Calvin. This is an un-
expected gain Of one Assemblynan.
An Of the compiler, yesterday gave to Michael
Connolly majority the IXth Congress District. This
was corrected however In another part OF the paper
and It viii he by the table elsewhere below that
Mellsh Republican. is returned by majority of $50
over Hardy, Apollo Hall, who leads Connolly.
or the Aldermen probably elected, the Custom-house
and Committee OF Seventy have secured only three out
Of litecn. large majority OF the Assistant Aldermen
also Liberal and Apollo Hall candidates.
In the XIXth and XXIst Assembly Districts several
election districts yet remain be heard fom but they
cannot affect the result materially.
CORRECTED LIST OF CITY CANDIDATES ELECTED,