The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-09-02
Complications in the Various
Districts.
Probable Complexion Of the Slate for May.
orally and Assembly.
TIE sQUABBLE FOR LOCAL OFFICES
Tweed's Followers as
GRANTEES.

While the entire nation is in the throes Of the
Presidential campaign 1t is not to be expected that
She hundreds Of statesmen" residing IN this city
could be rest awaiting only the result OF the
great national contest The active spirits In local
matters are already bestirring themselves, ana 1t
b safe assert the political microcosm In the me-
tropolis Is at present In semi chaotic condition.
Nnere are already more cliques and factions In ex-
astence than ever was known of heretofore, and,
Of course, the leaders Of each OF these
little "gangs'' believe, or pretend to believe,
shat their particular following Is the strongest
ever known. 1t would be amusing were 1t not
painful to sensitive and intelligent minds to wit
ness the squabbles already begun for power and
patronage among the seedy and greedy politicians,
who talk and act II the public offices were pieces
Of property which could be handled and disposed Of
rs best suits their convenience
When, in November last, the mighty voice Of the
people was given as 1t had not been given in many
years, the politicians then In power were thunder
struck; all their calculations were falsi-
ned, their expectations unfulnlled and their
hopes shattered. The wave Of reform which
swept over the city and the State,
while 1t carried away many bad and trucking
oflce-holders and oface-seekers, threw to the sur
face some good men who had been kept under by
the then existing regime and also o horde Of
hungry ex-Onice-holders, who had joined In the cry
efrefOrm for the sole purpose Of getting another
chance at the loaves and fishes In the public offices.
The facts connected with the discontinue Of the
Old Tammany Ring, the trials begun against the
Ring-masters, and the cleansing OF the judicial
ermine are now matters Of history. They have,
seemingly however, lost their interest," and are, tos
certain extent regarded as nine days wonders by
the public at large. Among those personally inter-
ested in the Aforesaid trials, however, the matter
has not been allowed to sleep. During the entire
gear they have been planning and plotting to Sc
cure themselves from the punishment which should
result from full trial Of their cases. and 1t s not
TO be expected that men 30 bold and interruptions
- they have been would stop at anything In the
way Of bargain to save themselves. The fact that
they have large following cannot be denied. as
the parasites who feed on the public under the su-
perntendence Of Tweed Il 90. are bound TO them
BY the cohesive power Of public plumber"
THE PRESIDENTIAL CONTEST
In this city and the contests for the State city and
county ofices to be wsged in the coming FAN ofer
most elegant opportunities for bargains, and it lis
but natural to expect that the trading politicians
have not been slow to take advantage Of those op-
p0rtunities. Although the Presidential contest
should be nrst In Importance, It Is really regarded
As secondary to the contest for the May0ralty and
combinations are being made by aspirants for ONCE
Dstensibly for strengthening the Presidential
sickets, but really for local success alone.
THE republicans in the city are to great extent
pndisturbed by the local squabbling, az the Gree.
5eyites will simply endorse the nominees Of Tam
4many and the GRANTEES viii either stand boldly by
themselves or make no nominations OF their own
bnd endorse the Apollo Hall candidates. 1t win be
been, therefore. that the quarrellIng and clubbing
% entirely inside the democratic ranks and the
democracy of the city are ''a at sea" as to what
they shall do In order to secure supremacy In No
tember. .a
THE APOLLO HALL DEMOCRACY
1s divided in sentiment One portion Of 1t is run by
O'Brien and In favor OF the Louisville nominee,
which really means Grants reelection, and the re-
malnng portion In favor Of Greeley, but unwilling
70 become an open ally Of Tammany Hall, and,
therefore, undecided. OBrien, In favor Of the
Louisville movement, is likely to receive In return
the radical endorsement for the Mayoralty. Tweed
and his compatriots In favor OF Grant, because
as has been most emphatically asserted-they
have bar9ained for q discontinusnce OF the prose-
cutions against them. IL is true, indeed, that
Tweed has not openly declared in favor OF Grant,
but his immediate followers and past friends whose
assertions and opinions are but the re1ex OF those
OF the late mighty cheftain, loud In their dec
laration for Grant, Dix and O'Brien. When Coroner
Pat keenan,, Judge Bowling, Tom Conan and John
Stacom and few others OF that Tx, talk up Grant,
Il Ia safe to assert that Tweed does likewise and
those gentlemen arc all now members Of the O'Bren
wing OF Apollo, they will certainly oppose the
Aidates endorsed by
REoRGATfzED TAMMANY.
Although, as far as Tammany Is concerned, the
reorganization under able and honest leaders is
most thorough. 1t Is still demoralized In various
localities. BY having been admitted to the State
Convention Tammany is regarded as the true rep
Tesentative OF the democracy Of the metropolis,
And were 1t not for the complications arising from
The Presidential and Gubernatoria contests could
be sgnary triumphant throughout the entire
county Ofeourse the liberal republicans will endorse
the Tammsny nominee for the Mayoralty, as well
rs the democratic candidate for Governor, whoever
they may be- and this itself Is enough to make the
Tammany leaders anxious, as they well know that
uniess they place good man In nomination the
rank and file OF the Greeley republicans viii not
vote for him, and that they will certainly be de-
feated.
As was said above Is really the bone OF contention
IN the CITY, and the contest now going on assumes
q different aspect almost daily. OBrien OF course,
expects TO be o candidate under any circum-
stances lie s already Ia the field and confident
OF his election. The Tammany people are as yet
undecided, and although ss little ripple has been
made for the present pspuaf\ County Clerk, Loew,
II IL regarded as entirely tco premature. The
members Of the Council OF Political Reform say they
40 not favor 0'Brien q candidate for Mayor, and
win place In nomination either William +. Have
meyer, Oswald 0ttendorfer, John wheeler or Jack
son s. Schultz. The last nentionedNis the favor
ite candidate among some republicans and
business men. 0ttendorfer would be Nominated
with the hope Of securing the Germany vote for
General DIX a. the Mayor will be voted for on the
same ticket with the State officers. should The
Council OF Reform or the Committee Of Seventy In
sist on the nomination Of either Wheeler or Have
meyer the republicans might endorse him, and thus
leave the aspiring young Senator to fight q tri,
angular battle.
The existing election laws both national and
State, are more extensiYe and somplcatsd than