Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-11-08

could be made up; and if there is nj
treachery on the part of - managers" anC
. wire pullers," it must be successful.
Tammany appears to be second in the rac'
for the Mayorality ; though there is YET
time for change of public sentiment, anC
with the help of the excellent private and
public character of its nominee, it may
make 4 good show on election day 1t Of
course. vastly lessons Mr. o 'Brien : chance.
to have Democratic candidate of Mr.. Law
rence's stamp running against him; and by
50 much increases Mr.. Hayemeyer's In
fact the O'Brien men depended largely on
Republican support; and there was wailing
and crashing of teeth in Apollo Hall when
they found the Republicans repudiated the
alliance They cried - treaehery," and
talked of doing terrible things to defeat
Gen. Grant Bat it seems little too late
for that
fit be enquired why O'Brien was not en-
dorsed, and the defeat of Tammany thereby
ensured. the answer it simple. Scarcely a
respectable man in this city but does not
look on the success Of this man o 'Brien As
threatening worse disaster than even the re-
establishment of Tammany While there
i every prospect of inficting a crushing de-
feat on both. there was no reason why. for
the sake ofSome possible support 10 be given
the national ticket, decent people who only
desire honest civic government, should sup
port such candidate a. the eI-Sherif.
His election would give the city over to
the tender mercies of horde Of politicians,
a base, dishonest, and ruffanly as ever
rallied under the banners Of " Boss "
Tweed in ms palmiest days. O'Brien Is
politician trained in the school Of Tammany
Hall he quarreled with Tammany, and
fought il with every fraudulent device he
had learned in it he collected around him
gang Of followers as vile a. Tweed had,
and the - Young Democracy became a
political care Of Adullam, and offered a
refuge for every prominent rascal who be-
came disconnected with the share Of plumber
that Tammany accorded him. These men
are now the " file leaders Of 0'Brien'
forces; and the mass of his party Is collected
from the lowest slums on the east side Of the
city. Here his constituency swarms in its
strength, and among these men. the poorest,
most ignorant, and most dangerous class of
the population Of New York. O'Brien, or
as hi. followers delight to call him,
= Jimmy" O'Brien. Is a lion of mighty
II Is part of his political capt.
tai TO be called Jimmy" it shows he Is
no :" silk-stocking, no q aristocrat :" but
. one Of themselves. To be sure he lately
iet up his carriage. and excited some dis
rust among the intelligent voters by riding
70 political meetings in it instead Of walk
ng, as he used TO do; but he apologized for
his aristocratie display, and explained that |
he had a great deal TO do, and only rode to
ave time. This was satisfactory, and con-
-inced the doubling. that despite appear
Inces. there was no pride " about |
Jimmy, who was the Il poor !
mans friend" and had never been
cen to wear pair of kid gloves in his
life. lie il working hard enough now
Every night he may be seen in attendance
1 east side meetings, where he makes FIVE
minute speeches, without many gross gram
latical blunders; and, since his one unfor-
innate slip in declaring that his first act, if
lected, would be TO pitch out Comptrol-
sr Green. without seriously committing
imself His headquarters are at the An
rev jackson club, corner of Lexington
venue and Both street His immediate
ersonal followers are to be found here, and
lille there are some gentlemen among them,
no have come into Apollo Hall as reform
emocrats, the majority Of the men who fill
lie rooms look like street corner roughs who
ave shaved and put on clean shirts. The
-incipal heeler among them is a man
hose claims on the gratitude Of his fellow
tizens rest on the fact that once forcing
: way int a meeting hostile to o 'Brien, 4
} fired fourteen shots from two reyolvers
ID cleared out the crowd. C
Against such candidate as Jimmy"
Brien, and the nominee Of Tammany Mr. b
lyemeyer ought to be elected by an over !
lelming vote He will have the support a
the Germans almost 10 a man and they a
e commonly supposed TO hold the balance !
ina bSl 10 will ka- he, - I
every Republican, and the Republican D
tie here reaches nearly forty-fye thou 4
I'd and he will have the vote of large
s. of Democrats, who are disguised with y !,
, way the party machinery has been Fl
D by the old Tammany gang. say he
j have all this, il there be no evidence of II
el
ifessed, however painfully, that there is p
lrking suspicion among the respectable -
ers Of all parties, that a certain set of "a
n who assume to "lead" the Republi- Ie,
party in this city, are really playing ar ar
he double game. Most of these men re- 81
: out of the municipal limits, and have W
Oh4 a ScNpAAAaiN Anttlt.A III / ia
character of the city government Fl
.ir chief concern is for the State ticket, BY
ich indeed is strong enough to take care 81
tself; and it is suspected that the bar we
n alleged to have been make with 6ei
'rien, will, 50 far as they can effect it be Al
lied out People are asking why the ba,
les does not declare itself; why il treats Tu
'rien so tenderly, when everybody knows III
is the most formidable opponent Mr.. ~
-emeyer has; and il is particularly 70 o.
ked that nothing unfayorable to To-;
'rien appears in its editorial columns, q n
lie few slashing leaders would dispose -
he man, and expose the slim foundation a "
which his loudly boosted strength lies. day
S certainly not very creditable that q day
sr which claims to be sincerely DESTROYS Mo,
form, and to be above the influence of Sra
politicians" should for one instant job
W a candidate like Jimmy" O'Brieu Sun
ak the field. without opening its bat m;
5 on him. of course the Times is in N
ed to the man, for his important assis- A1 q
e in the Ring fight; but that debt was Eide
when O'Brien received his price, wee
State Senatorship, and no one ever sup sesS
d he fought Tammany for any other exec
IN than that it was only by overthrow a.ri
hat too powerful organization he could nosc
to get power himself. The committee 10
venty and reformers generally assisted Alb Alb
then hecause IL was ,ecesuor,, 10 rsa Nori
W day
available instrument which offered issv