The sun., 1873-07-22
PHILosoPHrcAL POLITICS.

| ters rests upon the city. The weather is warm
| too warm for srtive motion Of brain OF body.
Many political leaders are away, and parties are
| split, divided. separated. and dsorganizod in q
| fashion TO confuse the mind OF the wisest wire
puller IN our METROPOLIS. John Kelly is In Eu-
rope, having given his last parting words TO
his Tammany followers orders 10 confirm all the
nominations OF his old friend aud life long com
ralie in political arms, William +. Havemeyer.
hut he has been away 40 long that his dlrec-
| tions seem TO have lost their force, or else his
| men have presumed TO exercise the novel habit
| of thinking for Themselves. for the new Police
Justices still remain in n state Of suspense
! Kelly will be raging when he returns, and
| there will I've new organization Of Tam
/ many. leaving out as traitors those daring
members of the Board OF Aldermen who have
| mad the assurance to act on their own judy
| mcnt aud disregard the commands Of their sub
| peror The lime has not vet come when man
| can pretend to think for himself or have mind
of his own inside the old wgwam the rcins
arc drawn rs tight ever they were, and al
| though the cats away and the mice may
| through the motioms Of mite hiiadtv tor the
! time hCinr the fclne animal will return and
| make them feel hia claws. Abraham X. Law
renee and Matthew 4. Brennan may not have
iomented or authorized this rebellion Of
| Iysaght Flanagan, Reilly, and the indiscrc"t
McCaGcrty but they took on It with entire
| cQuanitnty. and would not mind II II lasted to
the litter end. So wonderful is our philosophy
over the suircrngs of our enemies. They donot
forget how calm and deliberate Kelly was when
Lawrence was candidate for Mavnr how long
II took him to make up his mind whether lie
nntcd. nor how perfectly placid and contentcd
he was when the Reform Mavor lila bosom
friend ~ thirty years vanqulshed the Tammlny
Andrew II. Green s remarkably calm for this
hot weather. The city crcdit"rs howl around
docs not mind them the Public works Depart
utnt s In \ frantic condition OF complaint but
hf a. mott fraf. q
lttle-pire lnborers 20 home to hungry homes and
suppctlcss beds, but he does not worry himself
, In the least; litigauts uandamus him. hut he
| pays no attention to them they arrest him, ari
he offers the sheriff checks In settlement, which
! the sheriff declines Indignantly to accept; he
rarely lquidates the debts due to his friends
and never those due to his enemies. Streets 20
and the mad blaspnemies Of the cartmen; the
CrotQn water runs low and threatens to give out (;
people will not do work for the city at any price,
but the Comptroller takes IL easy and waits for
change of sentiment His department has
not altered much since the days Of the
lat, and unlamented Connolly the expenses are
not materially reduced; the Iark Department
can get all the money II needs hut the heads of
other bureaus must learn patience and philoso-
DIV. No matter what they ask. they are not To
have II. Under all these circumSianccs' VII;
Green's calm self-possession Is deli1ous, and
will scarcely he runled by Zen Woods an-
nounced determination to e. to the senate
especial benefit This last makes one moro a.
be added to the list Of candidates which aaye
you la my last letter as anxious To NIL the shoes
OF the dcpOscd Boss.
Other candidates are cropping up here and
there. The most important are those Tor sheriff
IN The place ~ Mr. brennan. Jud.pn Jarvis Is
the candidate Of the latter, who threatens lually
and positively to don his armor aud ran aiuuck
among party ORGANIZATIONS " this Is not con-
: coded. But It won't be- ami he won do H.. lie
never docs aud never VIII. In the bad old times
the powerful Matthew threatened to n,ht the
theu existing ogarchy VI he had not this ur TIA
Numbered, but the master spirits of those times
never unid anv attention To him. They even
bundled him ign, miniuunIy out ~ The Comp
la ll hn a 4nh.tflfH .p A UNX
! ser after ~ has had ~ rpurt aud settled down
. to chewing whatever bone they might he willin:
, To- throw MIN. Now. however. he NAV a,'rcw lts
. GO .r.Ec up 10 tao sticking potht. lie ud~ the
power 90 smash thin,s. kslly f. only "pAiu' od
/ ur The ward leaders. lie has no quiliic Il Hus
cutitliug him "a rule 80 dcsDut,, ally - lie de
meutahle fail are. aud his reform efforts wcrc
utVcr heard uf t,h ali,r TIE Ring were routed
ana the Once Of Shr-iG b. one that u is nlclssnt
10 have ia the family. O'Br.cn 1t IL said. made
Bgrnnan viii sUh1lif K.Uy and Green and
IitNrutgrr are t.p ituch tur him: they will not
, ptv hi' h,iis rna rra, even rr'r.inf" MIN out
ut t'lc Did kiu-. anu hc Will probably W .Ao. ll
T M mind g. Pee qmrt anu accept tDr candidate
Tia. candidate o, a now man to Tdmma y
, Two Ncnrs az nc Wa uuHn"vn in puut's.
ton. whore his hurly f~q1'" and bis voice and
positive manners made q good impression. Iir
- Wa Chairman % that faction ihr nr,t Year ~
, reform, wuru Il ran Iinmy % nficn aud JudE''
/ ltrrpff INTO Once. After that success he cast
his eyes longuglv on tho deiich's Of Iaminany,
aud 4om bu,se, tLo ouulpr' sent Thomas. ~ iu
: has made more political fortunes and belonged
! 70 more r"htlcal machines thtn any other nul
q ia the city, took him in ana did for him IoIi
e. wa Just then IN lantnany himself having be-.
. rr.r-MiHtd M ana h. smoothcd ihe way not
only for pracc but Tor love. between John Kelly,
Z king of the outs So Nickhan became dis
satisfied with the regularity OF Apollo Hall, and
= Denounced Olirien in a set speech. and resigned
7 with all manner Of theatrical effects ali "a hC
u was t"iu to do by his new friends and wils then
received into the loving fold of ~. Iammanl,
, The regular supporters ot thdt Old institution
I were little beiudded ~ this performance, hut
e they mad enuureu 80 many changes that they
i were ready Tor almost anything ana submitted
wtbau Ugh when Mickhim was set u uulg
J. over them. Kelly left hm In charge OF the
a entire narhine when he went 10 Eirop" witt
T only one direction g. obey lllNeneycr in H
things. lie accepted the trust with on,
II determination, 10 make himself Sacuu bJ any
j. means. And So h" ought, AMI n rght goo
g. sheriff he viii make, for he il bic and bolster
ous aud kind-heHrtcd and viii pocket his hal
million u wear like man, ana the old ia.nInauN
j. should not gruruble that an outsider carries of
% the PLAN OF the campaign, Tor no man TODAY t
agicAter stiokle l,r regularity than william n
MtCkhanl, Iamman, Hall candidate for herit
l- Of the county aun city uf New lorN.
l. John Foley II a candidate too. came nca
n flrs'ttiu- Joun Foley. Bat lie won't bee elected
D., SO I,'s nll the same. John L. one If the moe
y. amiahic aud long suffering mortals be IL tuor
q oughly sCriptural and loves " those who despite
fully use him lie gets betrayed and cheate,
q and sold uut on all sides. but Invariably come
a up smiling to be sold uu again. lie is The ptlnc
g owes his uumluuiiuu and election, and yet no
y even did h. make him Deputy Chamberlain
II lialloran, one II Focys admirers, was apppinte'
door keeper 10 Is true, but the salary il Onl,
"A Sl,.u0, ana 1 submit that that IL too cheup Ia
4 Foley. llavemeyer is not much ON gratitude
eelng that The Favor uo dad the CIty IA Cuusgu guuu
to bc lt- Mayor cannot uc lNcrc-tuuatrd and rc
leases him from all personal obligations, but h,
d not mind making promises, So he promise,
T.. Foley the Iammany nomination for ShuuT hi
d fall Hence all the excitement about the ParK la
= bOrcrs hence too the revival OF the dead and de
I funct and siN months barred form organization
J. which only had one member AT last accounts
and that was Foley and hence all the mistakc ci
d activity the ablest Of pen makers but poorest o
politicians Ia making at this moment, lie vii
d need all his philosophy when the time Of hi
awakening comes, \ CALM OBSERVER
e NEW lOHK, July 10, 1873
THE THIRD TERM.