The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-10-15


or n6abitaIfts by oficers selected through univer-
while IN the Legsla ure. OF having separate cleo.
tions. TO be held IN the spring OF each year, for
State elections AZ we may also witness this year
candidates for charter offices riding into once not
but, perhaps, on questions as 10 the policy OF the
| national government concerning the State OF
louisiana or some other national Issue that should
| not IN any way influence or control the voter
| when he Is voting to select municipal officers. /
believe the sentiment OF large portion OF the
publican voters OF this city Is and that 1t will force
their leaders to sustain any responsible or COM
petent democrat. who may be nominated in oppo-
| do not believe there Ia any cnance for repup-
lican candidate for Mayor in any contingency. The
than the republican vote. 1t is an impossiplity TO
elect republican candidate for Mayor In this city
WITH 80 oyeswnelmng democratic majority and
as the movement against Tammany among the
democrats prompted BY good motives as general
Il can only speak Tor myself. have not at
tempted TO enter Tammany Hail since 1870, when
the old Ring and the Tammany sachems closed
the doors against the majority OF the General
Committee. ! am opposed to the sworn secret
ciety, where seven sachems hold and control the
building and have the power to disband q general
committee whenever they can't control It, Thus
BRICKS AND MORTAR, NOT BRAINS,
sa sen ee
up and disbanded when the old Ring was driven
rom power. know Of no one in the movement
against Tammany to-day who would take seat
with John Kelly and John Morrissey in the Gen.
erai Committee II It was oflered. Now, far
rom being sOrehead myself, the local leaders
have rendered me the nomination for Congress-
which peremptoriy declined, preferrtng to night
can render some assistance to the citizens OF New
York by forming political organization to place
such man as William Butler duncan John K.
these gentlemen would consolidate our city debt
and negotiate with bankers abroad for funding 1t,
suffers 50 much rom oppressive taxation on it's
real estate as ours. This Affects the tenant as
@ a. whole 1Ssee% ~ 81 price
and an outrage on the working classes,
perpetrated by the LEGISLATURE Of the State. The
poor mans twenty-five loot front lot and two story
stockholder. and pondnoider with millions
penny towards the expenses q the State ana ets
governments. In Pennsylvania Ex-Governor Cur
taxation on real property. Personal taxation
alone pays the entire expenses OF the government
the dwellings, OF the poor are respectable and COM
Portable, while our working classes are huddled
mere IN SIX story barracks not IT ior human beings
manded. In this State there is three times the
amount OF personal property that there Is in Penn
competent and experienced men at the head Of our
who would anss Ike Bs5ps 4 81 UT; ana COM
rel ma ias.ssss: g change our az II Sxs Why Wy
real estate should not be entirely exempt from
any tax whatever, And let ne sayin this conpec-
Of the mr. sche vino
is used as hgurehead Of the Tammany tribe. and
conventions is but another proof that shows how
the people who follow the present Tammany leaders
iesensasive Of railway i IN this co9
try whose capital Is counted by hundreds Of NIL
on 81 aud an %nSs soe Gy
New York Central and Hudson River Rail-
road Company, whose stocks and bonds exceed
sworn afiidavit that the Company pay their "a tax
at ALBANY, which they claim is their headquarters,
lar arldavit can be shown that exempts them
there, on the plea that they pay their tax IN New
quality Of taxation in our State. The amount Of
personal property in stocks and bonds Of railway
and other corporations that escapes taxation must
exceed the entire assessed valuation of real
1T is Said MI. Dreamer, that no anti. Tammany
What aH Sn aRe Of ias rom
..John Kelly and John Morrissey." was the reply,
gross insult the irish voters Of this city to cast
Character. No class Of Citizens have shown them.
selves to be more independent In the selection OF
THE IRIsH-AMERrcAN CITIZENS,
Of such men Is Kelly and Morrlssey, nor are they
controlled by feelings OF nationality. Witness
the case OF Mr.. Lawrence two years ago when run
ming Tor Mayor carrying the First Fourth, sixth
Mr.. O'Brien an Irtshmsn. The danger to be ap-
pretended by anttTammany democrats Ia not
wno while talking politics in clubs and denounc-
ing everything In connection with the government
and prephesying the fall OF republican institutions,
never take the trouble to register or vote on the
10 speaking q the charges made against Mr.:
have no fight against Mr.. Kelly or Mr.. Morrissey
personally, but politically ! deny their right
dictate who shall be our city onicers. Politicians
and public men are so in the habit OF throwing mud
made without any foundation, that It would Ss re-
quire stronger evidence than any that has as yet
Sn me a s Past to
corrupt. Mr.. Horrissey surely Is not, as, believe
he simply uses his power TO gain notoriety. to ad
party by claiming TO be one Of Its leaders. But all
intelligent men must admit that, II the reform
Ing the past three years Is to produce no better
results than
TRH REIGN OF KELLY AND xoRRrssEY,
the republican form Of government for o city Is o
failure, which win surely believe If people at
the coming election will not resent the insult
the city BY the nominations they nave recently
made al their conventions" MI. Dreamer con.
were IN earnest and that no PACK steps could
be taken. They would not be lacking In funds and
pendehce 81 party next elections and secure good
men for ONCE they would not have to blame the
Independents FOR lack Of interest In the pubic
welfare or for having put bad men In the field.
Tho independently Caucus Yesterday.
the conference committee appointed by the
German democratic organization which nominated
Ottendorfer for Mayor on Monday evening and the
conference committee appointed by the anti.Tam-
many democrats who met on the same evening at
Demonico's held private caucus at the Palette
Club, in Twenty second street, near Broadway,
ro
liberals present also, headed by General John Coch-
rane, Thomas E. Stewart and ex-Police Commits.
soner Manterre Among those present were
Thomas J. Dreamer, Denis Burns, Alderman Van
schaick ex-Alderman Hardy, Alderman McCanrey,
ex.Speaker Hickman, Theodore GIaubensklee,
Morris Ettinger, Nelson J. waterbury, George
Beatty and William W. Niles. Mr.. Dreamer pre-.