The Portland daily press., 1875-10-26

sways the Democratic legions, it is utterly I'M
possible to conjecture. The registration Just
completed does not afford any indication OF es-
pecial vitality among the classes most likely to
be hostile to Tammany tyranny. In the AS
sembly district which embraces Murray Hill
and a large part of Fifth Avenue there is .
falling off of 258 in an aggregate of $500 from
the registry of last year, when at least fifteen
per cent. OF the voters neglected to enroll their
names This looks as if the apathy which is SO
favorable to the Democratic cause was as prev
alent as it usually is unless the Island gets
shaken by some tremendous CONFUSION. Sup
posing there are to be 10000 votes polled, of
which in ordinary times the Democrats can
command 81, 900 easily enough if they only vote
once piece, there must be something over
10000 captured from the indictments, to COM
pass the defeat of Tammapy. If the thing is
accomplished it will be principally the work OF
the Germans. To judge by the way the
Sachems have snubbed Mr.. Ottendorfer one
might suppose they deemed his following of
small account. If that Is so it is not creditable
to our Teutonc citizens for he is thoroughly
upright, just and excellent gentleman, and re-
fleets honor upon his countrymen. He may
make mistakes of judgment but L would as
soon trust his motives as those. of any man
among us.
wish it were. and hope it maybe possible
to check the power of Tammany. Such abso-
lutism of domination as its chief is vested with
is not in harmony with the spirit of free ipsti-
buttons. If it were at all necessary that sub
lection to individual will should be SO complete
! should as lief have JoHN'KELLY for dictator
as any body / can think of. 1t is not Of
the man but of the system L complain. dare
say the current caricatures of pen ard pencil
have impressed many of your readers with the
idea that Kelly is very much the sort of per-
son that Tweed was. They could not possibly
be victims to grosser deception Writing
from the stand point of a personal acquain lance
of more than twenty years, can vouch for his
integrity of character and blamelessness ct life.
1t was because the followers of Tammany felt
the need of publication that they placed him
at their head. He is a man of imperious will
and no little self consciousness but no human
being can point to any act of his life which i'm
peaches his honesty or good faith. To my
mind the grayest objection to his leadership in
municipal politics is that local self govern
ment will soon be ridiculous farce. il we are
to succumb to mere individual rule.
"when could they say, till now, that talk'd Of Rome
That her wide walls encompassed but one man."
Our Brooklyn neigbbors are growing FESTIVE
under the same kind of tyranny. Gen. Slo.
GUMS striking exhibitions Of the insolence of
the chief of their Ring towards Mayor Hunter
and himself will shed a flood of light upon the
methods by which the affairs of great cities are
managed. Dynastes have always been over
thrown by the audacity with which they have
pursued their objects. after long period of
undisputed sway. The Democracy across the
river have carried things with high hand for
many years. Feeling secure behind a reliable
majority of ten thousand strong they have gone
TO such lengths, that it is quite among the pos
sibilities that they have at last provoked an
outbreak which will destroy their mastery. At
least let US hope so, for unless these compact
"Rings'' are broken the experiment of popular
government in large cities must be pronounced
melancholy failure. YARMOUTH.