The New York herald., 1875-12-01
cne speakership-Tamm Stock
DeclinIng.

Randall. The withdrawal of Mr.. Wood is q
good symptom, even if he should stand neu-
trail between the remaining candidates. 1t
has long been well known, both to himself
and his friends, that Tammany looked upon
his pretensions with extreme disfavor, as an
obstacle in the way Of Mr.. Kerr. His sup
porters were necessarily anti-Kerr men, or,
at least, had no predileetions for the Indiana
claimant, and they are pretty sure to cast
persuasion from Mr.. Wood. The fact
of his withdrawal will cause the
transfer of their support to some
other competitor of the Tammany candidate.
If there were any doubt Of this Mr.. Wood
ought to relinquish his neutral attitude and
give his active influence to Mr. Randall.
Mr.. Wood is shrewd and sagacious No man
has more thorough knowledge of the Tam
many intrigues in relation to the Speaker
ship which have been on foot for the last
four months. He also knows how weak and
odious Tammany has become here in New
York. He has witnessed the abortive attempt
to give it a varnish of responsibility since
the disgrace which overlook it in the Ring
exposures has seen its ignominious defeat
in the late election; knows that the people
repudiate and detest it, and that
no public man can hereafter link his
fortunes with that odious organization
without bringing destruction upon himself
We are confident that he will not vote for Mr.
Kerr and that if he does make decided OPP
position to him it is only because he thinks
he can rely on the known bias of his friends.
Mr.. Cox still remains in the field, but he
also knows that the strongest opposition to
his aspirations has proceeded from Mr.. Kerrs
New York supporters, and that he went
against the wishes of Tammany in becoming
a candidate. When he releases his friends
from their pledges of support, it is quite un-
likely that they will go straight into the
camp of his most insidious foes. Mr.. Cox
has encountered no such hostility in any
other quarter as has been steadily made by
Mr.. Kerr's Tammany adherents. Aside
from these personal motives Mr.. Cox's
Ohio friends will strenuously oppose MIR.
Kerr on principle, preferring any other can
didate to the favorite, the prot6gf and the
ally of the sinking Tammany clique of the
New York democracy. Mr.. Kerrs Tammany
connections, now that the facts are becoming
known in Washington, damage him immeas-
urably. We copy the following paragraph
from Washington despatch to the Conmer-
cidl Aduertiser:-
The current is setting in stronger every hour for
Randall The revelations in regard to Boss Kelys
yzff ta nd last ygtfh
has not improved the Hoosier's chances II Is said
that Wash" Mclean met Kelly on his way, and
adroitiy drew from him the object of his mission
Kelly admitted that Tilden had induced him TO make
the visit and to give Kerr the assurance that Tammany
Hall and the New York delegation would be unit for
him. Mclean at the time ntmated TO Kelly that Til
den could not deliver all be promised and intimated
that Elijah Ward and Abram 5. Hewitt would not con-
sent to be sold out by Ilden Kelly expressed the be-
lief that Tlden could and the parties parted at Cncn
natl The story IS made much OF here, as indicating
Tilden's sharp practice in political trckery. Kerr IS
now labelled the Tammany candidate.
At the time when the Grand Sachem went
West to negotiate with Mr.. Kerr this gentle
man doubtless lent reader ear to the
Tammany seductions than he would do at
present if he were not committed to this
'sentangling alliance" Last summer, at the
time of that visit, the hopes of Tammany
We're high. It was counting on q majority of
seventy thousand in the State, and anybody
who had suggested that it could not even
carry the city would have been laughed at
by the bargaining 'Boss" as a political
lunatic The oyer-confdent Grand Sachem
then fancied that he had everything in his
gift-the city Offices, State Offices the Speak
ership and tie Presidential nomination.
This secret mission to Indiana was his first
al -
an ingenious process Of counting chick
ems before they were hatched he had
convinced himself Of an overwhelming ma
jority in New York, and supposed this castle
in the clouds afforded a solid support for the
lever by which Tammany would move the
was to 60 out Of the State and make Speaker;
the next was to make a President The po-
litical sky has changed since those bright
summer dreams. Tammany has been de-
feated, disgraced and well nigh demolished
by great uprising Of the people against it,
and its attempt to dictate the politics Of the
nation when its dictation has been spusned
under the shadow Of Tammany Hall itself is
a vain ambition.
1t is unfortunate for Mr.. Kerr that he got
decoyed into such an entanglement The
Speakership is not place adapted to his
talents, and, up to recent period, he has
been for many years in infrm health. He
might again break down in SO trying and
arduous position, if he could succeed in
gaining it. But he is in no danger from that
source. This is an unlucky business for
him, because his first conspicuous appear
ance in national politics is made under such
bad auspices. Deluded by the false appear
ances Of midsummer he has launched his
ship on a sinking tide. His candidature was
movement Of New York politicians in the
interest of q New York candidate for the
I2rnridnncr and Mr. Kerr Wa urnri1r