The New York herald., 1876-09-17

up candidate The fight for this oiice promises
to DO more holly contested At the polls
than tina, tor any other otnce, provided the
two leading candidates now IN the Held se-
cure the nomination Of their respective par
ties There are two candidates The republican side,
ex-Collector Tom Murphy and Alderman jacob Hess.
The former for long time past has been pulling all
the necessary wires 10 the price, and is now
said that he has the inside track Colonel William r.
Roberts Will be the Tammany nominee; and II there
should be third Candidate in the field tho race be-
tween the ex-Collector and the sxCongressman will
DO one OF tho lveliest ever seen in this CITY,
coSGRKssAEx
II 10 understood that ali the democratic Con ngress-
men from the city will be renominated by Tammsny,
not even excepting Mr. Hewitt, for whom Mr.. Kelly
cnortains no particular love since the ST. Louis Con-
venton. Mr. Willis may possibly find some difficulty
In getting renominaed but the asprants Tor his place
OF such little importance the ''grasshoppcr dis
trlct that II he sets his mind on denomination 1t
will DO his in the long run.
coRoSERA
Coroners Woman, Eickhou and Croker, whose
terms expire on the 3lst of December are all ANXIOUS
three will b. graihed but Croker, In the opinion OF
those whose opinion Is Of weight ia the Iammany
councs will not be that one. The difficulty he got
into election day two ago and hs trial for muir
der yet too fresh IN the public mind TO make II
polic for fammany to renominate him. In the words
OF one OF the leaders, "Hs nomination would draw TOO
hot fire from tho enemy" Nicholas Muller is u can
didate. and his friends working hard Tor him. 1t IS
believed that George W. Morton viii put in his claim
tor OF the three vacancies. his strongest claim
Will probably be that he defeated for Coroner last
year and is entitled 10 second chance Alderman
bodies III an official capacity but AS he halls from the
samc Senatorial district AS william Il. Roberts ho Will
have chance OF nomination II Nj Roberts Is nom
mated as County Clerk.
ALDERMEN.
All the Aldermen, democrats well as republicans,
candidates Tor reelection. jeremiah kcnneick is
seeking a nomination in tho Fourth Senatorial dis
trlct desirous, doubtless, OF succeeding Sevin who
elected BY the board Ill tho vacancy occasoned
by the death OF Lysaght
THE AssEMBLYMIN.
AS yet very little is known 70 what will be done In
the various Assembly districts SO far as the nomina
tioLs tor the Assembly are concerned In some dis
trics the democrats Will try 10 concentrate their
strength upon one candidate instead oil irttering 1t
away as they did many instances at the last eec-
ton, and thus aiding the election OF the republican
candidates 1t is pretty certain that me following
democrats will be renomna,ed John Calvin in tho
Third. Matthew Pattcn in the sixth, Shepherd D Hare
in the Eighteenth and Joseph Falon IN the Twenty first
Michael Madigan, James Heay ana Colonel Michael o.
Murphy, democrats, are candidates IN the FIRST and
there Is strong probability that II Murphy, who IS an
antrTammany man, runs he Will DO indorsed by the
republicans, which would secure his election 1t Is
more than probable that he could carry the district
against Tammany Hull without republican aid. Dr.
Hayes, oil tho Seventh. Charles a. Peabody, OF the
Eleventh, Robert II. Strahan of the Thirteenth, aud
William ). Grail OF the Seventeenth republicans, will
In all probability, be renomnatsd Their nomination
will be equivalent to an election though If the demo
cratic faction In the Seventeenth reconcile their der
cnces they trying TO, Graf may have an uphill
Job OF IT, In the Eighth, Tenth aud Twelfth, which
were represented by republicans last session,
tho republicans are casting about rather wildly for
good candidates, as the record OF the three
gentlemen from these districts in the last Legislature
not exactly such as to eptfe them TO renomna-
ton. If they should be renominaed they deserve 10
be defeated The knowledge ot the past will, no doubt,
in long rum induce the republicans in The districts
question to put up their very strongest men, In the
Sixteenth George Y. Whits0n, antl-Tammany, will
again run. II Is doubtful whether the individual who
represented The Fifteenth last winter will be
iuated by Tammany Hail. AS things look now, Joseph
Blumcnthal, who, in 1873, was the chairman OF the
Committee of seventy IN the Legislature, will be tho
democratic nominee.
lis yet an open question who will 10 the nominee
(,ry E.ftl htotr In linn Mr. Rnnth
lately deceased.