New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-10-20
THE LOCAL POLITICAL SITUATION.

Mr.. John Kelly abdcates. He surrendered
his candidate for the Presidency, surrendered
his candidate for the GovernOrshp has now
surrendered his candidate for the Mayoralty,
and has come out of the Tammany Convention
with Just one candidate whom he can fairly
call his own. Mr.. Kelly has been able to
nominate Mr.. Richard Croker for Coroner. 1t
is now time for him to so to Europe.
Tammany Hall has put up iirst-rate candl-
date for Mayor. Mr.. Smith Ely, ir, has held
many public positions, and has come out OF
all of them with increased public respect. lie
is respectable, capable experienced. and honest.
He belongs to an old New-YOrk family, is
identified with the history of the city,
and would make credltabe Mayor.
Surrogate Calvin is renominatcd for the
Office which he now fills. Before taking it
he had made an unfortunate decision against
the city as referee but as Surrogate his con-
duct has been excellent. He is the object
of malicious attack from spiteful little people
whose private schemes he has not furthcrcd,
and it is quite probable that their hostility
Will cause him to run behind his ticket. The
nomination for Sheriff is respectable, and Is
of course an appeal to the Irish vote. MI.
GumbletOn, the nominee for County Clerk, Is the
present Deputy, and his long and good service
would make the promotion seem wise The
nomination Of Richard Croker for Coroner IS
one not fit to be made. 1t is known that Mr..
Smith Ely appealed TO John Kelly to abandon
it. that Kelly clung to Croker as his sheet
anchor, and that Mr.. Ely was compelled TO
submit. lie will probably yet sec cause to
regret that he did.
The nominations by Tammany Hall probably
make it impossible for the Irving Hall faction
to support any part of the ticket; and Dem
ocratic union on the local candidates seems
therefore out Of the question OBricn and
his followers remain in the market for pur-
chase at the hands of the highest of the only
two bidders now lcft-thc Republicans and
Mr.. Green with his contractors, taxpayers,
blind men, and what not associations.
1t seems to us that the true policy Of the
Republicans is to stop bidding at once and
let Mr.. Green, Mr.. OttendOrfer, and Mr.. OT'ricn
nut their ticket in the field. The proposition
to give the Republican Endorsement to Green
and O'Bricn in order to beat Tammany Hall
appears now prepOsterous. To support Green
against Smith Ely with the idea Of thereby
hurting Tildcn, would be asnine. In all New
York Tildcn has not 30 intimate or devoted a
friend as Andrew II. Green. If the Repub-
lcans want to run him for Mayor because they
consider him the best man in the city for the
place, that is one thing:-if they want to run
HIM because they think it shrewd party strategy,
that is another and much less sensible thing.
So far as their party chances are concerned 1t
would seem much more likely now that their
National and State candidates would be helped
by an out-and-out Republican city ticket, with a
fair recognition upon it of the German element,
which Tammany has ignored. In any case,
they will gain nothing by uniting with persons
like O'Brien to elect Tilden's most intimate
friend, in the hope Of hurting Tilden's chances.