Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-09-22

contractors and Tammany faction
a They are mainly concentrated
D Albany, and there they have onl
J the Hessian-like and unreliable SUI
| port that is secured by money.
: THE TANIdANY WARRIORS.
! The most effective allies Of III
canal contractors party in the "ne'
ticket policy are undoubtedly th
Tammany Democrats, who are wha
is called i'm "good standing" wit
the leadership of the organization
The Tammany opposition to til
present State officers grows out 3
various causes, but its main incent
i've is not generally understood
There is Il desire on the part of tn
Tammany leaders to crnsh out O
political existence in the State al
who were prominent in defeatin.
Iammany's attempt to kill Mr.
T1lden at st. Louis, Just as there i.
a desire in that organization to crusf
out of political existence i'm the city
all who refuse to obey Tammany'.
dictatorial mandates in local affairs
There is a special VindictiVenes.
against the present Attorney Gene.
raj because he did not act i'm accord.
ance with the wishes and mysteri-
Gus policy of Tammany i'm the mat
ter of Tweed's release. But Tam
many's earnest desire for a "new
ticket" and especially for a new
Attorney General, is said to be
principally traceable to a scheme
connected with the enormously val
liable patronage Of the courts. 1t is
notorious among the members OF
the New York Bar that receiver
ships and referees under certain
Judges revolve in a select and limited
circle drawn from a centre to cir
cumference limited by Tammany.
These receiverships generally in
volve heavy counsel fees, and it is
alleged that a scrutiny of the firms
employed when the receivers are
appointed by certain judges will
show clearly Tammany's influence
in the matter. Now, Attorney Cen
eral Fairchild has been made ac-
quainted with some proceedings, Of
which he does not approve, in rela-
ton to receiverships, and in one case
has been impelled to vacate an order
placing a solvent firm in the hands
of a receiver for some technical Vio-
lation of law after a New York
judge who made the order had re-
fused to Vacate it. 1t is known that
the Attorney General, i'm cOnse-
quence of this and other equally sin
gular cases, has been disposed to
select his judges in future where
large receiverships are in question.
If a new Attorney General should be
favorably disposed toward the al
legged court "ring" those who are
interested in it would possess a placer
more valuable than worked by the
old Tammany managers. The earn
est desire of Tammany to get pos
session of all the New York Judge
ships, civil and criminal, is well
known to the citizens of the me-
trOpOlis, and if to these the Attorney
General of the State could be added
the mine would be ineXhaustible.
WILL TAAINIANY SUCCEED?
AS the Tammany leaders are thus
resolved to drive out of Office all the |
old State officers except Mr.. Olcott, |
the Comptroller, it becomes of inn |
portance to inquire whether the |
whole of the Tammany delegation |
will gain admission to the coming |
State Convention, or whether the |
great strength of New York's vote
will be broken by the admission of |
q portion of the anti-Tammany |
delegation. 1t does not seem at all |
probable that the anti-Tammany, or
in6nnnn1ntaf xsts1I ha fcr
nored after the action Of the last
State Convention, even leaving out |
of the question the evident policy
Of the friends of the present State
whose interests will, of /
course, be promoted by the admis-
sion of the anti-Tammany dele
gates. AT the last State Convention
of the representation on
the floor was given to the independ-
ent democracy of the city and two
thirds to the Tammany Democracy,
while on the State General Conn
mittee out of the seven members
from New York city four were
accorded to Tammany and three
TO the independent Democrats. The
Tammany members are Henry
from the Sixth Congress
siOnal District; Sheriff Bernard
Reilly, from the Seventh; Edward
l.. DOnnelly, from the Eighth, and
John Kelly, from the Eleventh.
The independent, or anti-Tammany
are Edward Cahill, from
the Fifth District; Henry Murray,
from the Ninth, and Peter Howe,
from the Tenth. Mr.. ID. Magone,
Jr., is Chairman, and Mr.. Edgar p.
Apgar is Secretary of the committee.
Now, if the General Committee
wishes the nomination of the present
State officers, it will, of course, favor
the admission of a representation
Of the anti-Tammany Democrats
10 the Convention at least equal to
heir representation on the State
Committee, or three-sevenths Of the
whole number of delegates. AS the
Committee selects the tenn
DOrary officers of the Convention,
md as the temporary President
appoints the Committee on Con-
yested Seats, il can readily be seen
hat the General Committee has il
n its power TO settle the question of
from New York city i'm
such manner as it may please. A
of the General Committee
5 said to favor the continuance Of
he present State officers i'm power,
n accordance with Governor Rob
nson's wishes; but as the vote on
his point may be close, the position
If the three anti-Tammany menu
)ers of the committee from New
York becomes Of much interest and
As Mr.. f.. Cahill, the
from the Fifth Congress
ionsl District, is now at the Grand
Union Hotel, the Herald cores
)ondent sought his opinion on these
points.
HOW ANTI-TAAiMANY WILL STAND
ON THE GENERAL COMMITTEE.
"The anti-Tammany members Of
he General Committee" said Mr..
JahilI, ''are i'm favor of studying the
wishes of Governor Robinson and
the present State officers,
lis associates, in power; but they
will be guided in their action as to
he temporary organization of the
State Convention by the disposition
ihOwn by the friends Of the State
,iiicers to do full justice to the indie
democracy of the city"
"You will demand the admission
If u portion Of your delegation to
he Convention"
D