The New York herald., 1877-11-04
TWO ARMIES AT BAY.
Both Sides Confident of Victory
on Tuesday Next.
TAMMANY AND HER ANTI"
Record Of a Days Campaigning
The List of Candidates.

commanders sounding shrilly through camp and de-
Ole, have brought upon tho held compact hosts and
well disciplined regiments Two days only remain Tor
active campaign service: then comes tho clash OF
party steel The wild uuerances OF tho dema.
gogue tho doubtful prophecies OF tho parti-
san may dwarf for timo speculation as
to the main controversy but the voters Of
the metropolis look upon the fight In its important
sense and no other. Tho campaign may have purely
political complexion, but tho underlying groundwork
OF attack aud defence really tho downfall
victory OF Tammnny Hail. Leaders ana wirepullers
OF the wigwam understand the situation thoroughly
in this respect From the redoubtablo "Boss" him.
self down TO the mercst rammapy ward hero all
girded their loius for hand-tp hand struggle. The
Seventh Senatorial district has become the Shipka
Pass OF tho present conflict. Morrisseys red flag ut-
tcrs dcnanty from tho Ashland House, while Scholl's
Tammany banncr shakes out its folds from tho hcad
quarters In Twenty eghtb<strcat The cleaning scm-
tar OF Major General Green Is drawn against the
who replaced him In tho Comptrollers oflco after
nvo yoars struggle against political thieves while the
republican battaons are drawn up In calm expccta-
tion, ready march tho fcd support the in
dependent democratic cgon-tho Bixby snaner con-
tingcnt aud German landwehr directed by Brigadier
Generals Hess, Doschcr, Koch, Goebel and others
As peaceful Sabbath opens this morning tho watch
nres burning brightly all last night fade out with the
returning light Tonight and tomorrow night they
they Will burn with renewed vgor. Both sides hope
TO cxclaim Tuesday night when the result Of the
election Is known
Our co'ors do return In those hands
That did display them when We hrst marched forth.
rAMMAxy's DANGER.
1t is generally conceded that If Tammany Hall
should DO beaten next Tuesday her prestige and
strength will receive formidable II fatal check
Should hor county ticket bo defeated Il Is probable
that the control OF tho Board Of Aldermen 60
her opponents-a powerful stumbling block in the
distribution Of Tammany's patronage. With
Comptroller Green President Of the Board and
member OF tho Boar3 OF Apportionment most dan.
gerous foe to Tammany would be placed in power AS
tho last mentioned Board now stands It
Is purely and simply q Tammany machine
Mayor Ely Ia the only Independent spirit
among tho members. Tho othcrs hold thor Offices
because OF tho will Of Tammnny. No matter how
anxious Mr. Ely may be to rectty abuses cut down
expenses, he oun be circumvcncd by the vote OF hrs
three colleagues. n Green should be elected mem.
Der Of tho Board OF Apportonment then Mayor Ely
would certainly ally In the work OF
reduction and reform. Governor Robinson, too, in
OF his veto messages last wnter, laid considerable
stress upon the Importance he attached advice
coming from tho local authorities in legislative mat.
ters Tho present Board OF Aldermen is also Tam
many machN in tho strictcst sense tho term
Some OF It's peculiar pastimcs have been tho 'breakng
OF jaws making Of buncombe speeches tho draw
ing OF exorbitant salarica Each member receives
$4,000 per annum for his extraordinary
services The President is paid $1,000 extra
Twenty-Five members, therefore, receive $50, ,0)0
nuay, and tho total estimate for this year up to
$ll45 An idea prevails that if the people OF this
city taxed $780, 900 pay Board OF Alder
men and bevy OF clerks librarians, 60, It would be
we'll to have tho work done inteligenty and re-
specially, and not conducted a machine to grind
out patronage and places for political organ zaton.
Tho fight, then, upon the political complexion OF
this body is certainly very important one in view OF
the present aspect Of public affairs in this city. Tam
many's danger now Ios moro the result OF this
struggle than In that OF any other
coNsTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
The combination party in its has taken par
tcuiar pains TO be placed squarey the record in
tho matter of the dsranchslng clause the cons,i-
iutional amendments. They state their fol-
iows:"The people must bear in mind that tho oGlccrs
upon the combination ticket In opposition to
Tammany Hall bear relation 10 tho question OF tho
constitutional amendments and will have voice in
regard to them greater than any individual voter
when tho same shall be submitted. II at all. 10 tho
people. Tho cry set up by John Kelly and his co.
horts in Tammany Hall that tho opposition arc at
tempting 10 disranchlso the people is deception and
fraud practised by him ana them to divert the public
md nothing but effort to obtain votes for Tam
m any tcket by false pretences."
On tho other hand, Tammany orators insist upon il
that tho Acknowledgement proposition is really
prominent of this canvass, that tho republican
party has identified itself with 1t In the Legislature,
that tho combination party being composed prin-
cpaliy republicans should takc whatever OF or
or oboquy that may bc attached 10 tho amendments.
Then ,oo Tammahy points to the ominous fact tina, 1t
was solely by republican votes that the amendments
through tho last Legislature. Tammapy, conse.
qucnily, these grounds claims TO be the main
stumbling in the way OF preventing tho election
ofa republican Senate and Assembly, which will sond
these amendments before tho people TO he accepted
rejected, as tho case may be, IN tho fall tf 1878.
''Retrenchmcnti and sReiorm" also chief rally
Ing CRIES in our local campaign. The combinations
endcavor to turn the tables tne advcrsarics by
citing the following extracts from letter written by
Comptroller Kelly to tho ctzcrs' meeting at stem.
way Hall:-"ln my department, for example, find
that my predecessor used the pruning knife of reform
with an unsparing hand In reducing salaries and gen.
orally the reductions mado by him leave no margin
tor rctrenchmcnt In this item Of expenditure In the
Finance Department without infctiug manifold n.
Justice upon faithful and cilcicnt public servants"
cKMENriSG THE FORCES.
During the past week IL feared that wran Cling
in the various Aldcrmanc districts among the out
sdcrs might result IN dong considerable damage to
this year by candidates to places the com.
binaton ticket With proper management and CO.
heslon success seems almost certain. Taking into
consideration tho present complexion OF tho public
mind the comblnatonists claim that they eau secure
the follow ing members oil tho Com moo Counc:-
-Four Aldermen .at Iarec-Andrcw II. Green, Joseph
G. Pinckncy, William II. Gedncy ana Louis VI.
Doschcr; two In the Fourth senate DISTRICT Dennis
Burns aud Roday s. Brasscl Its possible that John
Robinson, republican, or Bryan Rcilly, democrat may
bo elected In place OF either OF these two Reily's
career IN tho Board oi Aldermen has gwen hm
strength among the worknpmcn OF the dis
trIct he 10, In consequence, likely 10
secure u largo vote both from Tammany and anti
Tammany, although running as an independent can
dldato Two In the Fifth John j. Morris and
John w. Jacobus Two In tho Sixth, Ferdinand Ebcr.
hard and Frederick Finck. One IN tho SEVENTH Ber-
nurd IIiglin. Three IN tho Eighth, Henry q. Pcrley,
Lewis j. Philips and Terence Kiernan. This would
give the opposition 10 Tannany fourteen votes out Of
the twenty. As twelve are only required cap.
ture the Aldermanic organization IL Will DO seen that
the hopes OF tho combnaoniss are not ny any means
visionary IN this rcspec. Taking such an egtimato