The New York herald., 1878-10-25
CLOSING UP THE LINES.
Tammany and Her Foes Preparing
for the Great Conflict.
A GLANCE OVER THE FIELD.
Each Side Confident that Victory Will
Perch on Its Banner.
FUN AHEAD IN THE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS

The turmoil OF political discussion grows In intsn-
siiy the day OF election draws nearer Each side
presagss victory tor itself and argue deermihcdy
why such earnest claims arc put forward. Tammany
Hall enters tho Eight with the prestige Of regularity
and the strength engendersd by compact and well
organized party. The combn atoniss stand to heir
guns shetted TO tho muzxlc with the ammunition
brought for~ ard by six
city democracy, county democracy and Irving Hall
democracy, 9erman independents and branch OF the
gresnback party. Tammany,es assert tina. such con-
Riomsra,ion Of csnssndins interests cannot be held
together, even by the most strenuous exsrions until
the 9th OF November. They state that war wagsd
solely Tor the purpose OF snatch,ng patronage and
power from the regular democratic organiz nization OF
this county Will not be successful. eta@3
.why not :" aTammany leader asked yestsr-
day. he puned fragrant cigar the stsps OF the
Fourteenth street Wiswam. 1E~
swell. the people Of Now York not ready to
radically change ana disrupt tho city government AZ
this time, when everything goes on 10 we'll. comp
troilor Kelly reduced taxes Tho chanoes
tnat win have city deb Al all alter the next ten
years. There Is marked Improvement in the class
OF men holding Offices in tho city sinos the
days OF Tweed. II the outsiders are success.
fu We will soon have everything discrgan,zed.
ALREADY thsre are sgns OF dissatisfaction among tho
anti-rammauy ties and republicans toward the May
orally combinaton nominee Many republicans
openly declare that thoy will Tot vote for him. Somc
oi tho anttTammany people argue that they have
nothing TO gain Wy placing Mr. Cooper In the execu-
two char. Tney say that the genllsma an has done
nothing for them In sho Department Pubic Works
ali the summer. II being well known that he con-
troiled tho patronage there" gs##4 l.,W al4a.sa
''Are tnsse the only arguments a. yet brought for
ward by fammany Hall against Mr.. "COPPER""
"somo documents will be issued In low days con-
tanning damaging facts. In 1871 Messs Tiden Cooper
Green and others destroyed the Tweed thevea To-
day these gsntsmon oonsorting with several
OF the thieves Tor the purpose OF fighting Comptroller
Kelly" Us. v ~ rrc,4 4s aGF
The Tammanyitc, who again converted last night
with the HERALD representative, called attention 10
tho lao. tnat Mr.. Cooper with others. had induced
Governor Robinson 70 veto the Hayes Finance bill as
originally introduced whIoh would saved, he
alleges, the taxp yers ABOUT 5000 900 annually.
Tnis was rue gossip gwen OUT from rammany Hall
by her aiiies yesterday afternoon and evening
0THEk su se enef4a
Tho comOinatonlstS and talk A. IL VIC
tory already lay witnn their grasp beyond pcraaven.
ture. Dir. Eiward Cooper has hrs private hssd.
quarters at tho Westminster Hotel anu from TINS
locality will despatched ali Instructions and gem
era orders TO ward and district leaders. Political
courers Will pe canstauIiy iu aiteudance TO ward
aespalcaes sloug line. thorough system OF DIS
cpiine viii oe tsbshed ana the sie symptom
OF fsacnsry or double dealing will meet with speeuy
punish menL aS Ne34 1l8. Fl
ar. James O'Brien Is recognized = power In local
poiitics, not ony on account oil his experience but
more parltcuariy aCceuut OF the largo personal
following winch he controls Ever since Inc upset
oil ihe Tweed RIng he has been an untlrng enemy Of
Tainmauy ha, and 10 the c0mbinntiou which has
been perisctsd during the past few days Mr. O'Brsns
views and claims nave received important consldera-
tion. kumors have gone ABROAD that Mr.. O'Bricn
did not intend 70 support tne comoination
ticket. These Tumors gained ground probably partly
Schslb aud that ne publicly announced his intention
70 vote Tor Mr. Ganning D Bedford Tor Guy Judge.
ever had any Intention oi "aopping over 10 use his
own sxpressionl to Iammsny Hall reporter OF
the HERALD met him last evening Delm0pco's, and
u conversation about he local political situation the
following Was olicttsd:- .-uT .Ni t4 .eM.aE ra4
REPoRrER-What do you think OF the chances OF
the compnation ticket, Senatorf
Ex-senator O'BRikS-l think II viii win BY large
major'ty, with one exception. 1 see W report IN
tue HxkALD this morning that at tho County Conven-
lion vi tnc city democracy am charged with using
tue EXPRESSION IN = speech made whicn nave just
used TO you The exception, II you want TO know, -
Cunning s. BEDFORD. Jr promised TO vote tor him,
andf vote AZ ALL intend TONY ballot will De cast
for him
RxroarxR-Tbsn you think he VIII run ahead Of
the cooDty ticgctf
Mr. O'BRIks-Most certainly do. rD.ls
RKPogrxR-rns Impression has gono abroad that
you are on tne eve Of forming combination with
their county Ticket 10 - 70 insure your own olen-
Mr. U,Bnirs-Noussnse, I want no assistance from
grsss; hut my friends say mat w my making can-
vass can help the county ticket 5000 vo,os. For
seven years have been opposed 10 rammaDy Hail
and l dou't propose 70 give IN now. Ny preferences
for Mr. Bedford Is = personal one. i snail voss tor
him, and you say 80 Tor me II you want To-
"what will be Edward Coopsr's msjorilyyn
"About thirty thousand. Nov, you SEQ Il I am not
closed up. Not man can Afford 10 desert the anti
Tamaiany n,s II no doos he VIII be snos 70 political
"wiI the foil republican vote be east TOR Mr.
,.tnaesS,saly; Tho republican. have no love Tor
"wnI you rua for Congress against o. q. Potter In
"I win NY opponent, who mas just taken rooms
Within the district, viii scarcely know on the 6th OF
November that be was cana'aste. Tue f.nth Con.
Kelly. who lives In the dsirct. have consented 10
run principally 10 strengthen the combination eouny
ticket SO that Mr.. Kelly cannot got aTammany Hall
Congressman IRON his own locality Ny principal
fight, OF course, Is against rammany Haii az repre-
rHE coxaR sssIoSAL RACES
There are likely 10 Dc lively controversies In many
oil the ongrss.ionai distrioss city. The
excling viii probably be the contests between Ar.
O'Breu aud Mr.. Potter IA tho Tenth, Ar jerome and
Mr. MuIor in the flitn. aud Mr. Moron and
Mr. Willis IN The Eleventh. General Burke wili DO
nI ss o Pubic ~ i 10
rscoeced that ths gentleman Ia QUE Of the Fsnisu
cx,isa having been several years IN prison on ,he
before bong sentenced 10 death was an eio-
qusn. effort la many of tho bsrrooms
nov DO isund. buas up In prominent
positions. Ho proposes 70 stump the ds,rict, as no
Tammaby candidate snd 10 making sctive cauvasa
| Colonel Jamos h. kerrigan proposes 70 run on the
greenback ticket
Mr. Lawrence jerome will prove q formidable OPP
poncnt 10 General McCook iu the Eighth. 1nc gentlc-
mans great personal popularity must strong very
materially his chances OF election.
| The canvass between ex-senator O'Brien and Mr..
o. b. Potter has excited considerable interest," IN the
Tenth. When the former ran IN lS54 against Abrsm
| :. Hewitt tue race was an exceedingly close one.
About twenty thousand votes we're polea, Mr. Hewitt
| being elected by some twelve hundred maJority.
Some oil tno Tammany men are secretly working
against benjamin A. wiiis iu the Elevcntn, ana they