The New York herald., 1879-03-30
TROUBLED TAMMANY.
Probability that There Will Be Three Tickets
at the Election Of Sachems.
OPPOSITION TO TILDEN.
State Politics Uneasy--Where the Green
hackers Hope to- VIM


Edward Cooper became the Mayor OF this city. and
the democrats suffered warning defeat throughout
the State the future Of both the anti tiTammany and
the Tammany factions has seemed almost equally
uncertain. In the one there is mutual selhshness
and mutual distrust; in the other there is made
quate leadership. 1t is now that the prophets are
raising their voices in the land and predicting OF
events to come. One Of these. whose opinions and
statements worthy of confidence. was yesterday
closeted for time with q HERALD reporter.
to whom he impaired the startling information that
division is imminent in the anti -Tammany faction.
which will restore to John Kelly the control of the
regular city organization and may cause the State to
be carried by the republicans in the coming autumn.
On the other hand If the movement is completely
successful it will result in the capitalization. to
speak, of an independent New York democratic party.
The greatest and most ardent motive of the revolu
tonists is the crushing of the ex-Presdential can
didate. Samuel J: Tiden. that he rise more
to overmatch other mems ambitions. The project.
If project it be- is probably yet rather inchoste, as
will be seen by the interview with one of the con-
spring spirits. which is narrated below. An i'm
portant phase Of the situation is the determination
of the greenbackers with Gideon J. Tucker at their
head, to weld the balance Of power in the State.
which would come into their hands. SO as to
centre about themselves new organization which
IOrmluBDle COM
bination" Of 1873.
If the anti-Tammany faction. compactly organized
and possessed Of confident esprit du corps, to
secure the control and custody Of Tammany Hail. it
would soon draw to itself large proportion of the
conservative Bourbon element which has held aoof
from it, and would undoubtedly be recognized as
the regular party. The desrability. then. for
them of gaining this preliminary victory cannot
be gansaid. Some Of the dissatisfied politicians who
helped to elect Cooper and now complain of his in
gratitude. declare that he is msmanaging the prepa
rations for the struggle in Tammany Hall. They
Justly argue that IL this be true brilliant oppor
tunity presented for them to the balance of
power in the local democracy, avenge themselves
upon the leaders who have treated them
with contempt and turn it in whatever drec-
ton will prove to their greatest advantage.
Casting about them they and the greenbackers
and certain Of the republicans willing and ready to
coalesce with them. They say to each other. ''The
first result Of our movement will be to prop up
'Ioss' Kelly. but the second and all important one
will be the formation of an independent party SO
ardently desired by the disaffected Those who are
reluctant will be forced into it by the certain
OF ss rid of tho IN the
ing element. which never tends to any but
personal aud selfish ends and with good men at
the 'front.' We shall be ready to march to the Pres
dental battle field of $780, with colors boldly flying
and in confidence of victory" Standing little aoof
and crticising the project which their own fore
sight has discovered to them. there class Of
political wrcckers. who will wait to cast
their s S s tsss tns s
ent incipieut movement is the first pro-
nounced symptom OF q permanent division in the
in 1s4S and lasted until 1856. 'The chief benefit
which it will produce. they say. will accrue to the
State. carry the Legislature and secure the Presi
dency."
At the outset of his conversation with his myste-
rious informant the HERALD reporter asked
''what has precipitated these developments?'
II appreciate the wording Of your question" was
the reply or see that you recognize the fact that
the movement not born to-day. 1t, in tact. had
its commencement a short time after the last eec
ton when It became apparent that many Of the
principal members of the combination" would be
given the cold shoulder as soon as it might be con-
venient. Some half articulated growls were heard.
but it wisely deemed to be best to await the
blunders of the Cooper clique. for it was believed
that there would be plenty of this kind OF capital
before the winter was over. They have occurred
exactly where they were expected to occur, in his
political management.
.'what are these blunders?'
81 refer particularly to the selection Of his council
Of action, it may be called council of war, in
relation to the coming election Of Tammany Hall
sachems, less to the unequal and unjust distribution
patronage Within the past ten days three four
such meetings have been held in the Office or ut
the house Of William O. whitney, at which were
present Nelson J.. Waterbury. Andrew Ii. Green.
William H. wickhan. George Purser Hubert o.
Emanuel B. Hart aud others. The propriety OF
adopting different preliminary measures for obtain
cussed. A political conspiracy. in fact, has been
quietly maturing against John Kelly without the
slightest rumor Of reaching his cars or those of his
'"were Hewitt and Cooper present at these confer
ences 2"
THAT I do not know a
what is the conclusion arrived ut? ~
Nothing definite has yet been reached and the
meetings were not entirely harmonious. The gem
had lfsfa fha ,barSf
the Tammany Society and the merits Of the different
men were thoroughly csnvassed, rs well as what
likely to be their action when called upon to cast
their ballots In the coming contest"
"lsut what blunder have they committed p
who are understood to bo the political vassais OF
Samuel j. Tden. coming together to the exclusion
OF other equally prominent members of the anti
what is called the anti-Kelly element in Tsmmany
Hail. has excited much telling and engendcrcd
good deal of bad blood. which cannot be readily
appcased. 1t is too well authenticated that
they Tilden's agents; and the men who
compose the real strength of the Irving Hall de,
the only votes which were gained from the republi-
Districts are too thoroughly opposed to him to
who have the capacity to run the Irving Hall
chine arc not and never have been Tilden men, but
they have united themselves to IL simply on the
general idea that it should be entirely free from the
influence OF 'one-inan power.
THREE nrcHsSoSps IN THE FIELD.
'To what is this discomfort likely to lcad?"
"Those few men, in attempting to shape the action
of the whole party In the interest of their cgc lord
have raised against themselves opposition in the
Tammany Society equally strong the Tildcn in-
tcrest In the Irving Hall democracy, and 1t will do
velop into an organization which will have much
larger following than the whole OF the anti-Tam-
many party to-day. There will be in IL just
az prominent. able and influential those in the
Cooper clique, and they have determined TO
anti-Kelly ticket in the Tammany Society when
the election of sachems takes place. They will not
be directly antagonistic to Tilden. but will be
simply in favor of continuance of the policy which
understood as being adopted whom the 'comb
nation formed"
This will be apt to upset the programme OF the
Tildcn-Cooper people,
Eyes. The result will be that there will be three
tickets for sachcms in the field two of them OPP
posed to John Kelly and the latter will have walk
over"
onEENBAcKER FOR GOVERNOR.
Thcre is still another local result to bc looked for.
IL appears that Gideon j. Tucker has had inkling
of the prospective rupture In the anti-Tammany
ranks. He IL tho representative man of the green
differing with the orthodox democrats ON the