The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-11-03
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
From ou. sneciaI corre.ponaent.

New GoEE. October 81. iSsa.
Tie two factions Of the Democratic iarty
+ OF this city have at last come Ia terms and
+ have put in nomination Mayor and Coun
/ ty ticket. Vim. L. Grace, who IS an eXten
siyc commission merchant and an Irish
Catholic, was nominated for the chief mag
/ istracy Of the city. The nominations fol
Alderman at Large are among either the
I Irish or German Catholics In the event o
I Nr Gracc's election John Kelly. who is al
Irish Catholic and Boss" of TaumaHy
I Hall, viii be retained in his presant posi-
tion-Controller. The Mayor, Controller
and Aldcrmanic Board appoint most of thS
heads Of departments, and as quite mum
Der Of vacancies Will occur next year, ii j.
presumed they win be filled by Irish Ca;ho-
lies. It will thus be seen that the govern
ment Of the city will be almost entirely IN
der the control OF the Irish Catholics, and
under these circumstances thcpublic icschool.
viii be in jeopardy, and large portions OF
the peoples money Will be appropriated 20
the maintenance Of Catholic schools and
other Catholic institutions. \ strenuous ef
fort will be made to defeat Mr. Grace, not
only on this account, hut as rebukc to Mr..
John Kelly, who dictated his nomination.
The Republicans have nominated Mr..
VIM Dowd, who is President Of the Bank
Of North America, and is the Oldest mem-
bcr Of the Board Of Education Mr. Dowd
is not politician, and is a gentleman for
whom any thinking Democrat can vote
without any scruple of conscience. It is
feared. however, that he cannot be elected
On account Of the great majority Of the
Democrats Of this city not being Of the
thinking class The nomination was ten
dered 10 Postmaster James, who refused it
on personal grounds There is little doubt
but that he could have been elected, for De
is the most popular man, among the best
class Of our citizens IN the city This is
owing to the splendid manner in which lac
has administered his present position, Post
master OF New York Under his personal
supervision the system Of manipulating
the mails has been brought rs near Pertee-
ton as possible. Seven deliveries OF the
mail are made daily, which Is more than IS
made in any ether city Of the United
States
Since General Grants return from Dos
ton he has lad round Of oyations on
Monday he visited Wall Street When IL
was known that General Grant was coming
into "thc street" there was such a jam Of
people that the way was almos: en-
tirely blocked up, and when the distinguish
ed man appeared, cheer after cheer rent the
air Upon his entry into the stock
Exchange business was entirely dispensed
with After being introduced the General
delivered one of his characteristic short
speeches, and upon his departure the brok-
ers, without distinction Of party, arose in a
body and gave him three cheers and tiger.
From there he was driven 70 the Produce
Exchange, where the same scene was enact
cd Thursday evening the exPrcsidcnt
WAS rendered the freedom of jersey City.
The entire town was in blaze of light, and
the streets were crowded with marching or
carnations. Three meetings were held in
his honor, all of which he attended and al
dressed enthusiastic audiences. Saturday
was spent at the Warren court of inquiry,
where he gave his testimony with regard
to the battle of Five Forks In the evening
he was the guest OF Union League Club who
rendered him the finest reception ever given
to any man in this city. The decorations Of
the interior of the house and the banquet
were elegant in the extreme. The reception
was attended by the best and wealthest Of
New York 8 citizens Of both political COM
,iexiOns. From here General Grant went
10 Utica, Rochester and Buffalo, where he
presided at political meetings addressed by
Hon. Roscoe Conkling
Cooper Institute was occupied by three
Republican meetings last week. On Tues
lay Hon. Carl Schurz delivered speech in !
ierman to large and enthusiastic audience !
At the close Of the meeting Mr. Schurz re-
'iewed parade of the Dittenhoffcr Legion,
md was afterwards serenaded at the Filth .
Avenue Hotel.
Hon. L. \. Storrs, Of Chicago addressed /
he multitude on Wednesday eyeaing (
ieneral Grant attended this meeting and
ried to do so without creating any excite
nent, but he was hardly on the platform
rhen some one shouted, There he j.!
hats Grantm and then there went up such
shout that the roof was almost raised
On Saturday evening Colonel Bob Inger-
1ll delivered one of his eloquent speeches.
t all Of these meetings the crowds were
immense and hundreds of people were {
,rncd away
The venerable Thurlow Weed, Who is
ov over eighty years of age, IS a regular
tendant At the Republican meetings when
IS health viii permit.
A circular signed by 4 dozen OF more
emocrats was issued last week calling FOR q
ecting of business men in Wall street ia :
Ie interest of Hancock and English.
rhen the time arrived quite a crowd bad /
but not Of business men. It i
as composed mainly of the typical Demo {
at OF the city. and theplug-u -uglies and peel
; were out in force. \ noticeable feature i.
as that only one OF the gentlemen who $
sned the circular was present, Mr.. \. 5. y
ewitt; even Mr.. Belmont who has heleto- I
re taken conspicuous part in these meet d
= was not present. .
The number Of voters VINO registered in I
is city in 1876 was IS, ,064, and for the PREF L
Il gear, DIG. sea, an increase of33, ,s3l. This s
ows that a flll vote will be Polled this cleo Il
IN. DoUBLIE.
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