New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-09
LOC5L POLIITCA l. OUTLOOh.

H.. a., ,,,r,su,cnt which Thomas &. rlht recently
made that he not 10 lie c"n,hrrsi ''"""'''
for any Office. ha, not received the general "'''''"
which il, Importance warranted. Many persons AMI
newspaper, looked upon the ANNOUNCEMENT u" r''''"
"a dccl!na,.on Of the mission to pain "r''' " ""
,,.,rr,,on In writing Of assertions he had frequently
made in private conversation that under u" ''rF"h
stances would lie again hold oh'r. The pr"'"'"''"'
for this statement Mr. Patt never thought Sufficient
10 Justify any morc positive or further pnhhc ~"
nounccin-nt The Democratic Irar"r- have beg" cry MS
u choru, that Nj. Pats chief purloNc In i"ilt''d ~
fc at prrrnt Wa tn crc, III Assembly ms fi! "h'h
would return him to thc senate Referring !" these
reports he told mr. certainly four month, 49," That
under no consideration would he again be mt" -'"'
senator. He gave r-,.ons which could not b"
mndc publIc and ronuot state them now. but they
wero sufficiently emphatic I" assure me that hi' DE-
termination WAS unaltc7,blc.
There are two serious problems which viii con
front Tamnany In tie coming local contest "hi'"
do not think the present leaders have '"h~!d"i'' %
which any VI them. except possibly 'foA"f h' '
political sacncty Ia estimate correctly "i." i 'h'
falling on in the vote owing 10 the new ballot -y't"m
The other + the extent Of the DETECTION of III" Liquor
dculer-. Both think nnd"rr 'timatrd generally
| TanYiany men have for maI,y years voted ~ ma
chine, Tho system which Tldcn organized for hi
own election In 1870 has been maintained with some
Fvsrec VI discipline. II had ia errat advantage" tr
| OF voting the faction IL an organized body bn' th'
| Advantage may now prove IL drawback. The Tam
many voter, have long boon used to having thel'
ballots prepared for them" bunchcd. a. they taI
| that many VI them Will not know how To 10 II fo
themselves. II viii require than the avcf,:'
Intelligence Of the average Tannany hrccr to select
when alone the right tickets of his party. Many wi!
not be able to DO II at all. and many more VIII ]"
deferred from attempting IA literary feat 50 Formidable
| TO their minds. hear OF all sorts OF estimates "i tn
| The tnty,s
loss have heard predicted Is 7.O0O the highest 30.
OO. A loss Of 100 :.Om this causc would be dis
| a,trous to Tammany ut the coming election.
A former Excise Commissioner tells me that the dis
satisfaction 0f the liquor dealers with the present al
mInl,tration OF the bureaus which most concern thr'
Is general and the luminosity deep seated IL" knew
many personal and privt" reasons which dealers hn
given him. and which he could not quote but he sal
there WIS extensive dissatisfaction With the Exci'
Board because Of ml>inanaGemcnt ana Win IN
police because the Police Board could no longer us
| the force for political purposes. as In the past.
supposc the real fact be that the Police Board it>c
10 divided that action In the dealers Interests ranno
be had. The Excise Board has been run So loo'el
ria IL has made neither friend, for TamInany nor
reputation for itself
| hear OF several other causes Of dissatisfaction
| Tamrnany rams, but the majority Of them mcrcl
affect the question Of Mayor Grants denomination.
have never known {. Tnmnany Mayor to lose his popl
larity ~ suddenly US Grant has done and 1t has bee
| chiefly because Of his personal appointments II
safe to say that the appointments Of Grain. Bcaft
IIolmc and Spccr brought the Mayor NOS single at
hercnt. The appointment OF SclcS WAS "a refccto
| on Grant apd his methods sheriff. The fer
| money to Croker through the atter'S infant child
regarded In Tammany ranks "a, a method worthy
contempt With Ii:,e much uniiSgu'rd unhInlt
AS II is believed by Republicans to have bccn slmp
corrupt Hut the appointment Of personal frNid'
small calibre to places Of Importance does Grant MOI
harm In Tainmany than the other things recently e.
posed.
| The appointment Of Meade may have IFS effect bot
| on Grant personally and the faction itsclf. II Ia
created great deal Of bitter feeling and confirmed Ii
| Tanir5ny suspicious that Grant knows nothing wha
| cyor about politics. Not Tammany man whom
have seen believes that Meade and Gibbs can brin
onefonrth the number Of votes Of Republicans to III
aid OF Tammany that Tahmany will lose of dl'guste
| Democrats. They condemn him In this way IT vi
folly :f Grant to refuse 70 keep Crokcrs agrccmcT
10 reappont Patterson II the number of Police Justice
| were Increased. II IAs than folly. then,
| turn around and insult Republicans by appolnn
Meade n,rodgh a bargain with Gibbs. who could delv'
| nofiTng. IL now the Republicans should carry Ii
assembly by II large majority they can make II vel
warm for the whole Board Of fifteen Police Justices