Year: 1869

At sundown last evening the polls closed on


the charter campaign Of 1869. Following 80


closely on the State and county election. held


in the first week Of last month, which gave
suoh an overwhelming victory to the Tammany
Regency, there was very little spirit left with
the late dominant party to show fight over the
spoils embraced within the municipal Offices
| open for election. These offices consisted
Of nine civil and nine police Justices,
elected for six years; q Common Coun-
oil, composed Of Board of Alder
mon and Assistant Aldermen, elected for
two years, and twenty-one School Trustees.
Added to these was the unexpected balloting
for Mayor, in consequence of a technicality
raised as to the term for which Mayor Hall
was elected last year. No question had been
openly mooted on this point, but it being ascer-
tanned that the republican and Democratic
Union leaders would spring a candidate for
Mayor at the last moment, and if successful
bring The question into the courts, the Tammany
leaders, in the face of Mayor Halls objection
to such course, determined to checkmate
this move by opening ballot for Mayor. OF
course the natural result followed Of second
triumphant election of Mayor Hall for the term
Of two years, dating from 1869.


With but one exception the Tammany nomi-
nees for civil and police justices have been
reelected. Judge Bowling, by virtue of his
reelection, becomes ec-cDici0 Judge of the
Court Of Special Sessions for the full term Of
six years. 1t is owing to this distinction that
he has been popularity dubbed Chief Justice OF
the Magisterial Bench in the city. This is the
second term upon which Judge Bowling enters
with his nomination endorsed by every party
organization in the city, supported by the
united votes of the whole district. Judge Quinn
(civil branch) has also been reelected, encoun-
tering not shadow Of opposition. In two
districts. the present incumbents not receiving
Tammany nomination, contested the election
as against the regular nominee, but were beaten,
and they retire on the first Of the new year.


In the Aldermanic contest Tammany has
candidate on republican ticket, and the
Eighteenth electing Florence Scanned, noto-
rious from his participation in the late riot, in
which he was seriously wounded by q pistol
shot, and who ran on the Democratic Union
ticket. The Assistant Aldermen elected are
all Tammany democrats. Our returns on the
balloiing for School Trustees, so far as they
go, show the election of all the Tammany can
didates.


The vote yesterday was far below that
polled in the city at the November election.
This naturally arose from the apathy among
the democracy in the absence of any united
effort on the part of the republicans and out
side democratic organizations to enter the lists
as against the Tammany nominees. TO
great extent, therefore, the election went by
default. Little can be said of the composition
of the new Boards of Common Council. It is
to be hoped, however, that in the opening era of
restored municipal rights to the city, which they
will be the first officially to receive the benefit
Of, they may demonstrate the wrong done in
the past by republican legislation and prove
that it is only in the hands Of the citizens that
municipal government can be safely and
proftably lodged.


The day passed of very quietly and with a
gratifying minimum of the disturbances which
generally attend the excitement consequent
upon charter and other elections in the city.