Year: 1872

s. sistant Aldermen The Judiciary


The Ooronership.


However numerous may be the smaller and less
important events the shaping of which mainly de-
pends upon the solution Of the main question at
Issue in this city in the present campaign, all spe-
cialy interested in these minor events look
through glasses which to their eyes magnify their
own individual interests above all others. They
hook through the wrong end Of the glass when they
care to what other interests and concerns are,
and these appear small and Of no public account as
compared with what is Of interest to themselves.
Apart from the principal question at issue, but still
intimately connected with it, there are other pOliti
cal questions which have for weeks past agitated
the political world OF Gotham from Its centre to its
circumference. Since the first charter granted to
New York to the last Ring charter, even including
the abortive effort at charter making OF the
Seventy, there never was seen such an irruption
In the body polite OF scurvy politicians, all anxious
for an opportunity to play the part ofleeches on
the public purse. These pestiferous fellows are no
longer, as OF old, the birth Of Q party that had
usurped the reigns Of the city government and
secured the public treasury, which enabled them to
continue In power by surrounding themselves with
the voting element Of the city, and purchasing





from reformed Tammany, from Apollo Hall, from
the national democracy, from the Reform Associa-
tion, from the Committee OF Seventy, from the
Custom House party. from the Independent Reform
Association, and all the other clap-trap and
political catch-penny organizations that sprung
into existence after the downfall Of the party OF
the Old Wigwam.


EVERY ASSEMBLY DISTRICT,


every ward and every section of q ward has had
each its dozen gross Of candidates for ONCE null
tipled by the number Of parties into which the city
Ii divided. Even at this moment the leaders of
parties have not perfected their ranks or finally
nominated the men who are to hold office under
them In the Assembly in the event of victory. The
scramble is still going on, and the doors Of the
various political headquarters are hourly, by day
and night, besieged by candidates begging the
party's nomination for this or that ONCE. The
claimants after


CONGRESSIONAL HONORS


were numerous, but the number OF aspirants were
kept In check from the certainty that three, at
least Of the present members-Roberrs. Brooks
and Wo0d-w0uld be reelected. But over the dis
puted districts the fight was waged with great per-
sistence and acrtmony. For Assemblymen each
district Of the city, at the first blast OF the political
horn announcing that the chiefs Of the various fac
tions had returned from enjoying themselves in
the country and had opened their headquarters
and raised their standards thereon had candidates
by the score. Throughout all September there was
NO backing down or withdrawal from the contest.
The question kept constantly figured up was what
strength would reformed Tammany develop under
the new regime, as compared with the rising


APOLLO HALL


party, under its popular, energetic and indefati-
gable young leaderf Then again, this question was
to be weighed with Others. In this general mud.
die Of politics, where all party identity s lost can
We not attach ourselves to any party that promises
highest and has the best chance to win and
to payf To be sure; and candidates with some
voting strength at their back In their
various wards, and who are not bound
by partisan aflliarions, knocked at this door and
the other peddling about their political wares The
LIST Of October saw the end OF the most Of these l
lows. Party strength began to develop in the diff
ferent sections and quarters Of the city, and the
captains OF the fifty and Of the hundreds reported
at headquarters and were pledged their nomina-
tions. But II the Assembly candidates were to be
counted by hundreds, the


CANDIDATES FOR ALDERMEN AND ASSISTANT ALDER
might be counted by thousands. They infested the
whole city till the politico malaria with which they
we're infected became disgust to all men. But
these the earlier and worst features OF the present
political campaign, have passed away. The more
ambitious Of the rank and file, who during the dis
organization OF parties and the revelries OF lead
ers hoped to attain lucrative posts for themselves
have again fallen into their proper places In the
ranks. The lines upon which the battle
is to be fought are now distinctly drawn. The
chiefs have their forces marshaled, their COM
mands properly disciplined, the plan Of battle ar
ranged, ammunition In the shape OF ballots plenti-
mi IL nd oi fha nlo md
everything ready for the eventfu contest on Tues
day next The result, however, Notwithstanding
ali this


BEATING OF roM-roMs,


explosion OF hrecrackers, torchlight professions,
ranting political declamations on the stump and
the pledges OF the candidates themselves depends
upon the people, and the people only These par
tisan and oiiceseeking voters and their adherents
are but an insignificant handful compared with the
great body Of the electors Of this city. This ought
TO be borne In mind, so that votes which would
have been given for q candidate had he, in the
mGd msy the thrown aMay q
from the candidate OF the voters choice
under the impression @ that sncn % candidate was al
are lost and gained by this shrewd political hurroo
that the knowing ones raise In favor OF their own
man. The candidates are now


ALL BEFORE THE PEOPLE


Between this and Tuesday morning next they
have abundant time to make up their minds ior
whom they shall vote, and when once that Is fixed
let them 60 boldly to the polls. and having de-
posted their ballots return to their homes to await
themselves and their fellow citizens to the best OF
their Judgment.


THE MAYoRALrY CONTEST.


SO far as the citizens OF New York are concerned
the important question OF the present campaign is
the Mayoralty-a triangular fight, one Of the old
the excitement naturally attending Presidential
campaign thrown IN. The candidates have pre-
and have urged In person and through the public
appeals Of the parties they represent and are the
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