The New York Herald Newspaper, October 11, 1873, Page 3

NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1873.—TRIPLE SHEET. CITY POLITICS, —-—. ‘A New Phase of the Political Panjandrum. The Coming Union of Tammany and Apollo. The Tammany Sages and the “Kickapoo” Braves Bury the Hatchet and Smoke the Pipe of Peace. How the Old Thing Works— By Conferences. THE OFFICES AND THE CANDIDATES. ‘The political party fight which has so generally exercised the leaders of the two recognized demo- cratic organizations of the city, their adherents and allies, has been very considerable restricted dur- Ing the past week. That party, from all appear- ances, 1s likely to form a united front in the cam- paign, and, with their allies of the liberal republi- can party and the Foleyite soreheads to present a solid phalanx, not only against further encroach- ments upon the stromgholds of democratic patron-' age in this city, but to enable it to wrest from the administration republicans some of the vantage ground whieh they gaincd when Tammany was for @ time a byword in the mouths of ail men, | TAMMANY AND APOLLO have come to terms—that ts, the doors of concilia- tion have been thrown open, and the ‘animosities and estrangements which divided the democracy— which made the great democratic party ‘a house divided against itself,” are in a fair way of settle- ment and ultimate extinction. This is a consum- mation which a week ago was more devoutly wished than hoped for. The outsiders—the Bashi- bazouks of the party, the variegated stripe of democrats, the political ‘“‘Therneidiers,” who hang gn the rear of the contestants waiting their chances to make the most of friend or foe, as they May fall into their hands, will for once have to mingle in the rank and file tosave themselves {rom perpetual political ostracism. The Tammany pages are willing to bury the hatchet and to smoke the calumet of peace with the young Kickapoo warriors of Apolio Hall, and these juvenile braves, discovering in good time that this mutinous abandonment of the wigwams of their tribe was only calculated to aid tn the ex- tirpation of the ancient race, have in a late pow- wow resolved to accept conditions and return to the old camping grounds. John Kelly has made preparations for the feast of atonement and of welcome. There are so many hungry prodigals among them, however, thagit would be rather dif- ficult just yet to say how many fatted calves will have to be killed for their delectation. That wil, bave to be decided upon by the political dinner committees that may be appointed on either side to draw up the bill of fare, which is to satisfy the political maws of the prodigals, When this important condition of returning harmony shall be satisfactorily concluded. John Kelly, the father of Tammany, will go forth and greet the re- turning chief prodiga), James O’Brien, and seat him at his right hand at the board and in the coun- cil—a plan of the campaign will be drawn up, and the Tammanyites and Apolioites, alter joining in & war dance, will go forth to smite Tom Murphy and his ring, “hip and thigh,” and from the rising of the sun, on the 4th of November next, to the going down of the same, with a Joshua on the fleld eo delay the solar disappearance, if necessary, until she work is completed. THE PROSPECT OF SUCCESS IN THE CITY. yeing, according to Old Probabiilties, thus far “air,” how goes the ticketin the State? Mr. Kelly, no doubt, thinks tnat the “liberals might aave done better—in fact “gone the whole hog”— vy endorsing the democratic State ticket, and thus ensure the defeat of the republican slate for every office on it. Half a loaf, however, is better than no bread, and the democracy are satisfied with the recognition they have receivea from the ‘iberals, and are willing to pay them back in kind for favors received. A conversation lately haa with a delegate to the Democratic State Conven- tion at Utica—himself a candidate for a nomination for one of the vacancies.on the Bench of the Su- perior Court—elicited the following view upon She situation from the permanent chairman of that Convention, EX-GOVERNOR SEYMOUR HIMSELF: REPORTER—What was the general feeling among the county ates as to the probable success of the State ticket JUDICIARY CANDIDATE—Well, I perhaps could better answer that question on the assurances given the permanent chairman, Governor Seymour, Who appeared quite sanguine of the suc- cess of the ticket. He saul that he had studied the political question deeply, and his conclusions were that eighty-two towns would give democratic and liveral republican majorities against adminis- tration majorities last year. He said he looked for- ward to a gradual but very decided and telling change in that way among the class of veters who were either swayed .by disappointment at the course national politics were taking and their TENDENCIES TO CESARISM or by a diferent ciass of men, men who at this crisis in the affairs of the country would look for honesty, ability and integrity as essential elements In the candidates seeking office, rather than party aMlations or partisan proclivities. Governor Seymour added in this connection that he was convinced irom all he‘had learned trom the solia men of the interior of the State that a change was being effected whicii, if aided by the seiection of the very best men to the present Senate, to co- Operate with the Asssembly in 1875, and good men nd true for local offices in the city, would inure to the success of the democratic party, not only in the State, but in the councils of the nation in the time to come. The democratic and liberal republican State ticket as it now stands, and if approved of by the People at the polis in November next, would give & most desirable source of patronage to the allied powers—would, in fact, give them the State Patronage on a juint party majority on the Com: missioners of the Canal Fund, the Canal Boatd an the Contracting Board, “the be-all and the end- all,” or the summun bonum, the political utopia, or pnd of promise, ae Ma's vee be eeiaed are ready pilgr! and wili make any sacri- fice to attain, my a RTER—Was Mr. Kelly aware of the existence those opinions ana sentiments of Governor Seymour's. UDICIARY CaNDIDATE—Certainly he was, andI thought at the moment that the object Governor Seymour obviously had in view was to impress upon the minds of the prominent men of the ES. present ut the time the necessity, at is turning crisis in oy and State poiltics, of se- Jecting the t men oMces in the city gov- ernment, I think it had its effect in wis way— little cloud not big- nd that mdicates a iusion of e Tammany and Apollo people. Conferences will be held and a jew soreheads may get mixed ba the bs mpd committees of conference on cither side, but the good sense and sound judgment of Mr. Kelly Will suppress dissension among the Yammany dele- gates and insure a like honest party discipline Tule to be enforced by the Apollo leaders upon their iy Sot at those conterences, PORTER— not Mr. Kelly in sanctioning, and, in fact, in appointing committees of conference to meet similarly constituted bodies from Apollo ‘Make concessions that he piedged himself not to countenance under any circumstances * And does he not in his concessions now, to some extent, dis- appoimt the hopes of those candidates who were together and altogether anti-Apollo Hall? Kelly JUDICIARY CANDIDATE—Not at all. If Mr. from the first had pursued Peter B. Sweeny's tactics ‘ve would not have surrounded his opening regimné with so many difficulties, Peter BS policy, as frequently expressed and acted on, was, with regal yo opp democratic ‘orgautadtions, the more the merrier. They, in scl Solve the political ‘vroblem of “what to do with them.” The head disor- anigers, being one or tWo, are easily bought off and e “tag-rag-and-bob-tail” are, of where, and, after & month or two of fitful exist isgusted oy their quondam leaders, they disappear, and the places political that knew shem once know them no more forever, This was Peter B, Sweeney's policy, but at the hour it seems to have inspired Kelly, and if fol- jowed out no doubt the same results Will appear, Rerorter—How does John Kelly compare with Bweeny, the late Tammany chie(? JUDICIARY CANDIDA’ io comparison can be ‘awn between them. Sweeny had it all his own Way to @ great extent, but in the way of * ? which he did now himself, and did not know $o what extent veep were the prey of others, he eit that to other leaders. He was the directing ead, with ceuturiong under him, Now Ar. course, no-* Kelly has to be inthe field himself all the time, general and private, organizer and camp follower, Commanding, alding, animating all, Where Mocs appear to press or friends to call. The whole responsibility of the party, at this crisis, rests on his shoulders. He i anxious to be strengthened with the best sentiments of the best men of the party to-day, and, therefore, he appears to be an imperturbable, immovable and unimpas- sionable sort of @ man, upon whose brow mystery and simplicity seem to mingle and at the same time to struggle for the mastery, the aspirant for a@nomination at his hand seeing hope In one as- Pect of his face and detecting doubt of his pre- vious hope in the next. Kindly and approachabie by all im all moods, he is not the man to “keep the word of promise to the ear and break it to the hope;” and hence, no doubt, his reticence apon the subject of the compoaiiey. of the slate, leaving events and the candidates and their prospects to time and the combinations of party, over which he has only acertain control, to shape themselves. Now this is as faithful a picture as I can dash off of Keily at this time, declining to draw the compari- son which your question intendea to evoke, THE OFFICES AND THE CANDIDATES. The day of nominations is at hand, and political expectations are somewhat in the condition of jocund day—but not exactly jocuna—standing ‘tip- toe on the misty mountain tops.” The prospect, Ron whatever standpoint, is indeed misty enough. ay THE TAMMANY JUDICIARY CONVENTION MEETS. Now, the programme is that, after meeting and organizing, a commitree of conference will be ap- poidted to meeta similar gonference body on the part of the Apolloists. It is further whispered in the air that it wiil be an amicable conterence, the propapiitiy being that Tammany will present aslate for the Supreme Court that Apollo will endorse— that Apollo will get the Superior Court, ore Marine Court Judge 9, one roner, ‘Tammany taking, a8 fore states the Supreme Court vacancies in special ch TEC, two coroners’ and one aldermanic vac; ey. r the two principal SOUR pace: shrievalty and the county clerkship—these will be left to the action of a conference. The Tammany magnate, Mr. Kelly, is specially anxious that none but the best men should be presented for the Judiciary and for the other more important offices—and therefore it would be next to useless to speak of the chances of the men that are already in the fleld for Sheriff and County Clerk. The fotlowing will, however, state the ticket and the candidates ag they a! at present:— THE SHRIRVALTY, Me This, the principal county office, most lucrative, and consequently only to be sought or to be at- tained by the most popular and foremost fend of the party controlling a nomination, has many claimants. The republican pari arein the field in the person of their nominee and representa- tive, Alderman Van Schaick, a big card, asa col- league of the Alderman’s expressed himself to-day, “g big card, and hard to beat,” if the Germans make a fight upon it, The office, however, is one which the democracy of the city—German or Irish or “Jeffersonian”—cannot agord to have wrested from the party. Here the liberal republicans come in. They can certainly elp to defeat the Custom House Ring by siding with the Tammany democrats, so that the present prospect 18 that the shrievaity will still belong to Tammany. The first candidate in the fieldis John Fox, whose attitude and services at Utica and in the reorgant- zation of the party these two years past are gener- ally accepted as entitling him to the nomination. William H. Wickham is out of the race, and the cont thereiore, lies between Mr. Fox, Mr. Ber- nard Ril ey and Van Schaick on the republican ticket and Mr, John Foley on the reiorm. The conviction, however, is that Tammany and Apollo will unite on an entirely new man, who will be not only accept- able to party but the chosen of tne people. THE COUNTY CLERKSHIP, The republicans are now in the fleld after the county clerkship in the person of ex-Postmaster Patrick H. Jones, a lioeral republican, or repubii- candemocrat. It is a strong ticket and will com- pel Tammany to put forth the best man to the people, Mr. William Walsh and Mr. William Con- ner are the most prominent spoken of candidates on the Tammany side. Alderman McCafferty has been presented with a congratulatory address from his constituents, and a request that he will allow himsel! to be presented for nomination as County Clerk. Mr. Anthony Eickhoff is strongly urged by the Germans for the place and stands a good chance, THE JUDICIARY—THE SUPREME COURT. In the Supreme Court there is nothing to add to our previous senore of the situation and the can- didacy, excepting that Mr. A, R. Dyett is a can- didate for one of the vacancies, Judge Joacnimsen, of the Marine Court, is strongly urged by the Bar Association, backed by a poweriul pressure within the party itsell. From present appearances, however, the Ju- ciary Convention to-day will nominate for the offices Messrs. A. R. Lawrence and Charles Donohue. It is conceded that these gentlemen will be nominated and elected, leading the demo- cratic ticket at the polls. Judge Leonard declines, it is said, a nomination for the Superior Court, an thereiore may be counted out of the fleld jor any judiciary nomination, SUPERIOR COURT. In the Superior Court the candidates are all standing to the front. Judge Quinn apparentiy holds a lead in the race for a Nike X-SUrro~- gate Gideon J. Tucker, most favorably known to the Bar jor years as an accomplished lawyer and able jurist, is also in the field, with every prespect of a nomination from the ‘bammany party, with whom he has always acted in politics, while he Was one of the first to press the reforms that re- suited in the overthrow of the Tammany Ring. ‘The present incumbents are also candidates for re- Domination, Mr. Jerome Buck, an exceedingly popular young lawyer, is the favorite of the Bar Association and reform people for a Tammany and liberal republican nomination. It will be bardly withheld Irom hit, in view of the fact that he re- tired from the candidacy for City Judge two years ago, to serve his party, when his election was all but assured. The Tammany and Apollo Hall com- bination will be all in his favor. Judge Spaulding and Roswell D. Hatch are Apojlo Hall candidates per se, Henry H. Anderson and Clifford ©, Hand are favorably spoken of, and the chances now are that they will carry of the pre. MARINE COURT. In the Marine Court Judges Curtis and Howland are candidates for renomination. The former has most effective advocacy in the influence of the Wood brothers and their personal and party friends, Judge Howland wiil receive the republi- can nomination, Mr. James ©, Sheehan has a strong popular pressure in his favor, and should the Tammany principle prevail of not renominat- ing those who have been already favored with office, his chances are promising for a nomination and election. He will be sustained by Apolle Hall and the Reform Association. Ex-Judge Henry Alker, who did taithful pioneer duty in the Court when the work was heavy and the emoluments light, is behead aporen of, and) with good chances, Alired T, Ackert is also a candidate and strongly urged by Mayor Havemeyer. THE OORONERSHIP, Say to what vulture’s share this carcass falls. As usual there is @ host of candiaates for the Coronership. The office is a lucrative one, lasting three years and averaging some $17,000 a year. The emoluments exceed this in “good coroner times,” like the Westfield disaster, the Centre street fire, &c. The first assured candidate in the field 1s Mr, Richard Croker, next Mr. Nelson Young comes in for renomination, and then ex-Assembly- man Woltman. This will no doubt be the slate, THE ALDERMANIO VACANCY. This vacancy lies between Giilon, of the Ninth ward; Powers, of the Eighteenth, and Plunkiti, of the Twenty-second. SENATORIAL, In the Fourth district—if Jim Hayes, Tm Camp- bell and Denny Burns let go—Judge Edward Ho- gan willbe the Tammany candidate, Is this a sop jor Jobn Kelly ? In the Fifth district there are two candidates— Colonel Frederick Conkling and Vincent King. The gallant Colonel, for gallant and faithiul services in the fleld at Elmira a few days age, will be the noniines and the uext Senator at Albany from the Fifth. Edward B, Thorne is spoken of as the re- publican candidate, In the Sixth—Creamer’s old district, and almost entirely German—Mr. Jacob A, Gross stands Al for & nomination and successiul election. Mr. Anthony Dugro has retired.from the field, it 18 said, he Seventh district will be stiMy contested. Pe- ter Wood is in the field, with Assemblyman Blumen- thal, Oliver Charltck and General Spliola—-enough to pick and choose irom. Mr. Judson Jarvis is a candidate for the representation of the district in the State Senate, and presents claims for the con- sideration of the electors that promise to keep him where he is at present—ahead of his competitors— on the eve of the 4th of November next. Mr. James T. Thayer ts also a candidate, with chances that his opponents will do well not to despise, In the Eighth district, Sherif’ Matthew T. Bren- nan 1s strongly urged by the electors of the dis- trict to aliow bis name to be put in nomination as representative of the district. He is at present, however, averse to the wishes of his friends in thj¢ pores and aleaace to hi should the pat! need his popularity secure the digtr Tammany democracy, MRC ta the ASSEMBLY, The field hore is too wide for ag yet locating the candidates, whose name ts legion, The nominat- ing convention will assemble in a few days, when the muddle that at present exists in this direction Will be cleared away. READY FOR RAPTURES. Apollo Setking Union with Tammany— Action of the Conference Committee, The Conference Committee of Apollo Hall met last night at the headquarters at Irving Hall There was @ iull attendance of the delegation. Samuel G. Courtney was appointed Chairman of the meeting. The proceedings were conducted in secret, and, after two hours’ deliberation, the fol- lowing communication was drawn up and the Chairman instructed to forward it to Tammany Halli: AvotLo Hatt Onaanteation, Trvina Hatt, New Youe, Oct 10: 18/8." ¢ Mr, Jonn W, Cuanter, Chairman of the Tammany Hall General Committee — 8 of the Commit an Conferei heretoiore's ppointe by the General Committe rihe 0 Hatt Dow ‘4 tion_of the city of New mocratic 0: irman of such coinmittes zation 18 ready to meet which With a ‘view-of ‘Untting upon al jeera to be elected Yo. and id cout aeiciiatrate cnt e Ides to 1 You that if ls the sopse of this Commit Jor, preside. , as well as of the General Committee, that there should be a full and cordial union of the democracy in the coming contest, and in pursuance of that view | here- with notify you that the Conference Committee of this organization 1s, and will be in session, and ready to meet and confer with any committee appointed by’ your or- Bunization having tke powers and desiring the accom- ment of @ slinilar purpose. uel Chairman of Conference Commi THE JEFFERSON CLUB, Resolutions in Support of the Utica Nominations, A regular meeting of the Jefferson Ciub, Mr. Harry Genet presiding, was held at the Clup House, corner of Ninetieth street and Third avenue, on’ Thursday evening, October 9, 1873, and the ful- lowing preamble and resolutions were unani- mously adopted :— Whereas the Democratic State Convention. assembled at Utica, have placed before the democratic masses, for their sup, ort, a@ State ticket composed of well-known standard-bearers of the democracy, whose record can- not bo impugned ; therefore be it Resolved, That'in view of the Importance of the suc- cess of our'ticket, in the placing of our great State pub- lic trusts in the’ hands ot honest and capable men, we call upon every democrat to throw aside all prejudices and sectional feeling and rally 19 its support. And be it turther resolved, That this organization pledges Itselfto give wo the \icKet a hearty and enthusias- ic support at the polls at the coming election FOLEY FOR SHERIFF, At a meeting of the Reform Association, held last night at the Everett House, corner of Seven- teenth street and Fourth avenue, John Foley was nomigated for Sheriff, and James W. Gerard Jr., tor dudge of Lara Court. Alter making these nominations the meeting ad- Journed, subject to the call of the chair, BROOKLYN POLITICS. Nomination of John F. Henry by the Republican Senatorial Convention of the Second District. Yesterday marked the overthrow of the old re- publican leaders of Kings county—Messrs. Tracy, Dutcher and Jourdan—as a power to control nomi- nations. The Republican Senatorial Convention for the Third district was heidin the hall of the General Committee, over the Post Qilice, at three o'clock, Ex-Assessor of Internal Revenue Oliver B, Leich presided. Colonel Julian Allen, of the Committee of Fifty, nominated Mr. J, Carson Bre- voort, the public-spirited {friend of science, in whose honor the most northern cape of the earth, reached by the late Captain Hall, was named, The Convention, however, gave the nominee the cold shoulder, The Colonel made a speech in advocacy oi the claims of Mr, Brevoort upon the consideration of the intelligent delegates to the Convention, in which he dwelt upon the fact that General Grant had visited at the house of Mr. Breyoort. Alderman Richardson, who was himself disappointed in not receiving the nomina- tion for Mayor two days ago, arose and nominaied Mr. John F. Henry, 01 the Sixth wara, for senator, He stated in the course of his speech, that not oniy bad General Grant been a guest of Mr. Henry, but be (the speaker) had actually met Mr. Henry at the White House. Mr. Henry’s nomination was seconded by a Mr. Doty. Mr. Fisher, the candidate for Alderman of the I'wenty-third ward, seconded the nomination of J. Carson Brevoort, in & forcible speech. Ex-Assemblyman Jacob Woerth, of the Sixteenth ward, nominated John Hamilton, of the Fourteeuth ward. Ona iormal ballot the vote was as follows:—Henry, 46; revoort, 25; Hamilton, 14. Total number of votes cast, 85. Upon the an- nouncement of the ballot, Mr. Richardson said that, as Mr. Henry had shown the most strength, he moved that the nomination be made unanimous, The gentlemen who had advocated Breyvort and Hamilton then withdrew the names of their can- didates, and John F, Henry was declared unat mousiy nominated. The nominee returned thank: to the Convention ma few well cuosen remarks, and the delegates retired in good order, Second District Repablican Senatorial ‘ Convention, The Second District Republican Senatorial Con- vention met last night at Commonwealth Hall tor the purpose of selecting a candidate for the Second district. Mr. Ludovic Bennett was chosen chair- man, After the roil of delegates had been called Mr. John ©, Perry was nominated by Mr. A. ©, Baylis, The nomination was made unanimous, The Convention then ajjourned, A DEMOCRATIC WAR-WHOOP. Address of the State Democratic Commit- tee to the Citizens of New York. ALBANY, Oct, 10, 1873, The Executive Committee of the Democratic State Central Committee met here to-day and issued the following :— ADDRESS OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPURLICAN STATE COMMITTEE TO THE CITIZENS OF NEW YORK. The Democratic Republican State Committee appeal to the citizens of New York tor the endorsement of the prin- ciples and candidates of the Utica Convention. Let it be borne in mind that a vote for this State ticket isa vote for revenue reform; that labor may not Tobbed of its proper, reward: for m return to a currency as good as gold; that the farmers may not be plundered, both in incomes and outgoes, and indusiries crippled; for the policy of low toils and cheap transporta- tion onthe canals, that the commercial supremacy ot the State may be maintained, and the great waterways preserved as the perpetual protections ot the working- men and merchants alike against the greed of xrasping monopolies. We ask the citizens of the State to bear in mind thata vote for the radical State ticket is a vote to endorse the Presidential and Congressional salary-grab bill, to endorse the Credit Mobiher fraud and the officials who profited by the division of the spoils, to endorse a system of finance, the disastrous effects of are apparent in the panic which now upon ws and embarrasses the business of the whole country; to endorse the imposition, in the name of reform, upon the people of the city of New York, of # system of government more costly, complex and cor- rupt than the ring it supplanted; to endorse special and inquisitorial legislation, and the bonding and beggary of cities, towns and villages, in aid of railroad and other private corporations. “We ask the democracy of he State ior their encouragement; to remem. ber that than 40, of ‘their number did not vote at the Iast State election and that their presence at tho polls this year will nearly wipe out the ostensible radical majority; that the party in the city of New York is a unit in support of the stato ticket and pledge a majority of trom 40,009 to 60.00) for the democratic republican Candidate; ‘that the | party throughout the State 1s harmonious to an unprecedented degree, and that unexceptionable local nominations have or will be everywhere made, and that our ranks are reinforced by thousands of liberal republicans who are weary of the duplicity and dishonesty of the Federal and State administrations, Under these circumstances a full democratic vote is The upaign is short, and the State Committee rely in the main on the efficiency and zeal of local organizations and the vigor and activity of the democratic press. There ig little time or public discussions of the issues involve: little time tor a detailed canvass of voters. There is tim a democratic victory. however, for such individual and organized effort as will brng to the polis every lover of good government. Since suevess 18 practicable success is a duty. Let every democrat, every true iriend of reform build over again his own house and the result will be the election of the | state ticket, every name on which is that of a man ey, compétent and above the suspicion of re- proach. Signed for the Executive Committee. a JON FOX, Chairman, Josern Warren, Secretary. Ausany, October 10, 1873. POLITICAL NOTES AND COMMENTS. The record of nominations (hy counties) in Mll- nois, for the election, November 4, shows the relative activity of parties to this date, viz. :— Nominated.........+. 52 42 Conventions calied.. 19 8 Will not nominate.. & 13 A Wisconsin German paper (people's) regular party election this year 1s out of the ques- tion. Both tickets will undergo a careful scrutiny, and the result cannot be foretold,”” A special election is to be held in the Michigan Fifth Congressional district, November 4, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of the late Wilder D. Foster. The Grand Rapids Democrat predicts that “party” will have little to do in the selection of his Budcéssor, ~ New Haven is boo-hooing over losing her share in the honors of being the State capital of Connec- ticut now and then. One of the papers there, amid its sobs and blubbering, sniffles out—“When Hartford (boo-hoo!) wants anything hereafter (voo-hoo!) we'll see What (boo-noo!) we shall see (b00-h00-00-0 !)” Why can't the Mayor have his musty old Beers without the Board of Aldermen snarling at it? Like the boasted beer-drinking Britisher, they should sing individually— Darn my eyes if ever I tries To rob an old man of his Beers! Ifany one should ask what the difference is be- tween Tom Allen, the prize-fighter, and Bill Allen, the democratic candidate for Governor of Ohio, it might be answered that one came out of his battle witnout a “scratch” and the other is not likely to emerge from his without several of them. The Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser asserts that “geveral of the most intelligent and unprejudiced African citizens” (they used tobe called “niggers”) “of Montgomery are in favor of a white man’s gov- ernment for this State.’” The Republican Convention for the Twenty-fourth Senatorial district, has nominated J. H, Selkirk, of Tompkins county, for State Senator. * A proposition to place a recognition of tne Deity ia the preamble of the constitution of Michigan has been rejected by the commission now in Beggion. | hoist his name at the hea WESTERN POLITICS. NEXT TUESDAY'S ELECTION IN IOWA, a The Grangers’ Organization in Array Against the Professional Politicians. —-—__—_. AN ANTI-MONOPOLY VICTORY PROBABLE, Importance of the Oontest—The Can- didates and the Platforms, Drs Mornes, Iowa, Oct. 8, 1873. It is very rarely the case that a State election in the first year after a Presidential contest attracts general attention, and that the State should be Towa is even more surprising than that the elec- tion should be of more than local interest and im- portance, For twenty-one years lowa has gone republican. In 1852 she gave the democratic nomt- nee for President 301 majority on a vote of 35,000, and only once since 1862 has the republican ma- jority fallen below 30,000, the whole series culmi- nating in 60,039 for Grant over Greeley last year. The following are the results of the latest con- tests :— 1869—Governor, 57,454 1870—Secretary ot 5 60,883 187}—Supreme Court 108,801 67,47 UsT2—Preside’ 131,173 71,130 With such a showing as this it would seem impos- sible to defeat or even to make a decent run against the republicap ticket, and no stronger or more convincing proof of the EXTENT AND POWER OF THE GRANGERS’ organization can be found than the fact that the Grangers are certain to reduce the immense majority against them and are not without reasonable hope of carrying the State. It was in lowa that the Grangers’ movement first took root; here, to-day, it has its firmest foothold, Only afew months aiter the organiza- tion of the State Grange some of its members began to urge the propriety either of nominating farmers upon an independent ticket or of taking action to compel the political parties to meet their views. The Grand Master, Dr. Dudley W. Adams, however, opposed the idea with all his ability; some say because he is constitutionally timid, others beause he was @ firm republican, and so unwilling to counsel any course of procedure which might injure the party; Others, because he anticipated his reward in the form of the republican nomination for Lieu- tenant-Governor. Tne Grangers grew so rapidly in strength that all timid counsels and half-measures became unpopular, the prospect of Cwsarism, the back-pay steal, the Credit Mobilier disclosures, the Rankin scandal andthe crowth of feeling in favor of free trade or a reformed tariff—all these com- bined to recommend the nomination af a straignt- out “farmer’s ticket.” Accordingly the “Anti- monopolists” put out the followin, THE GRANGERS’ TICKET, For Governor—Jacob G. Vail. For Lieutenant Governor—J. E. Whiting, For Judge of the Supreme Court—B, 3, Hall. = mi ars lc lae as @& Public Instruction—Db. W. rindle. Mr. Whiting’s name was substituted by the State Central Committee for that of Mr. Frederick O'Donnell, author of the railroad bill of 1874, wno turned out to be ineligible on account of his being under the constitutional limit of age—thirty years, The ticket thus nominated was a very strong one, as even its opponents have been compelled to admit. Three ot the gentlemen upon it were re- ponte Judge Hall, i believe, being a democrat. one of them have, however, been hitherto identified as active political partisans, An attempt was made to identily Mr, Vail, with a namesake of nis, who is largely interested in two of the mono- polies to which the farmers are most strongly goporst Se national bank and a railroad—but it failed. THE REGULAR REPUBLICAN TICKET was as follows, those marked with an asterisk (*) being renominated :— For Governor—O. C. Carpenter.* For Lieutenant Governor—Joseph Dysart. For Judge of Supreme Court—j. M. Beck.* For Superintendent of Public Instruction—A, Abernethy.* As a party ticket this was a strong one, but when taken into consideration with the platform enun- ciated at the same time, it developed consideravie weakness, THE IOWA REPUBLICAN PLATFORM was made to say a good deal more than the iramers meant to carry out. All through the West State delaications have been coming to light, wherein generally the defauiter’s official iriends and superiorg have shared in the profits of his crime and then conspired to shield him from pun- ishment. lowa had its very nasty Rankin case. Major Rankin, the State Treasurer, found himself about $40,000 short in his cash. Not that it is at all likely that he used the money; no one has ever asserted that, and tie people have always re- garded him as the weak, rather than guilty, cat’s- paw which was used by others to rake cliestnuts out of the fire for their advantage. But when the defalcation became too large to be longer concealed Rankin was allowed to fill it up by stealing the funds of the State Agri- cultural College. Then came the disclosures. The object of this “circuitous treatment” was to io- cate the theitin a safe plac: ior Rankin’s bonds- men, he having neglected to give bonds for the safe keeping of the college funds, though his iriends were liable for the moneys of the State. Among these bondsmen was Governor Carpenter, who, with some show of reason, was accused of | counselling embezzlement to save his own pocket. After this there was a farcical attempt to indict Rankin, which failed, a Grand Jury, only one member of whieh was not a republican, failing to find a “trae bill}? so that altogether the transaction was a _ nasty one. Now, the piatiorm denounced in set terms the nomination of all officers who had been guilty of dishonesty in the public service, or who had conspired to shield the guilty, so thal the nomination of Governor Carpenter caused much scandal. The rural republicans are politically more independent by far than their brethren of the East, and THE BACK PAY SCANDAL had wrought such an excitement among the people that they were jealous and distrustful of Aa, that seemed an apology for cor- ruption. lence many republican papers re- fused to support Carpenter, at hel: them- selves by the platform; line some declined to ol the ticket, and the very party organs were compelled to garble the language of the resolutions to avoid offending the public, Still further damage was done to the republican cause by the back pay business, Aiter denouncing the Salary steal in set language and demanding the repeal of the corrupt measure, the State Central Committee included in its list of speakers Senators Oglesby and Logan, of Illinois; Governor Washburn, of Wisconsin; Congressman Orr, ex-Congressman Palmer and ex-Senator Har- lan, of Iowa, all of whom were Bdyogates of or sharers in the steal. The republicans o! Iowa met the publication of these appointments with a burst of indignation, the Burlington Hawkeye, the most induential republican paper in the State, leading the protest, and the result was, as might have been expected, the surrender of the committee and the withdrawal of the obnoxious speakers, though not until the cause of Governor Carpenter had suilered considerably through the evident insincerity of its managers, P THE “CAPITOL LODGE.” Another point which must be taken Into consid- eration a8 affecting the situation is the ridicule with which, at the outset of the grange movement, the official organs of the republican party covered the leaders therein, After it had established itself these papers made 4 no less damaging attempt to capture it, espectaily by organizing thé “Capitol Lodge,” composed of politicians only, for the ex- ress purpose of initiating Governor Carpenter. The organization was, however, repudiated by the reai grangers, and the only result was some injury to its founders, These are the principal points which, in this campaign, have told against the republicans. On the other hand, it must be conceded that they have @ majority of at least 40,000 to work upon, and an effective organization, such a8 may be tmagined toresult from twelve years’ of uninterrupted pos- session of the federal omves and over twenty years’ occupancy of the State and local offices, The republi- cans are putting forth every effort to carry the State, and do not deny that a defeat in sucha party stronghold would be fraught with the very gravest consequences to the organization at large, as it would certainly result in the loss of four or five of the Northwestern States and the probable formation of A NATIONAL ANTI-MONOPOLY PARTY. The Brod di has been conducted go very quietly as to attract but little attention outside the im- mediate neighborhood, The republicans opened their Canvass on the 17th of last month, but no celebrities were en, d in it, and between the fipancial crisis and the excitement of the crop prospects it has gone off tamely enough. The grangers have worked very thoroughly, but their meetings have not been ofa sort to attfact out- side notice. The speakers invariably have been farmers from the district or county where the meeting was held, eae men who had not been previously identitied with politics, so that, though their labors have been de- cidedly effective, they have not been of a sensational character. “The Democratic State Com- mittee accepted the anti-monopoly ticket soon alter its nomination, and though Join A, Mahone} and George W. Jones, with a few others, proteste with rather more volubility than vigor and threat ‘ened to join the Tepublicens, no serioug bolt is an- ticipated, and the full democratic vote will un- doubtedly be cast for V STATE LEGISLATURE THE ELECTIONS FOR THE will also take place on the 14th, and will decidedly On these elections de- be in favor of the tarmers, pends the control of the railroads by the people or the people by the railroads. Last spring the Rall- road bill fixing a State tariff something like that of Illinois passed the Assembly, but failed in the Senate, and this winter the fight over it will be renewed. Hitherto the republicans have elected 42 of the 50 Senators and 78 of the 100 Representa- tives, having 120 votes on a toint ballot of 150. The dividing line this year will be ratiroad and anti-railroad, and it is probable that the Senate will be eveniy divided, while in the Assembly the @nti-monopolists will have 10 or 12 majority, THE PROSPECTS OF VICTORY, It is extremely dificult to make any calculation of the strength which the grangers will develop. All parties are agreed that the vote will be heavy for an off year, somewhere in the vicinity of 190,000. The republicans admit a loss of strength, but claim the State td 20,000 or 25,000, he grangers are not ring’ confident, but believe that they will carry the State by a small majority. They expect to detach a large number of repul lican voter, and to have more democratic votes cast for their nominees than were given to Greeley last year. Over and above this they anticipate a liberal per centage of scratchers and stayaways on the Carpenter side, On the whole, your corre- spondent is inclined to favor Carpenter's chances of being elected by a small majority, but only be- cause of the comparative newness of the granger movement. Should the grangers develope any unexpected strength in the river counties Car- penter will be beaten, THE CENTENNIAL. The Latest Propositions in Reference to the Great National Display. PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 10, 1878, In one of my first communications relating to Centennial matters, 1 had occasion to refer to a cer- tain plan for celebrating the Fourth of July, 1876, which I selected from innumerable others as not only the most conceptive but also the grandest and most imposing, At the time of the writing re- ferred to Centennial ideas were in a state some- what crude, and there were no reasons, aside from the beauty of the idea itself, for supposing that this particular plan would be adopted. It was simply mentioned in the briefest possible space as but one of many _ others, whieh might or might not meet with public favor. success of that plan, selected by your correspond- ent in preference to all others, seems to be @ fore- gon conclusion, and as, to use the words of, not only its originator, but also of a gentleman occupy- ing one of the most elevated and responsible posi- tions in the Centennial Commission, “The New York HERALD has been the first journal in the coun- try to place this great undertaking before the American people in its proper light, and has done more to establish its success than apy other,” it seems but right to present this plan in all its mag- nificent depth and strength, and thus first acquaint the country with its just proportions, The plan is now completed, and I give it just as it was given to me by its originator, Mr. Charles S. Keyser, only an hour ago. It is composed of four elements—music, civil and military bodies and statues, The first agency will consist of a colossal orchestra and chorus, the organization of which will soon be placed in the hands of one of our most worthy orchestra conductors, For the military the plan proposes that the best regiments of every State be invited, and form their camps in Fair- mount Park, Tnis will form an army of at least 50,000 men. In addition to this the President will be re- quested to detail to the spot a considerable body of the regular army, and place it under the com- mand of his most distinguished officers; and also as many vessels of the navy as prac- licable. “As the quarters in Fairmount would easily be secur free of expense, and as each State would no doubt turnish its regi- ments with rations, the Commisson can thus gain @ most important addition to the complete- hess of this mintary display, with no cost other than that of transportation. To render this feature or the anniversary of the same international caste as the Exposition itself the plan proposes to solicit the co-operation of invitations to the heads ot the European, Asiatic and liberal governments, that they may be present either personaily or by their proper representa- tives, accompanied by aregiment oi their Selection. The civic portion will comprehend the Masons, the Cincinnati, the Odd Fellows and other gimilar organizations. Ic will be seen from the above that the plan is much more complete than when reference was made to it beiore, apd all must feel convinced of its @sthetic nature by the introduction of its last agency, namely, statues. ‘The chief object of this celebration being to do honor to and preserve the memory of the great and good of the Revolution, allegorical devices In bronze or stone, or tne statues of the men themselves, are naturally suggested as highly appropriate to the event, _1t is proposed, therefore, with the assent of the Park Commission, te receive these as the offerings of States, societies, cities or individual who shall retain the property, which can be cities, or to the rotundas of their State capitols. Our Irish population can erect a statue of their noble Montgomery, our English citizens a statue to Lord Chatham, our Germans one to Baron Steuben, our French to Lalayette, and so can all representatives of diferent nations erect a statue to some one of their noble and lilustrious men. The Italians, as stated recently in the HERALD, have already began their part of the work, and bythe next steamer an order proceeds to Italy for @ colossal statue of Columous, twelve feet high. Our banking men, too, are just awakening and are even noW making arragemients to erect a statue to Robert Morris. The statue feature by no means ends here. The scientific societies will no doubt erect one of Ritteniouse, tne legal profes- sion another of Judge Peters or John Dickinson, while each of our States another still to some re- presentative man Of the Revolution. Then comes the sublimest statues of all, erected to typify the two great promoters and defenders of American liber*)—Labor and Immigration. For the first, Labor, the following is proposed :—A mas- sive, monolithic pedestal of granite; its upper half polished, its lower haifa rough blasted rock. On the pedestal, to complete the idea, would stand a bronze figure, representing a laboring man—in stature aud in simplicity of attire a noble- man—his_ pick in his hand or his anvil KY his side, For Labor, the plan proposes also another statue, which would tell au analogous and no less honorable story. Make a pedestal of polished black Russian granite, set iton @ lassive base and place upon it, without any in- scription, a figure of bronze. Let that figure be Peter the Great; across lus shoulder a polished edged adze of iron, at his feet asceptre and a crown of gold; for he was a true representative of labor, who laid down his riches and badges of roy- alty and worked at the trade of a shipcarpenter, and thus by honest toil made secure the iounda- tions of a mighty Empire, and at the same time that which is most Iriendly to ourselves. For immigration let there be this statue:—“A way- worn emigrant, resolute and unconquerabie, his wife and children by his side, and the lragments of a broken wagon whegl at his feet.” It would tell a simple story and illustrate the danger and peril of the Plains in former times. The labor societies will answer this appeal. It requires but a general action upon the part of the lavor societies of the United States to - effect almost any end and it is certain that they will not negiect this opportunity of crowning their work with a fitting tribute. Then the plan pro- poses the erection ofstacues by diferent 5! 3. Massachusetts one to Webster, Warren or Mann; or let this state form a pedestal in the fol Plymouth Rock, and upon it, place an image of one of the Pilgrim Fathers, Virginia, leaving her Washingtopr. to the society of the Masons, can erect Oe Benn bee le nee to. or Marshall. States which have produced men ip our own er: whose 8 Mlewansnip, vale Mist o eae? ‘Ss 4 can substitute such exampies. Thus New York could very appropriately take the nation’s great citizen, Seward. Other States, too young as yet to have produced men of Fives national renown, | could contribute allegorical igure’, emblematic of the, Stance themselves; and what richness of material, in marble and metal, for memorial col- umns or fountains exist in every section of our great country, and how great could be made the artistic resuit from the taste of 80 many national- ities gathered against the bases of the great mountains of the middle quarter of the Republic, and on the borders of its near and farther oceans, as well as over the vast savannahs and plains o! the great intermediate Continent, ORIME IN NEW ENGLAND, A Batch of Boston Dealers in Obscene Literature Arrested. Boston, Oct. 10, 1873, The recent arrest of Hunter & Co., of Hinsdale, N. H., by United States officers, charged with cir- culating obscene literature through the mails, has been followed by the arrest of the fol- lowing persons in Boston,” mostly 1ocated on Court street, on similar charges :—Charles Mans- feld, George E. Bailey, ©. A. Hill, Dr, Morrill, ©. P. Powers, Joseph Miller, Dr, Bick and Mme. Crispino. ‘They nearly ali figure as “doctors,” and travel — aliases. ‘The arrested parties were brought fore Commissioner Hallett and waived examina- tion, Mansfeld, eae Hill and Morrill are held to bail each in $5,000 wers in $3,000, Mme. Cris- Fine in $2,000, and Bick and Miller eaci in $1,500. ey were all locked up, except. Mme, Crispino, in deiauit of sureties, The firm of Hunter & Co. is represented by a man named Hunter. For years he has had offices in Hinsdale, Brattleboro and Springfield. In ans former piace he represented Hinsdale, Hunter Co., the New England Watch Company, M te Watch Company and several other ‘companies. At Brattleboro he represented firms and compa- nies too numerous to mention, As showing t extent of his business, the number of letters re- ceived by him dally averaged more than 600. CUBA'S ANNIVERSARY. “B) Grito de Yara” —Celebrating the Striking of the First Blow for Freedom—Divine fervices—Lecture on Cuba Libre by General Millen. ‘ The Cuban residents in New York yesterday cele ebrated the fifth anniversary of the battle of Yara, the first effort of the present struggle for liberty in the Gem of the Antilles. There was no outward display, however, in the observance of the anni- versary, for Cubans in New York have learned, first, that the world sympathizes more with deeds than with vaunting boastfulness, and that Cubans, if they have money to spare in ald of their cause, had better send it to the patriot forces in the fleld than contribute it to the “pomp and circam- stance” of street display a thousand miles from the camps c1 the Mambi. The only ceremony tn celebration of the day waa the morning service at the Church of Santiago, at which Rev. J. De Palma officiated. The church was crowded to repletion, and there is every rea- son to believe that at least four-fifths of all the At thistime, however, the perfect fulfilment and, Congress, to authorize the President to extend | turned after the celebration to the parks of their | Cubans in New York celebrated the day in some manner yesterday. The musical exercises at the church were quite @ feature of the services, Mr. Emilio Agramonte presiding at the organ, anda quartet of voices rendering the vocal music in excellent style. Rev. Mr. De Palma preached from the text—“I will be thy King; where is any other that can save thee in all thy cities?” The services were closed with the singing of the “Te Deum.’? Among the prominent Cubans present were Frede- rico Martinez, Hilaris Cisneros, Sefier J. Marotta, Seilor Aguileros, Francisco Arteago and other well known patriots, In the evening some 300 or 400 Cubans, among whom was a large proportion of olive cheeked and darked eyed daughters of the Antilles, assembled in the large hall of Cooper Institute to hear a lecture by General Francis F. Miller on “The Cuban War of Independence.” General F. Darr occupied the chair, and quite a number of prominent Cuban sym) thizers occupied the platform, among them bei Seflor Agramonte, brother of the late General Ygnacio Agramonte, who was 60. brutally murdered a few months since outside Puerto Principe, by the Spaniards. General Darr called the meeting to order and introduced the lecturer, who was received with a volley of applause, as ‘‘one who had claims to the respect of republicans, having been chief of the Mexican artillery in the war against the Em- peror Maximilian.” General Millen advanced to the reading desk and in a clear voice proceeded to deliver the lecture, which proved to be an account of his actual experiences in Cuba Ubre last winter and spring. After a brief allusion to the anniver- sary which all took such deep interest in, and which ne said was inaugurated by a few undaunted men five years ago in the ingenio de Melegae, near Manzunillo, he traced in outline the previous efforts at obtaining Cuban independence, dwelling especially on those of Narcisso Lopez, in 1858-59, Referring to the failure of the Whitman ex- pedition, he went on to say that in 186é, while the Cubans were still meditating another attempt, they were induced tor a time to abandon It in an- ticipation that a mission at that time forwarded to Maarid in behalfof the isiand would be successful. That mission failed, however. and the Cubans or- ganized secret patriotic societies under the guise of Freemasonry, At that time Cubans were pro- hibised the right of public assemblage; a horde of Spamiah olliciais were consuming the vitals of the country; natives were admitted to no share what- ever in the administration of the government; the customs service was iraudently and oppressively administered, and it was only the almost teeming richness of the country that saved it from utter ruin, In 1868 the people appeuled to the God of Hberty again, and in October of that year the cry of “Yara” was raised by @ little band of 120 men, The dissaffection spread rapidly through Hoiguin, Las Tufas, Palma Sortano, Gaantanamo, Gibara, Jiguani and other districts, and in less than a year the Cubans were masters of more than two-thirds of the territorial area of the tsland. The success of the movement, however, wgs largely interiered with by the undue rigor with which our govern- ment interpreted the neutrality laws as against the stroggling Cuban people. They wanted arms. .In- stead of the hundreds of thousands that would have found their way to the patriot ranks only 23,000 stand ofarms had been sent trom this country. There were protests made against this rigid rule, but they were unavailing. At last General Sickles, a soldier, was sent as Minister to Madrid, 'and it was hoped that his intercession | in behalf of the isiand would be of some good service. He obtained no promise of leniency, of an extension of liberty, or of any other privileges for the people. Spain redoubled her efforts against the Antilleans by land and sea, and threw not less than 60,000 troops into the country under the leadership of “the Butcher,” Count | General Valmaseda. The United States stiil kept her back turned to the struggling patriots, and those days, under Che cruel tyrant Vaimaseda, were, indeed, dark days for the young Republic. In reply to appeals for mercy, Spatn denied her crueity and said, ‘The island is pacified.” Anon news came of battles and sorties in forest and morass, with lists of dead and wounded by hundreds, and P waa began to wonder how battles could be fonght and victories be won where there wasno war. In this condition of affairs, the New YORK HERALD (loud applause) resolved to solve the question whether or nob there was astate of war prevailing in the island, They sent & commissioner to reach Cespedes’ camp. He returned however after penetrating to the camp of General Ignacio Agramonte. The HERALD was not satisfied: it must hear direct from President Cespedes, and two other Cammis- sioners, O’Kelly aud the lecturer, were sent out, They satied on the 14th of December 1872, ‘The lecturer then described with considerable minuteness and attractiveness of detail his jour- neying through the island, as already described In the Heratp. In his first efforts to penetrate to the insurgent tines, he was in company with Spanish troops, who always seemed to regard him as aspy, and assured him invariably almost that Cespedes was dead and that his army was com- posed of four wild negros dos negr'os cimarones, At last, through the aid of a lady, he passed into their lines, and reached the camp of Calixto Garcia, and was present at the battle of Pedregaion and Dos Bocas, descriptions of which he forwardeg to the HERALD at the time of their occurrence. “Ninety-flve per cent of the peo- ple of Cuba Libre he found were in favor of annex- ation to the United States, but the cold man at the head of our government repulses the proffered embrace of the Queen of the Antilles, with her dower of $30,000,000 and her annual commerce of $130,000,000 more. He then described nis journey to the ae of General Modesto Diaz, where ho. floally met the often reported dead or killed ces. pedes tace to face. The lecturer then proceeded to read numerous letters of prominent leaders in the war of in- dependence, in all of which the fire of patriotism. was peculiarly ardent, to show the sentiment which animated them as @ unit. There could be no arbitrament now between Spain and Cuba but the arbitrament of the sword, and men with sen- timents like those expressed in the letters he had read woud be free at whatever cost of blood or endurance. ‘The people of Cuba Libre produce nearly all they require, or at least all they enjoy or use, They have invented a method of extracting nitre for their gunpowder from guano found along the coast. Arms and ammunition, however, were scarce, and if arms could be conveyed into Cuba for the use of all the patriots who desire to use them, then Spain would be driven out of the coun- try in two months. At the close of the lecture Colonel Antonio Zam. brana and other Cuban patriots addressed the eee in Spanish, and elicited much enthuse blasm, FATHER MATHEW MoNORED. Imposing Temperance Demonstration in Pittston, Pa. Pitrsron, Pa., Oct. 10, 1873. One of the grandest demonstrations that have ever taken place in this county took place here tos day, the occasion being the eighty-third anniver« ry of the birthday of the great apostle of tempers ance, Father Mathew. Every town, city and ham- let in Luzerne county was represented in the Father Mathew parade, and fully 8,000 persong participated in the proceedings. The town wore the aspect of a gala day or holiday. The majority es were closed and the coal mines Shroughour ene connty were idle; while those, wha were wont to delve in them, turned out in their thousands to do honor to the memory of man born in a remote village in frelan eighty-three years ago. The day was all that coul be desired, and the “Wearing of the Green” wag induiged in by its lovers to their hearts’ content. ‘The procession formed on the right bank of the Susquehanna Kiver and presented @ most pleasing and attractive picture as it filed off along th principal street of West Pittston. After traversin; the various streets of the town and suburbs, wi numerous mounted marshals, banners and bands of music, the paraders dispersed. Scrantor Wiikesbarre, Hazleton and Carbondale were we! represented, Everything passed off pleasantly, The Day in Boston. Boston, Oct. 10, 1873, This being the anniversary of the birthday of the gteat temperance reformer, Father Mathew, the Catholic societies of Boston, tagether with delegae tions from all parts of the State, are celebrating it by @ grand parade. Some fifty societies are in ling in regalia, with numerons pands of music, 10g weather is degitiul, —