The New York Herald Newspaper, October 29, 1874, Page 3

Pesan. eS Vo ae | t | THE COMING ELECTION. Facts, Instractions and History for the People. The Ballot in New York and How Conducted. “REPEATINS" OF FORMER DAY: Boundaries and Location of Congressional, Senatorial and Assembly Districts. tts convenient for the “tree and independent” voter to have all actual detaila pecultar to the exercise of the franchiep arranged tor him by @ “Committee on Organization,” or a clique of poll- ticians, With the preuminaries and particulars he has nothing whatever to do, Like the school boy conmynencing to parse or figure up an arith- metical problem, he is taught his lesson as to the mere mechanical movement of placing his vote in the ballot box, put routine and princtples of pre- paration are points on which he rarely ponders, PORMER DAYS—RRPRATING. During the days of the old regime, when Tweed & Co, ruled the city, county and Stete with Napoleonic sway, the voter was a mere inct- dental element of an election. No matter what ‘the figures counted up for a certain candidate, if the gentleman provea unacceptaole to the “Ring” he was sure to be shelved. ‘Repeaters’? then did the work, and this practice became so notorious that no secret was made of it, The leaders sent out their orders to each district commander on the eve of election; & certain number of votes was ex- pected from his particular quarter, and that order was tmplicitiy obeyed, Upon its strict observance depended his well-being and future po’ Uitical prospects. ‘this crime of “repeating” was committed at several elections before the smash- Up of the Tweed dynasty. Many respectable citi- zens Who went to the polling places to register their votes were met with the answer, by laugh- ing inspectors, that they had already voted. The fact was apparent that the repeaters, in league with the inspectors, had been around early in the mérning and cast their ballots in thé name of re- @pectable voters supposed to favor the opposition ticket to Tammany. No objection to this terrible system, by which universal suffrage was made a mockery, would be tolerated. The biackleg, the gambler and the pickpocket, with the ward “bum- mer,” thronged ‘the poiling places. It was as much a8 a man’s life was worth to raise an objec- tion, Those people knew that they were operat- ing in the interest of a powerful clique, and could count on protection should arrest follow their ofences, HANDSOME MAJORITIES were thus rolled up, and candidates who could Not be elected to the position of “dog catcher” in any other country received an almost unanimous “count” at the hands of pliant election inspectors. Thus ran the daring work untilan aroused public sentiment dashed from position and emolument tnose traitors to popular rights and suffrage. The Registry law was enacted a8 a safeguard against this outrageous system of smothering the voice of the people, but it has proved an utter failure. It passed as a republican measure, introduced by re- pudiican State legislators, to cut down the alarm- ing majorities in tnis city, which swamped all their efforts in the State canvass. Then came the United States Election laws, which provide for the Sppointment of supervisors of election to watch the vote and protect the voters tn each elec- tion district. This was ® serious. move on the part of the national government It looked like @ proposition to interlere with State elections, but the plea was advanced that this privilege must be allowed where Con- gressional representatives were chosen. This cer- tainly had the appearance of a valid excuse. The corruption and almost openly-avowed tricks of politictans in the large cities, and particularly in New York, in counection with etection matters paliiated and in fact seemed to call for Congres. sional interference. The people were openly obeated under the old régime. Will it be so under the new? Time must develop an answer, THE “PRIMARY” SYSTEM. Probably the foundation of all our political troubies and corruption in this city, as well as in all others of the country, is our system of “pri- mary’ elections. In our large cities tt would be @ mistake to imagine that the people have much to as who shall rule them. Before every election we see advertise- ments calling primary elections in each district for delegates to the General Committee the County, Congressional, Assembiy or Alder- manic conventions. The polling places are in out-of-the-way localities, Days before the primary election takes piace the list of delegates is printed, 80 that there seems to be little need of an election atal. The time of choosing is g seven o'clock, when everyboay is supposed to be at pees These jists are prepa: by the district ‘leaders; of course no names are put on except those Known to be in perfect accord with the Jeader. The lists are supervised by the great “boss” of either party, and ifany one name is founa objectionable, of 1t goes, A majority of these committees are generally the worst men in the community. The respectable element is ig- mored simply because it is respectable. Those are the men then that “run the machine,” nom- inate our candidates and often times elect them, Mf they please. Have the “people” anything to say bout this? Nota word. INSTRUCTIONS FOR VOTERS. It 1s the main purpose of this article to the 140,000 people who bave registered, an allof whom vote in this city and county on the 8d of November next, all the condensed intor- Mation, statistics and points witn which they ive to must be familiar in order to discharge their duty as citizens intelligently. The city has been mapped, out into 657 election districts. in each of thfse districte a polling place is established. The Aumber o! ballot boxes used is five, and in the Second Judicial district, comprising the Fourth, Sixth and Fourteenth wards, 0 additional box is provided. These boxes will be labelled as follows :—‘General, Num- ber Two;’’ “Oongress, Number Three;” ‘Assem- biy. Number Five;” ‘ity, Number Six}? «Justices, Number Seven’! (in the Second Judicial Gistrict Only); “Constitational Amendments.’? ‘These indorsements will also appear on the out- ide of the ballots. GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION OF DISTRICTS, Voters who go to the polis with bajlote in their hands as a general thing pay little attention to the geographical position and boundaries of the different districts in which they apply for information to the first Meet, and are thus directed to the P at to register their name or cast their vote. course, alter the registry, it is a simple thing fora voter to find his way to the proper quarter, but many are even stupid enough to forget the exact Jocation where they entered their names. This often Causes considerable troubie, and sometimes the arrest of innocent people. To obviate thia adimeulty as much as possible, locations and direc- ‘tions are here given. THE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS are as follows:— Fifth. District.—First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth and Fourteenth wards, and Bedloe’s, Elis, and Governor's islands, Sixth District—Seventh, Eleventh and Thir- @eenth wards. Seventh District—Tenth and Seventeenth wards. hth Distriot,—Ninth, Fifteenth and Sixteenth w dyin, }) and that portion of the Eighteenth ward witnin Fourteenth street, Twenty-mxta and Fourth and Sixth avenues. tieth ward Fortieth ptret Ninth District.—so much of the Tw Btreet, Seventh avenue and Hudson River, and so gs ites within Twenty-sixth str uch of the Twelith and Twenty-second wards as 168 Cre between Leas atreet, Spuyten Dayvii fais avenue ahd the Hudson River. bh trict.—So much of the Eighteenth east of Fourth avenue, and so much of the Nineteenth and Twenty-first wards as is east of Third avenue, and Blackwell's Island, Eleventh District.—So much of the Twentieth ae lies within Twenty-sixth street, Fortieth street, Sixth and Seventh avenues, and much Tw and Twenty-second wi east ‘enue, aud so much of tne Nineteenth ‘first nA Third ave- THE SENATORIAL DISTRICTS, Three Aldermen are to be elected from each of the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and seventh Senatorial districts, and four from the Eighth. They are lo- ‘cated as follows :— Fourth District.—First, Second, Third, Fourth and Sixth Assembly districts—First to Fourteenth ‘wards, inclusive. Filth District.—Fifth, Seventh, Ninth and Thir- teenth Assembly districte—Kighth, Ninth, Fifteenth and Six‘ eenth wards. Sixth District.—Kighth, Tenth, Twelfth and Four- teenth renee Mg intithaci Eleventh and Seventeenth wards. renth District.—Eleventh, Fliteenth, Sixteenth NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1874.-TRIPLE SHEKY. and Fighteenth Assembly districts—Bighteenth, Twentieth and Twenty-irst warda, Eighth Disérict.. wenteeath, Nineteenth, Twentieth and Twenty-first Assembly districts— Twelfth, Nine sh and Twe pg-secona wards, ki CTS, There are twenty. city and county out of the 128 n the whole State. They nave bee: outin the following man- ner:— First District.—Fings, Second, Third and Fifth wards, Seconda Dtstrict.—Fourth vard complete and part of Sixth ward. Third District.—Part of Sixth ward and Foar- teenth ward complete. Fourth District.—Seventh ward complete. Fiith District.—Eighth ward complete and parts of Ninth and Fiteenth wards, Sixth District.—Thirteenth yard complete. Seventh District.—Parts of Ninth, Filteenth and Sixteenth wards. Eaghth District.—Tenth ward complete and parts of Eleventh and Seventeentn wards. wae District.—Parts of Ninth and Sixteenth wa Tenth District.—Part of Seventeenth ward. Eleventy District.—Parts of Hignteenth, Twen- tleth and Twenty-firet wards, ‘Twelfth District.—Part of Eleventh ward, Thirteenth District.—Part of Sixteenth ward. Fourteenth District.—Part of Seventeenth ward, Fitteenth District.—Part oi Twentieth ward. Sixteenth District.—Part of Eighteenth ward. Seventeenth District.—Part of Twenty-second ward. Eighteenth Dtstrict.—Part of Twenty-first ward. Nuneteenth District.—Parts of Twelfth, Nine- teenth and Twenty-second wards, Twenvieth District.—Part of potent ward. Twenty-first District,—Parts of Twelith and Nine- teenth wards. THE ALDERMANIC ELECTION. This year a novel method is attempted in the election of & Board of Aldermen. The abolition of Assistant Aldermen materially increases tne powers and patronage of the new Board. The law 1m this connection is pecultar, and was passed in the last Legislature to benefit the republic; eal of this city, which will probably have a re! tation of at least seven members in the new organization. Itis not exactly a camulative sys- tem, but sometuing much resembiing it. Min- ority representation is the idea, The pitn and mar- Tow of the new law 1s specified in section 1, as fol- lows:—‘The Board of Aidermen now in office shall hold office uptil the first Mouday in January, in the year 1875, the same being the term for which they were elected. There shall be twenty-one Aldermen elected atthe general State election, which shall occur in the year 1874, three of whom shall be elected in each Senate district of the city as now constituted, and shall be residents of the district in which they are elected; but no voters shall vote lor more than two ol said Aldermen, yee additional Alderman has since been provided r in the annexed Westchester district.—bp.) There shall also be elected six Aldermen-at-large, to be voted for on @ sepurate ballot; but no voter shall vote for more than four of thesaid Aldermen, at-large. The members of the Board of Aldermen shall hold office for the space of one year, and Shall take Office om the first Monday tn Janu- ary next encceeding their election, at noon. An- hually thereafter, at the general State election, there shali ve elected @ full Board of Aldermen as or which may hereafter occur in either the Boara of Aldermen or Board of Assistant Aldermen by rea- gon of the death or resignation or of any other cause of a member Of either of said Boards shall be filled by election by the Board in which such va- cancy exists or shall arise by a vote of the major- ity of all the members elected to said Board, and the person so elected to fill any such vacancy shall serve until the 1st day of January, at noon, next succeeding the first general election occurring not less than thirty days after the happening of such vacancy, but not beyond the expiration of the term in which thes Vacancy shall occur, and at such election @ person shall be elected to serve she remainder, 11 any, of such unexpired term. From and after the termination of the term of omMce of the Board of Assistant Aldermen, as herein provided, the Board of Aldermen shall glone constitute the Common Council and shall exercise the entire legislative powers o! the said city. The Aldermen shall trom the time ef the passage of this act be the Supervisors of the county of New York.” Should the constitutional amendment become Jaw (which now appears doubtful) the powers of the Boara of Aldermen will be also much enlarged. THE ANNEXED DISTRICT. By @ vote of thecitizens of the city and county of New. York and of the county of Westchester at last election, all the territory comprised within the imits of the towns of Morrisania, West Farms and Kingsbridge was me intoand made part o1 the city and county of New York. There are, how- ever, certain contingencies and sections of this law which necessitate material differences in the exercise of the iranchise aud other duties by citi- zeus of the annexed district. The main points of these differences are as follows :— The new territory is known as the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth wards of the city of New York. Until constitutionally and legally changed, the territory continues to be for the purpose of elect- ing a member of Assembly, a part of the First As- sembly district of the county of Westchester; in the election of Senator @ part of the Ninth Senate district of the State; in the election of Judges of the Supreme Court a part of the Secona Judicial ais- trict; in the election of a representative in Con- pees part of the Eleventh Congressional dis- rict, The voters ao not then exercise their privileges in regard to those Offices as citizens of the metropolis, but as citizens of Westchester county; but for all other purposes and ofices they are allowed torecord their ballots as electors of the city and county of New York. ‘This territory 1s now known as the Eighth School district of this city, a3 the Sixth Police Justices’ district, and as the Tenth Civil Justices’ district. THE UNITED STATBS SENATORSHIP. The most important battle to be fought in the November election is the contest tor the control of the Legislature. The State Senators, thirty-two 1m number, remain the same as last year, with the exception of the Thirty-first district, where a vacancy has occurred in consequence of the death of Senator Ganson. The Assembly last year stood:—Republicans, 74; democrats, 54; re- publican majority, 20. This, with the present republican majority im the Sen- ate, might insure, on joint baliot, a victory for the them in this election. Last year they elected sx of their candidates trom this city; but many of the sanguine temperament now only count on captur- ing (wo of the districts this year. Outside of New York city, then, will be the great battle grouna can or democratic control of the Legislature. BATIFYING THE TAMMANY TIOKET, A bumerously attended and decidedly enthu- siastic meeting of the democracy of the Twenty- third and Twenty-fourth wards was held at Mor- risania Hall last evening, tor the purpose of ratify- ing the State and county nominations made by Tammany Hall. At eight o’ciock, the hour an- nounced on the posters for the speaking to com- mence, & multitude of the “unterrified” filled every available space in the capacious apartment indicated. The rear of the speakers’ platform was tastefully ernamented with the national colors, the central attraction being the large Portrait of Samuei J. Tilden, which occu- pled a similar ition in Tammany Hail at the grand ratification meeting on Tuesd: evening. Adares-es were delivered by Dennis KR. Sheil, candidate tor member of Assembly; H. D. Purroy and otherg, who in turn cogently depicted the evils brought about by republican misrule, and set forth in glowing terms the prospective bene- fits, both State and nattonal, that must accrue from @ democratic administration. Outside the building the gloom of night was temporarily dis- Hed the glare of blazing torches and bon- res, while from a stand erected in the street the gospel of pure and unadulterated democracy was expounded to cheering. crowds, which did not aisperse until a late hour, TAMMANY COMMITTEE O08 ORGANIZATION, An Important Meeting—Action in Re- rd to Fa! Registration. Tammany Hall Committee on Organization met in full session yesterday alternoon. It wasalleged that false registrations bave been made to a large extent, especially in the First, Seventh and Eighth Assembly districts. In regard to this matcer the following important action was resolved on:— ‘That the attention of tho Police Department be called tothe necessity for rigid sorntiny of the reglatty: lists and that all voters be called upon to exert their vixilance in the same direction. inst traudulent and that attempts at fraude of this charac! communicatedto the Commi! on UI Tammany Hall. The committee name persons registered in certain districts who cannot be found as residents Ol the places given by them. THE SALOON KEEPERS, Their Choice of Candidates. The German saioon keepers’ Central Organiza- tion, composed of the delegates of the different organizations formed during the present year in each ward, held a meeting at the Germanta Aé- be at once janization at sembly Rooms yesterday, Henry Fricke presided, and reports were reeeived from each district or- ganization, showing that tn pursuance of a reso- lution previously adopted oy the central body, selections of candidates for the Assembly have been made of the candidates placed tn nomina- tion by the different parties, who have pledged themséives to the support 01 the saloon keepers and Pea! interest at Aloany—namely, that they Will advocate the passage of bill providing for @ uniform exctse law for the whole State, and the election of the Excise Commissioners by the people in each county, The candidates chosen are principally selected from those placed in nomination by the anti-Tammany democracy, alist of whom was read, and their namex were confirmed by the central organization. It was also announced that the organizations of the Tenth, Eleventh and Seventeenth wards have in- dorsed Major George W. Sauer, the proprietor of the Germania Assembly Rooms, as candidate for Alderman trom the Sixth Senatorial district. The German saloon Eaepers organizations of the dif- ferent wards are ai some 3,090 members. hereinatter provided. Any vacancy now existing | republicans i! the same districts were carried by | ag to determining this vitel auestien of repabli- | under their value, just according to the wishes Present composed in all of | principle as | the sinking tunds preserved. | Danks would ti JOHN COCHRANE’S ADVIOB. The following ress to the voters, by General Jobn Gochrane, Chairman of the Liveral Republi» can State Committee, was isaued yesterday :— Lingeat Rerosiican Stars CommirrEs, Mwapgquaurens, st. Denis Hore, Nuw' Yous, Oct, 28, 184. To the LiveraL REPUBLICANS OF THE STATE 01 Your State Convention ip Albany, on the 29th of S tember, adopted the following resolution — “Kesolved, That this Convention deem it unwise to make nominations t Bupa officers; but, adhering to the integrity of the | ee republican organization Cn it represents, we recommen ‘nd other thdcpendent electors Upport for office men only of app: wao most fitly represent the rinciples enune! at the organization of the party at incinnati, and subsequent'y reaffirmed at state con- yentions, and who also stand committed by the action of the Convention which placed them in nominatiol against a third Presidential term and the centralizatio of power at the seat of the 1ederal government,” lule It Is expected that your action, will accord with the resolution, it should pot be torgoitén ervation of your organization is ot chiet importance. Theretore the recommendation of the Convention, as that “you support for office men only | well us our advice of approved honesty and wao most filly represent” | your sree. should be accepted RY. you as recoudary and subordinate to the first duty which the Convention | enjoined of “adhering to the integrity of the liberal re publican organization.” It cannot be doubted that you will select tor your suffrages those candidates only who | moat consistently represent the doctrine of a specie basis | currency, nor that you will withhold them from any | not satisiactorily propouvced against a third Presiden. | tal term tor General Grant The precaution of mutual | conterence and advice should not be neglected, and promises prompted by the anxiety for your votes, ‘com- | mon t democrats ‘and republicans, ‘should be scru- | ‘unzed, lest intended to delade. To guard against such | Fractices you should not act singly as individuals, but jointly througb your organizations, [tity Rae pro- essions only Whose friendly nature shall approved by concurrent performance. It is pigin shat your mfu- ence is shaping the canvass. It will probably determine the election; and when the result shall be known an- other lesson will have been read to the exhausted politt- ¢al formations in the state of their departed usefulness, The liberai republicans and independent electors will teach this lessom thia year py clectung the candidates identified with their principles, and whom their moral pressure forced upon the contending factions. By the acts of two successive Legislatures certain amendments to the State constitution have been pro- Posed vo the electors of the state. | They are eubraced in A series oF eight concurrent resolutions of the senate and Assembly, ana the mode of their submission has been prescribed by law. Distributed in eleven separate ropositions, tuey will be comprehended in a single allot A ballot cast therefor will be one vote for each proposed amendment, except for those cancelled with ink or pencil, against each of which a vote will be re- corded, But'hone should be cancelled. should they be adopted, the sa.e of the lateral canals, thereby ‘per- mitted, Would release the revenues of the knie, Osweg Champlain, and the Cayuga and Seneca canals from & | serious drawback and relieve the taxpayers of the Stave | ofa burden equal to more than $10,000,000 ot permanent, debt, The increase of salary provided ior members of {| the Legisiature would contribute to their honesty py enabling thein to live. The two chief executve oiticers of the State would more | appropriately reflect ihe | dignity of the peopie when invested with reasonably in- | creased salaries and moderately increa . The | antidote to scheming extravagance, legisiative artitice and official frauds would be found’ in the Governor's power to veto parts of appropriation bills. Bribery | would be curbed, special legislation resirainea and The powers of savings m comorm to the safe custody of the | $400,U0 000 of the savings of the poor within their vaults, either corporations, associations nor individuals would, be able to increase the burden of taxation through loans | of the money or credit of the State to undesery.ng char- ities or questionabie enterprises. The protiigate ex- penaiture and reckless accumulation of debt by cities, | counties and towns would cease, and the amazing spec- | tacle of the Ring placemen of a city government con as legislators in Albany, streams of taxpaye into thelr own pockets would dissolve and dis- spear. In truth, the proposed amendments represent du their entirety an emendation ot the organic law, so Just and usetul, that the opportunity of eflecting tt should by no means negiecied, On behalt of the committee, JOUN COCHRANE, vhairman. BENJAMIN A, Watts, Secretary. THE PRODUOS EXOHANGE, Meeting of Members to Indorse the Pro= posed Amendments to the State Con- stitution, The members of the Produce Exchange held a | meeting yesterday at half-past one o'clock P, M. The object of the meeting was to consider the proposed amendments to the State constitution that are to come before the voters of the State for ratification or rejection at the election to be held on Thursday next, November 3, The substance of the proposed amendments, with the act of Legislature, has already been publisned as prescribing the form of ballot for voting thereon and manner of submi.ting ~ the same to the electors of the State. In the absence of the President, the chair was occupied by the Vice-President Mr, B, N. Floyd, The call for ; the meeting being read by the Secretary, Mr. H. Phillips, the following resolutions were immedi- ately afterward offered by Mr. James S. White :— RESOLUTIONS, Resolved, That the New York Produce Exchange indorse the proposed constitutional amendments. and recommend them to the suflrages of the people of this city and state. Kesolved, shat the Chair be requested to appoint a committee of tive members of this Exchange to co-oper- ate with the other commercia! bodies with reference to this subject. The resolutions being seconded, were unant- mously adopted, and Mr. David W. Lewis pro- ceeded to give his views on tie necessity and im- poriance Oi the proposed amendments. He said that business men especially should see to their adoption, 48 they involved an importance touch- ing the interests of the mdividual and the govern- ment, and tended to improve In a most judicious pecere the present existing form of our State jaws, He finally announced the following committee to take the question into furtner consideration and action. viz.:—Mr. A. E. Orr, chairman; Mr. Stephen W. Carey, Mr. J. M. Requa, Mr. David Lewis and Nr. James J. Joyce. No turther busi ness being required the meeting adjourned, POOLSELLING ON THE CANDIDATES. 7 ; The Democratic State and County Can- didates the Favorites. The political season, like the horse racing sea- son, always brings lucre to the coffers of the pool seiler, and in that particular week of the year which precedes election week the auctioneer who knocks down candidates of great and small de- gree with equal gusco, and sells them ail above or and whims of the purchasers, is at the height of his glory. Tommy Jonnson was the happy man last night, and the politicians were his humble servants; at least they had tosubmit to his ham- mer decisions before they secured their bargain: ‘There were a large number of the smail fry on hand during the evening at his headquarters, Broadway and Twenty-eighth street, and a very large Wowd of lookers on, who were not politicians, but who seemed to take @ great deal of interest in the buying and selling. Before the market was opened the opinion prevailed that Dix would be first choice, and many little bets were privately made by the unsophisticated, the odds being two to one in favor of Dix. But the politicians and sporting men generally were not of the same mind, as was evidenced by the way they wagered their money when the pool selling began. ney had come to place their on @& “sure thing,’? as one of it, or at least where it would do the most good; so if the aay after election they find themselves out of pocket they will only have themselves and the ‘points’? of ‘their iriends in the backwoods districts to thank lor their misfortune. The bidding was brisk from the start, and quite a lively struggle ensued between the backers of Dix and Tilden in the grab jor the smaller pools, The Fepublicans were by no means few in the crowd, and several of the friends of the local candidates did their level best to push up the pools in favor of their ticket, unti! they got near the knockdown point, when, a8 @ general thing, they gracefully | retired, leaving some democrat bs There to secure ‘good odds” Di, the fladier, were several pools sold, $400 to $1,000 that Tilden would get 25,000 majority in the State, and the betting, the question of majorities not considered, ‘Was on the average $100 on Tilden to $600n Dix, Pools of $100 even were sold on Hayes gettin 12,000 majority. The foliowing will give an idea o the pools sold :— That Tilden will have 25,000 majority in the | . 600 400 250 No. 1,000 1,000 500 | That Dix will not get as large a vote as Kernan | & in 187! es, $135 «100 140) 180-125 | No. ease « 100 70 105 130 90 That Hayes will be eievted :— | 5 $100 «80-125 Aq. ae *P ae oR 4 65 | ‘That Hayes will get 12,000 majority :— ed $100 150 120 No. + “ . 160-120 That Wickham will get electe e3. $100 «120 «100 | \ 40 80 45 No. . (Wickham in all the pools brought on an average Of $100 to $40 against the fleld.) Large suma of money also changed hands et | the politicians present aiter the pool selling ha closed, the rates being avout the same a8 those in the pools, 18 WICKHAM FOR GREEN? To TH ® EDITOR oF THR HERALD:— In your iseue of this date you say that Comp- trolier Green will vote for Mr. Wickham. The People of this city, overburdened with taxes, and the poor man, parting with his last cent to retain counsel to compel the payment of his just claim, care very little how Mr. Green will vote. What they desire to know is this—Wnhich of the candi. dates for Mayor are opposed to Mr. Green's policy? Mr, Wales, upon rotiring from the Presidency of the Department of Parks, defined nis, Now, let the other canaidates detine theirs, I know Mr, Wickham, and he is an excellent man; but how does Stand toward the Comptroller? Tam- many, in the resolutions of last night, said nothin; about it. Let there be a frank, open exposition o! his, position, and then the peuple can vote for as men. @. WILLIAM BLUNT, 214 Broadway, | of the kind is possible; but I, for one, don’t think | wondering whether, during the secret sessions of | | among other knotty questions, the best way to get | | inthe robbery of Jotn Mondieville a few nights | WORKING IN THE DARK. The Secret Sessions of the Republican State Central Committee, Is the Third Term Ghost To Be | Laid at Last? | ? ‘There was a great deal that seemed mysterious | about the doings at the headquarters of the Re- pubiican State Central Committee yesterday and the evening previous, They occupy rooms F, G and Hat the Fifth avenue Hotel, the two vuter rooms serving the purpose of waiting rooms for the vis- itors from the country districts and others who belong to clubs and organizations in this city | who, being Ofice-holders under the government, | feel that an oceasional visit to the central head- | quarters 1s one Of the requisites by which they are made secure tn their berths, Yesterday, however, | but one of the onter rooms was free to all comers. | Its fellow was locked and bolted against even the | ward favorites of tne party, and when any one asked the attendant the reason why the answer | was that the “clerks were busy.” And go they | were busy, for & HERALD reporter, who passed through it by the permission of a gentieman who neglected to lock the door after him, found several young men seated at a table writing on what | seemed to be circulars, and which had a blank space im the corner, over which was the word, in | print, | “ANSWER,” | They looked wearied and anxious, and glanced | Bt one another suspiciously as the reporter drew the foiding doors to behind him in order that they | might not be turther intruded upon. The door leading to the more private room, where the great | eral Knapp ever naps when there is a telegram. to be sent to urge “our iriends? in some particular district to wake up and do better than last year, was closed on Tuesaay evening, but not locked. The reporter turned the | knob and walked in, Glidden was, writing at # | tabie and looked startled, Ex-Marshal, Surveyor | of the Port, Brigadier General Sharpe occupied a | chair In asecluded corner, while United States | District Attorney Bliss and ex-Police Commis- sioner and present United States Assay Oficer | | Acton were seated side by side on a sofa, with their heads together, apparently discussing some theme they were afraid even the clerks in the next room might catch a whisper about. “Is this | private?” asked the reporter. The three ofMciais | started as if a bombshell had exploded in their | midst, and the otty Bliss blurted out, “Y-a-a-s— n-0-o—Wwell, y-a-a-8 ;" and the reporter witharew, | lest Mr. Bliss, in a paroxysm of fright at the sud- | den aspect of an outsider, might be forever LOST TO TERRESTRIAL POLITICS, After this little scene not only the doors to the | outer room, but the door leading into the side hallway from the private room, were locked, and | even the fanlight was covered with a paper ban- ner, so that any one coming down stairs might not enjoy even a bira’s eye view of the occupants. Mr. Thurlow Weed was one of the callers who dropped in later in the day, and so was Gov- ernor Dix, and as it was during the time they | were closeted with ex-Governor Morgan in.a still | | more private room that Mr. Bliss and his friends | | | | were keeping themselves so private, it 18 more {| than possible that the United States District At- | torney got his orders to wait until his betters | were ready to let him know a littie about the re- sult. of their talk, The call of Governor Dix was certainly looked upon as signifi- ‘cant by some of the minor republicans, | | for belore he left quite a crowd of them bad | | gathered in the vestibuic, where they waited | until he came out, They then went into the com- Mittee room, where they doubtless got their in- | structions, Itis the custom of the committee to | | hold an executive session every day at four ?. M.; | but it would seem that Mr. Weed’s and General Dix’s visit gave ex-Gover nor Morgan and his fellow | members & little more work than usual todo. It was deemed, in tact, necessary to hold another | Secret conference yesterday, and so early as ten | A.M, the doors were again lucked, and the grand ; Moguls who compose the Executive Committee were Once more denied to all visitors, “If Mr. Weed comes,” whispered one of the attendants to | another at the outer hail door, “show bim to the | committee room at once.’ The session of the | committee lasted a very long time, and as the | Politicians came in from the airection of ; | the barroom at intervals, and found they could see “not even Governor Mor- | gan,” they contented themselves by getting into | little groups and talking over the ‘prospects,’ | Most of them, somebow, seemed to have come, | Knowing that the commitiee were to hold a secret | | session and that they were to ‘see the old man’”’— AMUSEMENTS. Italian Opera—Mlle. Emma Albani as Gilda in “Rigoletto.” The young American prima donna, who has al- ready established herself a favorite with the metropolitan public, and whose singing and act- ing have proved unmistakeable attractions, more | Man even Nilssou—great as she was—gained in | } this city In three seasons, appeared las, fight As | Giida, In Verda, #BIYOTAELO." one of the sweetest, | as far as melody is concerned, of the great Itatian master’s works, Forty years have passed since Victor Hogo firat placed on the Parisian stage his powertul play of “Le Roi s’Amuse,” and | it has since become well Known on the English dramatic and Italian opera stage, through the medivm of Tom Taylor in the “Fools Revenge” and Verdi in “Rigoletto.” ‘The music 1s utterly unilke Verdi in his other com- positions, in it he has eudeavored to unite tis wonderful iecandity of meiody with a dramatic design, by whica each character {8 individualized and each scene in the play is lamned in .e strong- est and most distinct colors. It 18, a8 it Were, the bridge between the two styles of the composer— the one w which he pours out melody alter mei- ody irom his fertile imagination, without reier- ence to dramatic exigencies, as in “Ernani,’? “Traviata” and “Il Trovatore,”? and the other, in which, Laving lost the ireshness of bis early pow- ers, he pians each opera on wsthetic principles alone, 4 “Rigoletto” the intensity of pater- nal love, tne egotism and heartiessness o! the libertine, the purity, natvetd end afterward shame, despair and self-Sac- rifting affecuoad Of an outraged maigen and the coquetry and espidgleres of w worldly woman are photograpned with rare fidelity, Those Varivus and opposite traits of character are par- lcularly weil shownin the una@pproachable quar- tet which forms tne principal part of the last scene in the chef-d@weuvre of Verdi. Nothing could be more satisiacsory in every sense of the word than the rendering of the part of Gilda by Mile, Albani, The beautiful voice, oO periect im every department of art, 80 pure in tone, so electrical in eitct and so syllpathetic in expression, united to a very pand- some Jace ani Ligure, maue the rdle of Gilda some- thing to be remembered, Neverin the Academy of Music have we listened to such @supero ren- 0, | Glidden 1s the master of the rolls, and where Gen- | dertng of the celebrated aria, “Caro nome,” as that of last eveuiug., Lhe characteristics of Al- Dani's impersonation of this very dificult role Were good singing (iu Which nota flaw could be found) graceful acting and that indescribable pres- ence which every one feels, and which can only be placed under the bead of absolute genius. In ‘the duet with tue baritone in the second act Mile. Albani carried off all the honors, and the same may be said in the succeeding duct with the tenor. In acting and singing Mile. Aibani may well chal- lenge comparigon with any representative of ie roie of Gilda. She has proved to be the mainstay | Of the season, and every tame she 19 announced to | Carp | appear there is sure to be a crowded house. did splendidiy last Gey and the same may be said of Dei Puente. (iss Cary did her part io the quartet admirably, and her ringing laugh jent much to tue success of the opera, On Friday Mile, Aibani will repeat her wonderful characterization of Alina, in “La Sonnawbula.” Theodore Thomas’ Concerts, The classic musica! season begins each year with the concerts of Theodore Thomas. Year aiter year this famous director and bis incomparable orchestra attract the attention of the real masical public of the metropolis and this season the fea- tures are unusually brilliant, The programme of the first symphony concert, which will take place on Saturday evening, November 7, at Steinway Hall, has two grand orchestral numbers, she ‘' Clitide Harold” symphony of Berlioz and the immortal “Evoica” symphony of Beethoven. The former work is founded on Byron’s weilknown poem and represents the wanderings of the hero in Italy. Part L is entitled “Harold in the Mountains; scenes of Melancholy, Happiness and Joy.” It commences with a fugato theme in cheerless, sombre coloring; presently the theme that per- sonufles Harold {s heard, singing ms thoughtil monody; he seems tu repeat the words vi the poe! ‘There are wanderers o’er eternity, Whose bark drives ob #nd oa and auchored ne'er shall be. But though the soul strives to torget itself amid the dreams awakened by the sight of a giorioas weaker and the dying tones of the viola betray Harold’s wearinéss; but the orchestra takes up his theme and returns it enlarged and full o: new lie, A figure of triplets is heard leading to the | allegro, which takes a gradually richer glow, and, at last, the character of overflowing joy. ‘the second part oi the symphony is entitied “March and Evening Prayer of the Pilgrims.” The rhytnm ol thia march is broken, at every eighth bar, by a sort of musical tmitation of psalm-singtug voices, murmuring to themselves the monotonous res- ponses oi the evening litany, Harold, sunk in silent reflection, allows the pilgrims to ass him by; the viola betrays fis presence the monody tnat flo over tie clear evening scene. The marchis imterrupted by a re- ligious chant; earnest and devout harmonies float througu the air, while in the lowest tones of the basses the rbythy of the march continues, gradually dying ‘away in the distance; twilight ; comes on; night ana silence bring the stars; Harold has looked, listened and dreamed, and yet he remains untouched. In the third part, The Serenade 0! a Mountaineer of the Abruzzi to fis still only touches bim superficially. A scherzo with tively raythm begins tuts part, a serenade of country instruments, like that of the Itahan Piderari, droll, sparkiing, merry and full of sym- pathetic humor. The ritorneilo is followed by a song, lu the melody of which is recognized the romanza of we enamorea shepherd, whose un- embarrassed affection Harold beholds with sad- ness. His monody gains larger proportions; then the romanza of the mountaineer 1s Lost in coquet- Ush turnings; then toe Pilferari ritornello is repeated, and nally these themes are in- whoever that meant—before they left. The com. | mittee finally wound up its session, and the pa- | tient bangers on were admitted. What was done | | during the session none of the members would | | divulge, but it is understood from a remark about Governor Dix’s reference to THE THIRD TERM in his Cooper Institute speech, dropped by one of the leaders, that the third term question had been { touched upon. “Governor Dix,” said this gentie- | man to the HERALD reporter, “is better off to-day | | on account of that speech by ten thousand votes | | than he was before,” The reporter asked, “ Was | | his declaration about the third term made on the spur o! the moment, think you, or after consuita- | tion with the republican leaders?’ The reply came, “Of course, after consu!’’— and here he | stopped short and added, “that is, I sup- | pose ne consulted somebody; yet he | may not have done so.” The reporter | ventured to remark that Dix might lose as many | | votes among the administration republicans, who wero in javor of a third term, as he woald gain from other quarters, because of his third term allusion, when his tnterlocutor exclaimed, “Well, suppose a0 address should be made by the committee, dealing fairly and squarely with this third term nonsense, what then?’ “That would depend what view it took ofthe question,”? “Supnose It would be openly against it?” | The reporter remarked that it wouid be better late than never, when he was interrupted by the | politician, Who said:—‘+Mind, I don’t say anything 1t would do any harm it it was done.” | The reporter then went his ways in peace, the committee on Monday night and yesteraay, | rid of the third term troubie was not the chief one, i ABREST OF AN ALLEGED HIGHWAYMAN, Redney Brown, a notorious character living in the Fourteenth ward, was arrested last night by Roundsmean Byrnes, of the Mullbery street police, on suspicion of being one of the parties concerned | ago, in Mott pears that street, near the men_ had ing the evening together, ville parted jrom them and went in the direction of his home while down Sott street im the direction of Canal | he was encountered by two men. one of whom | threw @ hand{ul o1 snuff in his eyes, while the other knocked him down and robped him of his wallet, containing $260. Yesterday aiternoon he called at the Fourteenth precinct station house and reported the case to Captain Clinchy, giving | at the same time a description of the men, one of whom he described as having a large scar on his neck. The Captain gave instractions to his men to look out for Brown, who was known to have been drinking with Mendleville on that night, and Who was also known to have » large sear on his neck. Lust night as the roundsman Was passing through Mott street he observed Brown sitting outside a low saloon and urresied him and loeked bim up to identidcauon, SUPPOSED WIPE MURDER, Mary Ann Mooney, of No. 618 Hast. Fifteenth Street, died suddenly last night, at her residence, from injuries which are supposed to have been in- Mieted by her tinsbal Edward, who was arrested and locked up in the kighteenth precinct station house. He denies the statement that he was the canse of nis wife’s death, and th ements mad by the neighbors corroborate nis story. ‘ihe Coro ner was Dotified to hold an imquest. Canal. It ap: | been — spend- and as Mendie- | Hall, the performance being the same as on Satur- | trained musical organization, but it will be a treat | man’s toa! appearance on tne New York stage, it termingled aud worked up together, dying away 11 the morendo with which tue movement closes. | “Orgies of brigands; Reminiscences of the Preced- ing scenes.” is the tive of the fourth and last movement. The movement begins with the mo- tivo of the orgie, which is soon broken by passages from the preceding movements; but the orgie | sounds above them all, as evil passions that drown all better ieelings. Huroid’s monody enters; nol- lowed-eyed and spectra), his figure stands haggard, almost unrecognizable, surrounded by wild com- panions, The monody looses its individuality, like | the meaningless tdeas of 8 waudering brain; it te dragged into # wild rhythm of an allegro irenetico, When the bacchanal motive of armed outlaws is first clearly distinguished, But suddenly, unex- pectedly, the pilgrims’ march sounds in the di: tance. Harold answers this last appeal to bia bet- ter natare only by broken sighs and undistin- guishabie sounds. Acrasning unison brings the | orgie again, and 4 stretta of great power of design and coloring closes the tone-poem. Mr, Boschowitz will play on this occasion the Piano concerto of Grieg, the Norwegian composer, @ work new to this city, The concerts of Mr. ‘Thomas are always interesting to mustcians. The pubic think so much of them that from Sunday evening until Monday morning there were many Reus around SteinWay Hall cager to secure seats. ‘ne box ofllce wus scarcely open gn hour when there was a line ol people extending down Four- leenth street into Irving place, and the police had to be summoned to keep the line in exact. order, On Thursday, November 5, a grand public re- hearsal of the concert will be given at Steinway day. It will not be areheatsal like that ofa less in music such as only the orchestra of Thomas can give. Masical and Dramatic Notes. What a shame that there isnot at present in this city one vocal society worthy of ict Mr. Jolly Nash, @ well known English comic singer, has made avery favorable impression at the Comique, Miss Adelaide Lenuox, who will be remembered as a leading actresa in the Grand Opera House Company last season, 1s writing @ play of Sngiish society. MISS OUSHMAN'3 PAgoWELL, To THE EpItoR OF THE HERALD:— Ia view of the proposed demonstration at Bootn’s Theatre on the occasion of Miss Cush- has occurred to me that an additional interest would be lent to the ovation if it could be made feasible for Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth’ to be per- tormed, with Mr. E, L, Davenport in the title rdte, our great tragedienne bidding farewell to our boards in her magnificent assumption of the Thane of Cawdor’s wife.” Both artists have, I beileve, frequstny performed in the tragedy vo- gether; and, as both are “natives here and to the manner bora,” would not the ovation partake somewhat of & Rational character, affording the opportunity of witnessing two of America’s most | distinguished . artists conjointly im the most mudlime creation of “the mighty bard?’ (Of course I reier now to Shakespeare, and not to Bacon.) This su, tion ts Ofered without any | disparagement to Mr. Vandenhoif, whose scholarly | rendition of the character o1 Macbeth is nightly received with so much favor, and who, [ believe, would, with that courtesy for which he is alike distinguished, be only giad to afford the New York public an opportunity to see an actor who too sel- It ts possivie, too, gagements else- where would preciude his appearing on the above evening, and thus render a change necessary. And I would add that, as doubtless the g portion of. the audience who will gather on the Might in question to bid farewell to our actress ve already seen the present performance, the ge would not only be a novelty, but afford an Opportunity to contrast the interpretations ven by the two actors. If you deem the 31 hich landscape, it strives in vain. Tbe monody becomes | Beloved,” Harold witnesses # scene of love, which. | 3 THE THIRD TERM, ‘General Grant Merry Over the Fear of the People. THE MAN WHO LAUGHS Governor Dix’s Speech Breaks the Spell of Silence. “A HERALD JOKE,” WASHINGTON, Oct. 28, 1874, It 1g no longer cangerous to mention the subject of athird term in the President's presence. Ho thinxs it 1s the greatest joke ever perpetrated om the American people, and is convulsed with laugh- ter whenever he attemptsto speak about it, [tis seldom the President smiles, His natural dispoal- tion is to be sient and serious, Many, very many,. prominent republican Congressmen can bear wit- ness of the President's !rigidity during the past summer when any one had the temerity to men- tion “Cesarism’ or a third term in his nearing. Angry frowns, intensified with sullen silence, warned those anxious to know hia views to be- ware of pressing such an impertinent inquiry. @RNERAL DIX WAKES THE ENCHANTED. On Saturday last he summarily dismissed the topie as not pertinent to the political situation, and curtly sald it was none of his business what the newspapers sald anout It. He would not take any notice of the discussion, Since then the speech of Governor Dtx has, in the opinion of the President, invested the matter with more dignity than it before possessed. Yesterday, a6 the con- clusion of the Cabinet meeting, the time usually devoted to smoking cigars and personal conversa- tion was occupied in criticising the remarks of Governor Dix, The President did not vary his re- marks of Saturday last, and still thought it did not belong to the political tssue of the fall cam- paign, and that it would be extremely indecorous for him to take any notice whatever of the news- paper agitation. THE SILENCE OF CONVENTIONS EXPLAINED. His remarks yesterday were more significant than when spoken three days before, The Presi- dent knew, for it was his request, that the New York State Republican Convention would ignore the thira term question entirely, Subsequently 1t was nis expressed wish that the Chattanooga Convention should notin any of ita deliberations allude to the third term movement, THE CHIEF RULER IN A JOLLY MOOD. The nominee of the Utica Convention, however, thought proper to put himself on record against a third term for anybody, and suddenly the Presi« dent is seized with fits of laughter. His conversa- tion both yesterday and on Saturday was remark- able for the same omissions, He has not, and will not say that he does not desire to be re-elected or that he is anxious forthe day to come when he will be freed trom the duties of the Presidency. All he has condescended to say is that the discus- sion 18 premature and does not require his notice, and for that reason aione he tas mentioned the | topic im the presence oi members of the Cabinet. only. THE HERALD WORRIES POOR DIX. To-day he relaxed @ little, and tola the visitors who commented upon the announcement that he would not notice newspaper twacdle, that it was all the work of the New York HERALD, and, laughing most merrily, said he wondered who en- joyed the jun the most—the inventors and pro- Jectors of the third term scare or himself? He was particular to impress upon all that the HERALD alone was entitled to the credit of worry- tog Governor Dix and all the lesser politicians who had ever seriously entertained the thought of “his being an imperious Cesar. His predecessor, | Mr. Johnson, he remembered, was once the victim of a conundrum, whether the people would prefer him to be KING OR PRESIDENT. It was answered, as it deserved to be, witn de- | risivé laughter, in which he (Grant) with the | multitude heartily Joimed; but be did not think then that such a conundrum would ever be perpe- trated about him, and if others would not laugh at | the nonsense he would. Those favored with an audience with the Presi- dent to-day declare that he was periectly jolly, and for the most part they were those who have known him for years—suggesting to one who did not think it all @ joke, that Nero fiddled while Rome was burning, | The Evening Post on the President's Utterance. [Special despatch to the Evening Post of yes. terday.) WASHINGTON, Oct. 28, 1874, A double-leaded editorial in to-day's Repudlican in regard to the third term question attracts much attention, and is accepted as an aathoritae tive statement of the President’s position. This article, after noticing the Cabinet meeting yester- day, goes on to say :—~ Alter the business before the Cabinet was dis- posed of, the third term question came up for | discussion, that topic having been s1 sted by a reierence to the speech of General Dix at the Couper Institute, in New York, on Monday evening: last. The President embraced this opportunity to Ge that he regarded the agitation of this { qa jon as due solely to the newspapers, which ad started it for the purpose of creating @ sen! tion ahd directing attention to themselves, AS for his making any statement on the subject, he had never thought of such @ thing, nor had he ever talked on the subject with anyone. He did not think it would comport with his dignity as President of the United States to make a state- ment on this question in response to the clamor of newspapers, Notwithatanding the above positive declaration, itcan be said, without violating any confidence, that some of the members of the Cabinet who were present yeaterday were decidedly in favor of the President’s speaking out boldly, and thus stopping the agitation which is believed to be hurting the republican party in some sections of the country; but their advice did not present it- self favorably to the President, ‘The assertion is freely made by the President's personal friends that there 1s no doubt of his in- tention to decline any further political honors, and they felt sanguine a few days ago that they would be enabled to get a pointed ana positive declaration from him to this effect, and that haa it not been for what he terms the ‘clamor of news- Papers” they would have succeeded, He now feels that to declare his position would indicate a weakness on his part which he has fully made up his mind not to exhibit, and so the matter will be allowed to remain where it now | Stands, Senator Ferry, of Michig: Against It. {From an interview published in the Chicago Turer-Ocean, Oct. 26, Changing the subject, Iasked if he was a third term man Senavor Ferry (decidedly)—Iam not. I do not think the people would tolerate a third term for on oe , great as is the respect for General ran DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN BROOKLYN. A Silverware Manufactory in Flames— Loss $75,000. At half-past eleven o'clock lust night a fire broke out in the tour story rick building Nos. 51, 64 and 56 Columbia Heights, Brooklyn, The fire was firs! discovered by the privave watchman, who imme- diately sounded an alarm. Before the arrival of the engines the flames had made great headway, @nd @ second alarm was sounded, which brought Qn additional force of firemen to the acene. At Midnight the butlding was a total wreck, and the firemen were endeavoring to prevent the flames from spreading to Fowler & Crampton’s Mnseed oll factory, whieh is situeted on Furman PRS im the rear of tae ourning butiding. Messrs. F. R&C. W. Fowler, the owners of the Furman Street building, estimate their loss at $20,000; (uily insured, The first awd second floors were occu~ Pied by Adams, Hallock & Uo., manufacturers 0: Speaks Out ion worthy of publication in your journ: taken so prominent an interest in the pi posed aemonstration, yon will oblige one who ia Neves that Sha re wrote “Macbeth,'? New Yorx, Oct ity M. Silver plated ware. ‘Laovir loss, whicd 18 $45,000, 19 covered by insurance. ‘The third @nd fourta floors were used py the American Oork Catting Company, wuo lose 810.000; fully Insured, =~