The New York Herald Newspaper, November 5, 1877, Page 6

TO-MORROW’ - BATTLE —ey How the Politicians Spent the Sabbath Da POLITICAL WIREPULLING The “Strikers” and “Prophets” at Work. A PROBABLE MURDER. The Candidates for State and City Officers. ‘Tbe genial sunshine and bracing atmosphere of yes- terday proved » (tting boon to the busy politicians engaged in preps: sca for to-morrow’s flual struggle as the polls. At the different headquarters all was bustle and excitement Morrissey’s rooms at the Asbland House aud Scbell’s camping ground in Twenty-eighth strect were, of course, the central points of attraction. Then, too, the finishing rivets were driven home in the campaign equipages of Messrs, Loew and ky in the close Registersbip contest, Friends and workers crowded around the diferent candidates, while the iker’? did not abate for an instant his “unselfish” efforts in the onslaught for financial provender. ‘be **busy note of preparation’? and the quiet determination of partisans to work out their canvass in the face of ali obstacies was, however, everywhere observable, Political discussion ran bigh im the various hotels and meeting places where the ‘boys’? congregated to compare notes. The al- ternoon was devoted to caucus, wirepuiling and encouraging words, The drum beats and bugle Diasts of leaders were board in ward and Sena- torial districts, calling the taithtul to arms; politi- cal marines nerved their tired bodies with copious libations in the barrooms, while the whispers of com- mand came stealing from the Fourteenth street Wig- ‘wam on one mde and the Filth Avenue Hotel—where the ant+-Tammany leaders assembled—on the other. ‘It was, indeed, a day fraught with wonderful specula- tions and more wonderiul hopes to the mere local politician, Ina few short hours his hopes might be dashed to the ground or carried to the verge of bis Mmited ambition. Advocates for !ammany and anti, Tammany were found who claimed immense majori- ties for their respective candidates, Those politica, Prophets were evidently paid for ooasting und the habit with them almost grew into @ faith, Some of them will doubtless find out on Tuesday night that— Who knows himself a bracgart, Let him four this; for it will come to pass ‘That every braggurt shail be found as ss. ‘The demagogues on botn sides tried to originate yes, terday and last night all sorts of issues which did not im any way belong to the canvass. These aro old games of the politicians snd it is difficult for candi- dates to guard themselves effectually from their tofu, ence. Ail sorts of ridiculous and unfounded stories Are circulated im the interests of candidates, while in- genious attempts are made to use the pewspapers in Biving vent tocanards which may affect the contro- ‘versy on one side or the other, THE SEVENTH DISTRICT. In and out of the Seventh Senatorial district the Neboll-Morrissey fight was the theme of interest and controversy, 1t was talked over in hotels, on street corners, in barrooms und barber shops, to the exclu- sion of every other topic. The wish was father to tne thought with the Tammany men who expressed them- selves sure of Morrisscy’s defeat, while apti-Tammany folks predicted with equal confidence the rout of Schell and of Jonn Kelly, who is supposed to have his prestige as chieftain of Tammany Hall at stako in this Struggle. ‘The barber shops on Sundays are famous places for the ventilation of popular sentiment. On that day they ate more extensively patronized than on any other, Many men set aside the Sabbath as tho occa- sion for getting their hair cut. Some have no other day for shaving und thus it is that all barber shops on Sunday bappen to be weil patronized. The customers, too, are invariably more loquacious and the barber is not Compelied to pump up conversation as be thinks imseif bound to do on other days of the week, His patrons relieve him of this burden on Sunday and all he bas to do is to throw ina word here and there to flavor the conversation, Then it is aiso to be noticed tat men, who are strangers to each other, interchai views with the familiarity of old acquaintances, and the barber shop becomes a regular exchange of senti- ment between men of all ciasses. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES. In @ barber shop on Third avenue, yesterday, the writer, while under the tonsorial manipula- tion of a lusty and facetious German artist, listened to an animated impromptu debate, carried on all sround the room, in regard to the Scheli-Morrissey fight in the Seventh Senatorial district, ‘I tell you ‘hat it is,” exclaimed a man who had previously vol- antecred the information that be drove an ice wagon And his business for the yoar was about over, ‘there ain’t no skuliduggery "bout Morrissey; he’s a man from the ground up.” “Yes, but 1 guess he'll slump through this time, Seheil’s my man,” answered another, who was just bout having a coat of lather spread over bis jaw, and ho spoke no more for ten minutes. “You wait aod see if he don't turn up trumps Tues- Gay night,” said the former speaker. ‘“Morrissey’s g0t the whip band iu this race, aud tnore ain’t no dis- fount on him. He's got the stamps, too, ana he knows jist about as weil how to use ’em as any man oo jootavool, What was Schell adoin’ when the imborers had their wages cut down ?” ‘Doss tes vot I'd like to Kaow,” cried tho boss bar- apparent and earnest sympathy with the lust “Vere vous he?” 10” bim- self with a fout-in-band and livin’ on the tat o’ the land,” responded the Morrissey w,"’ said the boss barber, ‘dos iss how deso {ings iss made, Schell he get de boor man to wote lor bim aed dep be say nix cum rous, and he don’t know @e boor man any more.” “Right, old nan," said the Morrissoy champion, ap- liers ike Sebell don’t amount to beans, et your vote, and then they don’t care a whether you live or bat ain’t Mor- tye,’ t's the style o’ the whole o' them,” sung out a wih @ Milesian accent, ‘Sure I niver mn yet that cared a thraneen what ¥ man ihat voted jor him, They’re wil eo’ fT don't think the a toss up between wy.” ‘* (he mou for me,” spoke up & customer Who was beving bis boots blacked, “He's a genile- MAL AOYLOW, aod it's about time we bad somebody bee bom im toe Legisiacure, Fellers tine Morrissey ‘Ought to taxe a back seat” ‘Jen’ #,"" said am advocate for Schell who bad boeo ir ihe barber to get through ‘Sebell ain't no duffer like Mor- bobtatled politician, and when you that to run yer ougut to'preciate biin.’? * aid the bose barber, who uppeared any side, “ven you finds a man dows tabie You ehust wove jor him right tevel, Schneider,” observed the pre- cheli may be au oid logy, but be ht kind of stock.” vil with the stock,’ said the man with 5 Eis stock you want, give me u's Wt ZOOd aH anotuer, Morrissey wasn’t it wasn’t utther with bis vious speaker. . i *veplied the Schell man. “He Waee's brought up 19 prize Ogbtin’, ike Morrissey. He coulda’! bit from the shoulder, bul be forgot more Mian Morrimey ever learned,” " aed," retorted the other, “What aia do, worth a fity cont stamp? Did be ever give © toad o’ coal to a poor wan, or the jee of we OVercout? Well, if he aidn’t, Morrixsey ’ though, I are the Diest of @ pipe for + coming aod going all day. turved inte a sort of & wumver of euurick?” themecives around the place jortable attitudes they coald assume. talk relaied to the local candidates Assembly and Aldermen, woo bave contrived to ‘Of course, there was only one conviction Sie the Tammeny Candidate for tote Senator, and bis election was sure by at , Several bundreus catiod at th and from ali tbat could be » Sige aa, Way of opimion aud spooui the chances for the anti.Tammany candidate ioo« very bright. MOBRINSET AT Bay. Jobe Morrissey ast eight ieeaed the following ad- Gress to the voters of the Seventh district :-— Three weeks ago | entered apoo the canvass 1a your Abe people's for the Senate. Of ta aceoptonee I whieh bas prevented me irom makiug the persisteat, energetic and active canvass i desired. 1 have in con- sideration of my duty to those who placed me in nomimavion, however, coutrary to the advice of my wedica! atiendanis and irieuds, during the past three day® only bees maxing exertion far beyond my strength to eee the people of the district and give to them sucd Feasous as they Gave the right to do. mand, why | Believed Wey should give me their suf- frages. During my sickness sod coufnement my emies have Veew busy lv heaping Spon my namo action abuse and misrepreseutation. As desperate Conditions require desperate means, My opponeut, riting of bis doleat apo the wail, souree trom whieb vilification Tweed, who bas jor some ti terest of famman: ule jt gather from chent a series of am l bave only to eay originated | have been oF Congress [row this sity, Bat reions abd charges ag: since the matters be refers to the peopte twice elected to been im tue prominent counsels of Temmany Hall, assoomted win Mr. Keily (woo, With my opponent, I belreve to bave wm great Measure Suggested the ultack upon me) and once re- cently elected to the Senate of the State, for which I didate, Whatever o! folly or of wrong- the people of tus comm: honored me with their confidence iu high public ofc thelr ‘prejudices office | have hel: if they can demons failed iu my fidelity io ollleral duty aud public tn- terest, that | have ever forieted my Word oF vioimted a pledge made to the people, or thot any act of mine bears the impress of dishouesty or deceit, | sbail bow to such record and admit the justice of their attacks; k my coustituents aud sapporters to nseemly aud WuiManiy metuod of as plo and grouse their prejudices against wm frages to the ~enate (as 1 Ormly b upon luesday uext) | shail sirive fidelity to the interests and wellare of tho di community as will tuily justly you im having chosen me us your representative. WAS IT MULDER? Michael Q’Hare lies dead at his late residence, No, 445 Fourth avenue, und Alexander McClaue, « car con- ductor of the Fourth avenue line, is heid @ prisoner in the Twenty-tirst precinct station house What the charge against the prisoner 1s is not clearly set torth, but he is supposed by the police to be tn some manner responsible for the death of O'Hare, The two men were residents of the Seventn Senatorial district and democrats, O’Hare bewg a strong sup porter of ‘Tammany Hall and partteularly an admirer of its candidate for Senatorial houors, while McClane, who itis aaid owed his appointment as conductor to John Morrissey, is a warm advocate of the latter, On Saturaay evening at about five o'clock they met in the liquor store of Wittpenn Brothers, ou the cor- ner of Thirty-firat street and Fourth avenue, and there tn company with three or our men began a discussion of the local political situation and the merits of the candidates and the contest In the Seventh Senatorial district, A warm argument followed, put no quarrel as far as could be learned, Shortly before six o’clock the two men, O'Hare and McClane, left the saloon together, their companions remaining in the place, Ten minutes later MoCiane returned alone and joined those who hud remained in the saloon. A few moments alter this the bartender was notified that a drupken man was lying on the sidewalk in front of the stp On going out ho found O’Hare lying On the pavement, vieeding from ‘what appeured to be a slight wound on the back of bis head, The wounded mat’s wile, who lives ou tho same biock, came to bim and helped him home. Tho Case was reported at the police station as 4 trifling ao- cident. O who was somewhat intoxicated during Satorday, remaiued in an unconscious condition un- til yesterday morning, when he died. McUiave, who, it appears, ie a resident of Jersey City, but keeps a room on Fourth avenue, convenient to the car depot, went home on Saturday night and to bis work, usual, the next morning, aud he was on his car woen arrested by order of Coroner Croker, to wom the case was reported. McClane i# described by those who know bim at the cur depot as a quict, inoffensive man, about thirty-four years of age. He bad only been on the road three weeks, and was on what is culled the “extra” list. ‘U'Hare, who was about forty years of ago, lived with bis wife at No, 445 Fourtu avenue in very peut, but unpretentious quarters, He bad been without work during the Jast two years, ‘bey kepta tew lodgers in the house, op whom it would appear they mainly depended for support. McClane had nothing sted, aud was conducted quietly to will remain until @ ‘post-mortem rinined the cause of knowu whether or not he 1s in any manner responsibie {or it The only circumstance that tends to the belle! that McClane 18 culpable is the statement of Mra O'Hare. Her husband, she says, came home at noon on Satur- day in an excited aud’ angry muvd, und stated that some man had threatened to “lay him out.”? He leit the bouse at two o'clock and tuld ber not to be sur- prised if he was found in the station house next morning, us he was ‘a man, und no man could lay him out.”? When she next saw him he was lying on the pavement, as belore state-t, At wus etated inte last night that Officer Welch had found a boy who had been told by another boy that be had seen a ian assaulted on the corper of Thirty-first street and Fourth aven ‘on Saturday eveuing, and that be would bo able identity bis assailant BUNCHING THE TICKETS. Areporter of the HexaLn who was sent yesterday into the Fitth Senatorial district found that a great deal of the tolding and bunching of tickets and othor details of preparation for the contest on Tuesday had already been accomplished, It seemed as if the three armies in this Senatorial fleld bad rosolved upon a Sabbath truce—for there aro three Richmonds in a mor—Kobert H, Strahan, the republican candidate; Alired Wagstaff, Jr., the regular Tammany Hall can- didate, and Jumes D. McClelland, a lawyor, who repre- sents the anti-lTammany party, The Filin Sen- atorial district is a very important one, and comprises four Assombly districts—the Seventh, Thirteenth, Eighth and Ninth, and four wards—the Eighth, Ninth, Fiteenth and Sixteenth. Mr. Robert H. Straban’s headquarters are at No, 46 Sixth avenue, over a pawubroker’s shop; Mr, Alfred Wagstaif, Jr., holds forth on Sixth avenue, above Waverley place, apd ar. James D, McClelland is to be 1ound at No, 128 Sixth avenue, opposite the Jefierson Market Police Court. When the reporter reached the Strahan comp he found only two or three gentiemen in possession, At least 350,000 tickeis had been printed, folded and bunched with the regular State, county and municipal tickets Mr. Goodall em- ployed tuirty girls to work on the evenings of Thurs day, Friday aud Saturday. In every istrict girls were omployed to fold the tickets, it having been aa- cortained that they possess a peculiar knack of hand- ling the votes which a cruel aud thoroughly ungallant system of government prevents them casting. ‘The headquarters of the Seventh Assembly district, which ta in the Fifth Senatorial district, 18 at the Sin- clair House, Eighth street and Broad’ Dr kk Hayes is the repuviican nominee. On Saturday night twonty members of the Liucoin Club, of Eighth street and University place, met in the pariors ol the Sin- Glair House and proceeded to bunch ail the tickets for the twenty-one electoral districts in that Assembly Gistrict, There was a bag for each election district, Ou Tuesday morning early these bags will be yiven to the so-cailed cuptuins of the districts, who will havo charge of the bootus. hey will be assisted in tho dis- tribution of the tickets by one or two lieutenants rele- gated to each booth. Al the Wagstaf! headquarters there were numerous people arriving who wuntoi to see the Colonel aud tho Senator, as he was variously calied. they were ali disappointed, because Lhe Colonel was novabout “I left him this morning at eleven o'clock,” satu a tired young mun, “and be was then dressing for ak je didn’t «get home until five o 3 the night before be only had an hour and a hali’s sleep,’ Later io the day the Henao re porter saw Colouel Wagstall, who seemed irest, roxy and confident; but so are the Stravan people, Bow parties jook upon McClelland a8 the balance of power, for while Strahan claims that ho will be returned by 1,000 majorny, Colonel Wagstafl only insists upon Deuting the ficld by 1,100 votes, Both Siraban aud Wagstafl concede a following to McUleliand of about eight hundred vores, Tho Sixth Senatorial district, comprising the Eighth, dis Fourteenth Assemuly iy nvaxsed by republi nd y was devoted to making tinal ‘Tenth, twelfth and hus been thorouguly ca democrats, and yestor: arrangemeuts for having the bullots properly bunched and counted vr Nechiman, the Tammany Hall gominee for ator, — aecom= panied by several of vis frienus and backers, Went the rounds of the headquarters tn cach of the Assembly districts to satisfy Himself that his inter. ests were being taken care of. Mr. Goebel, the repub- Hiewn and anti-fammany candidate, also mage # sim- ‘lar tour of observation, aud by u rather awkward co- incidence the rival chicls aud their fepective cohorts met at Concordia Hall, in avenue A, Int the even. 1g Both candidates, however, exchanged suluta- tious, while their heachmen frateruized over Uumur. ous Lumpers of beer. The headquarters of each Assembly district, looked like ® miniature post office, Seated at tables were weveral young meu busily engaged bunching Uekets and folding circulars, wile overs were rapidly ad- dressing envelopes. Iu every case the work went on with great regularity, as it the men employed at the business had previous experience, It was a noticeable fact, however, tbat at the Republican Assembly Hoad- juarters there wad greater activity and preparation than at the democratic reudevouz, The former kept steadily at work all day and Inte into the night, Alpha Club rooms in the Tweilth Assembly district, the Patterson Association in the Tenth Assembly trict, and the O'Brien Ciub situaied ip Ludiow abre “thing he cam lay were the principal places where the work of bunching the tickets aud addressing citculars were carried on 10 M 1 and the other republican ral prominent democratic politicians Concordia Hall, where they freely dis- cussed the merits and prospects of the rival caodi- dates, Asa matter of course they were confident of success, They ridiculed the pretensions of Mr. Goe- bel, who they claimed bad disgusted his constituents by retiring from the race at the eleventh bour last year when be bad received the republican nomination for a county office, They also referred to Mr. Goebel’s defeat when Le ran lor Civil Justice against Judgo r Goebel tite we citing bis discomiture ax a proof tf hig unpopularity. said a Custom House imaspector, was an attentive lis- tener to the conversation, ‘of course, you have @ walk over, That’s what “Yen,!? democrats will eb? Is there any of you snoozers ? Pil back Goedel tor that amount. be heard of Tuesday.” Tho civil ground, io excep- eervice politic and several of was troading on dangero! 8 auditors took ane: there cav be no doubt but they would bave come to leggerbeads. Ln tbe other senatorial districts every- thing was quiet, and the bunching of tiekets will be gone through with to-day. TEMPERANCE AND POLITICS. A meeting of the American Temperance Union in Cooper Institute was beld yesterday afternoon, Prosi dent Cady in the chair, {he principal speakers, tt will be seen, argod their temperance friends to stand by the prohibition ticket and try to send mea to Al- bany who would repeal the obnoxious laws legalizing the sale of liquor. Ove of them also presented a broadside of figures showing the extent to which crime and the burdea of heavy taxation could be traced to the liquor business aud intemperance. Mr: Q Q Leigh (ex-member of Assembly) said if there is any one thing or any one subject the Ameri- can people are instructed in it is drunkenness. ¥rom their youth ap they have it before thom. Every paper we take up furnishes a picture In favor of temper ance, in the of murders, assaults, highway rob. beries and crime im every shape, The great question now 18, How can the American people vo freed from this terrible evil? A number of plans bad Deen proposed, The women of the West had airoady done work that exacted the approval ot temperance people, uot only in this coun- uy bub in Kurope, It was 4 men could not arrest the curso; but whea women—our mothers, Wives aud daughlers—took up the cuuse they saved many thousands Yet the fountain bead had not been reached, tue great source irom which the evil Q@uweu Mr, Murphy tad accomplished a great deal auc was capable 0} doing more. Ove error tem- peruuce meu make, thought the speaker, 16 thut each had bis own syseu, He was in favor of a coucentra- tion of all plans und a general unity of effort to carry out their object, fhe moral and legal uspects o! the question wero viewed They were like the Siamese twins; they could uot be divided, Jo euueavor to parate them would be to cauge the deuth of You canuot destroy one and expect to keep the other alive, The aecessity of proper logisiation was meuuoned. He regarded those wuo claimed to be temperance Men and yet voted the rum ticket 10 be worse than the bloated, blear-eyed, Lot- werivg Wroich you meot in the street. You know him to be a drunkard, but you can’t tell what the others are; farther than that, you kuow that they are hy po- crites and the great stumbling blocks in tue way of temperance reform. In Albany one party ad ut ite bead a wealthy brewer; in this city you ure asked to voto (or a mau for Senator who 1s notoriously opposed to the tomperauce cause, He would urge ali tewper- ‘Anco men, uli young wen, to tura aside from such candidates and vote for the probibition ticket, Mr. Kau/man’s speech was chiefly devoted to a pon- derous statistioa! exhibit of the evils and disasters the liquor traflic entailed upon the county, Alter reier- ring to the bard times, the commercial disasters und cases of Individual distress and mentioning the alleged cuuses thereivr, be claimed that there was overiop- ping ail these disorders one prime and principal cause— Ube legalized liquor troffic. 1t was their duly io put it down as speedily as possible, No nation cun ever be prosperous or bappy if the peopio ure given to in- semperuuce, aud no Legislature is right which makes it easy to do wrong and so hard to do right. The speaker quoted trom Dr. Youug’s repeatedly printed slauisuics showing the enormous amount of moury expended in this country to suatain the liquor truilic, gud deduced therefrom the incredible amount of flour und bread it would yield to 'y jamily 10 the land if the traflic w: juppressed. He couten that we ry wen yeurs an amount of liquor that the national debt, And what Lave we, wsked, in return? Drupkeune: poverty, igno- France, vulgarity, vice, crime on every band, acci- deus’ by land und sea, pauperism, premature old age, lunacy, prostitution, logal disorders, destitu- tion by starvation among the working people, enormous taxation and dishonored — graves. It bad been ascertuined §=in Pennsylvania that two-thirds of the pauperism and crime in that State ure attributable to the liquor traffic, The sta- tistics of the Commissioners of Charities and Corroc- tion 1m this city show tbut the liquor trailic is account. able for turee-fourths of the arrests amoug wen, seven- ths among Women and the balance could ve traced fic im some way or other, lo sMassachu- hty-live per cont oi the arrests are traccau! traffc, that four-f(ths of the crime bave the sume origin and that thero was not one case in ten where murder or tho of buman blood ania pouree. And yet, said the «speaker, we — logalil this traitic! ‘The speaker held the voter responsible for this state Of things. He said that both parties were so full of curruption that they could uot be trusted, ana that tue great hope of the temperance reformers 16 to build up 4 Dew pariy—the probibition party. Palmer and other speakers followed, the Chair having stated previous; he expectev to have the pleasure of mtroducing Dr. Urouby, Dr. Willard Parker and others from this piatiorm before long, THE CHRISTIAN VOTER. Mr. Talmage baving announced that he would preach last night on the subject of poiitics a large crowd was In attendance, Tho goddess Diana, said Mr. Talmage, bas lost her worshippers and her tem- ple is im the dust, but in our day there are idolaters who lift up two gods and expect us to bow down and worship them, The one is the democratic god; the other is the republican god. I bow to netthel the Lord of Hosts is my God, and if 1 can discharge my daty to Him I will duty to the nation and the world. ‘here a parties honest men, but 19 tmuny cases I tind itis ‘about this—the ins want to stay 10 and keep the outs out and the outs want to get in and put the ims out, (Laughter), If there ever wasa time in the United States fur Christian men to bow belore God and ask ‘His salvation for our city and State aud for the na. , How is the time. st Friday night 1 demanded tigation of charges against one of the candi- dates nominated tor the highest offi i the gift of the city. The evidence tus com re is & great deul of contradictious stimony. I empanel you and i swear you in ext Tuesday to decide tor Brooklyn and for God who are the men most fitted for oflice. You are the swora jury with relorence to the last account, when you must give an account for every vote you cast as well as for every idle word. My first counsel tv you 1s, that you will trown upon all political falsehoods, An election lie 18 the worst Kind of a lie. What misrepre- sentations of men and principles, what caricature of 1 A democratic Leadwy to a repub & republican Ucket to cuteb the unwar; comes along aud votes for the mau ne has veen de nouneing lor tiree weeks. 1 also counsel you to make uo improper use of mone; In counection with thé election there is of money, but when you put a brive into a man hand to influence bis vue you ipsult God and you in- sult the nation, If somebody tries to Uamper with your vole seize him aod shout Police!” The oloc- You that cannot be carried without bribery ought never to be curried ut all. I counsel you to trown upon all dissipation that bovers round te ballot bu’ Wuen « Frenchman mee « Freachman be tw would Iiquidat be wine, when & German he taki beer, but can’ on not Upon the win C ‘Vuesday to honor God and implore His blessing on this State and uation. There is something bigher than the bailotbox, higher than the Presdeutial authority; it is the authority and power of God. Do you wish wo have my comparative appreciation of the two parties? Ii just thi8—the ove that keeps the longest In steals the most If the great politica: parties im this country do vot repent of their sins belore God there wili come up other parties who will turn their backs ‘all and — dissipate ana public fraud. you next Tuesday, my iriends, before you 0 wake your Bible’ ard by its light decide tor who wh Th are Lwo parti the righteous eVeriasting punishment and the riguieous inte bi eternal What will be your destiny? White you dis charge your duty to your city remember that you have a soul blood-boaght, judgmen’-boand, immortal, CITIZENSHIP, In tho course of a sermon on the text “Render therefore to Cwsar the things which are Cwsar's, « unto God the things that Goa's,”” Matt xm, 21, Kev. Dr. Tiffany, the pastor, said ho tueory of our government, where the ouly Just experiment of free dom 1 religion and in politics bas been made, ts that the voice of the people properly expressed i the voice of God, If it 1 not 80 we bw immediate remedy. We must endeavor, sivce we are to be gov erned by It, to make it #0 by educating, mtellectu- ally, moraliy and religiously, those woo utier Ib We’ huve chosen to rule ourselves and it is most fortunate that we can educate each ot It ts qur fe to Bay that the great danger to mod- ern irecdom arises {rom the indifference of tm c reforence to the franchise, It bas bee bon for mi ay io elect, if wot in We h the settlement of these issues vo mm choose to mavage them,” and then w Claim #0: Jo{tiness of social Virtue on the ground of ferovee, as though possivie to sponsibility and ph ENCES AB a ficient. In the time of the reveliion men awok the sense of personal Foepwasiviiity they saw (hat the neglect of an ounce of proveution bad aeoessi- taced the pound of cure, aud ordinary e@x- cuses and self-complacency "A Men then folt that national defence was a duty. Jn the absence of some such great paramount neces wily we are apt to look upon the ballot as a privilese which those who choose may exercise instead of re- rt — it axa duty trom which no man may shrink, Chris's teaching was bot a permission, but a command, der to Cesar’? was an order based on the recog- mition of personal responsibility. '$ FOR REMAINING AWAY. the character of those whe man- age poiitics, the places where pritnary meetings are held, the class of men who crowd the polls are such as are repugnant to us—we cannot mingle with them. 1 answer that mea of character and social Bt some m: mfluence would but do their duty instead of 1s to shoulder bitters and banca steerers and dram arimkers, thi would be no occasiou for such complaining. Auother ciass of men excuse thomselves on the plea of devotion to business, forgetting that po pasiness would be worth i protected by good laws aod transacted y were gi who, because Luey had nothing to run its government? 16 18 beca ence of many of the Ddetter ober elements of society bave tunity to control affairs. It you bad rendered Cwsar bis due things The privilege of the bullot having been conf you its uso becomes a duty and stiould be solemnly Qnd fearlessly discharged. If former neglect has made the duty a peril, face the peril as @ penalty tor former negligence, but du your duty, Every citizou ts bound by obligations to the welfare of nis Reignbor and the general good to express bis id opinions through the ballot When ‘determine policies of it right of citizenship a8 yourselves, and comtact will mutuaily benefit, One of rand advantages of our sytem 1s that it produces a reciprocity of guod offices, Prejudice neutralizes prejudice tn the character of the general will, and the amalgam produced by tho fusion together of ‘various opinions, policies and interests ia far petter than could be reached by any other method, Each individual, tveretore, is wound by the very nature of our government to coutribute as much as ia him lies to the general good, with which his own good ig identified, and whenever any one negiecis or reiuses the action of whole must necessarily be impaired, and there is danger that the voice we hear {8 not the voice of ple, but the voice which the people’s leaders contrive to speak through tueir or- Bans, through their iungs and not through their minds. The voice of ihe people must be the voice of independent thinking and uot the boliow sound whieh comes iru the Mucuinery of an automaton, ONLY THK FORM WITHOUT VIKTU! Witbout intelliyence and virtue we bave only the form of w republican government, I! the people are wise power will be patiuto the bands of competent and honest men. 1 this were always the case ours would be the very ideal of @ perlect goverament; it would realize more than Plato's dream, ior in propor- tion as Christianity becomes a quickening tnfucuce upon the minds of men, and hence a ruli io any State, thas Siate becowesa kingdom of God. THE CANDIDATES. STATE, BENATH, ASSEMBLY, CITY AND COUNTY TIOKETS. stare rub jobn ©, Churchill. Dlintou V. K. Ludington o.William DL. Bostwiex. Comptroite: ‘Treasurer .. Attorney General Kngineer and surveyo! Secretary ot Stato. Comptrolter Treasure Attorney Ge Aug. Engineer and Sur Horatio Seymour, German. Secretary of Stato Comptroliet Neots, Treasurer William L. Bostwick. Grenville Tremain, Horatio Seymour, Jr. um, Attorney General Engineer and Surveygr rohibition Secretary of Stat Comptroller ‘Troasuior Attorney Gener: Kuyiueer ead Sur “Thomas B. Eawards, William Doyle, Warren t, Worden, Comptrolier,.. ‘Trousarer Attorney General Secretary of State. Comptroller jorge Blair. ichuel F. McKiernan. obert H. Burtholomee, -Krnest Schmitt. Attorney . Christian B. Collenburg, Engineer and Surveyor Republican, 1—James Otis . i. 2—Kuyeue D, Borel. arg john 0. Jacobs, 8—No candidute.. Wan. B. Rovinson, I. Dy 4—Jos. Shannon, A. T. rd Hogan. 5—Kobert i. strabaa, and, f. D. J 4 6—L, 8. Goobol, A. T..s..0+--Martin Nachtman, } J, U. Granam, work’gmen's, Augustus Sebel. Thomas ©. K. Eeclesine, Ricbard Lathers. Daniel B, » 1—*J. Morrissey, 8-¥,'N. Bixby, oseph MeNanghtan, “James ¥. Starbuec. 19—Bylvester Gridiey, etapa 20—Samuel 8. Edick. ha Lt 28 * 29—Lee R. Sanborn. 3o—James H. Loomi: Bi—Kay V. Pierce. Lore! jenst ne, 4 W. U. Nobles George W. Clinton, Flint Blanchard. Tie ASSEMBLY. Dist, r soc = Hieaea Orig 2—Jobn Foste 3—James T. Story..... }{j fad. Lt. das. MeGuirk, lr. 4-Bon. F.Manter...... | eiyary Gurcans Alleghany [he ATW RRtte +278. N. Bennots, Broome . Jas. H. Barnes, Cattaraugus “B. Will Clinton. Columbia «. Cortland. Delaware. rankiin.... ult. and fam, Genesee Greene 3—W. S—Walliamy ns Weslnig. j— William 11. Waring..Geo. 6—Jacob Worth ban James Uhappol,....W. L. tockwell, Montgomery... —D. U. Shults. ‘Edward Wemple. Combination, New York...... . Thomas Foie: Grady. Barty HL. Melutyre. James Ha; . . Couns 2-M.¥. Hoilan 13—Jobn Clark. ar ruax. Brewleinnere. jexander 1 as m Townend 1 L=teo, Abbott. -Framk MeCaron. 4-T. MeManas. 7—Wm. Hill L 10-P.C, Bamburger 1A, Jobuston” Worktngymen’s Demon 5—Theophiius Milos 14—Louts Hue 6=k. K Pose 15--L, schrade 7 Arthur Langerteld.16 Corrigan, Paul ttuche, 7-8, Briting 10-—Joba W. Jabolka, 20-L. Thompson, La— Lewis Goldsvein. Miagara........ 1Hiram Bened! a Botts, Sonn F, Gray, < K, Pateometlh, NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1877.—WITH SUPPLEMENT. Charles fl, Ferris, “to. ee *8, Floyd Jones, 2—J. D, Van Ostrand. John Keegan. hemmpanendotaat 73 Gideon Reynolds, jam Li. Siiter. Bruoks, rant ‘ames Nelgon. } M, K. Sawyer. FP, Rowland. Charles Anthony. 2—*A, D. Hepburn...-Jobn C. Gage. derangs.. EB bee ii 2—Danie! H. Dejoc. 8s. Lawrence.. 1—Ueor EB, Bol A, ©, Broughton, Marion Conklin, In the Third Assembly district Joho C. Smith bas 4 James Hay + democracy. In the Ninth Assombly district Aedrew J. Campbell bas been named by tho independent repadiicuns, and Edward Barrett by anti-Tammany. Jobo D, McLeun ig nominated by the independent republicans of the ‘Thirteenth Assombly district, The Sixteenth Assem- bly district is ulso divided on a combination nomina- tion between Henry M, shaeter, repuvlican, and Michael N. Salmon, tudependent. Juha Draddy i anti-Tammany candidate for Assembly in the plit anti-Tam- candidate bly district. Leake claims to be the regular republican can- the Fiitn Assembly district, Isaac Kaapp gular republican nominee in the Sixth Axsem- ict. Jaines D, dicCleiland is the candidate of Fitth Seuatorial a in the trick = Mich Twentieth Assembly district Benjamin independent republican candidate in the same dis- trict, Joba J. isair claima to bave tne apt!-Tammany nomination in the Fourth district, und denies any rumorsas to withdrawal, William Beckenbaugh i¢ till dependent candidate in the Twenty-first district, Andrew Govan bas been nominated by the working- cy uy the Kleveuth district for Assembly, jependeni candidate in she CITY AND COUNTY MOMINERS, awcisTER, Fammany. Proderiek WW. ..ocw. Jucod Hews, Unied Worle Breadiinnere League, Jacob less. Charles Kusencrans. Worl "4 Soctul Democracy. HH. Mowexton, COURT susTIORS. © John i, Brady. Breadwinner's League, Pod. Josenim-en, Democracy. Jaen Ure Jobe Brady ‘ United Workingmen. it ier MARINE COURT JUBTIOKS. ‘Combination. Joseph Kuen. Alles McDonald. winners’ League, ‘ALDARMEA-AT-LanGr. Andrew I, (ir: k Heenan, tprepe e William & Koberts, ildam i, Gedney, Louis ©. Waebner, Louis M. Boucher. United We dsreadveinners! androw H. Green, a, Darius Guilagher, Darius Gallagher, John ants, Jobu Bi tis al. Dosebor. ‘Louts aM. Workinamen's Socinl Lemvcracy. gobo Shuck, shares Langenbacher, James M. Commerford, John Gath Duszator aLDEy mex, Diet, Tammany. ‘om 4 Thomas Shi ts, Roday >. Urassoh James Slevin, Deuis Burom, 5—Wislinm Lamb. . Morris, Wi W. Jacovus, Jo: Ferdinand burt tery rok 1-W rd Bi Koi jah Murphy. 81h ry U. Parley. ‘Tuomas 0. Freeborn, J. Phillips. Hugh err : nt inners Bawy me 4—Jolin Fraser. Bryan Keilly. 6—Phillp Siver, - Workingmen's social Democracy. Dist, 4—Fredorick Bartlott, Henry 7—William Klingeaberg, A. D. Brower. crn er Boisset, tmerich, Henry Herman THE MUNICIPAL AMENDMENT. No, 106 East Fivtr-Firta Stexsr, Naw Yours, Nov. 3, 1877. } tus Evtror ov tae Hemao:— You havo already given space in your paper to sev- eral longthy communications on the proposed municipal amendments, May | ask you to permit a hearing ior a fow words more, even althougn these words como from one who is disfranchised, Tho excelieat gentle- men of the Committee of Fifty propose tw resirict the right of suffrage im one direction, to pertnit only rent and taxpayers to vote for the oificers of the Board of Finance—ia oth words, for those who sbali bave the spending of the monoy coutributed by these voters. Now, is it not a plain matter of justice that the proposed amendment suould be #o drawn as to permit all rentand tax- fh 8, iFrespeotive of Bex, to have this privilege? )he ground tuken by these geutiomen is that property should have special protection; then agsurediy the property of femnale éitizens should have equal pr tion with that of maie citizen Io this city a very large amount ol real estate is owned by women, who pay euch yoar great sume taxes, Certainly there can be no justice in declaring with One breath that all property suould bave special representation, but that oue-third of the property of ty re. main unrepresenied because it is n. ln Engiaud the common sense view has long been taken, and women who rent aud taxes vote equally with men for all muuieipal officers, Is tt not high time that this Republic, wuich bousts of its freo- dom, should cease to lag behind a movarchy in a ro- form of such obvious justice? 1 it wo much to ask vt those geutlemen that thoy so amend article 6 of their proposed measures as to make it declare t all Tent ugd taxpayers, without regard to sex, shail be equally entitied to yore for members of the Board of Finance? Hoping that you may seo the luiruess of this View and urge it with the power of your great journal, 1 am, yours reepeastalld, LILLIE DEVEREUX BLAKK ‘WHE SHANNON SENSATION. The chief and absorbing topic of conversation among the Brvvklyn oflice-bolders yesterday was the probable result of the vote of Alderman Shannon in confirming the nominees of Mayor Schroeder, There ‘were various rumors afloaton the subject. One was to the effect that the Alderman of the Filth ward bad ulready regretted his hasty aud unlooked for action, and would at We next meeting of the Board move to recon- sider the vote by which the appointments were made, It i claimed by ral lawyers that Shannon may vote to recunsider his action of Wednosday evening, Under the twenty-second rule, be baving voted in the affirmative, Whether this will be done or not tt is certain that the independent Alderman still holds the whipband over both parties in the Common Council. The eity charter, passed tn 1373, a bill which was drawa by tne republican leaders, provides that the Mayor shall nominate and the Board of Aldermen conlirm. That then the appointees ‘shall withia ton days” furnish bonds to be approved by Common Council and filed with the City Vierk, The amoudments of 1874 (chapter 689, soction 8) do not alter ihese provisions. Both acts, the democratic legal advisers assert, provide that tue commissioners go uppoluted shall bold uo ovher office At the time of tueir appointment, except that of notary public or commissioner of deeds, It is aiso held that Colonel end , Wurd, of the Twenty- third regiment, N.G.5.N.Y., who has been ap; bed Commissioner of Police und Excise in place ot A 8, Hurd, one Ol the present incumbents of the Police Board, was a Supervisor od be did not resign until ! on by tue Common Council. The democrats now claim that the new Commissioners cannot enter on tho dis- charge of their duties until their bonds shall have actually been approved and fileu, no matter what tho Practice may have been heretofore, and thatin the meantime Alderman Shannon will move a recousider- ation of the vote. The law in relation to bribery hus been looked into, and it 18 claimed that uuder the act of 1869 any Alucrwan who caste his voto lor any vaiuavlo consideration, even to secure the appoint. ment of a ifiend, can be indicted it is still an open qucsuon, therefore, whetber the new appointees will ever take ther 8 oF not. The ro- publicans claim that the matter of approving the Vouds by the Common Council is merely a formal a aud that the new men may take thei te to-day. The democrats say that the ten days’ provi of the statute Was inserted do as to give the Bourd of Alder- mes time to approve the bonds of the appomtees be- fore the latter should enter on their duties, A regular session of the Board of Aldermen will be held this afternoon, JERSEY POLITICS, A big day’s work was done by the politicians of Nowark and Kssex county yesterday, despite the sacred charactor of the day, The beer gardens “on the hill’ were especially well canvassed by the friends of the rival candidates tor County Clerk and Assem- bly, there being no work dono on the Governor. Ship, it being considered a» foregoné conclusion that “Littio Mac” will surely carry off that prize The amount of beer consumed would almost float « war so, The democrais declare their belief that Essex County will swing afound for McClollan and send a4 least four. and probably six, democratic Don. Caleb M. Harrison. Aug. T. Gringteud. Charies Marsh. Last year the democrats carried only three districts— the Sixth, Eighth and Ninto. Th ear they claim strong chances of carrying also the First, Second and Third districts. The republicans are entirely contl- dent of rr Saad their candidate tor County Cierk, Da ma GENERAL POLITICS. Syracuse (N. Y.) Courier:—‘‘It is reported that o pool of $100,000 bas been made by Roscoe Conkting’ backers for the purpose of securing the votes of the workingmen through the State for the republican can didates tor the Senate.” Indianapolis (Ind,) Journal:—*‘Rise-up William Ale len seems to be the coming man for United States Senator in Ohio. Tho Napa (Cal.) Reporter, October 26, blazons over its editorial page the announcement of Samuol J. Tile den as candidate for the Presidency in 1880. Chicago Inter-Ocean asks:—‘‘Did any one ever boar of an ‘off y with the democracy ?”? Chicago Times:—“If greenbacks approach par very nearly by January next, and if, in the meantime, the Secretary can secure a sufficiency of coin, he may re- sume then and put an end to the whole controversy before the honorable inflationists have time to collect thoir scattered senses, If the repeal of the date will bave this eflect Mr. Hayes bad better give the tnfla- tionists a surprise by signing their bill,” Chicago Times;—‘Tho idea that the air of the Rope resentatives’ ballin the Capitol at Washington is un- endurably and incurably foul has taken full possession of Ben Butier. It has become a sort o/ monomania with him, and possibly arises from au ucute physical perception of a fact which may, after all, exist only in his own immediate netghborbood.”” The Boston Advertiser thinks that the resuit of the vote in the House on Tuesday is an assurance that the Resumption act will stand. Ona full vote the repoal might be defeated and the President would undoubt- euly veto such @ measure, even should it pass the Senate, which is nearly impossible. The Boston Globe takes the same view, The Journal fears that the roe peal may creep through the Senate, Chicago 2'imes:—‘‘1t does not appear that Mr, Tilden’a visit to Europe baa realized the hopes of his friends for achange of his malady for the better, There aro some circumstances tending to wartant tho opinion that the unexpected brevity of his sojourn abroad wad occasioned by a threatened change for the worse, However that may be, the symptoms of mental dis- order have not diminished since his return, The same imaginary political crime and catastrophe, mag- nifed by lunacy out of bis intense personal disappointment, that darkened tho closing faculties of poor Greeley, still brood, nightmare-like, over the shattered fancy of Tilden, In addition to this, the delusion seems growing upon him that he is the Presi~ dent, or has somo nigh executive duty to perform, His proposal to take an oath to ‘maintain the institu« tions of the country as they have been banded down,? hus in it @ peculiar savor of growing madness, His ‘44 swear, yes, 1 swear,’ is painfully suggestive ol a change that is not for the better. His declaration con- cerning the proposed increase of the army, that ‘I will never consent to it—never! no, never! never!’— 18 thdicutive of @ peculiar kind’ of balluoimation with which all who have bad much experience in the treat ment of mental disorders are moro or loss familiar, In fact the multiplying symptoms of Mf. Tilden’s dis- vrdered mental condition, though less rapid in their development than in Mr. Greeley’s case, show an swaging similarity in the two cases, and tond to create atave apprehensions lest the parallel should continue ta a Inke gad termination.”” st Louis Reyudiican:—“Mr, Hayes may not be made of the sternest siufl, but we cunnot think he will needlessly humiliate bis administration by meekly anbulling a wise and good rule at the dictation of those in his party who have no other object than bis degra+ dation, ‘The anti-administration republicuns aro eager to make Itappear that they have brought bim into the party traces, but the proois of this are not at hand.” Worvester (Mass) Gazetie:—‘*The folly of the anti« resumptionisis in Congress is stupendous, Prices ar¢ so low thatspecie payments might be rosamed to morfow without hurting auy business or anybody.” Springfeld (Mass) Union:—‘Those who at thig tine seek to precipitate tarif! changes are either in- teutional or unintentional enemies of resumption; and, indeed, the majority of the free tradors iu Con- gress make no gecret of their opposition or entire ins difference to the restoration of a sound currency and the reuemption of the nation’s financial pledges.’? Chicago Zimes:—‘A democratic house has jllus trated the sincerity of democratic freo trade proies- sions by choosing a Pennsylvania protectionist for Speaker, This Speaker Las chosen a Now York pros tectioniat for chairman of the committee that bas to deal with all revenue questions. In view of these facts, neithor Mr, Wells nor Mr. Atkinson need be airaid of getting too much tariff reform at the bands of the present Congress, Instead of tolding thoit hands and closing their mouths and ceasing to teach free trade doctrine, it behooves them to bo free traders militant and combat protectionism with all their might.” The Chicago Tridune closes a long article on “tariff Jogislation’”’ with the following sentence:—'*Protec- tina has become an evil to the manufacturer and it should be removed without delay.” Philageipnia Times:—“That awful unknown quan tity of ours is now the political apparition that vexes the leadors of the old parties, Will the labor-greon~ buck vote of Philadelphia be 6,000 or 20,000? Will the labor-greenback vote of the State bo 30,000 oF 100,000? These are the conundrums which are echoed back to the anxious inquirers at political hoadquartera: without answers, and thus all calculation becomes a¢ fault as to oither local or general results.” Philadeiphia /’rees:—“The municipal taxes per head Paid in Philadelphia in 1876 (exclusive of $630,418 of public building tax) was $1293, 11 the public builde tng tax (not imposed during the present year) 1s added to the above the rate por head is $13 67, This rate ig Jess than half that paid in New York and twenty per cent less than the rate per bead paid in Paris,” St. Louw Aepublican:—“Tho Speaker’s appoint- ments have poi streugthened tho party he is supposed to reprosent—uniess that party 18 the South aod Mr. Randall, They indicate no broad and deep foundation for the restoration of democratic ascendancy, They reveal blunders and siights which will not strongthen the party where it most noods to bo strengthened, nor give encouragement to those faithiul moa who aré its standard in tho weak points of ite line of Chicago Tribune :—“The frowns and threats, the sneers and jibes of disappuinted office brokers have not weakened the President’s purpose of making his own appointments” democratic papers of New York State are making much o/ the issue which t# baced on the prow posed constitutional amendment relating to the gov« ernment of cities, Says the Syracuse Courier :—' championing this scheme of distranchisement the republican party displays iis true anima That party distrusts the people, thinks popular suffrage altos gether too extended and would see tt curtailed so as to be shared only by the select fow, This amendment te the first step. The party bas just shown its hand, Wil it succeed in muking the people the abottors of their own debasement ?'’ Ex-Goveruor Hendricks, of Indiana, has exprossed the opinion that Mr. Voorhees will be appointed to succeed the late Senator Morton, For himsell, he says that ho has no desire to retarn to the Senate, Govornor Williams, of Indiana, says thas he will Avoid ali appearance of indecent baste in naming Morton’s successor in the Senate, BALLARD AND THE BIRCH. Tho Investigation of the charge of brutaland um necessary punishment brought against Mr, William J, Ballard, principal of the public school of Jamaica, L, L, by Mr, John H. Sutphen, County Clerk of Queen fits boon concluded by’ the’ Board ot Behool stencedl Mr, Ballard was unanimously sastained by the Board, NOT AGAINST POUR JACK, Mesere Charies H. Smith George Elliott tho Hmraup that their names were used wil authority on a committee of the Sailors’ B House Keopors’ Associat! whiel ia Of @ redaction of satiors’ wages. They assert instead of favoring a reduction believe Jack doserves an inoreaso of wages,