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Show I By W. U.Toleeraph Lino. I MCXICIPAL FIGHT IS KEW YUltK. New York, IS. The municipal fight is creating the greatest excitement everywhere throughout the city. Connelly's Con-nelly's action came like a thunder clap 'upon Hall and Sweeney and their ' adherents. All day yesterday and last J night the Mayor and his friends were j in consultation. The tight is now 1 formally reduced to one between Hall aud Connelly aud their respective followers. fol-lowers. Hall's desperation is shown by his removal of Connelly, thus exercising ex-ercising a power which he already declared he did not possess. The action of Tilden. chairman of tho Democratic Dem-ocratic State Committee, is aimed at the destruction of the ''ring.'' The attempt of IlaU to checkmute will probably result in a crisis concerning which it is impossible to speculate, lue Iribune thinks it is a matter tor congratulation the turn the aiiUir has taken. The HWi? says Connelly was persuaded into the course he took by promises that he should have protection pro-tection from the coas:queuees of his conduct. It dee'ares the new dodge was approved by the Murphy men, as it is thought to so demoralize the whole Democratic front as to neeure the Suite for the radicals iu October. due Ho-uld published a letter from Mayor Hail to Council, informing him that he eJnsidc-rs the action Oi' er.tiijK relinquishing al! the powers of Lis 0 Sice to a deputy as a legal res-, iguatiuti: that he therefore considers' the olilce oi' comptroller vacant, and' Las appointed a person to t. the vacancy. Also a letter formally ten-, dering the omce of comptroller to Gen. . Geo. R McCielian. 1 |