New-York tribune., 1879-10-16
THE NEXT STITE SEYATE.

II il of great importance TO the Republican
party TO secure n majority in the new Senate
at Albany. That body will participate in the
election of Mr.. Kcrnan's successor i'll 1881,
and n single Republican vote more or less
might mean, on Il joint ballot, the difference
between sending "A Republican or n Democrat
to the United States Senate. But there Is a
less remote consideration, also of great mo-
ment. 1t is important that there should be n
Republican Senate to act IN accord with the
Republican Governor whose election by an
overwhelming majority seems so well assured.
There are SO many important changes to he
made in the State Departments, by the action
of the appointing power, that any Republican
who fails to cast his vote for the Republican
candidate for Governor and the Republican
candidate for Senator in the voters District,
will throw away the opportunity of doing some
thing for good and honest government
Fortunately there is every probability that
the Republicans will have an excellent ma
iority in the Senate The Democrats have
not had control of that body since the days
of Tweed. when they obtained it by means
best known to the men who are now foremost in
irving to reeect Lucius Robinson as Governor
of New-York. Under the new appOrtionment
the Republican strength promises To be as
great as under the old, though the minority
in the Legislature were so well satisfied with
the new arrangement that there was much
less than the usual opposition. The following
table shows what Districts outside of New
York and Brooklyn the Republicans are pretty
certain to carry, with the Republican plural
ities given by the counties now composing
tln Io ala Of
III 1877:
Xy.-Dutch-ss, Columbia ana Putnam).... 2.057
XVII-(Albany). -..---.-.------.--.-.---..-. 2,O33
XyIII-(saratoga. Fulton, Hamilton. Mont
gonery and schenectady )............ 2,2l6
XIX-0nton Essex and warreDl.......... 755
XX.-(st. Lawrence Franklin and Lcwis)... s,lO3
xXL-Oswego and Jeferson). ................. 1921
xyIlT-(N,dison Oi.sgo aud HrrzimcD ...... l.7s3
yXIy.-tD,laware Chenango and Broonie). -. 2.247
XXV.-tOnondaza aud Cortlandl .......-...... 1874
XXVII-tChcmung s;euben and Alesanyi.-.- 1929
XXviII.-twavne. Ontario, SCHUYLER and iaiesl 2,269
XXX.-MyOmlng. Genesoe,, Livingston ana
Niagara). ).--------.----------.-----..-.. 3.3ls
yXXL-fErie) Observation-Disclosures. Z.ScZ
XXxII.-tCauareugus ana Cnnutnuqual...-.--. 1850
In one of these Districts, the XVllltb there
il no contest whatever and Senator Wagner
will he unanimously reelected. In only two OF
the Districts, as they are now constituted, was
the Republican plurality less than 1000 on
the last vote for Senator, and in only one was
il less than | 700. This. however, is the new
XIXth District-the old XVIth-whOse Repub
hcao minority is as firm as if it were num-
bered by thousands instead of hundreds. In
the Albany District. where the Democratic
party has been divided in the past, it is now
more hopclessly divided than ever. and the
SINE thing il true, IN "a measure, or the Erie
District, where the Democrats have had hard
work to find II candidate These fourteen
u Dstricts-within three Of majority OF the
Senate-seem Republican beyond the possi-
bility Of doubt.
This calculation omits Brooklyn, in which
tl,e Republicans should carry one District, and
New-Yoik. in which they should cary two
the With and the Xth. But there are several
Districts, now represented by Democrats,
which should be redeemed, and doubt
less will be. In the XXlXth Qioch-
este) District, a Democrat was elected
in 1877 because a Workingmen's candidate
poled nearly 1000 votes, and drew many of
them from the Republican party. The third
party will have no such strength as that this
year in Monroe. and the District Is stronger
than it was IN Republican votes by the addi-
ton of Orleans County. The XVIII (Iroy)
District was carried two years ago 10y n small
majority for the Democrats, but this year the
DaYuhlie4Us huVa Nominated nua nl the