New-York tribune., 1879-10-18
REPrBIJCAN GAINS IN SYRACUSE.

A MAJORITY OF THOUSANDS FOR MR. CORNELL
PREDIcTED-MR. KELLY's SUPPORTERS NJ
MERoUs-AIR. ALv0RD a CANDIDATE FOR RE-
ELECTION AS SPEAKER OF TIE ASSEMBLY.
tFROM a SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUSEl
SYRACUSE Oct. 10" This is "a singular State
election" said aged political philosopher to n
friend as they stood looking ut the great Cornell
banner hung the chief street of tns city to-
day. ".Why is 1t singular9" inquired the friend.
Because" replied the sage the Republicans
hope that the head of their ticket will pull through
the tail. and the Democrats hope that the tan of
their ticket may pull through the head" Here, in
Onondaga County, there is no question, however,
that the Republicans Will carry the county for both
the head aud the tail of the Republican ticket.
Well-informed politicians of both parties believe
that the majority will be 4,5OO, aud may reach
5000 Mr. Soue the candidate for State Engl-
neer, "A resident Of this city, Will run 1000 ahead OF
the rest of the ticket. Tuis result will he due to
the Republican tldal-wavc, to discussions among
the Democrats, and TO thorough canvass for Re-
publican votes i'm the county by the Republican
County Committee. The county has a population
of 10000. The County Committee makes can
vass by school districts throughout the city and
county. 1t Is thus enabled, week before election
day, to predict with great certainty the division OF
the vote between parties on that day. Such can
vass is now being made. As preliminary work an
examination has been made of the registry lists OF
some of the wards. Such an inspection Of the list
of the First Ward of Syracuse Yesterday shows
that If the election should take place to-day the
vote of the ward would be divided as follows: For
Cornell. 40 for Robinson, 3Ol for hellv 100.
MI Kelly viii draw oil Loo votes IN the county
from Robinson. Nor viii tnis vote represent the
total amount of damage he VIII inlet upon the
Robinson Democrats, for many Democrats opposed
To Governor Robinson viii vote directly Tor Mr.
Cornell said one of them to-day To me; " III
wore for Cornell shall hit Robinson twice, instead
of having the pleasure OF only hitting nm once II
vote for Kelly" 1 he Robinson Democrats are not
we'll organized, and their County Committee does
not have the confidence or esteem OF the men ol N
hnencr in the Democratic party. They consequently
labor under great disadvantages, and Will he able
TO poll only "A mcagTc vote Tor bONcrnor hooiIlsOi
Republican dlsafccIon Is Of small dimensions u
will not poll against MI. CorleI ohe-tehlh Oh per
cent of the votes.
The Republicans have moreover nominated
en- excellent list OF candidates ioi tne
Legislature. At the head of the list can be properly
Daced the venerable Speaker AlvOrd, who rs again
. caudid ate for the Assembly IN the district wbleh
Mr.. AlvOrd has had the good fortune TO have n'nl-
mated against mm by the Democrats man named
John NJ. JaycoX, who was COppcrhead during the
The democratic newspaper organ mere mas
done Mr.. Jaycox no little harm by giving de-
tailed statement of his political history during the
war Friends of Mr.. AvoTd predict his election by
/ 500 majority Ii the Assembly has "A Republican
majority Mr. Alvord will be candidate for rc-
election rs Speaker. He has already announced
"a
hcied the support of the Repubhcan candidates for
the Assembly. They state that the replies TO these
solicitations have been OF favorable nature.
Assemblyman DuguId, who has done such
good service for the state the present
summer as member of the Assembly
committee that has been engaged in inycsti-
gating abuses of railroad management is also
a candidate for reelection. X. III. How and, a
farmer of fine reputation, nominate ted IN place of
J. u. Willis. All three of the Republican candi-
dates for the Assembly will unquestIonably be
elected This Will only be keeping up the record of
the county for senuing Republican Assemblymen TO
Albany. Since the adoption OF the new State Con-
stitutIon in 1917 there nave been nnety-six Assem-
blymeu elected Only three of these men have
been Democrats. One of them was Speaker AlyOT,l
himself Dennis Mccarthy, the wcll-kuOwn dry
good, merchant of this city, has been rcnOmnated
fur the senate by the Republicans This Is high
compliment for Mr. Mccarthy, rs he Is the first man
that has ever been nominated third time for the
Senate in this county.
Few meetings have yet been held by either party.
The meeting which WAS addressed by john Kelly
here last night has encouraged the Antl-Rublnson
men TO persist their bolt. The first great RepuD-
lican meeting was held in Shakespeare Hall on
Monday night Ii was we'll attended, aud an adj
dress on National topics delivered by the Hon.
Emory Storrs. The Republicans do not rely much
on meetings to win votes, but rather upon an active
horIse-io house canvass. Tomorrow night General
Stewart L. NoodfOrd will address meeting ct
Fayetteville eight miles distant. Trains will run
from tins city taking such Republican voters rs
desire to attend the meeting without expense TO
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