Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1879-11-01
THE ELECTION IN NEW YORK.

The slestion in New York will take
place on next Tuesday. November 4th,
and it 10 not too much to say that the
eyes of the entire country are upon that
state. In order to obtain fair view Of
the probabilities there. it will not be
amiss to look back at the results Of the
since 1870. In that year
Hoffman. democrat. ran for governor
against Woodtord. republican. Hof-
man received S99. $50 votes, and Wood
ford 500. .4S6. In 1871 Scrlbnsr, repub-
liean. was elected secretary of state. by
. vste Of SS7. .11s, against vote Of $685.
212 for Willers, his democratic oppo-
nsnt. In 1872 Herman ran against DIX
for governor. Dix. republican. was
elected. his vote being 45.8O1. Ker-
mars vste was S92. $50. In 1873 Will
lsrs. democrat. again ran for secretary
OF state, and this time hs was elected.
He received s41, oil votes. and his op-
psnsnt. Thayer. got 3S1.11s votes. In
1874 Tilden ran against Dix for govern
or. Tilden's vote was 416. .39l; Dix
vote was SOC, ,O74. In 1875 John Bige-
low, democrat. received. for secretary
Of state. S9O,3ll votes. and F. W. Sew
ard. republican. get 75.4o1. In 1876
Robinson ran against Morgan tor gov.
ernor. Robinson's vote was SIS, 1881 !;
Morgsn's, 1881. In 1877 Beach,
received, tor secretary OF
ststs, ssS, ,O62. and Churchill. republl-
can, received S7l.798. In 1878. on ac-
count of amendment of the state con-
stitution, no political election was held.
The United States senators elected from
the state are Roscoe Conkling. Utica,
whose term expires in 1879 !;
and Francis Herman, Utica, democrat.
whose term expires in 1881.
It will be seen from this retrospective
glance that tho state has been gradually
and surely becoming democratic ever
since the end of the war. The last i've
state elections have all given democratic
and the legislature has emily
been kept ftfully republican because Of
shameful gerrymandering.
In tho election which 10 to bs hold
next Tuesday, however, there are mat
ters to be considered which render the
contest not strictly battle Of one party
against the other, The democratic
ticket 10 composed OF the following gen.
tlsmen: For governor. Luoius Robin
son; for lieut.-governor. Clsrkson n.
Peter; for secretary Of state. Allen C..
Beach; for comptroller, Frederick r.
Ollsott; for treasurer. James Mackin ;
Tor attorney general. Augustus Shoon-
maker; for state engineer and surveyor.
Horatlo Seymour. Jr. Of these Gov
srnor Robinson, Allen G. Beach, Fred.
erick p. Ollcotr, James Maekin. Angus.
tus Shoemaker and Horatio Seymour.
Jr., are the present incumbents of the
Offices tor which they are nominated.
The gentlemen whose names make up
the republican ticket are a. follows
For governor, Alonzo B. Cornell; for
ut.-governor. George g. Haskins; for
secretary Of state, Joseph B. Carr; for
comptroller. James W. Wsdsworth; ; for
treasurer. Nathan D. Wendill; for at.
tornsy-general, Hamilton Ward; ior
state engineer and surveyor, Howard
Soule. In each party there il . dsfeo.
ton regarding the nominee for gov
ernor. A. to the democratic nominee
Mr.. John Kelly, the chief of the Tam
many society, of New York city, not sat.
islied with the action of the democratic
convention, withdrew, and. with . very
small minority of delegates, had him
self nominated for governor. so that hi.
wing of the party. if it arises to such dig
nifty. will vote for Kelly for governor
and for tho balance Of the democratic
ticket - mentioned above. A. to Mr.
Cornell. there WAS no bolt In the CON
vention; but the dissatisfaction with hi
nomination is bsld and extensive. Mr.
Geo. VIM. Curtis. . delegate in the con
vention, and . leader in the party only
second to Mr.. Conkling. has como on
squarsly in his paper, and advised re-
publioans to scratch their nominee fo1
governor. A powerful organisation o
Independent republicans has met ant
issued An address, exhsrting patriotic
republicans to strike Mr.. Cornell's nam,
from their ticket.
Mr.. Robinson Is . very strong candi
date. ~ his vote for governor in 1876
when he had thirty thousand msjorit.
over his popular opponent, shows. Hi
private and public character are abov'
rsprosch. His record ~ governor Il
onlyl second in brilliancy and sffsctiv,
economies to that of Mr.. Tilden.
marks decrease OF one-half in the pub
lie debt. and in the rates OF taxes, and
bold. fearless and Undertaking use Q
the vsts against all manner of jobbln,
bills. The opposition Of Tsmmany
due to bis disregard OF that arbitrar
socisty's dictation in the matter OF ap
Pointments. and to the fact that in fev
instances, where the good Of the publ
required Il, he appointed republicans I
fill purely non-pol itical offices. Imme
diately after the convention and th
bolt, it was feared that Mr.. Kelly woul