The daily gazette., 1883-11-12
NEW YoKK's VOTE.
Harmony and Good Party Management
VIII Giveh to the Democratic Candidates
Next Year.

Next Year.
New York WoriiU
The Democrats in this State gained vic
tory on Tuesday last. But IL was won over
the bunGers of tho Democratic manage
ment as well as over the united Republican
party. The result was due to the fact that
the rival organizations in this city ,as q rule,
supported the State candidates IN good
faith. The mistake Of Judge Maynard Is
nomination, however, had irs bad effect In
the city and all over the State. The candi
date ran more than 10000 votes behind his
ticket in flce cities in the State-New York,
Brooklyn, Buffalo, Syracuse and Rochester.
This detection naturally affected the other
Democratic candidates, making their ma
jority less than 1t otherwise have been, and
was the cause Of the Republican majority in
the Legislature.
The main strength OF the Democracy is
in this city. The total registration this year
was $4,000. The vote polled was about
10000. The vote on Supreme Court Judges
was probably the most equal division of
party strength to be found among the can.
didates, and shows the Republicans to have
had IN round numbers So 900. Thl, would
on squara test have left the Democracy
about 81, 900 majority, and this they would
have secured on all their candidates If the
party had been thoroughly united.
An analysis OF the vote shows how impos-
sible is success with divided party 10 the
city. The vote on Assemb'yman indicates
more distinctly than any other the relative
strength of the factions, because in
all but six Assembly dlstricts separate
candidates were run by Tammany and the
| County Democracy. III three OF these dis
| tricts although united on Assembly, there
was a faCtionai contest on Aldermen
namely, In the Thirteenth Twenty first and
| Twenty ttlrG--and we therefore get the re-
| lative strength of the factions in all but
three Assembly districts. In the remaining
81 districts Tammany pole 53,38i and the
| County Democracy 15,Gl7 votes, In three
| Assembly districts Irving Hall united with
Tammany and In three with the County
| Democracy. Outside these unions, which
offset each other, Irving Hall polled on
separate candidates only about $500 voter.
The Aldermanlc contest seems to confirm
| the correctness of this estimate of the rela-
| tive strength Ct the factions, Tammany
| electing eight Aldermen and the County
Democrats seven, while one Independent
Democrat with Tammany procliVities makes
the 10 Democratic members of the board,
leaving eight Aldermen to the Republicans.
This proof of the relative strength of the
| Democratic factions In the city settles the
question of the absolute necessity of policy
In 1884 which will. solidly unite the party
on basis calculated to make all fastions
equally anxious for victory. 1t Is extremely
| fortunate that the National Conventions Tor
the nomination of Presidential candidates
meet early next year, so that the question
of union will not be postponed until the eve
of the election. The lesson of the present
election ought to teach the factions the abso-
Lutte necessity of more iraternsl spirit Of
perfect union, OF mutual conc, ssions and
the folly of making combinations or ieekinG
alliance outside their own party.