The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-10-26
HARLEM BRIDGE.

a gentleman having seen the state
ment in the kilograms that the New
York Republicans expect to go down
to the Harlem bridge with majority
OF 10000, writes to ask "what is COM
prised below Harlem bridge, and what
are the chances of the Democrats meet
ing the Republican majority of 70, 600 at
this poiut?" An examination of the
map will show that the counties of
Kings, New York, Queens, Richmond
and Suffolk are south of Harlem river.
In these counties are New York, Brook
Ign and Williamsburg, and several pop
ulous villages. AS rule, these coun
ties are overwhelmingly Democratic,
and it is there that the party obtains its
great vote with which to overcome the
Republican majorities from the in
terror, as Forth of Harlem the State is
almost invariably carried by the Re-
publicans.
AS to the chances of the Democrats
overcoming Republican majority of
20 900 at Harlem bridge, THE HERALD
confesses that it believes that they are
few indeed. True, there have been oc
casioDs when the Democrats went to
Harlem with 10000 or more ma
jority, but they were exceptional
In 1876, Samuel ]. Tilden went
there with majority of Il ,153, but Mr..
TiIden, it must never be forgotten, was
the idol of New Workers. Furthermore,
he was perhaps the grandest political
organizer who ever lived. Four years
before, the Democratic ticket went
north with % 600, aud the Republicans
carried the State by 53,456. Only
Samuel J. Tilden could have brought
down the Republican majority in the
interior TO 44,412, the lowest point it
had reached in more than twenty
years; and only he could have gone
out of the big cities with majority
phenomenal in It's magnitude. He
carried the State by 80. III, feat which
has been looked upon since as marvel
GUS. There was but one. Sammy
Tilden, and we are not apt to look upon
his like again in this generation. Such
men are not developed oftener than
once in century.
Four years after Tilden, the Demo-
Gratis went to Harlem Bridge with
So 906 majority, and were met there by
Republican majority of 1880, the
Republicans carrying the State by
81 ,033, thus a difference of more than
$1,000 votes occurring in the fur years.
Grover Cleveland made a gallant
fight in 1884, increasing Hancock s
seaboard majority by 10000, going to
Harlem with 1922, and reducing the
Republican interior majority 1900,
Blaine coming to Harlem with only
62, LIS majority-the smallest known at
least in this generation, except when
Tilden laid Hayes out in such fine
shape. Cleveland's big majority in the
south and Blaine's reduced majority in
the north gave the State to the former
by beggarly plurality of only !, O47. In
that year st. John had % 900 votes
which would largely have gone to
Blaine, and Butler had 1900 votes,
most of which would otherwise have
been Democratic. st. John got his
votes in the interior, only 1,O31 of them
coming from the city, while Butler
drew to the extent of 3,499 votes in the
city.
From this statement and these
figures, our inquiring friend may be
able to form an opinion as to the
chances of Democratic success, in the
event of the Republicans reaching
Harlem with 10000 majority. The
HERALD does not think it probable that
General Harrison will have any such
majority at the point named, and we
haven't the slightest idea that Mr..
Cleveland will be able 10 take 1000
majority to Harlem. Our opinion is
that if Cleveland reaches the bridge
with 5000 majority, he will have all
the votes needed to carry New York.