St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-20
He Asserts That the State Will
Give Cleveland a Major
ity Of 10000.
Col. Frank Burr, on the Other
Hand, Says Matters Are
Much Mixed.
Illinois Democrats to Make
a Hard Pull for the
Sucker State.

ago l met MI. William Brown, long OF
the state of Ohio, and now publisher of
the Daily News of this city. You have
seen him repeatedly quoted as the heav-
lest better in favor of Cleveland's cleo
ton. He is an affable fellow, without
much Disgusting, and he bets his money
because he makes it and takes an III
terest in politics. Said L:
'Mr. Brown, how much have you got
bet now?''
81 have bet all / shall bet, I think"
said Mr.. Brown. Il have bet $4,000 to
$4,000 with Mr.. Tillotson. of Pittsfield,
Mass, a manufacturer. There are some
other bets which run the total up to
about $4,000. In all cases | have given
Odds"
"Are you sure you are going to win
your money!"
Yes. think / am. Of course man
cannot be certain about a result of
matter of this kind, but if Cleveland is
not elected L shall have lost my Self-eS-
TEEN as a pradicter of politi cal results
Let me ask you how many votes
Cleveland will carry the state OF New
York by?"
81 think he will get 10000 majority"
'HOw much do you give the Republic
can majority in the state till they get
down to the city of New York;"
Il suppose about sixty thousand ma
jority."
Then how much do you give Cleve-
land in the city of New York;"
"AbOut sixty thousand"
'How much in Brooklyn"
hnuf fxUanfv- fiya Thousand -
"Well, where do you get your 10000
majority, then?"
1--WE will get that from Richmond
county or Staten Island, from Queens
county and from Suffolk county, all of
which are south of the Harlem river"
How much will you bet now upon q
majority of 10000 for Cleyeland?"
81 have bet all that / shall probably
bet in this campaign. If | am wrong in
my estimates of course l shall lose my
money"
do you not find the Republicans as
confident as yOurself!"
''Oh, yes; they are Away confident.
They were confident four years ago"
"Where is the Irish vote going to this
year?"
1T is all going to return to the Demo-
cratic party, where it belongs, except
few kickers."
"What is going to become of the Ger
man vote in New York state?'
THAT is going to be Democratic, too"
''HOw about the Yankee voter"
oh" said Brown, with laugh,
''that will be divided"
"HOw much Republican majority is
the state of Ohio going TO give to Harri-
son?'
ABOUT %, OOO."
NOW tell me who will be the next
mayor of New York"
''It will be Grant or Erhardt."
| suggested to Mr.. Brown if l heard
him correctly might be going crazy,
or he.
NO" said Brown, Hewitt is going
to be third in the race. The chances
are in favor of Grant, but if Grant can
not be elected Erhardt will be. Hewitt
has got no chance at ALL"
This set me to thinking that possibly
Tammany Hall would rather elect Err
hardt than see Hewitt win.
A MIXED FIGHT.
l met Frank Burr, a well-known news
paper correspondent. who says he has
been thu Ough the state of New York
from Buffalo and west of Buffalo to this
city. | asked him what his view was
of the result. He said:
''It is the worst mixed fight have
ever seen in my life. Harrison is going
to carry the state north of this city, and
/ think by good big majority. But
you cannot pick up the clews to great
masses of votes from what you hear as
you go around, everything being so
mixed"
How are the Irish going to vote in
New York state, as far as you have
seen?"
81 think the Irish are going to go for
Cleveland. chiefly because they do not
know where to go when they leave the
Democratic party. Then they get all at
sea. They are for Hill, and Hill says
that they must go for CievelaId?''
How about the German VOte?''
according to my observation" said
Mr.. Burr, 1.-THE Germans are going to
vote for Hill for governor and Harrison
for president. They don't seem to like
Cleveland or Democratic national rule,
while they sustain Hill because he has
taken position against high license?''
what do you find about the manu-
featuring vOte?"
generally with Harrison, for in the
country they have space to consider
matters. In the city of New York, no
body knows how the operative or
manufacturing vote is going, because
here, where men are crowded together,
they are led up to the polls by their
bosses and ward masters. | must con-
fess that [ have no basis on which to
estimate the result in the state of New
York. except generalizing on the fact
that the Democrats are in power, and
that, therefore, they ought to be more
powerful than when they were out of
power and elected Cleveland four years
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