St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-25
CLEVELAND'S CORNER
SrOoklyn and Kings County
VIII Give Him a Ire
mendous Lift.
His Plurality There viii Be
the Largest Since Til
den Ran.
The Noble Old Roman Starts
Out on Another Cam
paign Tour.
Judge Gresham Declines to
Take the Stump for
Harrison.
snectalto the Clone.

special to the Globe.
NEW YORK. oct. 24.-Nith reference
10 the effect OF the Brooklyn Tegistra-
ton an extremely conservative view is
given bv one of the most experienced
politicians Of Kings county. who is not
now actively engaged in politics, as fol-
lows: THE increase of registration in
Kings cOunty-29. .395 over 1SS4-is not a
matter of surprise to these of the county
who have watched the abnormal growth
OF the CITY Of Brooklyn. The growth
has been very largely in the Sixteenth,
Seventeenth. Eighteenth, Twenty-tiTst,
Twentv-third and Twenty-ffth
wards. The Second. Fifth. Sixth
Tenth. Twelfth and Fourteenth wards
are old and solid Democratic wards
from time out Of mind. and the first
named wards have increased very large
IN in population by reason of the insti-
tuition of the elevated railroad system.
It goes with0St saying that the increase
is almost wholly Democratic. The in
crease in the outlying wards, that in the
Sixteenth. st venteenth, Twenty-secOnd,
Twenty-third, Twenty-fouTth and
Twenty-fifth is made up large
" of newcomers. Investigation
demonstrates the fact that the increase
IS more largely Democratic than Repub-
lican. with the single exception OF, per
haps. the Twenty-seeOnd ward. The
Republican wards, which are those not
named out OF the twenty-five. show only
the natural increase in proportion to the
growth of the population. which. being
well-pODuiated wards in past years,
show a very small growth rs compared
with other parts Of the city. The
NET result of a careful ex-
animation is that Kings county
can be counted on for a plurality for
Grover Cleveland of certainly not less
than 10000. In the opinion of a con-
servauve investigation the plurality OF
the city of Brooklyn proper will be not
less than 1000. King : county VIII
CAST TIE LARGEST PLURALITY
for the presidential candidate that has
been cast since 1876, when it gave $1,000
for Samuel j. Tilden. The population
OF Brooklyn in 1876 was $4,000. The
population OF the city of Brooklyn to-
dav is SO2. .0GO The fact that Brooklyn
in 1854 had the capacity Of casting l6.000
Democratic plurality shows that with
since that time. 10000 for the county
is an extremely moderate estimate.
No takers have appeared for any Of the
Cleveland bets offered during the last
fOrtv-eight hours. and there is no less
than 100000 waiting Republican
takers about the Hoffman house to-
night. Capt. COnnOr. or the st. James
hotel. was trying to lind the Republican
who last night offered to bet $4,000,
to-day. but he sought for him in vain,
and even the bet on Illinois still re
mains open. The betting men will not
wager on the Republican side. because
IT Is BUSINESS WITH THEM
and the Republican buffers are tired
out on finding that their big offers have
only resulted IN attracting to the me-
trop0lis more money than they can
match. The conviction of Gordon has
resulted in frightening the cOlOniZers.
The Republican committee IS trying to
back out Of its offer to pay the $1,000
reward on the ground that police detect
ives are not permitted to benefit by
arrests except by special resolution of
the board. and the notice only applied
to private individuals. The two Re
publican police commissioners are eX-
Dected to tie the board so as to prevent
the payment and save the money.
There Is a deeper motive, however, in
the desire to prevent further expose of
the Republican conspiracy through the
punishment of its tools. District At
tOrney Fellows and the other local
authorities are going straight ahead to
populate Sing Sing with the scOundrels
who have tried to corrupt the New \ Ork
election.