St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-10
THEIR VOICE IS LAW.
Empire State Voters Are Pre-
pairing for the Struggle
in November.
Interest in the Campaign
Shown by the Largely In
creased Registration.
The Free Trade Bugaboo
Does Not Scare the
Masses.
They Are Organizing by
Thousands for Cleveland,
Thur man, Reform.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
NEW YORK, Oct. 9.-The very large
registration to-day shows that the pop
ular interest in the election is intense.
Some cynical observers have been say
ing of late that the people were not
really strongly aroused on the issue of
the presidential contest, but all such
assertions are completely diSproved by
the registration figures in Brooklyn and
in New York, which surpass all pTece-
dents of similar days in previous
years. There is no doubt that
the local Democratic contest has
had the intluencein increasing the
registration, and the members of the
Democratic national and state commit
tees are more than ever satisfied that
they were wise in cOntining their efforts
in the direction of metropolitan local
matters strictly to the prevention of
dangerous compromises by Democratic
organizations with the common enemy.
Had they gone out of their province to
interfere with city matters so
as to say who should be nominated,
or what course the organizations should
pursue, they would have taken heavy
responsibility out of their immediate
line of duty. The three-cOrnered local
political contest in this city has pro-
duced one singular effect, which is al
ready very noticeable to close obserY-
erS. The interest in the rival Demo
cratic nominations tor mayor has alb
sorbed the attention of the Democratic
working men, and the dis
g,s-
that not only the Democratic wage
earners, but their Republican oppo-
nents. have become interested in it and
are taking sides with Hewitt or with
Grant with much earneStneSS. The Re
publican missionaries among the work
ingmen
ARE ASTONISHED TO FIND
they can no longer received a hearing
for their howlings about free trade. No
more attention is paid TO them. and those
cries of 'cheStnutS," and ask them
what they have to say about the
mayor: whether they are for
Hewitt or for Grant. The delay of the
Republicans in putting a candidate in
the field has Intensified their diSad-
vantage, and by the time their nOmina-
tiCnS are made people will already have
made up their minds whether TO sup
port the nominee of Tammany Hall or
of the County Democracy. There is no
doubt that the Republicans have been
anxious for Democratic division on local
questions, and so far as concerns the
votes of wOrkingmen, whom they hope to
seduce from their democratic allegi-
Rnce. They find themselves attaining
simply as good a result in votes for
democratic presidential electors as it is
now clear will be reached.
The famous "ParlOr ID. R." confer
ence of Senator Quay, of the confiden-
tial Republican multimilliOnaires, took
place this afternoon about o'clock,
Mt the Fifth Avenue hotel. Moth
Ing of any consequence was
accomplished, and there was
developed a great variety of sentiment
as to the course that should be pursued
to help the monopoly ticket. There
was quite wrangle at one time. and a
good deal was said about the folly of
writing confidential circulars and hand
ling them so loosely as to fall into the
hands of the press. The fact is that Re
publican allegiance is so 10 Sc this year
that no important movement is made by
tho Fifth avenue managers without
beieg quickly known at Democratic
headquarters. In an open and above
board campaign, such as the Democrats
are conducting, this would be no diSad-
vantage, but surreptitiOus work is the
peculiar characteristic of the Repub-
lican canvass, and the disclosure of
Mr.. Quay'S purposes and proceedings
is fatal to the objects he seeks to
reach. The down town mer-
chants Cleveland and Thurman as
sOciationS are becoming a very
important feature in the presidential
contest here. The work is more earn
est and much farther advanced than at
a similar period in 1884. Yesterdays
meeting of the ASSOCIATION clubs at the
Stevens house has had an important re-
suit in the formation of central Cleve-
land merchants committee, which is to
take part in
THE PREPARATION OF BALLOTS
for the polls. the scrutinizing of the
registry and watching the count. Both
Democratic organizations have eX-
pressed their hearty desire for the CO.
operation of the Mercantile association
i'm the management of the election. One
illustration of the strength of the mer-
camille men is the membership of over
5000 in the Cleveland and Thur
man Dry Goods club, which
is made up of large -delega-
tiens from the most important
New York houses in that line of buSi-
ness. For example, e. j. Denning &
Co. are represented by 240 members,
Dunham, Buckley & Co. by 174, and
other large concerns in like proper
ton. The contributions to the Demo
cratic campaign fund to-day were very
numerous. The amount received was
not so large as yesterday. The receipts
are altogether insufficient to meet the
lavish expenditures by Republicans of
the contributions of the great monop-
OlieS.
This was the first day of registration
In New York. The total number of
names registered was 9G,047, against "a
rs in 1884, 46,177 in 1885, 60. Isl
in 1856. and 61,O92 in 1887.
The total number of voters registered
on BrOoklyn's second day of registra-
ton was 64,507, a total in two days of
11S,23S. In 1887 the first two days
registration was 2,597; in 1886, 75, 5,516;
In 1885, r. 40 and in 1884 Q9 O41