The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-10-31
fAAT VICTORY ~ NEWARK.
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democrats See I'm It n Good Omen kof
November.
The ode topic of conversation In New
ark is the great Democratic victory. Ths
Republicans of the state committee made
strenuous efforts to carry the city to give
the presidential ticket a boom throughout
the state They felt it necessary to show
up not only the usual Republican majority.
but largely to increase it, to give promise
of gains that would wipe out the Demo
cratic majority in the state. In their
canvass they said nothing of the liquor
legislation, because they knew il would
hurt them, but confined themselves to
frantic appeals for high tariff, and begged
the Republicans of this city who wanted
TO help along the high tariff campaign to
aid the local campaign for its effsct ON
the national election.
To this end much money was spent, and
the Republican managers called to their
aid the manufacturers, many of whom
have been inclosing their mems pay In en-
yelopes decorated with printed sentences
e6unseling them to vote the Republican
had little or no money and their victory
therefore, shows the more strongly the
great change in political feeling. In
city which is heavily Republican and re-
garded as the stronghold of protection in
New Jersey the Democratic majority was
at least 600. In the local election of 1884
Newark went Republican by about 1900.
The Republicans claim that they secured
the bulk of the German vote, but the
workingmen's vote was heavy and was
polled early for the Democratic candidates.
In view. of this it would seem that the
free trade" bugaboo has not been q sue
cess as scare Governor Green, of New
Jersey, said to World reporter on the
subject of this election: .'This victory has
fha fY.ct Of
cannonnding of the same sort will be heard
all along the line from now till November
This shows the utter failure of the Repub-
ican plan of campaign among the indus
trial communities of the state, for this is
the first time in twenty-six years that
Newark has gone Democratic IN muni-
cipal election preceding a presidential
vote"
One of the notable features or the CAM
paign was the carrying of the Thirteenth
ward-a Democratic German stronghold
where the anti license sentiment was ex-
Pectcd to show great strength-by the
Republicans. The high license bill is be-
lieved to have had an effect on the result,
but the Thirteenth ward shows that other
issues than that were potential in the
contest.
The city vote was very heavy, being
5000 larger than the vote in the spirited
campaign of last year. The total vote
cast for tax commissioner was 2S.-
391, and for water commissioner
2S.297. Last year 25.365 votes were cast
for the four candidates for mayor, %, ,224
for tax commissioner and %, ,22S for water
commissioner.
Owen Conlon Dem.) polled 600 more
votes than Marcus Richards (Rep,) for
tax commissioner, and Ferdinand Hyisner
Dem.) beat John nlingworth (Rep) 541
votes in the race for water commissioner.
All the leaders. including Mayor
Haynes, Gottfried Kruger, Col Price
and President Mendells, express them
selves as delighted with the result and
predict that it Is the forerunner of a great
victory in November.-New York World.