St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-26
NEW YORK ALL RIGHT.
A Rochester Publisher Talks on
the Situation.

CHICAGO. Oct. 25.-William +. Bal
kan, publisher of the Rochester Union
and Advertiser, and one of the leading
Democrats of Western New York, was
in Chicago yesterday. He has lately
been making tour of New York state
for business and political purposes, ana
is unusually well informed as to the
drift of things there When he was
asked about the prospects III MS state
Mr.. Balkan said: Il believe that no
man, Republican or Democrat, VINO mas
been about with his eyes open, can
have the slightest doubt about the way
New York will 60. | was in New OK
city just before l came west,
and being somewhat privileged
visitor at the Democratic head
quarters 1 learned some inside
facts and figures that amazed me.
About New York there is no question.
Cleveland Will have at least 10000 ma.
iority there. | have satisfied myself
absolutely of that, and the only inter
est have in the campaign now is III
the other states. Since l have been
here have been told that Indiana is
safely Democratic, and there may he
fighting chance i'll one or two 0ther
Western states. If that is so Mr..
Cleveland is already reelected, for lie
is sure of New York"
"How about the New YORK Heraia
correspondents story that Harrison VIII
come TO Harlem river with 10000 ma
iority?'
"Ihis is nonsense. He will do moth
ing of the kind. Even if the story were
true. however, it would make no dlttef-
ence. New York city will give CleVe-
land 10000 majority and over. Kings
county will give him 10000. Queens,
Richmond and Suffolk, all strongly
Democratic, will roll him up majority
that will make Republican heads SWIM"
Will there be any trading Ill the
| mavoralty contest III New York that
will hurt Cleveland?"
There cannot be any trading Of any
considerable extent. Tammany cannot
afford it. Its reputation and good falth
are at stake. 1t is pledged TO honest
support of the president. 1t Will not
| dare to seem to disregard that pleQge
even if it should want to. As matter
| of fact, however. L happen to know that
nobody more sincerely wants the presl-
| dent reelected than the Tammany
/ leaders. Mr.. Croker, the head of Tam
many hall, has issued the Strlctest
| orders against trading, and will see that
there is none of it. The mayOralty con-
| test in New York city is all in Cleve-
| lands favor. 1t will call out every
| Democratic vote in the city, and every
Democratic vote will have Cleveland s
| electors on it. | read the dispatch from
! New York about the Republican cor
ruptiOn fund with which MIR. Quay eX-
! poets to buy New York at the last mo-
| ment. The scheme is plausible, and
very likely some such attempt will be
| made. There are two reasons why it
will not succeed. In the first place the
Democratic majority will be so big that
no amount of money the Republicans
| can collect will buy it.. In the newt
| place the Democrats will be watching
| them like hawks for just such a trick
| and will stop it at the start.
II have been greatly amused by the
| list of pretended Republican recruits
which the Chicago Tribune prints from
| time to time. l know many of the men
| in New York state whom it has named
as going over to Harrison, and they are
| either lifelong Republicans or Demo
| Gratis who have no idea of doing any
thing else but voting for Cleveland. We
| have exposed some of these lies, and
others are so palpable that they are not
worth exposing. In our own county OF
| Monroe we have shown by careful i'll
veStigation that for every DemOcrot that
| has turned Republican at least two Re-
| publicans have turned Democrats. 1t
| has been Just so in other parts of the
state, and you may be very sure that on
election day the Republicans will hear
| something drop"