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, and
is unusually we'll informed as to the
drift of things there When he was
asked about the prospects i'll his state
Mr.. Balkan said: Il believe that no
man, Republican or Democrat, who mas
been about with his eyes open, can
have the slightest doubt about the way
New York will go. L was in New ork
city just before l came west,
and being somewhat privileged
visitor at the Democratic mead
quarters [ learned some inside
facts and figures that amazed me.
About New York there is no question.
Cleveland will have at least 10000 ma
jority there. | have satisfied myself
absolutely of that, and the only inter
est l 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 6e Il
fighting chance in one or two Otner
Western states. If that IS so Mt.
Cleveland is already reelected, 1or lie
is sure of New York"
"How about the New York Herald
cOrrespondent'S story that Harrison VIII
come to Harlem river with 10000 ma
jOrity?" -. ,,
"I'his is nonsense. He will do moth
ing of the kind. Even if the story were
true, however, it would make no Differ
ence. New York city will give Cleye-
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
mayOralty contest i'll New YORK that
will hurt Cleveland?'
There cannot be any trading of any
considerable extent. Tammany cannot
afford it. Its reputation and good talth
are at stake. 1t is pledged to honest
support of the president. 1t Will not
dare to seem to disregard that pledge
even if it should want to. As matter
of fact, however, | 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 Mr.. Quay ex-
poets to buy New York at the last mo-
inent. The scheme is plausible, and
very likely some such attempt will be
made. There are two reasons why 1T
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 NEXT
place the Democrats will be watching
them like hawks for just such a trick
and will stop it at the start.
Il have been greatly amused by the
list of pretended Republican recruits
which the Chicago Tribune prints from
time to time. | 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 III
yeStigation 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."