New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-05
TAMMANY'S CLEAN SWEEP.
ITS GREATEST VICTORY WON
POLLING A LARGER VOTE THAN EVER n.
FORE IN IT'S HISTORY.
NAxrxc GAINS IN ALL PARTS OF THE crrY-1u1
NEW BALLoTINo SYSTEM DOES NOT pm.
VENT THE OVERWHELMING SUCCESS
OF Mr.. cRoKER's ORGANIZATIONS
THE WHOLE CITY GOVERN.
AENT GIVEN OVER 10

Tammany's triumph Ii overwhelming sao esa-
plete. 1t has elected ell Of im local candidateo
and has reduced the Republican representation
from this city in the State Assembly. In some of
the election districts ignorant and incompetent Of
fcials fell into serions blunders in counting the
ballots under the new system. This has delayed
the collection Of complete and accurate figures on
the local candidates to later hour than In any
previous election. But IL IL certain that
Grants majority over Scott 10 considerably
above 10000 The list Of the successful csndi-
dates on the city. county and judiciary ticken
Is as follows. OF course. ell Of them are Deme-
Gratis, hut the names Of Theodore w. Myen fes
Controller and John J. Freedman for Judge q
the Superior Court, appeared on both the Tammsny
and the Union tickets:
Mayor-Hugh J. Grant
C0ntr0ller-Theodore w. Myers,
sherfn-John ,: German. -
District 40 orney-De Lsncey Nicoli
Judges Of the Superior Coart-Davd xcAdam sas
JUDGES d the City court-James NJ Fitsrmous a.a
" President r i' q the Board Of Amermen-John II. v.
Arnold.
1t IL evident that the new system of ballotins
proved disastrous failure In ohsskine The pr.
chase Of votes. and in restraining Tie ssndiag =
the polls Of the depnved slaves Of drSn- ehcps
in hordes to vote the Tamnmny eokst Tbe
system Of pasteD. which was used all over the
city by Tammany, permitted the "heelers' and
ward manipulatOrs Of votes TO handle the Tammauy
forces in exactly the same style as in previous
years. To each faithful Tammany voter was
given paster, with Instructions to paste this
on any one Of the tickets handed him at the
polling place, and to vote that ticket with The
regular Tammany paster upon 1t, and no other.
This paster trick nulhfes and destroys the
whole spirit and intention of the law. and 10 has
enabled Tammany to pile up larger vote than it
ever obtained before in the metropolis, and to
give Hugh Grant decisive majority over Francis
NJ. Scott.
In 1883 the registration in New-York City was
2s6,640. This year it fell to 244.970. In 1883
Grants vote was 114.l11. This year. with .
total registration more than 10000 less than in
1888. Grants vote exceeds his vote Of two years
ago. This does not prove that Mayor Grant b
more popular now than he was In 1883. But 10
does prove that Tammany u even better disciplined.
more compact, more effective and q more form1ds
able power in city elections than 1t Yves then.
The new balloting system has not taken single
vote from the vicious and degraded army Of mer-
cenaries which follows the banner Of Tammany
to get in the ballots even Of those sunk IN the low
est depths Of ignorance. Ihe. elements ,oppoced
to Tammany lacked its marvellous discipline, ~
stimulus Of selfish ambition for patronage and
| the sp0ik of Office.
Tammany now has the whole city absolutely at
it's mercy for the next two years. II has not only
the Mayoralty, but 1t has captured the District.
AttOrneyship, also, and in every department and
commission OF the municipal administration IL will
reign supreme. majority Of those citizens Of New
York who went to the polls yesterday, have decided
that they want at least two years more Of Tam
many mlsrule in New-York II anything like .
complete registration registration approaching
that Of the Presidential campaign of 1888 could
have been secured, and all the voters who are NOT
attached to the Tammany organization by ties OF
selfish interest would have fulfilled their first dn-
ties as American citizens have gone to the polls
beaten. But they failed to do this. They may
have cause to regret this failure in the next TIVE
| years