New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-15
MONROE COUNTY POLITICS.
PROSPECTS OF REPUBLICAN SUCCESS.
OR QUESTIONS AND THE CONTROL OF RAIL
EOADS-EX.MAYOd. PARSoNS'S STRENGTH
IN ROCHESTER.

roADs-Ex.MAYod. pARSoNs's STRENGTH
IN ROCHESTER.
,yRoxA SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF TIE rRIBrsxI
Rochester. Sept l2-The county Of Monroe, IN
Tho centre Of whose rich farming lands is Sit
ua,cd this prosperous city. has heen noted o!
l,t, wears for the fcklencss Of its political
attitude There are few counties in the Save
which have furnished more surprises upon elcc-
tion night Apparently popular nominations nave
proved frequently " be unpopular ones y Victory
Of one wear of one political patty by majority
Of thousa nds has been followed the succeeding
wear BIZ q crushing defeat of that party pS !"
majority equally as large
I, Is essv to make a catalogue OF the politicai
revolutions in the county. In lss" hep"o'i'S"
CONGRESSMAN was elected ny it by large plurail'y
The Congress District consists OF Monroe 'ouh'S
and the Senatorial District of Monroe ana orleans
committee The two counties together have
L,rrer Republican plurality than Monroe alone
vet In 1857 Democratic Senator was eiec"o
Then In 1853 the Republican Congressman was
elected. Then followed the usual paradox III
1889, that with larger actual EepuoHcan piui"i-
ity the Democratic Senator WAS cec'cu'
The present year it is the turn OF the i'e
rublicars 10 carry the Congress District. and
fhoV
Van Voorhis a. their candidate. Mr. Van WORMS
,,as .,r.a,, be,n nominated, ard his friends are
,o,a NJ wor, for him The Republican County
Committee have already opened headquarters
md ieyun to make canvass Tor Vo'ee i'' '''
Van Voorhis. D,
Encnur,gcl by their success in Clecting pe'''o
crat As SENATOR however the Democratic N"''''
intend 10 make strong effort 10 eie'' Ne"'
cratic CONGRESSMAN One of their points osa'i'''
Mr.. Van Voorbis is that he was once oele@'eu 'o'
Congress in the district wien II c"n'a'ueu vac
strong Republican county OF Orleans MI. ,"'
Voo,his thcn received Only 2,30s votes while ms
Democratic opponent had 1901? N''es' VI
plurality Of 5,134 votes. But the Deho'i"o ",
NOT state when they quote tins Vo'e as P'''' VI
their declaration that Mr. Van Noorh!s is u''-
ronular the fuet that il was given In Ieo-' vi
during the Fol.er campaign, wien quarter OF
.hn psnuhlican voters voted for the Democratic
oonbas,.s and another Quarter remained at home.
Since 1852 the Congressional District mas oocI'
invariably carried by the Republican party al
+honrh the Democratic Legislature OF 1888 Sought
10 make it Democratic by Topping OH NrIc'"'
County and attaching it 70 ano'hcr o's'f'''
Charles S. Baker, the present Repunhcah Oh
crcssman. was elected by .2$7 plurality IN 1881
and by 5,7o4 plurality in 1883
In 1882 Mr. Van Voorhis was defeated ny
IIalbert s. Greenleaf, Democrat. Iins 10 '''e
man the Democrats now propose again 10 nom
mate Mr.. Grteneaf has stated that ne "o"''
accent the nomination il he was the unanimous
cho;ce If his party the party leaders have de-
termincd upon his nomination., and therefore IL
may he considered rs already made. scheme
a. ;ncrcase the number of his votes. however. has
mscarried. ard now promises greatly 10 diminish
his vote There is in Rochester politcal or
ronization Of workingmen known as the Trades
Assembly. The members Of the trade unions OF
the city have largely belonged TO il. The organ
ization has had much political strength. ne"
rca,edlv ius candidates for Asscmnlyniah
in the lid Assembly District OF Mon,
roc County have becn also supported
by either one of the great political parties
The Democrats hoped to secure the support o'
this organization for Colonel Green!e'f. ihcT
nlsn was 70 have it hold convention, nominate
Greenleaf, and then have the Democratic Con
cresional Convention second his nomination
Delegates from ty-four trade organizations
met accordingly and held the convection ic"
DAYS oco. Much to the disnay Of the Demo
cratic leaders the convention declined 10 nominate
Irrenlcaf Upon tho contrary. by a No'" o. >:
IN so IL rejected him and Sc.ccIci is'lAl -.
Emory another Democrat, as lis cand'!h'e 10Y
Congressman Mr.. EmerE is the general freight
agent here Of the Rome and Watertown Railroad
People were as,onished, therefore, 10 h'II 'Ah'
this railroad man had been nominated upon
platform one Of tie planks Of which states 'ha'
the workingmcn favor:
~INyclfth-Thc enactment of a law providing
for Government control of railroads. 1"ie,raii
ard express business in the same ninAer as the
United States Nail.
Nj Emery is reported 10 be a hninoris' o! con
siderable ability. 1t is supposed that his s'cil'h
tn1 ,,ina NJ
swallowing the platform, even that providing for
tie assumption of tie control Of the railways by the
Government, is his latest exploit as 4 hImorst.
There is some establishment, nevertheless.
looking bcck at tic recent attempts at train
wrccking upon the New-York Central Railroad
and the consequent employment OF armed Pinker-
ton detectives 10 guard and patrol It's tracks that
le should have accepted the following plank
Sixtcenth-An act preventing corporSlons
from employing armed guards, except the htness
and qualifications OF the persons employed arc APP
proved BY the sheriff Of the county wherein
they are employed
Mr. Emery, being Democrat, will undoubtedly
receive the votes Of the Democratic voters be-
longing to the Trades Assembly. When Mr.
Grcenleaf is nut in nomination there will be two
Democratic candidates cunning for Congress In
the district. Mr.. Van Voorhis and the Republi-
can voters naturally look with cleerfnlness upon
the situation. Their cheerfulness, it is said. has
made Mr. Grcslieaf gloomy. and made him hint
TINT possibly lie may not take The Demo
cratic nomination. VIII the Democratic party
then take Mr. Emery. the railroad man, upon an
auri-rsilroad and aEti-Pinkcrton platform? Al
the Democratic leaders protest that thcy VIII
ret take Emery. II is obvious that they are
highly embarrassed ny tie result of the working
men's convention. Who coul suspect that Tire
horse carrying the cannon would turn around Just
after the fuse was lighted and fire sIrapncl and
grape into tic ranks of the Democrat" party
Nor do the Democratic leaders look with any
qualification upon the situation in respect 10 the
Assembly Districts Of Monroe County There
ar three Assemblymen elected from tho couMy