The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-10-27
POLITICAL OUTLOOK
The Indications Are in Favor OF
Flower.
GOVERNOR RUsSELLS CHANCES
The Fight Is On Him in Maasachusetts-Pen
sylvania Democrats Encouraged-Oh he
publicans About Panic Stricken.

puDl1cans About Panic Stricken.
Especial to THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Dispatch.l
NEW YORK, Oct. 26.-The World to-day
(Monday) says: The registration of voters
was finished Saturday in thirty-tWo cities
OF the state. A glance at the returns
(Which the World publishes from every
city IN the state) shows that the vote will
not De as heavy as II was in 1855, but the
indications are also that the loss will be
more heavily Republican than Democratic
From nearly every city come reports that
the democrats have succeeded in register
Ing a larger number of their voters than
the Republicans. In but few cities does
the registration equal the total vote of
1868. Where 1T surpasses those figures the
cities are both Democratic and Republican
For instance Brooklyn, Buffalo and
dorneilsVIlle show great gains, but so also
90 Loo6port, Syracuse and Binghamton
Inc reports from all the Repub lican cities,
however, are uniform in this respect; thai
tnere tAe democrats seem to have done the
hardest work. 1t is conceded that in
syracuse and Binghamtou the gains are
largely Democratic. In Lockport and
Rochester only the Democrats seem not 20
nave got their full strength registered.
Inc falling OF is more noticeable in this
city than IN any OF the others Yet even
here the figures are not such as to give the
hePubllcans much hope There is a heavy
increase here in the Democratic up town
districts. 1t may be argued that much of
tlls Is Que to the building up of this part
Oh the city, but this increase is not only
over the registration OF three years ago,
put also over that of last year and seems to
snow that the Democratic vote there will
De proportionately increased, because these
are the districts which have suffered the
greatest losses on account of Republicans
senulng The Worlds fair to Chicago. If
thls Issue Is to have any very marked
effect 1t will be in this part of the city, and
the registration indicates that it is to have
very marked effect indeed. That the
ant-Iammany cry Gas had no effect is
shown by the losses in strong Repu blican
districts, Wnere the registration is very
little more than it Was last year. 1t does
not approach the figures of 1888 in these
districts.
Allowing for the usual falling off on
election day, and for scattering and indie
pendent votes, the vote this year in this CITY
should be about 204, 900. Ii these figures
are divided In the same ratio that they
were In 1888, MIR. Flower should have
ports from other parts of tho state, how
ever, are that Mr.. Fassett will not get the
same support from the Republicans that
Mr.. Miller got. There are indications OF
the same feeling in this city. If this should
be so, the prediction of the Tamnapy lead
ers Ia this city, aud of Mr.. Croker in par
Ueuiar, may be verified, viz: That Mr..
Flowers majority here will be about q, 900.
AT all events there is no doubt from the
tlRIreG now in thor will l,o , -.
mendous Democratic vote IN this city. In
Brooklyn the Democratic leaders say that
Mr.. Flower viii get the lsrgest majority
ever given to Democrat in that CITY. The
registration there eX cseds that of a Drssi
DENTAL year. A large registration means
large Democratic vote in Brooklyn So
say the men who have watched the politics
OF that town for years, and are willing 10
pct their ducats that this year will be no /
exception.
The phenomenally large registration for !
the Tour days this year was not unexpected |
Both sides claim an advance. but q careful I
analysis OF the figures slightly favors the |
Democrats. The total registration for this !
year reported to-day was 157, 7O2, an in
crease oil l,462 over 1883, when a President /
and governor were voted for. The increase /
is cue in great measure to the increase in !
population. 1t is most noticeable in the !
outlaylng or growing wards which geuer- /
ally give Democratic majority On the |
other hand, the strong Republican wards !
have fallen behind the bulk of the Demo !
cratic voters in the cities of the state.
In 1883 the figures, in roundsnumbers. !
were: Hill SOL 900; Miller, 269. GOD. n Dsmo. |
cratic victory of 3d. coo, which the Rspubli /
cans will have to overcome in the country ,
districts. They were unable to do this in !
1888. y peculisrtty about the vote then was !
that the Republican vote in the rursl dis
triots was almost exactly the same as that /
OF the Democratic vote in the country dis
Jriots, which was almost twenty thousand !
more than the Repu blican vote in the cities. |
viz: Miller, 36l, 600; Hill, 269, 600.
The reports this ysar go TO show that the .
Democrats are thoroughly organized "a the ,
cities, and have regis tered larger percent !
age Of their voters there than the Rspublil
cana have, SO that the latter Will have 10 /
still further increase their vote in tho
country in order to overcome the big CITY
ma Oridss OF Jhe Democrats. There Is still .
one more day OF registration in the rural
districts ard the result OF the election will
largely dep3ad upon the work that both
parties do IN the country this week. The
reports, however, indicate that the Demo- |
Gratis are as well organized there as thew
are in the cities, and that they will get out
as large percentage Of their vote II that
case it would seem to he certain that the
result will not be different from what it
was IN 1888.