New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-07
GOV. FLOWERS HANDS TIED.
THE SENATE SURELY REPUBLICAN.
pIsGUsTFD DEMOCRATS ADMIT THE FALsITY OF
THEIR CLAIMs-ALL THREE DISPUTED
DIsTpIrTS SAFE

THEIR CLAIMS-ALL THREE DlSfUIED
DISTRICTS SAFE.
Albany Nov 6 (SpeciaD.- is poignant distress
here among leading Democrats In consequence Of the
failure Of the Democratic party TO carry both branches
of the Legislature Governor Hill and GOvenor-elect
Flower. in remarks which they made directly after
Tuesdays election under the impression that the Legs
ature was Democratic, predicted with EMULATION tho
redistcting Of the Congressional Districts and rear
rangement Of the seats in the legislature under the
benevolent direction OF the Democratic party and
minor leaders Of the party spoke OF
the many fat State Offices. such three
Railroad Commissioners each with salaries Of $4,000
yearly which would be in the gift Of Mr.. Flower, and
Of Democratic senate In January. When, there
FORE The Tribune showed that the senate certainly and
the Assembly probably had a majority Of Republican
members there was great cOmmotion excited in the
Democratic camp. Governor Hill was especially dis
turbed In mind by the Of the success Of the Re
publcans In eleetng the legislative candidates; since
he had wished to remove obstacle to his nomina-
ton for President by the Democratic National Conveh
tiOn namely, the argument that II he were elected
President he would have to resign his place as United
states Senator and would be succeeded by Rcpubl
can. Another man much annoyed by The Trbuhe's
news, was Edward Murphy, IT,, the chairman OF the
Democratic State Committee. Mr.. Hi and Mr.. MUIR
ply at once dispatched agents Of theirs to close Senate
and Assembly districts, TO learn il Democratic ma
jority could not be figure don't some way, and mean
while the Democratic newspaper editors were In
structed to bawl out Fraud" Especial attention was
given to the Senate, aid the assertion was broadly maze
tnat the Democratic party had elected majority OF
It's members. Claims were made in vOciferous way
that Democratic Senators had been elected IN the AVth
XvIth and XVIlth Districts, and also that DIT. j. l.
Edwards elected in the XXXIId District, was a
Democrat DR.. Edwards quickly announced through
The Tribune that he WAS an independent Repubn-
CAM Thus one hope OF the Democratic party was
destroyed Since then Mr.. HIPS ana MI. hurpnys
claims that the Democratic party has won other
Senate districts have been shown to be without founda
ton.
Mr. Murphy lives In the XvIth Senate District. con-
ssting Of the counties Of Washington and Rensselaer,
There Michael F. Collins (Dem) was opposed to
John ii. Derby (Rep.) 1t was only to-day that
the friends Of Collins would admit that he is de-
feated Why they should have been so persistent in
asserting that he was elected is mystery, as the
election returns show that Mr. Derby has plurality
Of 300 votes.
The Democratic newspapers today loudly declared
that Edward Osborne (Dem) had been elected senator
in the XVIII District Apparently they have no. been
Informed of what took place at Poughkeepsie yeste-
day. They should know that on Thursday morning
three leading Democrats Of POughkeepsie Frank b.
LOwn. Smith Herroy and Isaac Tompkns went over
the election returns of Duchess County and found as
they thought, that Mr.. Osborne had received lS3
tee Republicans. consisting Of Senator Dcane, Rob
ert Hunter and Frederic Ackerman, examined the Same
returns and figured out that Mr.. Osborne had only e3
plurality in the county. Here was discrepancy OF
90 votes between the Democratic and the Republican
computations. Both sides then compared their tabua-
lions again with the official returns, when the Demo
Gratis discovered that they had made bad error They
found that they had transposed the figures in the eec
ton returns from the lid District OF Poughkeepse
giving Osborne 1872 votes and Deane 139 votes:
whereas the Official returns showed that Deane had
received 1872 votes and Osborne 100 votes. The Demo
Gratis frankly admitted that they had made mistake
and that therefore Osborne only had 90 plurality in
Dutchess County instead OF 1873 plurality. The i'm
portance Of this modification OF the estimates OF the
Democrats will be perceived when the fact Is stated
that Mr.. Deane's plurality In Columbia and Putnam
counties amounts to 172 votes. The Official returns
from all the counties in the district show that Mr..
Deane Is unQuestonably elected. They rs follows:
Counties. Deane (hep) Osborne (Dem)
S$3S$s:. :.::::: isss 3 3ssi
Totals. 1851 145o2
Only one senate district now is "caimed" by tho
Democrats and that is Senator Donaldsons, the
XvLIth. The district is big one, and contains the
counties of Saratoga Schenectady Montgomery, Fulton
and Hamilton. rhe county OF Hamilton, as Is well
known is chiefly Adirondack wilderness. Two days
ago it apparent that Donaldson RepD. had good.
sized plurality in the other counties In the district:
but the Democrats Insisted that Hamilton County had
given their candidate, E. II. Hoyt, such large plu-
raty that he would be elected To-day. the leading
Democrats here were greatly Disguised to receive the
news from Hamilton County that Hoyts plurality In
that county amounts to only. So votes lnasmuch as
Mr.. Donaldson has plurality OF BOG votes outside
OF Hamilton County, this news was "sckenng.' and
has caused great deal Of woe % e
here now acknowledge that Donaldson is elected.
Te Sa the a1 WINS @ az II 20
cans Independent Republican. and only II Democrats
The Republicans thus have clear majority In the
Senate, and thus exercise a much ncedful super
vision of all of Governor Flowers appointments TO
Office. Nor can the Democratic party pass any bill
ate and Assembly districts. Neither can any bill
pass the Legislature in the teeth Of the opposition Of
the Republican party r lastly ras the e i psG
of the Legislature Of 1893, which will elect United
States Senator
feeling that possibly they may obtain control OF the
Assembly. The Democratic leaders were much cheered
tonight by telegram from Jefferson County stating
the lid Assembly District and f. II. Willard Demo
craft has been elected. This is district which has
been included in the Republican column for several
days past. The Republican leaders here will not be
lievs that Spcer has been defeated until they have
had advces from the Republicans Of jefferson County
count will be necessary TO determine who has been
elected.
ATTEMPTED THEFT IN SULLIVAN COUNTY.
THROWING OUT ENOUGH VOTES TO DEFEAT AS
sEMBLYMAN KENRICK.
Monticello, Nov. GpeciaD On the returns which
have been made out by the Democratic Inspectors
OF Election in Sullivan County, the Democrats claim
the reelection OF Assemblyman George NJ. Beakes by
a plurality Of one This result has been reached
by making incorrect returns OF the votes as cast on
Tuesday last and throwing out number of ballots
which ought TO havebeen counted for Henry Kenrck,