The Portland daily press., 1891-10-07
THE NEW YORK CONTEST.
Work that Fassett Finds Cut out for
Himself.

NEW YORK, October 6.-"How many votes
will he come down to the Harlem river
WITH" What majority will the Democrats
carry up to the Harlem2" These and simi-
lar questions can be heard nowadays discuss
Ing In every group Of politicians, ard for
years and years they have been heard just In
the same way. The modest little Harlem Is
always named as the line at which the big
Republican plurality from up the state must
meet the big Democratic plurality from the
five lower counties.
When the Harlem river bounded the city
at Its upper end, the terms Down TO the
Harlem" and "Up 20 the Harlem" were first
Invented, and when the annexed district be-
came a part Of the city aud the boundary
line on that side was carried up. the terms
were still and are now continued in use. re
ferring TO the division between the vote In
New York city and county, and Kings,
Queens, Richmond and Suffolk counties and
the vote of the remainder Of the state.
The figures showing what the Republicans
have brought down to the Harlem In the
way Of pluralities, and what the Democrats
have carried up to it In the Important state
and national elections since 1882. are Of great
interest Just now. They are obtained by de-
ducting the votes cast In New York, Kings,
Queens, Richmond and Suffolk counties
from the total votes on the respective tickets
cans brought down to the Harlem, and then
deducting from the Democratic majOritles
obtained below the Harlem the Republican
maJ0rittes obtained above. The figures
show that tho Republicans have been sue
cessful In one national campaign since 1888,
In which year they elected secretary OF
state, the only candidate on the state ticket
which they did elect that year.
In the year 1888, General Joseph b. Carr
(RepublicaD) was the nominee for secretary
nf fs.fa nd AnA hn okakn ttnlrA II
opponent was Isaac I'll. Maynard, whose
course In the legislature had won for him the
opposition OF the liquor dealers and others.
Neither New York nor Kings Democrats IA
vored his nomination. and Il was the "below
the Harlem" vote that defeated him. Carr
came down to the Harlem with plurality
Of 52333 votes. and had the Democrats stood
by Maynard below the Harlem, this could
have easily been overcome. But the Demo-
cratic majority In the five "Below the Har-
ty gave Carr plurality. The total Republl-
can vote cast below the Harlem was 131, ,452,
and the total Democratic vote In the same
district was 165,202 Mr.. Carr's plurality In
the state was 1883.
Next came the Presidential election Of
1884 There was no state ticket Of cOnse-
quence In the field to have any bearing on
the result The great canvass Of that year
Is well remembered by all who take even the
slightest interest In politics.
Mr.. Blaine came down to the Harlem that
year with plurality of 62,191. Mr.. Cleve-
So. 2S8 votes, and the Democratic plurality
was 1047 votes. The total number of votes
cast In the state for Mr.. Cleveland was $685.
04S. and OF these 33S. .718 were cast above the
Harlem and 224, $50 were cast below It, Mr..
Blaine got total Of e2,001 votes, and of
and 161, ,092 below 1t. In that year Kings
county gave 66, ,243 votes for Mr.. Cleveland,
as against 53,514 for Mr.. Blaine, the plurality
Of Mr.. Cleveland being 10, 729 In Kings New
York county gave him 1S3.i57 votes. against
90,093 for Blaine, plurality Of 43064
Queens gave for Cleveland a plurality Of
1920 Richmond gave him plurality OF 1870,
and even Suffolk swung into the Democratic
column that year and gave plurality Of 553.
The state election OF the following year,
1885, was an extremely interesting one. Mr..
Davenport was the Republican candidate and
-HA the e-DesaGasa.se.-s@iial 80 sssetae % sSs a
plurality Of 11.14. Mr.. DavenporE came
down to the Harlem with a plurality Of 49,
27l, and Hill went up to it with a plurality
OF 90, 4O5. In that year Kings county gave
Mr.. Hill plurality Of 9479. and New York
gave him plurality of As. .239. Suffolk gave
a Republican plurality OF $3.50. Mr.. Daven-
ports total vote q the state was 490331, of
which 30, ,45S were cast above the Harlem.
The total vote for Hill was 501, ,465, of which
302, 1872 were cast above the Harlem.
The next Important state election was In
1887, when Fred Grant headed the Republl-
can ticket for secretary OF state, and Fred
Cook the Democratic ticket for the same
place. Mr.. Grant came down to the Harlem
river with plurality Of 1910 Mr.. Cook
went up to the Harlem with a Democratic
plurality Of 65, ,226, and his plurality in the
state was 17,077. Kings county gave Dem
ocratic plurality In 1887 Of 1004S.
In 1888 the conditions included Presiden-
tial election, state ticket fight, and fierce
local contention In this city for the mayors
office. In that year Mr.. Harrison came
down to the Harlem river with a plaurality
OF 50. .404 votes, and the Democracy went up
to 1t with plurality OF 71,03l, which gave
Mr.. Harrison a plurality in the state Of a.
373. Kings county gave Democratic plu-
rality that year OF Il, ass; New York county
gave plurality of 55,Sl3; Queens county
gave Democratic plurality of 1866; Rich
mond, 1,664 aud Suffolk gave Republican
plurality of 567. The Republican total vote
was 65O.33S; the Democratic. 6S5. .965
In the guberDatorial contest Of that year
Warner Miller, Republican. came down to
the Harlem River with plurality OF 66,l7S.
and Hill went up to the river with Demo-
jority In the state Of 1911. Kings county
gave Hill a plurality of 14,1S5, and New
York county gave him plurality Of 69,102.
The total Republican vote cast In the state
was 631, ,293 for Miller. and the total Demo-
cratic vote for Hill was CSC, ,464.
Mr.. Miller came down to the Harlem with
a plurality that figured 10 ,226 less than Mr..
Harrison, and Mr.. Hill went up to the Har-
lem with plurality OF 14,31S more than Mr..
Cleveland.
In 1889 the Office Of secretary of state
headed the ticket. Mr.. Gilbert was the
nominee Of the Republicans and Mr.. Rice
headed the Democratic ticket. Mr.. Gilbert
came down to the Harlem with a plurality Of
81, ,436, but Mr.. Rice met him at the river
with q Democratic plurality Of 74,963. and
Mr.. Rice was elected by plurality In the
state of 20,527. At that election Kings
county gave Democratic plurality OF 8.241
and New York gave plurality OF 63573
TO those who are interested In figures Of
the important elections since 1888 the follow
ing table, which shows the pluralities that
the Republican candidates brought down to
the Harlem river and the pluralitles that the
Democratic candidates took up to the Har-
lem, will be of interest, the vote on the bead
OF the ticket being indicated In every in
stance: