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an attitude toward them similar to that OF his
allies on the banks Of the Seine.
THE AASEuBLY or 1899.

last Assembly Naturally they were greatly
eated by their victory, Democratic victory
of this kind being about as rare as an anger S
visit to Tammany Hall. Since 1871 the Re
publicans have lost control of that body only
three times. The Assembly of 1890 was com
posed OF ~ Republicans and 90 Democrats; the
Assembly of 1891 of 60 Republicans and 6S
Democrats. 1t is confidently expected that our
friends will regain their ascendancy in Novem-
ber-doubtless the coming Legislature will be
Republican in both its branches. 1t has al
ready been pointed out in these columns that
our prospects in the Senatorial fields are most
encouraging. The present Senate contains 10
Republicans. The next is toerably certain TO
contain as many as that; not unlikely 1T VIII
have one or two more.
And it would be strange, indeed, if our party
did not recover the ground which it lost III the
Assembly districts last fall. For this Is pre-
eminenty a Republican year, year which
finds the party organization in capital working
condition. Republicans are united; faction
asm is a thing of the past; all are laborlng
enthusiastically 10 elect State ticket which
commands the approval Of all. In the circum-
stances a Republican Assembly will be chosen
unless the legislative canvass in the close dis
trcts is left to take care of itself or is grossly
msmanaged. About half the Republicans of
the last House have been renominated, and in
cluded in the number are many OF the most
CAPABLE and trustworthy of the lawmakers OF
1891. The renominees are Ward, of Albany
yeyo, of .Broome; Whipple, of CattarauguS !;
Moves, of Cayuga; Clifford and Woodbury., OF
Chau.auqua; GARDENER, of Columbia; Palmer,
of Essex; Gallagher Of Erie; Green, OF Her
kimer; Jones and DennistOn, of Monroe Ken
nedy. of Onondaga; Chamberlain, of Ontario
Stranahan and Seleck, of Oswego Brown, OF
OtsegC@ Fish, of Putnam Worden, OF Rens-
selaer Nlalby and Kee!er, of St. Lawrence
Valney, of Saratoga Pierson, OF Suffolk Brink
of Ulster; Stevenson, OF Washington Hustled,
Of Westchester; Blown, of Yates. 1t Is safe
TO assume that every one Of these twenty seven
experienced members will be returned. VI the
other thirty-th districts now represented by
Republicans there is not one which the Demo
Gratis can capture if our party friends poll their
full vote. Not one. But this is not enough.
In order to have a majority in the Assembly OF
1892 we have to do something more than
hold our own. gain of five seats Is necessary to
give us majority. a plucky, persistent hsht
in all the debatablo districts ought to give us
twice five. The WITH Albany District has re-
reatedly been in the Republican column and
can be put there again in November Our
party in that county is in better condition this
campaign than it has been before in many
year, and consequently the redemption OF the
WITH District by the election of Mr.. Rivenburgh
ought to follow. The nomination OF Archibald
Rogers in the Id Duchess juStifies the belief
that the Democrats will lose that district. Mr..
Rogers possesses many elements of popularity
and is witha so intelligent and energetic that
he could not fail to make an excellent repre-
sentative. The Republicans of the Vth Erie
give out that they purpose to elect their can
ddate, Mr. Clark, and if they make good their
promise there will be another gain. Kings
County sent only one Republican to the last
Assembly, but the success of our nominees in
the IXth and XIth Districts is pretty generally
conceded, while " The Brooklyn Eagle" frankly
says-and its admission may well stimulate our
brethren across the Bridge to increased exer
tons" the nomination Of Mr. Graham (Dem.)
in the XIlth may serve to give that constituency
als1 to the Republicans" Lewis County is now
represented by DemOcrat-who barely managed
to pull through last year-but its normal con-
dtion is Repubcan-it helped with plurality
of 531 to make General Harrison President.
Have the Lewis Republicans made up their
minds TO regain that county? If they have it
will be regained. The Democrats used to labor
in vain to carry the LIST Niagara District and
only succeeded when our friends out there fell to
quarelling among themselves There is no
reason why it should not be brought back where
it belongs this Republican revival year. Then
there is the lid Oneida. In commenting upon
the nomination of the Democratic candidate in
that district the local Democratic organ re-
marked that "he lives in a district that is
always politically close and his friends need to
make every effort in his behalf" Clearly this
is the language of apprehension it goes far to
prove that the Republicans can win by hard
and persistent work. Other districts which
might be wrested from Democratic control are
Chemung, the lst Orange, the Id Queens, Rock
land, Schenectady, the Id Ulster and the Ist
Westchester.
Now just word of caution to our friends in
all the districts. Take nothing for granted.
Do not allow your interest in the election Of
Mr.. Fassett to cause you to fail in the duty you
owe to your Senate and Assembly tickets The
Democratic managers doubtless hope to capture
district here and there by catching their OPP
ponents mapping, and we may rest assured that
they will emp 0y all the resources at their COM
mand, fair and foul, to retain possession of the
Assembly. We must elect Republican Gov
ernOr this fall, but the victory would be shorn
of much of its value if We did not also elect a
Republican Legislature. We must hold our own
in the Senate; we must return to power in the
Assembly
THE REVOLT AGAINST TAMMANY
Whichever side wins in the coming cleo