The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-11-03
POLITICAL POINTERS.
Both National Committees Issu
Addresses to Voters.
AND BOTH SIDES ARE CONFIDENT

The Republicans Figure How Har.
rison Is TO Garry New York and
the Democrats Say They Have
Plenty Of Money to Back a Con.
trary Opinion.
New York, Nov. 3.-The following
was issued from Republican national
headquarters last night: confidence
reigns supreme at Republican national
headquarters, and the managers of the
campaign will no longer admit of 6
doubt of the election of Harrison and
Reid. The encouraging reports that
come to the committee room from every
quarter are now fully backed up by the
betting market, in which 1t is almost i'm.
possible any longer to get even money
against Harrison. But this hopeful con.
dition of affairs will not induce the com
mittee to relax single effort that might
be put forth between now and election.
"Money is still being wagered at odds
in favor of Cleveland's success In New
. York. Most of this money is being put
.lup by gamblers who have no personal
knowledge of the political situation.
They are betting on tips from w. F.
lSheehan, chairman of the Democratic
state committee. Mr.. Sheehan knows
perfectly well that the registration fig
ures both in this city and the county
promise nothing but defeat for the Dem
ocratic national ticket. On anything
like an honest vote the extreme limit OF
Democratic possibilities in this city is a
plurality of $4,000.
THE Republican vote in 1888 was
100000. 1t is bound to be, in this cleo
ton, at least lis, 600. Certainly as many
as 10, 900 votes will be cast for the Social
list, Prohibition and other candidates,
and will go into the scattering column.
This will leave for Cleveland 10000
votes, or plurality of $1,000. Suppos-
ing that the Democrats do their best in
Kings county, their plurality can by no
suits from Long Island will be !, 150, and
in Richmond county 1900. This will
give them below the Harlem river a
plurality of 72,500. as against 1901
votes in 1888. There is not a politician
of standing in any party who does not
know that in an honest election this is
the remotest limit of Democratic pos
sibility.
ain the country, where personal regis
ration is not required, the Republican,
have been fully registered and the ar
arrangements of the local committee are
known to be perfect for getting the
strength Of the party into the ballot box.
/ Halrison's majority above the Harlem
river in 1888 was 81, 404. This year il
will be at the very least calculation TO-.
900 greater. There is no chance in
which Democratic victory in this state
can be achieved in an election which is
even half way honest. And yet the
Democrats are giving odds on the state,
while tens of thousands of dollars are
being offered on the general result by
Republicans, without Il Democratic
, 'taker.
THE Republican leaders understand
perfectly what this means. 1t means
that an army of Democratic repeaters
are to be put to work in this city, eac
man furnished with carefully prepared
list of polling places and names where
and under which he is instructed to vote.
1t means that full millions dollars OF
Democratic money is to be spent on cleo
ton day to corrupt the franchise. The
Republican managers will not be cheated
or bulldozed, and the man who enters
upon such undertaking will lind him
self in quick distress"