, 1892-03-10
NOW, LOOK AT THIS.
HOW NEW YORK HAS CHANGED IN
a FEW MONTHS.

The Significance of the Elections
Heid tn That state last week
Surprising Results at the Home
of Senator HGlI and Elsewhere.
Special to the Tribune.
New York, March If New York
state had been voting for president last
week the republican candidate would have
been elected and the democratic candidate
defeated. Without attempting to exagger-
ate the significance of the republican vic
tories in the recent tov9f and city elections.
it may be said fairly that the results un-
mistakably indicate a republican revival
and democratic dissensions. Local issues.
of course, were influential in many of the
towns, but no one can review the returns
as whole without being convinced that
there is a reaction against the democratic
party. The republican gains were so wide
spread that they could have been caused
by nothing else than a revival of party en-
ergy and enthusiasm and by democratic
dissensions and reaction. The effect of the
elections will be to inspire the republicans
with new courage for the presidential cam
palgn. What the effect on the democratic
party wilIbe remains to be seen. In FL
mira, the home of Senator Hill, the candi-
dates ofthe Hill faction were defeated. An
independent democrat, endorsed by the re-
publleans, was elected nlay0r.# and the re-
publlcans made gains in the board of su-
pervlsors. The new mayor is a son of the
late ex-dovernor Robinson, and a man of
the highest standing The result in Ell
mira is defeat for Hill. III the first cleo
ton since the Albany convention his fac
ton is defeated, and in his own city.
While not distinetigely a republican vic
tory, 1t is undoubtedly blow at the pres
tlge OF Senator Hill. In 0sWego the Hill
and antl-Hill factions nominated opposing
candidates for mayor. The Hill candidate
received 1913 votes and the Cleveland candi-
date received 1916 votes. The republican
candidate was elected. The big vote polled
by the Cleveland candidate was the ocea-
sion OF rejoicing today among the anti
Hill democrats in this city. The issue,
they say, was clearly defined, and Hill
was badly beaten. In other places there
was division among the democrats result
ing IN republican success. One of the
most notable republican achievements was
Dutchess county, where board of super
YlSors, having ten democratic maioritV |
was succeeded by board having nine re-
publican majority, with one town to be
heard from. The significance of the result |
is plain. It was the partisan action of the |
democratic board in Dutchess county that
enabled Hill and his associates to capture
a seat In the state senate tozwhich a repub-
lican had been elected. The people of the |
county showed by their votes what they
think of the steal" They Tepudiated the
men who made it possible. LII a few towns
the democrats made gains, but these cut no I
figure in the general result The republi- |
cans carried Montgomery county for the /
first time III fifteen years. Auburn, Corn
ing, Peekskill and other cities, which in (
preceding elections went democratic, have
elected republican officials. To sum it all
up, the republicans have reasserted their
the country. They are now in
control Of the election machinery in a large
of the counties, and this may
count for much in close presidential cleo
tion. As there were no elections in this
city and Brooklyn, it is impossible to say
whether the reaction exhibited in the coun-
try exists also in the metropolitan district