Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-10-24
The Indications in New York.

The Sun OF Friday sizes up the SIT
uation in New York as follows,
which is very encouraging to Dem
ocracy:
'The total registration for this city
for the first two days has been 202,-
276. If the registration for the two
remaining days of registry be pro-
portionately as in 1888, the whole
number of citizens who will thus
have qualified themselves to vote at
the election on the 9Th of November
will be in the neighborhood of $685.,
900, as against the 296,542 registered
in 1888.
In 1888 the vote actually cast for
Cleveland and Harrison aggregated
269,657. If the vote for them now
is the same propOrtionately TO the
registration, its aggregate will be
about 100000 in 1892. If this total is
divided proportionately rs was the
vote of 1888, Cleveland will have in
New York about 10000 to Harri
sons 10000, or majority of 10000.
"This year the new ballot law will
be first applied in an election for
President, and if last years election
for Governor afforded fair test of
Its working, the reduction of the vote
cast as compared with the vote regis
tered will be much more than in 1888.
In 1891 the registration in this city
was 261 1923, and the vote polled was
only 39,1OS, falling off of little
more than 81 per cent. Allowing for
like proporti0nate reduction this
year, and for the outside and scatter
ing vote, the Cleveland and Harri-
son vote together may not aggregate
more than $4,000 or 100000. If it is
divided between them proportionate.
ly as in 1888, Cleveland will have
10000 to Harrison's 100000, or a
majority of 81 900 to 10000.
IA fairer basis of comparison is I'M
doubtedly the vote of 1891 for Gov
ernor, when the new ballot law was
in operation. The Democratic ma
jority in this city was then 1882, on
a total vote of $4,000. If the same
ratio is maintained in 1892 on a total
vote of 275,000 between Cleveland
and Harrison, the Democratic major
ity will be about $4,000. 1t is true
that Fassett received Mugwump and
County Democracy votes which will
go to Mr.. Cleveland in November
but we will allow these to be Offset
by the fuller Republican vote got
out in an election for President.
at looks, therefore, as il the ma.
jority for Cleveland would be at least
$1,000, with the chances that ii may
be much more, now that the Democ-
racy of New York have been COM
pletely united and thoroughly
aroused by the force bill issue.
"At all of the elections for Presi- |
dent since 1880 the vote of this city
has stood in the ratio of a little more
three-fifths Democratic to a little less
than two.fifths Republican, except in
the case of Blaine, who got trifle
more than two-fifths.
"Whether the Republicans can
keep up their proportionate vote this
year is very doubtful They have
been making a good deal of noise Of
late and holding lraat number of
meetings, but that hes no imply
thorough and skilfui organ cation,
which brings out the vote. Mean
time the Democratic organization is
more perfect than ever before, and
the enormous registration of last
Wednesday shows that the Demo-
Gratis are going to vote in solid
mass.
1.-THE indications from Brooklyn
are the same. Reasonably, there
fore, the Republicans are in a grea;
anxiety. Tney profess to be sure of
getting out their full back-country
vote. but their success in that effort
remains 10 be demonstrated on cleo
tion day. One thing is certain: they