Omaha daily bee., 1892-10-30
cnIoAGo's BIG REGISTRY.


specuIations as to the Eject of the Increase
In ILLINOIS.
The phenomenal Increase IN Chicago reg
stration astouishes politicians and upsets all
previous calculations. The Increase may be
better understood from an examination of
the figures ana comparison with the reg
istration of previous years. The registra-
tion was, in round numbers 1SSs, 1000;
1891, 2OT000; 1892. 210,010. This shows an
increase OF IS, 900 votes from lSSS 10 1884, and
of $1,000 votes in tho eighteen months from
April, 1891, TO OCTOBER, 1892. How are these
100, 900 new voters going to cast their ballots
on November s, Is the question which Ia
puzzling politicians of both parties As
might be expected, both claim the advau-
tagc,
The Chicago Tribune publishes the lists in
detail bv wards a-d claims that on the
whole it is favorable to the rcpu blicans. ut
will be noted at a glance" says the Tribune,
that the gains are proper. .iouately larger
| in the republican wards, like the Third,
Fourth, Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, Ihir-
| teenth, Fourteenth and Twentieth wards of
| the old city than in the democratic wards
| 10 the Fifteenth ward, where the vote is
| Lrctty evenly divided, the gain is large.
| This gain is mostly in the new precincts.
which formerly belonged to the village OF
| jefferson, and which are repu olcan. IL is
| also noticeable that that the gains are largest
IN tho precincts of the Sixteenth and Eigh-
| teenth wards, which give republican MAORI
ties, and In the eastern and prorepu ollcau
| precincts of the Fifth ward also. The large
| registration in Cicero is also significant OF
| repu blican strength.
THE new wards, from the Twenty ffth to
| the Thirty fourth, both included, were not
| portions of the city in 1883. The vote for the
| towns out of which they had been formed is
| given for that year: Lake, l3, 545; Hyde PARK,
l2,l74; Lake View, 6,S66; Jefferson, l,s2U. Sy
| comparing the registration oil this year with
| the registration Of 1880 it will be noticed that
| the gains are largest in the new republican
| wards, the Thirty first, Thirty-secoud and
| Thirty fourth. The Thirteth ward is claimed
| bv both parties. The registration is best in
| the southern republican precincts
''There are some offsets TO republican salts
| faction growing out of the registration. In
the Twentyfourth ward the registration is
/ heaviest in the lodging mouse precincts. There
is an unusually heavy lodging house reSistra
ton also in the First and Eighteenth wards.
Much of this registration is bogus and hun
dreds OF names will be erased from the regis
Try books in the First, Eighteenth and
Twenty fourth wards if the clerks OF cleo
tion perform their duty as canvassers dill
gently and carefully"
The democrats view the Increase through
spectacles of different color. CORE
spondent of the st. Louis Republic presents
| comparative figures and partv deductions a.
follows: ''In 1854 in Chicago Blaine received
60, 900 and Cleveland 6 900 votes, a majorit,
J of 5000 for Blaine. In 1883 Harrison re-
ceiveu $1,000 votes and cleveland S4.20t
votes, a majority of about 800 for Harrison
Between these years the democratic In
crease was %, 000 or 60 per cent The re
publican increase was $1,000. or 40 per cent
Assuming that this increase is maintained II
the coming election the democratic ticke
will receive q majority of $4,000. Two year
ago Wilson, the democratic candidate TO
state treasurer, defeated Amburg, popula
Chicago German. by over 1000 majority Il
Cook county, while 'Raab, democrat. de
feated Edwards for state superintendent o
| instruction by 900 majority. A close an
| alysis OF the situation warrants the prsdic
tion that Chicago Is democratic by 5000
majority. In the struggle TO secure advan
tages by naturalizing new voters the demo
Gratis have obtained a decided advantag;
having naturalized $4,000 against 1000 fc
, | the republicans, clear gam of 10000 vote:
, "Realizng the fact that Chicago holds tn
| kew to the situation, both democrats and RI
, | publicans Will bend every effort to obtain
| majority ir Cook county, and the next Nv
| weeks will witness q red hot struggle for th
mastery. Upod Chicago's vote may depen
, | the fate of the national ticket"
, President Harrison's plurality in 1llinoi
, | IN 1850 was 22,195.