Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-08-16
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Talk Gathered BY The Stars Correspondents
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DEMOCRATIC HOPES IN NEW RxaLANp-LAcK OF
| DEMOCRATIC ENTHUSIASM IN NEW YORK CITY
| PLAT AND HIS PARrY-CoNMrrTEEMAN
KERENs SAYS PLATr Is ALL RIoHT.
Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
New YORK, August Is, 1892.
| The democrats, while they are turning their
attention toward the western states, are not
without hope with reference to New England.
| They feel that their chances in Massachusetts,
and New Hampshire are fairly good-certainly
good enough to make it an object to cultivate
them to the best of their ability. Hence Com
mitteemnn Quincy has gone back to Massachu-
sets and will proceed to organize for hard
democratic fight in Massachusetts and New
| Hampshire.
The republican majority in New Hampshire
is always small though it has always been con-
sidered fairly safe one. But with only few
hundred votes to overcome to change the state
to the democratic column the leaders here
| think it well worth the effort.
| In Massachusetts, there are some new elements
in the situation. Heretofore persons who had
not paid their poll taxes were not allowed to
vote. The result was that the party leaders
have been in habit Of paying the poll tax OF
thousands upon thousands Of voters and then
claiming and getting their votes. But this year
it will be different. The law prohibiting voters
| from exercising the right OF suffrage until they
have paid their poll tax has been repealed, and
| this year, for the first time, every man in Mas
sachusetts will be able to vote Just he pleases
without being under any obligations to any
body.
1t is estimated that the parties have hereto
fore spent S25,0OO in paying poll taxes for
voters, who knew that they had only to wait un-
| til the last days before the registration season
and this would be done for them. This money
can now be used for other purposes.
Another cause that leads the democrats
to hope for an unusually strong vote In the New
England and middle states is the fact that the
secret ballot, based on the Australian system,
will prevail in nearly all these states this time
for the first time in q presidential campaign.
These middle and New England states have a
very large vote made up Of employees Of the
manufactures. The manufacturers generally
are republicans. They are naturally for pro-
| tective tariff. which reduces the competition
that they would have to feel abroad IL 1t were
not for it. So they have heretofofe influenced
their employees to vote for republican candi-
dates national issues. Many Of the en-
ployes, democrats claim, are at heart in favorCf
a low tariff, because they believe 1t will
| cheaper the things they have to buy such %
clothing and other articles of this class. So it
| is claimed by democrats that many men who
was no secret ballot, will this time vote 10 suit
| themselves.
Things are beginning to move with q little
more system at the political headquarters here.
The various people have got hold Of the threads
they are to hold and the machine begins to
move. One interesting feature Of the demo-
cratic headquarters is the method Of giving out
news to the press Mr.. John Tracy, q brother
! OF Congressman Tracy, Is in charge Of this
work He has handsome big room on the
first floor of the democratic headquarters build
| ing. fitted up with plenty Of tables for the
| M hn cpt. tv-rNa onl
| stenographer who writes out the bits of news
which are prepared for the hungry newspaper
men. Manifold copies of these are made and
every fellow who comes goes away satisfied that
he has just what everybody else has, One sees
familiar faces in this press room every day.
Charley Murray, 80 long and well-known on
| Newspaper Row; JAY Durham. Mordan, q
| bright young fellow who used to be in the gal
lcries; the younger of the Crawford brothers,
who were 40 long i'll newspaper work there;
| Earle, Matthews and others.
NEW YoRK's DEMOCRACY NOT THOROUGHLY
| AROUSED.
Not even the hot weather can quiet the
ardor of the politicians here. The amount OF
active work that is going on in New York and
the adjoining cities these hot days and nights is
something astonishing. While statesmen and
| leading politicians declaring the weather is
toohotfor political work, and while business at
X. Ii
| amour. Of enthusiastic work being done at ward
and assembly district meetings is quite aston
! ishing. No night is too hot for these
gatherings of the faithful in either party.
though it is quite apparent to the unprej-
udiced observer that the republicans are more
active than the democrats Every evening
| there are meetings for organizations. and
| speeches. illustrated addresses, banner raisings
and all this sort Of thing are the order of the
occasion. Political clubs, campaign clubs,
marching clubs and anything and everything
! to awaken enthusiasm and cheer the heart of
the voter are put into requisition already. II
is evident that no stone is to be left unturped
here or elsewhere, and that the voter who es-
capes the vigilance of those who take upon
themselves the burden Of getting all the voters
! out will have to be very wary. Whether
the fact .Eat the republicans are more
active than the democrats in this early
works means that tine rank and file of the de-
mocTacy are not going earnestly into the fight
| cannot vet be told. 1t is quite evident, how
ever. that here in New York city the average
democratic voter has not got walked up Us thor
oughly as the average republican. 1t is appar-
ent in the conversation which one hears among
the average business men, clerks and trades
people, I am boarding in house full of demo-
| Gratis, said young man of my acquaintance
in talking of this to your correspondent, land
l find that they are yet very cold toward the
candidates of their party. They talk poll
| tics freely and discuss the various develop
ments of the day from democratic standpoint
but the remarks they make about Mr.. Ceve-
land show very clearly that they are not in love
with him. that they do not Glove him for Tie
enemies h. has made at least. They say some
pretty cutting things about him, 1 can assure
| you, and it looks to me, il they are sample of
| the democrats of this city, though they
would not be likely to tear their garments to
get out votes for him, especially unless Mr.. Hill
sets them all example,"
| MI. LONG AS EDITOR.
Ex-Congressman Long Of Massachusetts is to
be heard from in a novel way in this campaign.
He is the editor of a campaign book called 1.-The
Republican Party; Its History, Principles and
Policies, which is just being put upon the mar
ket by the N. W. Hazen Companvof this city
lie is in good company, too, for the men who
have prepared chapters for this book of nearly
400 pages are bold Ben Butterworth, the sharp.
tongued and picturesque Ingalls,, Gov. McKin.
ley. Congressman Burrows, Henry Cabot Lodge
Congressman Dirgley, Pension Commissioner
Raum, Senator Hawley, ex-Represcntative Pay
| ron, ex-Cierk OF the House Mcpherson and
others Of prominence.
PLArr AND IAMMANY HALL.
| All eyes are now Senator Plat on the one
side and the Tammany people on the other
What will they do? That is more easily asked
than answered, though the members of the re-