The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-11-04
HAVE GOT I'm ON A LIST.
Thousands Of Democratic Floaters
Spotted in Gotham.
THEIR NAMES WILL GET INTO
THE NEWSPAPERS.

Then If They Attempt to Vote There VIII
Be Embellishments Now Basing
Their Hopes on Some Desperate Meas
ure-The Republican National Com
mittee Taking Steps to Secure Fair
Play.
NEW YORK, November 3.-Republican
papers today will print the following:
On anything like an honest vote the
extreme limit of Democratic possibility
in this city is plurality of 10000. The
New York Sun has conceded this fact;
editorially it has frankly admitted that
60, 900 will be big result. The registra-
ton in New York amounts to only S09,-
600, an abnormally low figure. The
heavy Democratic districts are all below
Fortieth street. In thatpart of the town
there has been an actual decrease in the
registration from the figures of 1888.
Above Fortieth street there is an increase
of 27, 900 votes, and that increase is great
est in Republican and close districts.
The significance of this fact is obvious.
It means that the Republican strength of
New York is enrolled and that the Dem
ocratic vote is deficient. There is also
falling off In the vote actually cast from
the vote registered.
In Presidential years it amounts to
about five per cent. There is not the
slightest probability of larger vote be-
ing cast than 291, 900.
The Republican Vote for 1888
was 100000 It is bound to be. in this
election, at least 700. Certainly, as
many as 10000 votes will be cast for the
Socialists, Prohibition and other candi.
dates, and will go into the scattering
column. This will leave 10000 votes
for Cleveland, or plurality of 81, 900.
Supposing that the Democrats do their
best in Kings county, their plurality can
by no possibil ty exceed $4,000. Their
best result from Long Island will be 1900
and in Richmond county 1900. This
will give them, below the Harlem river,
plurality OF 1880 votes as against IL,
OBJ votes in 1885. There is not polite
ian of standing in any party who does
not now know tn 1T on an honest election
this is the remotest limit of Democratic
possibility.
But Mr.. Sheehan has sent out instruc-
tions to his precinct leaders in every
county directing them to disregard the
authority of Federal marshals and sup
ervisors and prevent the Republ can
watchers and the Federal authorities
from stationing themselves where they
can exercise visual supervision of the
voting process.
Democratic Roughs and Thugs
are instructed to pick quarrels with the
Republican election officers and with the
Federal officials, and to get up actual
fights, wherever such conduct is necessa-
ry, to insure the absolute control of the
electoral machines by the Democratic
officials.
Great schemes of outrage and wrong
are being concocted by the Democratic
leaders. They intend to cheat and bull
doze their way to a Democratic majori-
ty. The Republican National Commit
tee does not intend that these
wicked schemes shall succeed. If they are
actually attempted there will be the
liveliest time in the City of New York on
Election Day that has been witnessed in
MANY a wear. Mr.. Sheehan and his asso-
ciates need to understand that br oxen
heads and prison cells will be the sure
reward of the carrying out of the instruc-
tions they have given to their precinct
workers.
The Republican managers will not be
cheated or bulldozed, and the man who
enters upon such undertakings will find
himself in quick distress. There are
several thousand names on the registry
lists of this city attributed to houses
where they were not living on Oct. "a
and rs. These names were entered on
the last two days of the registration. A
list of these names will be published.