St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-11-04
Last Days Total Reg Vote for
DIS. Regis ton. istratiOn. MaYor. 1900

| & ~
Ninth. 6S2 3,467 2172
| Tenth. ..... 243 1,403 S0S
Eleventh. $50 3,n0 2,50e
Twelfth. 222 1920 41O
Thirteenth. 100 651 BIG
Totals. z78j 46823 80, 424
Total women registered. ............ 3.6ly
| Total male registration. ..............43,00 4
The women of the city have registered
in greater numbers than was expected.
| The registration OF women by wards is
as follows:
First ward, 40; Second, 400; Third, 312;
Fourth, 6S2; Fifth, $50; sixth, 10; Seventh,
Eleventh, 2S3; Twelfth, "a; Thirteenth, %.
| Total, 3,6i0.
The total male registration, it will be
noticed, is 43,004. This figure must be
taken as the basis in all figuring on
probabilities.
The registration Wednesday was
largely in favor of the Democrats. In
the First, the Third, the Sixth, the
Ninth, the Seventh and Eleventh, re-
| liably Democratic wards. the regiStra-
| ton was heavy. The totals in those
wards are big also, big enough to prove
that the increased registration over two
| years ago is not all IN favor of the Re-
publicans. So far as the heavy regis
| tration is concerned, it indicates moth
| ing. The increase has been as great in
the Democratic localities as in the Re-
| publican. The Republicans are salts
| fed with the registration; so are the
| Democrats.
But actual figures speak for them
selves.
The total male registration in Mime
apolis is 43,004. In New York the po-
litical mathematician figure that the
actual vote will be 9 per cent less than
the registration. But suppose, IN Min
neapolis, the falling off is only about 5
per cent-and it surely will be more
than that. That Will leave the total
vote little over 10000. Now as to what
either party must do to carry the city.
Figure out the chances for bare plural
tiles first. 1t will be soon enough then
to talk about size of pluralities.
Figuring on the total probable vote
this year and the total vote of two
years ago, the chances are largely in
favor of the Democrats this fall. Two
years ago 1920 votes were cast for 2.
B. Winston for mayor and 1000 for
E. q. Potter. If the Democrats poll
5000 votes more this year than they did
two years ago they will have more than
half Of the total vote cast. The Re
votes in excess of the vote of two years
ago to secure half of the total probable
vote. OF the total number of men who
did not vote last year, but who will
vote this year, there must be
three Republicans to one Demo-
crat or the Republican cannot win.
To claim that this will be truess foolish.
| Equal division Of the men who did not
vote last year, but who will vote this
| year, is the only fair assumption. That
makes Democratic success look certain.
No account is taken of the Prohibition
or Peoples party vote in these figures.
| Surprising that the Prohibition and Peo-
pies party vote maintains the same pro-
portion to the total vote that it did two
years ago; the figures are altered. but
the relative proportions OF the Republic
an and Democratic totals remain the
same. But, while the Prohibition vote
will be about the same as two years ago,
the Peoples party vote will not. In
| natius Donnelly is not so strong in Min
neapolis as S. NJ. Owen was. The Peo-
| pies party will not cast such relatively
| large vote as 1T did two years
| ago. The decrease will be in favor of
the Democrats. Large numbers of men
who voted with the Alliance two years
ago will not vote the Peoples party
| ticket this year, but will vote the DEM
| Ocratic ticket. Another indication of
| Democratic victory.
These are not wild gueSses, but fig
| ures L-accurate where accurate figures
can be obtained, and reasonable esti-
mates In all other cases. The figures
| speak for themselves. The figures
favor the Democrats. The temper Of
the people favors the Democrats.
Under these indisputable conditions
1t is safe to predict Democratic victory
in Minneapolis by anything above 5000
| plurality.
The laundering old Tribune has in
serted its foot in it again clear up to the
ankle. The following letter from the
consul of the Minnesota L. A. w., and
president of the Business Mems Bicycle
association, explains it:
To the Editor of the Globe.
MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Nov. 3, 1892.-The
| Tribune published this morning an article
| under the heading "Wheelmen are Hot" to
| a printed slip by the thousand in the interest
| of Democratic candidates and that the
| wheelmen were not in accord with the move
| ment. The writer of the article is either
| ignorant of the facts or wilfully misrepre.
| sents. The facts are as follows:
| Some time ago the executive committee Of
the Business Mems Bicycle association sent
out to it's members a circular letter, signed
| by the members Of the committee, contain
| ing the following language: 'Many wheel
men of the city will. vote for candidates for
| Office who favor wheelmen, regardless of
party The b. M. B. A will not work In the
interest of either party, but for the interest of
! wheelmen. To that end you are requested to
see to it at once that the candidates in your
ward especially for mayor and alderman,
| are interviewed in regard to their attitude
| toward wheelmen on matters stated in the
! enclosed slip, and report the result of your
| interview TO some member OF the executive
committee, ana you will then be notified by
| mail OF the attitude of all candidates of both
parties which are reported" The circular
| referred to in the Tribune is one issued by
| the executive committee, and contains the
report of the interviews made and reported
| in response TO the circular letter above men,
| toned 1t is true there are more Democrats
| thanRepublicansr reported favorably to wheel
men. Why this is true is possibly capable of
| more than one explanation, out prima facie
| it is because the Democrats are more favor
| able to those matters which are of special in
| Ierest to wheelmen. Certain it is that no
| candidate for Office had anything to do with
| happened to be member of the association
and reported the interviews in response to
| the request of the executive committee
| There is, think, but one Democrat on the
| committee of nine, and he did not see the
| circular after 1t was printed until he received
| one by mail. Possibly the confidence of the
| Republican candidates had something to do
| with their attitude in the premises. One
| thing is certain, and that is that the
| circular was as favorable to the Repub-
| licans as the reported interviews would per-
| NIT. OF the candidates reported, six hap
| pened to be wheelmen and one of those was
| Charles S. Cairns, candidate for the legisla-
ture in the Thirty-fEst district aud he has