New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-13
InruAT BROOKLYN TALKS OF.
..c,rrS OF TIE ELECTlON-A VARIETY
or OTHER INTERESTING TOPICS.

~ a, Democratic principles The county gave
S' = nuralIty OF about $4,000. and that has uh
~ heen the highwatcr mark OF Democratic aeh'eVc
7, 1880. the plurality only 5000; IN
~ a. 600: IN 1888 II was hept down TO niue
W. tho, 10 OOO Now It Is almost 10000, ana
n "V wants to know how to account for It, II
~. main fact that the Republican vote is bht III
nr,er than four years ago. while that OF Tie D''o
y. has Increased some 1900. OF course the CIT!
o. r,ovn a good deal since the last PresidehlaI
,,on but who can believe that al OF tHe eio"'"
9" .nrcsented now by Democratic votes IL u Il
>, vtoent supposition. Tile figures remain nov"
~" plurality for the Democratic Electors of more
c 90 600 and the vote for the city and county
~ &c well ND toward these figures Ridgway'
Cor District Attorney for the fourth time. faiis
nno below them and the superior fitness OF .a'nu'
o. MIC for the Office OF Controller Is shown by 'he
,,ot the plurality for llalsey C0rwln was reduceu
"a less than 24.ooo.
49,, those thing, count for nothing In the general
1T That is a Democratic victory OF unprecedented
,o,,,ons-a clean sweep In the trueSt sense OF 'ie
20. The Republicans have saved almost ho'hihe
y. q, the wreck one Congress district. the \'h
w. deemcd 10 be almost certainly Republican, pu'
-, Democratic bv over 1900. In spite OF the
..,ous eerrymander OF the Assembly districts, TWO
:, the eighteen practically certain 10 DC hep"o
v.sn under normal conditions. AS matter vi i'''
NJ W., ,Ae Vtb has been saved and that by the meagre
,,opty Of about 800. The XVIII has cieaf ne
r,ucsn majority, but II hos been simply thrown
swov by the unwise policy Of running an independent
.tda,e This permitted the Democratic candidate
a. creen IN BY about leo votes. 1t Is some S'uS'
n.,on 10 know that the regular Republican received
,,v three times as many votes rs the Independent
- contested the district and talked loudly OF his
,,tv 10 carry II. The lesson taught by this incident
,sh, not 10 be forgotten As II turns out, the Demo
rs,s would have controlled the Assembly without
ths district: but, nevertheless, the unwi'dom OF en-
rsg,nr in independent contests In critical year mas
s.cn most clearly demonstrated. Two Republican
Servisors we're elected but they will not affect the
r,emocratlc control Of the county governing BODY
:, trooklvn can he regarded an index OF political
ealing the country over. Is sometimes asserted II
certainly proved It's claim this year AS there never
roc such a Democratic victory In Kings County so
tbere never was such sweeping triumph Tor mat
party all over the Union.
The Rcpunlicans OF the city will II they fail TO
,,ooder long and seriously upon the causes OF thc
memorable triumph In Brooklyn. said an active Ke-
mhllran Yesterday: at is useless to deny that the
democratic organization Is far superior to ours the
fart Is that ever since the last election there has been
q lack O. harmony among Us here In Brooklyn we
were stronger when In opposition IN 1855 than we have
been at any time since. The moral OF TINS Is not
N. N seek II we had been actively united and
harmony had prevailed In the party the result am
sure would have been different. There has really
teen only a surface harmony. Look at what happnel
IN the XVIth Assembly District and you will get the
range OF things There the Republicans had clean
MAJORITY and what did they do with It Simply threw
the district away. They might Just "a well have
STAYED at home and not voted at all. lhis eleo'''i'
shows most appalling result. II looks as though
Iroohlyn had become as sOlldly Democratic as New
York But II need not he 50 II the RPpuDl'ahs reaiH
make an effort If this Is done should not be surprised
Ms,
1896 1t ought not TO have been over l3'oOo in the
city this year.
The student Of practical and applied politics VIII
find an interesting field for observation In the town
81 Grayesend. The number Of voters there Is about
1900 AT least. that was about the number OF Vo'eS
cast there in 1858 and again in le9l. John l. NC
Kane is the boss OF Gravesend, and be Is an absolute
monarch This year he rolled up registration there
a over 400 Everybody knows that the growth
n, C;rayeend has not been at the rate OF more than
fifty or 100 voters year. that the registration Is
palp.by fraudulent. In spite OF the large re9-
frsrjon however, McKanc for some reason failed 10
make the vote cast for the party he Is now supporting
correspond with H. Tie total vote was Kept down 10
2 90 mr., ont OF This there Is Democratic ma)ontV
o, o4s. As a matter Of fact. that must te about
twice as large as the number OF voters In the town
This Is most scandalous condition Of things but Nc
Kane IS such an autocrat that the entire town Is at his
mercy How it that POI votes were cast for the
Republican ticket explicable only on the theory
ina, NcKanc ordered this done simply for the sake
Of APPEARANCES.
One cannot fail y admire the appearance and TIE air
Of luxury presented by the trolley cars now running on
the Thrdave line. They are handsome ana c'nm dioi
and 50 far ahead OF the best OF the horsecar as u WIN
approval even from those who object most seriously
to the ntroducti,D of the trolley system. The fach-
ties Tor lighting them are excellent The BrooFiyn
CITY Railroad Company announces that the trolley
cara on all the lines Will be painted after the same
pattern and like the ones just put In use Ia
Thirdave That this will lead 10 confusion and trouble
seems certain. In the l)wer part OF Futon-st not
less tan ten different lines Of cars run. and people
have long been in the habit Of distinguishing one from
another BY the color. especially in the daytime, ana
to considerable extent at night also. TO have them
sn OF one color and dlsnCusloblc only by signs
will be sure 70 cause trouble and complaint. The
new cars are olive green In tint. and make fine
showing
revival OF interest in the position OF the Beecher
Statue has been Occasoned by Mrs. Beechcr's out
spoken opposition the decision whereby the fac"
the great preacher Is turned toward the City Hall
and his back to the world some one remarked al
the time the statue was erected. IL Is 10 be hoPN
that the subject will continue TO b. discussed uhti
something IL done by those In charge Of the collection
0. money for the erection OF the Stane. why does
not some one canvass the subscribers to III" iund ana
ASCERTAIN their Opinons' The Appropriateness OF
the present position must be apparent TO every 90
server Mr. Wards contention was that the statue
should face the south order TO get the propcr Hight
upon Tie face Such n reason as that does not carry
much weight in the minds OF the thousands who daily
pass tho statue They have become accustomed 10 II
BY this time but when they stop and think they |
cannot fall to realize the incOngy Of the situation
Mrs. ltcchers opinion is certainly deserving OF very
seTions consideration.
Never was tlrre an ordnance more Of dcad-etier
than that relating to the binding OF bonfres IN the
streets OF the city Special instructions were gwen
TO the police this year. usual 10 prevent the making
q bonirss on the evening Of Election Day. but no |
attempt was made to carry them out. Probably the |
police have TOO keen recollection OF their own n"-
hcht In bonnres In gone by 10 Interfere WIN Tue
youth OF the present day. Certainly boniires blazed
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