The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-06-05
nTY DEMOCRATS IN LINE.
ann. STRONG, AND READY FOR
me COMING CONTEST.

~, rverywhere Under the Leadership
,T,mnuny-Re weakening.
II r,bin two months tho twenty four Assem-
| Al. iis,rIrts are to be replaced as the result
,,bs new apportionment, by thirty districts.
,t nav boundaries. new district commit
w.. an i nav officers. that may inject into this
| - contest issues and conditions which
| "a, in many instances. change the curr ent
| Jn,i,cs to certain extent. Before the re-
| ,s,ri,tinsi It may bo profitable and interest
,s for all who feel concerned in tho out
.,'oc ~ this years fight t. take pre-
urinary glance over the local field.
,,mparins the position OF the two parties now
Nth the position which each occupied four
r,srs ,xo in advance Of the election which re-
,,,,s In Tia, success of Harrison and Morton.
Although the districts arc to be changed. tho
,o,ers WHO inhalit them. who.e SURFACES
will determine the result, are not to lie
changed Tho question OF apportonm ent.
therefore. whilo it will affect the result on such
local ofIlces a Assemblyman and Alderman.
w,llnot to any appreciable extent affect the
result Of tho Presidential vote. Tho political
conditions in 1892 are. Of course much more
favorable to Democratic success. leaving out
entirely the question Of the nominations to be
made in Chicago. than they wero in 1888.
The municipal Government is wholly In the
lsSs, and tho State Government is In It's
hands. too The labor detection. which. be-
ginning in 1896. continued somewhat dimin-
ishei in 1887, and upset all calculations in
1Sss is not a factor now. The factonal diff
frrences which for years have distracted tho
Democracy in New York city are now either
composed or seem to be in fair way to be
oblit.ratei entirely. A new electoral law has
leen established. which. while harassnG the
voter with many unnecessary restrictions. de-
rrives the Republicans OF much o: their
chance for trading which they used to such
good advantage in 1888. Besides this. there
Is to be ono election inspector less in each
polling place. cut from the Republicans. with
the probable result that much smaller num-
Der of eligible voters will be disfranchised this
year by the vote o! the Board of Inspectors
than was the case four years ago or III sue
cecling years.
Taking the whole city. it may be said gener-
ally that the Republican organization Is
weaker in every district than it was four years
ago 1t may be said also that the Tammany
organization is stronger. IN nearly every dis
trir. than it was four years ago. and that no
general and unified organization of Demo-
Gratis is opposed to Tammany on local issues.
rs the case was four years ago. II any oppo-
sition exists. it Is desultory and scattered. and
ton is concerned. 1t does not exist
Here is II survey Of the districts
FIRST DISTRICT
The condition of affairs on the Democra tic
what it was four years ago. At that time the
Tammany organization. nnder the control of
sr is Rny was Rs o SRSss for
made up chiefly Of superannuated persons who
had been his persona! friends and had acted
which Tammany had encountered IN the dis
f sharing er With the
ouH
time Demoeratc memFsT s Of the kepabisan
srt%"ni PSSe works was then In
more .hestii 9 feeling existed in the district than
the Democratic and Republican leaders The
Labor party. recruited largely from those who
Sons DEsaa to R p he dssc and bat Inc
iacti"ns At tn t.. PRESENT time only one Demoe
Murphy is q member Tie labor orga liza.
gerald having been labor leader as late as
1881. and the Democratic majority to-day on a
full vote would not fall short Of 1000.
SECOND DISTRICT.
Harrison and Morton received in the Second
district four years ago 2.1OO votes. 1t is a
distrist today they e9uid get 1000: drsat
publican in the district. and certainly the most
oak aha hs sreet satons Of
en t2 Sther PRECINCTS pes ISIS
y leadership !. no longer what it was: but tho
Rem@crats have been p gaining right p aiong
Diver. Tammanv has the strongest organiza-
ton that it has had IN the district since ISL
fought Tamlnany tooth and nail four years
ago 20 the exclusion even OF warfare against
into n2W satsr. or tha
holding the noSition Of Dock Master. Jerry
hSaTS Sullivan. Jere Gronn. Fat Woolf jimmy
Walsh. and Martin Reese are in Tamlnany
disrS and we'll seneTaied and strongS S
CIMs!"nI and Thurman 5000 majority in
iNSS, and the sam" territory is certain to give
tn nominees Of the Chicago Convention 5000
i haIir!'Ey this year and It may De that their
lead VIII be more than that.
THIRD DISTRICT.
Tho Tammany organization in the Third
g'ss Yeas y; ago iva, was kneed n1 ,L
trrt, and wa represented in it only by proxy.
Against M Sovin's forces were arrayed those
% jSsco Dna G" h fE H. wns "s we ~
SSnSta'nrI hy patronage in tho Department oil
iU"lir Works, on" bureau Of which. TINT OF
Mater Purvcyor he had conducted before he
had been appointed Police Justic. by Mavor
EEi."n Brtwcen the ,rammauy and County
trmora"y forces tn" fight Wa close. with vie.
tnrY usually "u Tie side of the latter. All
the Erpublicans had t. do was t. stand
around and help the iwo Democratic factions.
r'c'iving alternately ALWAYS full benefit In
return They had besides. tho additional ad-
vantage Of many recruits in 1858 from the
Labor party which had been organized tho
year before. many Of the members OF which
W"nt oynr in the Presidential tight to IL" Re.
| rubIirlns. with whom their views on the tnriT
question were much more IN harmony than
lIeY were with the yi"w- expoundod w many
Ncmocrntic orators. In order to better pro-
mot" that result, TN" EcrErlicarS gave their
endorsement IL thH race l"r acknowledgement To-
tn" Labor candidate. Thi~ y"I: INC district
has only, one orEnn2ntiDn III IN" I"norrncy
led by Daniel O'Roilly. tn, former Cnuntv
Democracy chioftain. aud made ~ of "A strnm!,
] and compact following.
FOURTH DTSTRIC.,
fractional differences among Democrats
draw out. undoubtedly. Il fuller vota oven in q,
Presidential year than would otherwise SO Tho
case, but whom the differences ara bitter aud
deep seated they do not promot" (" any en-.