The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-05-12
FOR HILL BY 10000.
The Majority In New York Indicated hy tho
Cleveland. Fnirchiid Rolling Priunries In
RroOklyn-A Pompous Farce.

cleveland. Fn1rchiId bolt1nG Pr1Nnr1es In
RroOklyn-A Pompous Farce.
From he Brooklyn Cifi,-n
For moro than two months past arrangements have
been foot In this city to show that the Democrats
voters not properly r.rrercod In tho State Con-
vention which February las. cd delegates
to the National Convention support the candidacy OF
Senator NIL According TO the gentlemen charg. Of
the cnonstraon ma the Democrats
favored Cleveland and the only thing needed to prove
this were primaries over which the regular machine
should exercise control. Tue primaries dcs,r.d
held last night under circumstances in every way
calculated to bring oat the whole strength Of tue
Cleveland movement. Erery:tina that could be done
to wake up the Cleveland element was done. The
primaries were advertised in the fullest possible
ner. preliminary ceilings by the score were held.
cu,ars by the tart lead were Issued. and the most
stirring appeals that skilfu newspaper writer's conh
pen were addressed to the believers IN The availability
Of Mr.. Cleveland. Our contemporary. the E,2'e which
la made this Issue peculiarly k own. mt form
very best cxerons to make the denomination the
PRIMARIES impressive II assured its readers. over and
over again. that tho Cleveland men outnumbcred tie
Hill men as nine TO one that the state
whsimingy for Cleveland that his opponents could
hardly be said to constitute respectable minority.
md that the vote at tho primaries would hot fali s
low 10000. and might reach 2o.on II crnnot there.
FORE he pretended tina. the fail strength of the Cl.ve.
land element has not been disc!vsd by the eirctn
held last night. II has been disclosed and whA: the
result shows Is that 1t ia tho smallest faction which ha,
ter of the regu ar organization
The whole vote poilcd. and ereryboi!y, whether Dem.
ocrat Republican, who could lie coaxed to cast bal.
lot was perm ted to vote. was Pa Tho umos. ,te
managers OF the Cleveland movement have been xb
to accomplish through all the agencies at their dis
posa. including the Times and It~t Of New York md
tho Eagle Of 'his city. liz 20 show that there nre
l244 persons In Brooklyn who feei with
action OF The regular State Convention A there
round numbers 10000 Democratic voters In Brooklyn.
the conclusion Is that the Hill Ouiuu.pb8r the
Cleveland in the proportion of o. to l. With tho
latter 10 ny the counting AMI prescribing all the
dttions OF the test.
But the general result Is less DISASTROUS to Tho p.s.
tensions OF the Cleveland than the found
to be when examined III detail At a few points where
may easily secured any caase in behalf Of
which appeal is IN ado they iassocd the greater part
their .2+4. but even in the Fourteenth ward where II
is no unusual thing for Independent Democrats to poll
500 votes at primary. they could drum up no moro
than lO3. In tho Second ward. which gives Demo.
cratic majority of 500 they rol.sd votes: IN the
Fourth ward. which gives Democratic majority OF
600. they also poed Just 8; In the Fifth ward which
gives Democratic majority OF 900. they pol!ed q
in the Sixth. which gives a Democratic majority Of
1900. they ro!led GO: iu tho Eighth. which gives
Democratic majority OF 1900 they poiled 20: In the
Ninth which gives Democratic jorty OF 100 they
pol'el %: In the Tenth. which gives Democratic ma
Jorty of 1900 they poled 81: in the Twelfth which
gives Democratic majority OF $500. they pollsd q
and In the Eighteenth, T~enty seventh and Twenty.
eighth wards combined which contain population Of
s5 600 tho sum total OF their exertions eleven
votes These figures the reader will be good enough
remember have not been prepared by enemy. They
the figures officially returned by the inspectors Of
the primaries to Police Head lua-tera Perhaps the
most effective way OF disclosing their meaning 10 to
place them side by side In little table with the Demo
attic ma!orites from which they would de-
ducted In all tho who voted night should
decline to support the Democratic Presidential nom.