Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-11-02
VICTORY IN THE AIR.
THE DEMocRAcY'S SKY IS AGLoW
WITH PROMISE.

Cheering News All Along the Line-The
Battle In the Pivotal States-New York,
New Jersey, Connecticut and Indiana for
CIeveland-The Fight South and West.
Especial Correspondence
NEW YORK, Oct. 31.-There is cheer
| ing news from all along the line. What
ever apathy there may have been here
tofore, there is none now. The smoke
of the political battle covers all the
| pivotal states, and the roaring of artil-
lery is heard in the west and the great
| northwest. Sheehan holds the center of
| the line here in New York. He is at
| lacking, and not repelling assaults.
The New York Democrats are full of
fight and are confident of victory. Tam
many Hall leads the van. Her orders
are everything for the national ticket.
Local issues must give way to the ma
| tional issue. The orders will be obeyed.
Never was there more thorough disci-
pline in the party. Tammany is moving
in a solid body, and will poll a larger
vote for Cleveland and Stevenson than
she has ever before polled in her history
| The reports from the interior of the
state are extremely encouraging. Every
effort has been made to secure COM
plete registration. Governor Hills
friends are toeing the stratch manfully.
Many Republicans have declared their
| intention to vote the Democratic elect
| oral ticket. A strong effort has been
made by the Republican state committee
to create disaffection among the Irish
Democrats. Patrick Egan, the Repub-
ican minister to Chill, with score of
Republican allies of the same stripe, is at
the head of the movement. So far it
has utterly failed. The majority of Mr.
Blaine's Irish friends will not vote for
Harrison. All efforts to drag them into
line are futile. The Republicans claim
dribbling gains from among them, but
these are more than balanced by the dis
affection in their own ranks.
New York is safely Democratic. The
majority of nearly $4,000 last fall cannot
be wiped out. The betting on Cleveland
carrying the state is 1000 to 800.
Nothing is more sensitive than the
pocket nerve, and the pocket nerve in
this instance surely indicates the situa-
ton here. In Brooklyn the last Repub
lican candidate for mayor is out open
and aboveboard for Cleveland. His ex-
ample has been followed by some prom
inent Republicans in nearly every town
and city in the state.
From Connecticut the news is equally
cheering; there is no lethargy in that
state. The Democracy is awake and
moving. Governor Waller, Robert j.
Vance and other Democratic leaders are
claiming fully 1900 plurality for the
Democratic national ticket. The same
disaffection among the Republicans is
found in Connecticut as in New York.
Lynde Harrison, who has led the Repub-
licans in many campaign in that state,
openly expresses his intention of voting
for Mr.. Cleveland. For years he was
chairman of the Republican state com
mittee. His disafection began with the
stealing of the state from the Democ.
racy two years ago. Harrison insisted
that the Democratic state officers, who
clearly had a majority of the votes cast
should be inaugurated. His Republican
brethren disagreed with him, and Nor
gan Buckley still holds over as governor
While the Republicans, through theil
rotten borough representation in the
legislature may again secure the state
officers, they cannot carry their electoral
ticket. Mr.. Cleveland requires only {
plurality to carry the state, while the
Democratic candidate for state officers
must have majority, or the election
goes to the legislature. Never were the
Democrats of the state more confident
1t is more certain for Cleveland nov
than it was four years ago.
The struggle in New Jersey is bitter
one. Some think the Republicans have
been on a still hunt in that state, but NJ
well informed man has any doubt abou
the electoral ticket. Cleveland viii
carry the state by a larger majority
than ever. John Kean, Jr., the Repub
> ican candidate for governor, is young
man with plenty of money. He is spend
: ing it lavishly in his own canvass, ant
the Republicans are making an effort tt
carry the legislature. 1t will have thu
| selection of a United States senator il
the place of Rufus Blodgett. Kean ma,
succeed in reducing the vote for tn,
:. Democratic candidate for governor, bu
-, he cannot injure the electoral ticket
: Senator Mcpherson, Governor Albeit
Edward F. Mcdonald and other Demo
a cratic chieftains are heading the column
r there and making gallant fight. The.
: predict that Grover Cleveland will carr,
t the state by over $4,000 majority.
Indiana, as usual, has been the battle
|. ground of the campaign. All the re
; ports from that state are encouraging
a Harrison carried it by small margin
l. four years ago, and the Democrats il
:. the state all agree that this margin wa
d wiped out weeks ago. Bynum, Cooper
e Shiveley and other prominent Demo
e cratic congressman express the utmos
confidence as to the result. All are O.
k the qui vive for Republican colonies
l. ton. 1t is understood that in the las
II two weeks of the campaign the Reput
?. icans will flood the state with money
: "Soap," however, will hardly prove a
o effectual as it did in Arthur's time.
# Walter Q. Gresham's letter in behal
d of Cleveland is a tower of strength t
n the Democracy. Its effect is widespread
e There is hardly town in the state i
which Gresham has not some followers
70 The votes of his friends alone, it
e claimed, would turn the scale withor