The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-06
Candidate. on Five Ticket. to Be Voted

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Candidates on Five Tickets to BE Voted
For-Congressmen and Asscmbiymep-
NEW YORK, Nov. 5-Besides the presi-
Dental electors. members of Congress. q
chief Judge of the Court of Appeals and
members of the State Assembly. the lower
house of the Legislature is to be elected IN
this State on the Sth inst. New York's
present delegation in Congress is composed
of twenty-thre Democrats and eleven Re-
pubIicans. Tie Legislature at its last ses-
sion rearranged the thirfy-four congress
sional districts. Sixteen Representatives
are TO be elected from the counties of Suf-
folk, Kings. New York. Richmond and
Westchester. Heretofore that territory
had only fourteen congressional districts.
and all Its ReDresentatatives In the Fifty
second Congress were Democrats Albany
and Monroe counties constitute one dis
trict each, as heretofore, although
the numbers of the districts have
been changed The ThIrty-fourth dis
trict remains unchanged. New York city
has eight congressional districts-EIghth
20 Fifteenth, inclusive. In the Twelfth
district, where w. Bourke Cochran has
been nominated by the Tammany Demo-
Gratis the County Democrats have named
Arthur Dennie. and in the Fourteenth.
where Col John X. Fellows is the Tam
many nominee, the County Democrats are
running Francis Hunt They are the only
districts in which the TammaDy nominees
have Democratic opposition The Prohibi-
tionists have candidates IN all the city dis
tricts, the Socialist Labor party has candi-
dates In all. except the Seventh, and the
Peoples party has candidates In all. ex-
cept the Seventh and the Ninth. The Re-
publicans have candidates in all the dis
tricts.
There will be no contest for chief Judge.
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nee of the Republicans. has been Endorsed
by the Democrats.
Next to the election for presidential
electors, interest centers In the con-
test for the Assembly. because the new
mem beers will. with the Senators elected
last year. elect a United States senator to
succeed Mr.. Hiscock. The Senate now
stands seventeen Democrats and fourteen
Republicans and one Independent Repub-
lican. The Assembly Is COMPOSED
of Us members At the last election there
was reapportionment of the divisions,
some counties losing and others gaming
member The last Assembly stood: DEM
Ocrata, siXty-seven: Republicans, siXty-On
In New York county the County Democ-
racy made nominations, independent of
Tammany, in most all OF the Assembly dis
tficts. but all have been withdrawn, ex-
ceDt in ten. In several of the other DIS
tricts they have Endorsed the Tammany
nominees In three districts the ReDub-
leans and County Democracy have COM
bined on the candidates. The Republicans
have regular nominees in all other dis
tricts. In the Wyoming county district
the Democrats have Endorsed the nominee
of the Farmers Alliance.
In New York city. Tammany, the County
Democracy. the Republicans. the Prohi-
bitionists. the Socialist Labor party and the
Peoples party nominated county and
Judiciary officers. but the County Democ-
racy ticket was Withdrawn because IL was
feared that the running or 1t might lnJure
ka ffrlra hA Of hx.
tickets are: For Mayor. Tammany, Thomas
+. GilrOy; Republican, Edward Einstein;
Prohibition. Jos. A. Rogardus; Socialist
Labor. Alexander Jonas: Peoples. Henry
A. Hicks. Judge Giegerich on whom the
Democrats and Republicans have united
for Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in
this city, Is Democrat, while Judge Cow
ing. on whom they have united. also for
city Judge, 10 a Republican. Members of
the Board of Aldermen are to be elected
also.
Three amendments to the Constitution of
this State are to be voted on this year. The
most important one provides that: THE
election returns and qualifications of any
member of either house OF the Legislature,
when disputed or contested. shall be de-
termined by the courts In such manner as
the Legislature shall prescribe. and such
determination. when made. shall be con-
elusive upon the Legislature" At present
disputed elections are decided by the Leg
Islaturc. Another amendment provides for
the election, next falI. In case IL Is adopt
ed. Of two additional Supreme Court
Justices each in this and the Second judi
cial district. and one each IN the other SIX.
The third amendment repeats the constitu-
tlonal prohi bition of q sale by legislative
authority of the States property. now un-
profitable, in the Onondaaa salt works and
the lands adjacent thereto.
The returns from the presidential cleo
ton are to be compared with the vote for
President In 1888. According to
the official legislative manual. Har-
rison's total vote IN the State was $50. S3S
and Cleveiand's 635 965 leaving Harrison
plurality of 1928. In Tho State.
outside of New York and Brooklyn, are
B.322 election districts. New York has
l.137 and Brooklyn 64s. making total of
b,l07.