New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-13
POLITICAL AND PERSONAL
PUBLIC MEN AND AFFAIRS
ANALYSIS OF THE KINGS COUNTY VOTE -MtNY
OFFICE HOLDERS RE ELECTED

ANALYSIS OF THE KINGS COUNTY VofE MANY
OFFICE HOLDERS RE ELECTED.
greater surprise never rcctca the Republicans
Of Brooklyn. IN rcr,rl Ia tlr vote ~ their cats, IMAM
that they experienced on "Wednesday morning. when
they learned that the Demo rate plurality on the "''
| toral ticket was nearly 10000. To the Democrats
Of the city the fact almost a. surprising a. I"
the Republicans. They had confidently counted upon
| 10000 and would not have been surprised 7" see II
] 900 or less. Tie Republicans were Wiling ~
adml, that Cleveland wOuh have 1900 over llhr
rson. But 10 have us plurality doubled t'oh he1'
breath away. The Dfin0c'a'- expected that ''Vr
land would carry Kinss County b} hs plurality III
Ies2, when he for Governor against fOII'r' ana
there was no heart IN the Republican campaign ana
there surprise "hcn the returns slv" MN
4O47s hs opponent. III total vote IN i'"t
year was only about 5000, a. a great num1" oi
Republicans remained II home. t.ry,lauda plurality
Of 20 342 tn, year, Is The largest received by any
| candidate since the election Of l7'2.
The total registration 1880 AMI ont Of this
a vote Of 4-21 poll 81. Til show, q flhnt
OH Of much more than the customary PEE cent ~
Presidential Yeas \. the iucrea," Of -tmtOn Va
largely in the Republican ward. and the total Re
publican vote practically The Same q, 10 was i'nr
wear, ago. the ccnou-ion is plain Cat the Republicans
dil not do their duty. The increase m registration
Was about 10000 over 1-77. bat thc total vot" VA,
increased only 20Ooo President Harrison received
ltJ votes Upt lNil ~ Nsu Ut NV W. '''''
land 1874 mors III, plurality tai, year va, H..
f9f more than IL Mr. Blaine in 1884. The
Republicans carried nine ward IN l--' AMI only iou
this year the Twentieth. Twenty second. Twenty ana
and Twenty cghth. The httcr I, ne" ward. -
That only thrc ~ those carried Ia less atc rtanci
The Twenty third Ward shows nn increase In s Re
publican vote owing 10 the anncXdt 90 Of llrr slice
Of territory from the Invent, mn Ward. These two
constitute the only Republican stronghold In The city
they gave Harrison 1906 votes IN less. and 1851
n 1872
The candidate, fer city nnd county offices received
votes varying In number somewhat from tlo," given
for the Presidential electors. District ATTORNEY EldS
way ran behind Cleveland by over 1000 vote The
personal popularity Of Gc0rgr +. Elliott. Nr. Ridg
ways opponent gained him I.ls2 votes owe. The
President. Comfy Auditor hcll'r ran ahead OF Mr..
Ridgwuy, and received 1000 greater plurality cam
den C. Dixie for Controller. ahead Of tho Va
tona ticket. ana the majority OF his opponent over
him was 23.7io. The Mayoralty plurality Last year
was 7.4Ci.
\ considerable number Of ofhcchOdcrs
elected last wccR The lit includes District Attor
ncy Rldgway dor fourth term, city Auditor Weber.
County Auditor Keller, COngrr,sm Clancy, CoOm.s
ana Magncr Ae,cmbymcn Illnt Cahl. Co7n'y,
O'Connor, Kelly. Shields Qlacy. ont and Hyrncs, aud
supervisors Comfy. Mckcown. Judge, Attlcscy, DOno
hue, O'Donncll, Juengst. Gangon. French. Eai,lcy.
McKanc and Ferguson. Doubt exists IN regard 10
the election Of W. NJ. Lyman. Of Flatbirh. to De hi,
own successor. lie claim, To have won by thirteen
votes although the count gave him only tw" plurality,
while his opponent, ". T.. G. Mayer, claim, election
by eight votes. The Official count only determine
tho matter, ana II viii be- carefully watched.
OF the COngTcssmrn elected from the gerry wandered
districts all are Democratic. and their rr~p"ctiy"
pluraitcs range from 100 to 600. showing how
well the work OF laying ont the districts il Demo
cratic interests done. W. J. CoOml~ who had
the plurality Of eighteen In the old lila Dis
trict two years ago. now has the comfortable plu-
rality Of $40 ". II. Grace. who was unwillingly
"a candidate In the I'D District. received l2iSc votes.
although ne lcatcn 10y Gl2
The triangular contest In the XVIII Assembly Dis
'rict with It's LIB Republican plurality The Ma
iona rckct, resulted IN It's loss The party In the
choice u member Of Assembly. owing 10 the methods
by which Arnold H. Wagner received the nomination.
the dissatisfied Republicans placed W. II. Reynolds IN
The field. The result that Wagner and Reynolds
divided DAFT btwesn themselves III such a
hat their Democratic opponent. W. h. Drack. re-
c.ived "A plurality OF "a The strongest Dcnocmtic
district In the city Is the With. cOmDosed OF the