The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-11-15
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state IL fail Of imporEaai resaits. For tue
FIRST fims In twelve years New York hss
siectsi Republican state ticket. Both
branches Of the legislature are Republican.
This reversal Of specesnve state malorIiies
tlrety attributed 90 Judge Msynsri's nom
nation. Ten years aEo Judge Maynard
was defeated, while aIl ths rest Of the Dem
oeratic state ticket sas elected, and when
Cornell vas eiected governor in 1879 per-
ton Of the Democratic state ticket was
elected. A dozen times IN the last thirty
years New York has shown THAI she is .
state IN which IL is EASY 70 sin
gle oct one candidate for defeat and
elect ali the rest Of the ticket.
Tue very large Democratic vote east
against Judge Maynard greatly Increased
the majority Of the Republican candidate.
Judge Bartlett. bat the odions aud out
ragsous nomination Of Judge Maynard
will aos entirely account for the popular
feeling which has carried both branches
Of the state legislature, despite the skill
with which the Democratic legislature,
stolen By Maynard. had gerrymanderea
the assembly districts for their own I'D.
vantage.
The alarm excited by the threat Of the
projected Democratic tariff has helped The
Republicans TO victory. Maynard could
not have bsen elected in any event, but Ii
Is doubtful whether the Republicans could
have carried both branches Of the stats
legislature without the object lesson OF
''ths hard times" The Empire state
Il grsa, manufacturing community.
All ats industries are PROSTATE
The great increase Of the Republican
vote in the Mohawk valley towns, which
are devoted to the textile industries, was
due unqnestionabiy TO the same influences
which made thousands Of Democratic
farmers and woFkingmen vote the Repub-
iican ticket in Massachusetts, and Ohio.
The Democratic msIorities are notably re-
yeFscd in the lron-prodnclng and mannfae-
turing counties along Lake Champaign aud
the upper Hudson. Even In New York
city. where the iron~nandsd Tammany
chief. Croker. enforced the sternest par,y
discipline. the Democratic majority OF
u. 300 year ago shrank nearly ia0oo. In
brooklyn, stili more q manufacturing
town, the Democratic msjority Of 9.as4
was replaced by q Republican majority Of
10000. These changes were visible all
through the state In the manufacturing
regions, and were largely due to the ugly
facts Of depressed business, closed factories
and idle workmeu.
This victory, as We have said. has been
won In spite OF . grrrymAnder by which
David II. Hin boasted Democratic pre-
pondeFanee was 10 be secured for years 10
come in the legislature The legislature,
stolen by Maynard, enacted q rural cleo
ton iaw which made voting difficult for
the farmer. and made packed election re-
turns easy In grea. eities. And here is the
mystery Hes was IL possible to beat the
ring" In brooklyn. Buffalo and other
fins-dominaied cities when they could
have counted themselves I'm, just as thsy
aid in Lansiagbarg. \. y, last year,
where the Democratic inspectors counted
their party in by thFowing the Re-
publican votes out and making false
rstuFnsf In New York city the Demo
Gratis entirely control the machinery
Of election. the Democrats having a ma.
iority on all the boards Of inspectors Of
slsetion. Why, then. did not Croker use
bis machinery 10 manufacture an enor-
nous Tsmmany vote; Why did not the
Democratic inspectors throughout the
stats repeat the outrage Of I.anslngbursg
The reason Why Croker did net attempt il
In New York city probably was that as a
man Of undeuhsed brains be saw that he
could not afford TO 20 t. lie dld not cor.
recily measure the fierce Of public opinion
against Maynard when hs nominated
him, bat be did before election day, and
be saw that any wholesale attempt 10
wesk ths machinery Of election through
Tammany inspectors 60 elect MAY.
naFd would start a warfare against
Iafamsny inside the Democratic party
that would utterly wreck his machine.
Croker Is old enough 70 remember The fate
Of the Tweed ring" be remembers that
Samuel ]. Til4sn. Charles o'Coaor and
James I. Brady were Democratic leaders
ia the revolt against the Tweed r.nRs
wAleh resulted in It's overthrow. and. re-
membersng the fate Of Tweed, Croker vas
afraid 10 invite another trsaendoas insur-
rsotion against Tsmmany. Croker ts~l.
like Charles H.. who cynicaisy said that
be was entirely willing 20 be a
syrant like bis father. with this qaalia.
eaisen-hs did nos wish 60 push rsrlia-
meat g. far thai he. the king. would he
forced so resume his trAvsls" lie had
tasted the bitter bread Of exile 10.
many years he did net Ike IN.
snt be always held his hand when Ne
suspected TIA, his parliament might rise
az again in wrath aui force him 60 re.
saaae his tssyelA" Croker does NOS van,
any upsssiTg 81 bath parties against Tam
many he does net want 20 meet the fate
. the Iwewd Tius. and. liks shrewd
nan. Be foghsals - push the people too
sAr. The coagss and the lawyers OF New
Nors state represented force Of public
opinion that woald act stand any whole
,ais working 81 Democratic Inspectors
soasds 10 manufacture q majority for