New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-18
SOLIDLY REPUBLICAN,.
THE xxvIrH CONGRESS AND XXvTH SEN
ATE DISTRICTS.

BRooME DELAWARE. CHENANGo. 'TIoGA. ToMP-
KINs AND CORTLAND CoUNTlEs-EXCEL
LENT ORGANIZATION AND
BRIGHT PROSPECTS.
,yrom s1Ayy conRrsroxpExr TILT TWisuSE.l
Binghamton, Oct. 17.-Broome County, Of which
this fourshing and attractive city Is the seat or
government, has long been. and still u.s. Tor ob-
vious reasons. a controlling factor IN the pol
tics Of this portion Of the Southern Ter us
rapidly growing population. its undisputed COM
mercial and industrial supremacy and us star
wart Republcanism have all combined TO give IL
q well deserved and commanding political IN
fuence among the neighboring counties Of the
Chenango and Susquehanna Valleys. Four OF
these. as has been pointed out in previous let
ter-Delaware, Chenango Tioga and Iomphlhs-
unite with Broome to form the overcrowded
XVIII Congress District, in which Representa-
tive Raw g making a one-sded race for re-elec-
ton with soma 1900 or 5000 Republican major
ity behind him. Similarly. 70 form the AANlh
Senate District, Delaware. Chenango. llosa ana
Cortland have been Joined with Broome' uhuer
the Democratic gerrymander Of 1872. the norman
Republican plurality running from 6.NO % "oVo
In these two constituencies Broome County mas
regularly contributed from one-fourth TO one
third of the total Republican vote cast ana ABOUT
one-third Of the net Republican maJorlues' iel
the natural leadership resulting from such con-
ditions has been exercised by the Repuplcah
managers here with rare moderation and unseh-
tshness. In the Congressional and senatorial Gun
ventions each of the five counties is allowed To
have an equal voice and Rroome County not
Withstandins its prcpOnderant Republican Vo'e
has In the main shared political honors SCH
atorial and Congressional like ana Ike with us
ne!ghbors Of smaller population and weaker parry
organizations. The result OF this generous po'-
icy has been noteworthy absence OF ldcuoi'al
quarrels and local ealousies in both the congress
and the Senate district. Nominations pE acC!"
nation have been the rule in recent years, ana
in each county the party IS now cVr ios
solidifed and harmonious. The seat III Noils''.9
has now gone for three successive NiI9 ,, ~
Chenango County. the sitting member NJ. nd!
having been renominated this year without me
slightest breath of opposition. The STATE HeiIa
torship has properly bcel allotted 10 b n,Cl
County during this same period, Edmund y ION,
nor OF Binghamton the wel-known lawyer ana
political leader having been returned 10 AioanS'
both from the present district and from the some
what different one of which TINS county was III"
nucleus under the old apportionmen' ,,,
In Broome. as in Delaware and other helenp p
ing counties the Republican organization has
had a constant and healthfu growth in the iast
decade. Ten or twelve years ago, WIEN ''e
present county chairman. George W. Lyon d
delegate to the recent constitutional OollNen-
tion took hold of the local party management
the average Republican majority AT polh Stdte
and local elections was from soo TO ioVO. IL -
now on light poll, from l,60o 10 IeoV' WIZ
with a full vote il has in recent years mounted
as high as $500. The rapid growth OF me Guy
Of Binghamton, and the establishment mere oi d
number of important and highly successiuI III
dustries undoubtedly contributed greatly 10 lnls
gratifying increase in strength: but much OF me
progress made should be credited TO tne au-
mirably thorough and efficient party orgahlza-
ton which has been built up under Mr.. Lyon
direction. 1t was thought that the hlgh-watteI
mark of this advance in Republican ma1orities
hod haep Cd
rison carried the county over Mr.. Cleve!and Dy
2219 But last year, in the popular revolt against
Democratic incompetency and corrupt!on' l'e
offensive candidacy of Judge Maynard was re-
pudiated by nearly 5000 majority, ana the rest
Of the Republican State ticket was eec'ed D!
1850 ...,,.
favorable to Republican success, and everything
points to a sweeping victory Tor the stare uG C
The party is absolutely united and harmonious
and its present leadership seems all thdl cOuiu
be desired. On the other hand, the Democrats
organization is divided ana deinora i d dse
Cleveland faction which is in the mlhorHy uis
trusts the Hill managers. while the Ial'ei VINO
have the nominal control OF the parry machinery,
are at loggerheads among themselves senator
H,rs visit here last Friday only served 10 fan
the flames of this internal discord INTO an open
party scandal. The meeting on FRIDAY hght
was arranged and managed by the y Nell Dranch
Of the Hill faction; and to emphasize his hostility
to O'Neil. Alderman Garvey, leading saioQh-
keeper and Democratic politician arose IN trc
crowded opera house and protested violently
against the use Of his name on the printed hs'
N of vice-presidents Mr.. Carney succeeded in
having his name stricken off, but he came near
dissolving the meeting into free-for-aH hghl by
his repeated explosions Of Indignation ms
rather ludicrous incident is regarded here as
highly significant Of the bitterness OF iacuon-
alism which has demoralzed the Democratic
ranks. ,., 49,,
Binghamton's manufacturing industries-cigar-
making and tanning especially-haVe been niue
affected by the passage Of the German 1arlI1
law; yet general business interests mere nave
suffered through the hard times of the last eigh-
teen months, and there is pronounced as
satisfaction with the results of this Adnlinisra-
t!on's financial and tariff policy as Wen as WIN VIZ,
the corrupt and criminal rule OF the Democratic
state machine 1t safe, under the CIR
cumstances. TO estimate the plurahty TOT a ame
State ticket in Brooome County at wv or z,oVV'
Mr. LYON when asked for a prediction, mod
estly nut Mr. Morton! margin TO the good at
from 900 10 1000 Senator OConnor, more san
euine but equally we-informed, was WlInng "
venture the prediction however, that the STATE
ticket would have 2.400 or $500 ma1ority-a snow
ing which will do infinite credit 10 the Repuoli-
can organization in Broome 49,, =.
Republican Assemblyman from this county
ia of course one Of the certanties OF pontics'
T II Rrownell of this years Assembly has been
renominated. He lives at Windsor, a town on inc
Susouehanna River. near the eastern poroer Oh
thA County. Brownell Is a successful ana
nrosnerous man OF affairs and his strength as
Candidate Is attested by the fact that he carried
the county last fall by 2397 votes. His opponent
who has been induced to run chleny 10 Sd We VI.
Ve.tsI n town about ten miles down the Sus
nuehanna Mr.. Harrington was once eiecteG d
S,,neryisor from his section OF the county. Inc
oon1tdecv of Representative Kay seems 10 IN
go on unusually full vote this year in che
Sarvo County and a consequence an In
creased Republican majority Inc Repuphcaf
strength in this county has huctuated rev
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