New-York tribune., 1894-10-29
FJGTRE.S THAT SPEAh OOI.
TAMMANY DISTRICTS SHOW EhEA
FAILING OFF.

| pErIsrRATroN TOTALS WHICH BRING JOY Io
RrprnrIcANs AND GLOOM TO THE WIG
wAM-IEAvY GAINS UPTOWN
po,rb,icans and ant-Tammany men were Ju.
hIar, yesterday over the results OF the four Gays
registration Of voters. which enced D" "'u'.
night with grand total OF 3oS'fo- i"'' ,soa
within oi5 OF the Presidential registration vi ,'',
and an increase over last year OF Ed IL reluie'
no careful analysis OF these figures TO see INA" ~
ror,ord q crushing oyerwhe ming deieat OF laH''
many UaU for the losses from last year res''"a
ton have all fallen upon Assembly dis'r'o'a o'us
carried by Tammany while all the gains 10
come to those districts In the upper part y, VIZ
civ which have been carried by the ReouDhcan'
and which are reasonably sure to sho" i"' ee''
increased Republican and anu-Tammany vote
The first sixteen Assembly districts. al pu' one
Of which are claimed for Tammany, ana ""'''
have given in the past the bulk OF the Dehioo,a
ard Tammany majority in this city sho" i'.''.e
off in registration. some o. them heavy rehuc'oH'
Tho Ist District loses in the four days regisiratoh'
,s compared with 1892, ll0O the Id. when II pre-
sided over by the notorious PADDY DiVNe'' ~
short about 1900, although less thah uoA ~ ~
these abscntecs went TO Sing Sing the ill"' "hi'
Timothy Dry Dollar" Sullivan comman's "iSo
| suffered in a way similar Paddy Diver s. ana
COOS "shv" bv over 1000; the INth loses oo the
Vth 100: the With. 600; the With liW' the siii'n'
! I 200. the Xth 600: the XIth 600; the Xlith' 10,
the XIIIth 2OO: the XIVth $780, the NNth' ~ anu
| the XNlth, 5eO grand total OF over "''N '''N
lost in Tammany's strongholds.
The remaining districts Of the city whch cast
| the bulk of the respectable vote. make up these
losses and raise the increase TO over i2"". lherc
was therefore. abundant reason FOR the reJoic'n6
and qualification which prevailed at all the Hepup-
| lican and ant-Tammany headquarters yesterday
| Good poliucal caLculators estimated the falling
| off on Election Day from the registration at less
than 10000 or about 10000 votes Allowing 10
the PrGhi1t9n 95 for bank and defective
ballots. they estimated the vote 70 be dlVinen p
Grant should reach the seemingly impossible vote
o. 10000 which is greater than Tammany was ever
at the satisfactory ngure OF 1000. This, ex-Sherin
8Bren tEamGs NJ SJo Robsrt 9rer Monroe and
| other prominent Democrats opposed TO Tammany
were inclined to think yesterday was too low an
estimate. Mr. Beekman placed Strong's plurality at
not less tnan do,w" ana few OF the others would
| asree to drop II below 5000 ...,..o -, cha
General C. H. T. Coils who is eharman irs OF ahs tns
has given the registration careful study. said yes.
| terday that there was a great deal ot comfort
stry developed, but from the fact that in kePub-
can districts there Is so large percentage OF IN,
been even q greater percentage OF decrease. Those
districts which are pretty evenly balanced also
the strong Con ticket would receive Is per cent.
General Coils said that he suspected that some
Go'e yro, r his As4embv district, the XiVth
stered voters. who say that they have been living
dsa TGrSrs Sy o' but Or thc dmerSi means look
these with and. with the aid or Superin-
endcnt Hrynes. means to have as many or tnem IN
Jail az attempt vote Illegally.
Al Tammany Hall and Grants Union Square
headquarters yesterday nobody cared to talk about
the big registration. until W. J.. X kenny. the
Supervisor OF The city Record got down his
statistical records and tried to prove that the big
drop in the lower districts was simply caused by
the people who had moved out OF the districts,
either uptown or to Brooklyn and New-Jersey,
their places being taken by immigrants not Yet
; uaturalized The increase in the upper part OF the
I city came. in Mr.. kenny's view from the natural
from downtown districts. During the afternoon
District Attorney Fellows dropped IN and concurred
! i'm MIR Kennv's Vcws. But all OF their figuring
would not plain the terrific drop OF nearly 300
| In PADDY" DIVERS and DRY Dollar Suiyans
| districts Many Tammany HAL men privately ad-
| rnirfed that they saw hope for the Tammany
| ticket since the registration.