Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-30

Their belief Is that the conviction and
punishment of McKane and num-
Der of others for fraud at the last
election end exposures Of the Lexow
that they will not attempt fraud. They say
that whoever attempts fraud will do 80 with
the penitentiary in front Of him. The anti
Iammany people. Of course assume always
many from doing anything that is wicked.
The Registration.
A great deal of stress is laid on the fact
that while the registration In the "respecta-
ble'' uptown districts increased extraordi-
narily, there was a falling OF in the Tam
many strongholds. The committee Of sew
enty, the Good Government Club and the
republicans all had men watching the reg
istration, and they argue that 1t was be-
cause this made fraudulent registration
practically impossible that the falling off
in the lower districts occurred. There is
one possibility, strongly limited at by some
of the Tammany people have talked with,
which the reformers appear not to have
considered. The Tammany tiger is not just
now cutting its teeth. 1t is possible that a
good deal Of the heavy increase Of regis
many men, who have moved up from out
of theic old strongholds. Grant, In his re-
view Of the registration, intimates this.
While .Tammany leaders defend their or
department, where the scandals have been
exposed, has not been under their control
but for a short time since 1875 the period
covered by the exposures), the reformers
do not regard this defense at all. They
have the popular cry against Tammany
and the organization is kept on the de-
fensive. The organization is held up to the
public gaze as the embodiment OF all that
is corrupt The attack on the organization
is relentless and deadly as 1t can be made.
To meet 1t Tammany has its strong organ
ization, splendid discipline and the mas
terful skill of its leaders in political manip-
ulation. They are not tame in the fight. 1t
is the fight of their life. This has been said
of other contests This time 1t is true.
They are fighting as If they expected to
win, and Grant is doing his nobtest to get
from under the cloud of scandal. They are
crying punishment for corruption" as
loudly as is anybody.
1t can be seen, though. that they are not
confident of success. They are fighting
with desperation and certainly not without
hope, but there is absent that show of de-
fiant confidence with them SO customary.
For once Tammany appears to be more
anxious for the election of the democratic
state ticket than for the municipal offices.
The reason is obvious. If the state is lost
they are liable to be legislated out of power,
no matter how the municipal election goes.
1t is commonly believed, therefore, that
great sacrifices will be made by Tammany
If necessary to secure Hills election.
AS it stands today Hill appears to have
much better chance of election than does
Grant. The1e is no warrant to assume at
this stage of the contest the defeat of either,
but the situation in New York city is very
much less favorable to both than they
would like to- have it.
The Congressional Contest.
In the congressional contest Tammany
will probably pull out very well. The re-
publicans have a very fair show of holding
Quiggs district, and it is believed that they
will defeat Cantor in the fifteenth. Monroe,
the candidate of the Grace people, prom
ises to poll heavy vote in that district.
This may naturally be expected to elect a
republican. In the other districts Of the
bailiwick the Tammany candidates will
probably be elected, though there is hard
fight in several Cummings, though he has
to make hard fight, appears to be sure of
election. Sickles and Mcclellan, whose dis
tricts have been counted among the uncer-
tain ones, because of the double democratic
are claimed by democrats to
be safe now. 1t is claimed by the demo-
Gratis that Haines is going to be reelected
in the nineteenth district They are also
hoping to gain the eighteenth, represented
now by lie Fever, republican, and also the
now represented by Gen.
Curtis, republican. There is big republi-
can majority in this latter district, but the
republicans got into a row over the nominal
ton and two candidates are running.
Though they make larger claims, the demo-
Gratis really expect, between probable losses
and probable gains, to have seventeen or
eighteen Representatives from the state, a
loss of one or two from their present num-
Der, which was reduced from twenty to
nineteen by the election of Quigg when
felloWs resigned. j. p. NJ.