New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-03
4 W1RNING FOR DEMOCRATS.
SOMETHING FOR THE ANTI TAMMANY
FACTIONS TO CONSIDER.
WHY IT WOULD BE FOOLISH FOR THEM TO
NOMINATE STRAIGHT TICKET.

NOMINATE A STRAIGHT TICKET
Ernest Harvier well known active member
Of the Democratic In3eDar1ent County Organiza-
ton. speaking yesterday OF the anxiety which
has pervaied some Of ex-Mayor Graces Cuckoo
party to run ticket Of their own. AN almost in
superab.e Objection 20 nominating a straghtout
ticket by any OF the Democratic factions in this
city," Mr.. Harvler SAID has received very scant
attention. In each Of the LII lection districts
there are four election inspectors TWO poll clerks
AMI two ballot Clerks. Oae-h4f OF these-twO IN
spectors. poll ard one ballot c.erk-wll be Re-
publicans. ana the other half vii. be Tammany
Democrats. THIS being the case. the Interests OF
the Republican and OF The Tamnany Hall candi-
dates VIII be fully projected. while the nominees
OF the outside ticket, protesting opposition alike
u the Republican and the Tammany ticket. would
be without recourse OF redress. and subject abSo-
uts;y 70 the good faith Of their avowed opponents.
Election counting in New-York is done between
the hours OF and p. N. The men having charge
OF II faded after n hard days work which be-
gan at s o'clock. Some Of them have found Il visa
TO forego their meals during the day. and con-
sderaby larger number. | am sorry to say, are
not impressed with the utility Of doing without
the use Of stimulans the Tuesday after the first
Monday In November. Polling places during the
count are usually crowded. and the exctements OF
the day conducive to that judicial mOdera-
ton which Is necessary. AS a consequence, the
election inspectors being anxious 10 return TO their
homes or 10 complete their labors, make many
errors which fall invariably on an outside party
since parties which are represented by inspectors
are by their presence generally protected The
last recent contest In which candidate was run
for an important municipal office by party I'M
represented In the Election Boards was In lsSS.
when Henry George was the Labor candidate Tor
MAYOR In the opinion OF a great many persons,
Mr. George was not credited with the full vote
which he actually received. and the succeeding
Republican Legislature. II may be remembered, de-
string 10 guard against the repetition Of such In
Justice passed a Jaw emitting any faction which
AT the preceding election pOled more than 5000
votes In New-York City 10 one Inspector at each
poll A Democratic Legislature by-ihs-way, re-
pealed that law and outside organizations are
therefore at present without any positive protec-
I'm conversation the other day with gentleman
whose knowledge OF Newly DIX politics - ahke dc-
curats and comprehensive ! commences upon V h
facility with which outside candidate may %
al or careessnes Of the inspectors lie
disputed H. ana denied that such injustice could os
for Nj George for Mayor disproved any such claim.
Thercupon | took the official canvass OF the elec-
u ton OF the s' xh Asssm6y District in which Mr.
George po!led YER large vote / pGinIed, o 3u VIZ
Gaorge was credited wiki q votes against i3 tr MI
Hewitt. the Democratic, and % votes for MI Hoose,
welt the Republican candidate. The total vote Ol
the district was 200 Bu' alongside OF the vote 10.
Mayor was the vote for other officers. which was
800 and Il did not take me long TO show MIN ina,
re actual number u vote. cast for Mr. George
was 1884, and that by ira4vertence or design ne was
derived OF 100 votes IN his election district mere
were in that election ST polling places In New
York and a difference OF 100 votes in one OF mem ,
was larger than the average vote cast TOT MI
George III all the others. -
The great trouble with the majority ns 81 I, ,s
OF sincerity bur their lack OF sense. They I'M
ane that you can get rid OF the geT by PG reso
mtions or violent procamations. and then com,
promising WITH him a'erward The l eoSS as "a
matter OF nelghborly feeling and not otnrrwise, .
nclule their leader In the lNth Assembly, - mnc
this NUMBER men skilled IN the detils o. nI h.h
pal warfare and able To withstand aSsau ~ aarix
always a; the outset OF he campaiSn III snr thnr
summer months seem formidable. rms yrat 49,,
task will be harder than II has ever oecr gIs,er
in recent years. partly because OF ln,enn and
ences IN the Taminany ranks due 70 % 80
70 another visible fact that the NelHolC' p i,
hos been drawing recruits from the De,o,l and
these recruits come chiefly from thr '3'"ei IVY
porters OF Tammany, the labor voters