Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-05
THROUGHOUT NEW YORK.
Elements for and Against Senator
Hill.
The Evening Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Evening Star.
SYRACUSE, N. Y. November 5.-Never
in this state since the days of Samuel j.
Tilden has such a thorough and vigorous
gubernatorial canvass been made. Senator
Hill has visited all the large counties of the
state and held personal consultations with
democratic leaders. The republicans have
been no less active. Mr.. Morton himself
has not made a personal Canvass, but the
republican local leaders have been coached
daily by telegraph from the state republican
headquarters and they have been no less
active than the democrats.
One unusually good thing has resulted
from this activity. The largest vote ever
cast in a gCbernatorial election will be
registered at the polls. Both parties have
perfected their organization until the lead
ers rest confident of this fact, viz: That
With fair weather for the country districts,
the full party vote will be polled. There is
rain today which will soften the country
roads, but prepare lions are being made to
overcome the probable effect OF this draw
hack.
Democratic leaders es innate that Morton
will go 20 the Harlem with 10000 plurality
and that Hill Will come cut of the metrOpo-
lis and lower counties with 10000 plurality
to meet il. Republicans estimate Morton's
plurality all the way from 10000 to $1,000
in the state.
Viewing the situation conservatlvely
the democrats have some cause for their
confidence. Normally, New York is dem
ocratic state "A divine Providence" as
Mr.. Platt expresses it, caused a republican
victory last year.
Maynard is not an issue this year The
effort to couple Hill with Maynardism has
apparently produced no effect, and repub
hcan speakers have dropped this line of
argument. By far a greater number of
votes will be lost to Hill because Of his
anu-Cleveland work in the Senate. The
Cleveland leaders who are strong party
men, like Judge Herrick of Albany, Henry
j. Mowry Of Syracuse, ard the Blssels of
Buffalo, have come to the support OF the
state ticket Frederic r. Coudart was even
secured by Senator Hills strong denncia-
ton of the A. p. A., as CJudert is a strong
Catholic, but there are other Cleveland men
whom neither party tie nor other influences
can bring to Hill, and they will vote for
Wheeler. There are some in Albany county
not many-mOre in Onondaga county, and
still more in Erie.
To offset these detectives, IT is argued by
democratic leaders that there will be a very
large number of Irish republicans VINO will
vote for Hill solely because of the religious
issue. The figures given for this vote in
the state Is $1,000. AS a careful canvass
has been made of this element there is
some grounds for accepting these figures
as a fair approximation.
As an instance of the care with which the
canvass of these voters has been made 1t Is
only necessary to cite the fact that in a
SiS u IiV,oVv having dDOut o,fp lrlSn
Catholic voters, the democratic managers
assert that only five Irish Catholic republi-
cans will vote for Morton.
Another element of strength In Hills can
vass is his hold upon the liquor trade. He
has always held the brewers and saloon
Keepers. and he will probably hold them
this year. Some of the richest brewers in
the state have collected a large campaign
fund to be used for Hill.
The republicans have unlimited means.
twenty-five thousand dollars will be sent
by them into each assembly district AS the
total number of assembly districts is 12S
this Will make an enormous corruption
fund. This money is not to be used solely
the next assembly to push the Lexow inves-
tigation still farther. They have found
this investigation to be of immense politi-
cal advantage to them. 1t has created a
deep-rooted distrust of Tammany Hall
throughout the state. It Is impossible to
say whether or not the findings of the
Lexow committee will affect the vote in
this county.
The republicans are also anxious to carry
the constitutional amendment providing for
a legislative reapportionment and both
parties will spend money In this PROPOSE
tion, the republicans to carry II and the
democrats to defeat II.
Every voter in the country counties will
be given seventeen ballots from which to
select the one he will vote All have to be
stitdtional amendments will perplex the
majority the confusion OF the voter will
have some effect In delaying the voting 1t
Is estimated that each voter will take the
full legal limited time to prepare his bal
lots.