New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-27

because Of the nomination Of Senator Hill.
The Republican candidate for Assemblyman IN
this county is S. Fred Nixon. of Westfield he
has already served four terms at Albany, ana
was renOminated by reclamation. Mr. NIXON Is
a manufacturer and grape grower, living III the
famous vineyard belt on the Lake Erie border OF
the county. He has made useful and efnclenl
legislator and Is one of the most conspicuous
Republican leaders here His reelection Is, OF
course. assured, by majority or from oooo 10
1000
Cattaraugus County. approaching much nearer
Chautauqua in population ana industrial anu
commercial importance than does Aiiegany. hatu,
rally divides with her western neghbor the chlel
political honors Of the district At present cat
taraugus has the State Senatorship: FRANK w.
Higgins. of clean. representing at Aibany tntse
three counties. which form together ihe HNNllu
Senatorial as we'll as the XNNlNth Congress-
ional District. Party strength! is mum more
evenly divided in this county. and the Demo
cratic State machine maintains there lairI!
effective organization. The normal Repuphcan
majority on a total vote of about ls,oOO, varies
from 2200 TO 2400. This year with all condi-
tons favoring the Republican canvass Mr. MOI coo
toms majority will probably be Increased 10 Zooo
One excellent judge. ex-Assemblyman kruse. Oh
Olean put 1t the other day at 24oo AnotheI
Senator Higgins. predicted ZOO the KepuDhcan
nominee for Assemblyman is Charles W. Terry,
of Randolph. who has already served one term
at Albany Mr.. Terry is lawyer. has held the
local offices of Supervisor and County Clerk a,a
is a highly acceptable candidate. HIS opponeht
is w A. Sherman. of East Randolph, Editor OF
"The East Randolph Enterprise, weekly couh-
try newspaper. Mr.. Terry's maJorlt! last !'''
was 1888 II will be much larger this time
Allegany County. the smallest in population III
the district is overwhelmingly Republican, the
Democratic vote often falling to less than one
fourth of tie total poll. Strangely enough
though a prosperous dairy county pure ana SIM
Dle without either city or manufacturing p"Pu,
lation Allegany cast a larger vote Tor HeheidI
Weaver in 1892 than any other county IN ,he
state New-York and Erie excepted. It's Prohibi-
ton vote was also larger, proporuonaleI!' man
that of any other county This year the ToPu-
list strength. 949 votes TWO years ago seems 70
have melted away; ard the Prohibition ieauers
are also unusually quiescent.. II Is argued from
these indications that the Repubhcan Vote tnIs s
wear will be substantially increased In !n'-
President Harrison carried the county over MI
Cleveland by $3.50 Last fall General Palmer lof
Secretary Of State beat Cord Meyer by LOO.
These figures show a singularly stable Note' !e,
on the most conservative estimates to be .plaiHeu
in Wellsville the chief county town Mr.. Mor'ol,
ma ioritv this fall will be about 900 AS IN lhe
other two counties. a denomination has been
given by reclamation to the present Asse,"o'Y
man from Allegany. Fred A. Robbins. OF An,
pelica He is a lawyer. and prominent III iOcai
nolitics and his reelection Is mere InaLel vi
course The Democratic candidate. j. l.. cutter
of BOLIVAR is making a purely passive race Inc
democratic organization in Aegany Is controHed
bv senator Hill but it is far from eihclent anu
viii barely succeed in holding in line Tor MN
tho hulk Of the local Democratic vote