The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-11-14
THE POLITICAL REvoL UTIoN.
Ok. at ths Election from oth.r ro,.t..

To THE EDITOR OF The UN-Sir In further
confirmation OF the valuable analyses Of the
elections results which you have been making
during the past few days, will you let me sub
init some comparisons which I have worked out
from such figures as have been attainable by the
ordinary newspaper reader? or course, these
are by no means complete as yet, but in one
sense they are more useful for purposes of COM
parison than the official totals would be. since
the latter require too many allowances for the
varying circumstances which contribute to
make the vote more or less full in different
States. The extent of the turnover-that Is,
the loss of Democratic and corresponding gain
OF Republican strength-with the percentage
which this bears to the total vote, tells the tale
far more accurately; and this. IL will be found,
follows the usual law OF uniformity In popular
movements with much exactness.
This turnover. comparing 1899 with 1894,
was . per cent. in Indiana, Iowa, Massachusetts,
Missouri. Montana, and West Virginia. In the
little States Of Rhode Island and Delaware IL
was only 2 and ~ per cent, but in Connecticut
1t rose to 64 per cent, in Wisconsin to about
the same. in Minnesota to z per cent, in Michi-
gan, Ohio. Pennsylvania, and Tennessee TO 8 per
cent. or a fraction over; in Maryland to o per
cent, in New Jersey nearly TO 10 per cent, and
In Illinois to the phenomenal figure of 10 per
cent. As against these Democratic losses, New
York State above the Bronx stood by her colors
with a loss of only 81 per cent. and New York
state as a whole showed but ~ per cent. loss,
the difference being due TO a loss of - per cent.
In New York city and Is per cent. in Brooklyn.
Barring. then, a disaffected element of say
10000 in this city and $4,000 across the East
River land these figures are corroborated by
their vote for independent candidates for Con-
gressl, who voted either for Wheeler or directly
for Morton. because they could not overcome
their DfrAOnAl resentment In Hill the naynnr-
racy OF the Empire State held their own, not
only as well as anywhere else in the North. but
considerably better than many OF their impor-
tant neighbnrs.
Even the defeat OF Tammany was more large
ly due to the general Democratic disaster than
to Inherent weakness of its OWE. The last pre-
vious election in which Tammany stood alone
with a Democratic opposition arrayed against IL
ltor the Grant-Scott campaign degenerated into
too ridiculous a rOut to he worth considering as
n test was in 1884, when on a total vote al
most exactly. the same rs that of this year
didate: and in 1894. in spite of the tremendous
campaign waged upon IL, IL had lost but a petty
1000. which was apparently the extent OF the
Lexow investigation influence. The 20, 900 who
but Tammany might have withstood the de.
of both these elements had Il not been
for the other 10000 who threw themselves
bodily into the Republican camp, just as a
every, State from which returns have been re-
ceived.
The Democratic party has been badly beaten
this year. but Senator Hill has no need to feel
night, nor have the supporters OF Tammany Hall
reason to fear that II has lost its position as the
truest. representative among existing political
organizations in this city, Of the Democratic
NEw YoRk. Nov. IL.