The sun., 1894-03-22
rHR PoLIr1clL ourlook.
asv. Flsv.r c.- Ne Observation-Disclosures.
{. Faverits WITH RepubuesrS.


the Important or disputed counties except
Albany. Clinton. and Niagara have votedL the
Republicans will carry the state in November
By 100000 majority. Spring elections. how
ever. are not an invariable or even Trustworthy
guide to results In November. for IL som metimes
happens that iactional differences reduce the
vote Of either party. Thus. In the sprlnR Of
1902. when the battle vas on between the
regular Dem ocratic orsaniEation In the State
and the maleontsnts. whose opposition after
ward illuminated in the boiling Syracuse Con-
vention. there was = wave OF Republican sue
cess through the state which led many to be-
lleve that New York would be carried by the
Republicans In November. In the spring cleo
tlona Of 1891. preceding the election OF Flower.
the Republicans chose 5O8 Supervisors and
the Democrats 504. foresh Allowing q rather
close contest In the sprinR Of 1892 the num-
Der Of Democratic Supervisors fell OF to 4g3.
and the number OF Republicans ross to 032.
This change Was not reflected In November.
for the Democratic majority was vsry nearly
ss large for bfr. Cleveland ss 1t had been the
year before for Gov. Flower
The recent defeats OF the Democrats in the
township elections, and the reduction OF their
lead in those cities which have already voted.
are directly traesable to divisions within the
party ranks, hard times. and dissatisfaction
with the present national Administration.
That Administration has failed TO come up to
the expectations Of Dem oorats in many par
heulars. and. In the large cities. seems By It's
course to have estranKed the great body Of In
dustrial voters from their support OF the De-
mooraoy. In these cities the question OF Fed
ersl patronage does not enter largely into the
political situation, because the offlces filled at
Washing gton are OF only minor importance
when compared with those within the disposal
m m N mi In ietr NJ olt -
but in the country districts IL is different, for
In these the State and local patronage 10 gen.
orally In the hands OF Republicans. and when
there is . Dem ocratic Admin istration In Wash
ington. the rural Dem ocrats look to It for setting
the pace Of politics in the careful choice OF Post
masters and revenue officers- From the DEM
ocrstic point Of view. the present Administra-
ton has been total failure In its New York
appointments Fighting Bob Maxwell. OF whom
much was expected. has. II 10 true. kept the
appointment mill grinding continuously. but
the men selected BY him. or appointed By the
on his recon m ndation. have In al
most every case been OF the mo account"
order Wherever In town there was an espe-
cially unpopular or objections able Individual Q |
crank. kicker. q political dyspeptic. . dis
eruntled or refractory individual to whom all |
the other Democrats in the nsiehborhood |
we're opposed. he seems to have been selected
es q 2 special subject for Executive favor and
in New Yorf, and and the tiiiIns Of
atnsss is an msnt Si great stHsnsfh % TO sithsr
party. But as the m altar has been handl cd from /
eses o spsn s snss has sse BEEN
q saEy 1 tns 81 he Psy
March. 1893. there was but one Organized
Dem 3, N moeracy: eeeknowlsdeine single leader
:anaidstss. there are now two divisions IL H1 TIE
oarty. the former the regular one. and the new
81 an unse sna Y
appointment coupled with vague promise of
Sas Q, ss sort II the
Q. there would be less harm to Democratic In
erests, because the PATRONAGE seeking ele-
lew fsetion and be stimulated By such
ecognitlon to show its strength. But
Iisrppt the local orssni izstion IN many
tns 6sI, i9unstry Sstrs' has been carried
rhs s.s e srss S..n
5ss wAs e.
ecosniss him as . matter Of course. @ Il Is not
aas ESnd se SS%nS bis way
ration soWsrd those who esi@ to be Il:
ssh Ss aas aa%n sass the % Spr
nd more general among the so-cslled Cleve-
|
hose, Democrats who understood. whom nj.
leveland was elected that they had little to
Ps &C. sns hrS:
hey could without il. "'"~
In many counties Of the State. where last
he contest 60 bS deiault the regular iD Demo. TO-
rats this spring ,retaliated by giving the
lifting the to elect their candidates. ' II tSsy
ould, This disastrous rivalry accounts. In
' the Republ throughout the STATE dur.
Y the arst three months Of 1924. The Re-
representatives in the Legislature have many
ifiioulties on hand /; there Is, especially In the
sssst the % of Tom Piasts rSxS ie.a
rship; Jim Belden was badly showed up In
with % d.ssts aboss tie spa sams as;iS ;Ss
Eimira. the wsalthiest and the most
Soss 81 ths psr .rk
:, The present programme OF the Re- ,
1SlieHns and Sout, i e enc Rsn:,siiy pop
..ilsSls csadidiis.. sI:sssrstsrS Tracy Si and :
oubt that he would unite the warrinS :
PaFs snf tse
the hat Of coatri6ation. Last isii the cam, :
;oc.ss without securing Substantial help. but but /,
10 hepublicans won. Notwithstanding. But
I'VE done SO. and IL is also to be recalled
at tho Democrats were not very much better | n
I financially, II Levi T. Morton heads the {
spublicAn ticket this year. the candidate for n
will come from the | =
az possibly be the ambitious SAxton- Again. 4
Republicans who are now In the saddle In | .
inalo may go to that city for q eAndidAtS |
ouEh the supply OF available political mate
u there 10 meagrs. |
On the Democratic side all the talk points to
Q reconciliation OF Gov Flower whose
renRth with the up-country Democrats has | m
Il been Impaired during his Naturalization. =
; could meet Mr., Morton on his own ground =
d give him, 20 use q card phrase aces and q
adss; anis, NE MT FIoSs5is Gsrsonally much more p
gGed. homely. hardy way about him which | M
Republican banker lacks, and he snioys | :,
:, an, extensive acquaintance among thc
liticAl leaders OF the state. whom Mr. Morton
oWS only by proxy The Democrats are much
,onReE on State Issues than they are on
ional ones, and Mr, Flower as the rspFessnt-
We Of the state Administration would he |
sNred. thSrsfore. OF strong support which re
ud be lac King for nd date eonn neetsd In Al
y w1y With the present patton al Administra- 81
.. NotWithstApdinR this. there are some =
mocrsts who favor the Nomination Of An q
owed and outspoken Cleveland man for II
vernon THIS year on the theOTV that hIa | IN