New-York tribune., 1894-10-30
THE REGISTRITION THIS YEAR.

Tho noliticol leaders evidently believe the
proper work Of the last week Of the campaign
is to guess and prophcSy They reckon on Il DIG
floating vote which always wants to ger on
the winning side for practical reasons. Bll thl
kind of vote will be smaller this year than
usual great proportion Of the people hlv"
made up their minds. For extremely practical
reasons many will support Tammany. aS it Is
now in power. Determination 10 put Iaihlhany
ou' Of power has settled past all doubt the
votes of many others. The drifwood has 10 a
great extent lodged on one side or III" other
Predictions will have less intlu"nc" than usual
but the men who want To know what 10 expect
are always many.
Registration i not a safe guide for those who
refuse 10 take into account the conditions which
affect IT, This year there ar" several forces at
work Of II special character. There Is the d"S-
peration of Tammany and Hill and their de-
pondrntS which naturally causes Il fuller regis
ir;ltun and a largely fraudulent registration in
Democratic districts. Next, there is IN" hos
tiliiy IF decent and honest men 10 the methods
IF TanlIanv and Hi. and This naturally causes
Il large registrations especially in districts not
populated by tools Of III" machine Then there
is the wrath Of Workingm"n because wages have
been reduced or work refused. and that causes
heavy registration in the manufacturing dis
rictS especially in the larger towns. Also there
j. the uprising If country voters against the
praclcal dc>poiism threatened by the rings in a
few cities. New York Brooklyn. Buffalo and
Albany: and their determination through the new
Constitution To east off that unfair rule and
limit The power Of these corrupt rings con
troilcI host Of votes last year and has sent
host ~ men Ia register this year
These special forces must be- kept in mind if
one would interpret registration correctly. Large
registration in the Tammany and other ma
chine districts is thuS accounted for where il
appears and where it does not appear the lcgi-
mate conclusion is that the voters under control
# the machine are fewer. Large registration
in all the city districts where the more upright
and decent class of voters prrpondcratcS and
also in all where th" manufacturing workers
are numerous. would naturally result from
motives hostile 10 the party in power Large
registration in The rural districts throughout The
State would be- readily explained by special
forces hostile To- the ciy rings and to the Demo
cratic iarin
II appears to br the fact that in the machine
district, In this city. and in similar districts in
other cities, The registration has either decreased
manufacturing interests are important This
state of facts. in view of the known conditions
does not promise well for Tammany or for the
rings II also appears most clearly that In all
the manufacturing districts and towns The regis
iratrn has been exceptionally large fact
which does not promise well for defenders Of the
new tariff. Throughout the rural districts on
the WHOLE The registration has indicated a lie
src' II feeling rarely seen in State election.
and the natural conclusion is that The country
voter, dp not mean 10 b. ruled 10y The city rings
any more than they can help. But The most sig
nnclnl incrcas" is In tho more decent districts
in this city. which means as The New York
Herald" aflruS nothing lSS than revolution.
\ revolution does not keep men in power but
turns them ont Revolution in New York means
nothing less Than radical change Of city govern
mcnt Revolution in STATE affairs means "A final
overthrow of The voi'-S'cIcrS whom MAYNARD
represented II The returns mean ANYTHING
Democratic crimes In the city and In the State
will br rcbukcd and punished. Should that
mean Il, senator Hill says Democratic loss of
power for twenty years. II world bc no more
than every honest Democrat knows his party
deserves for its offences