The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-10-29
Registration in New York
Larger Than Ever Before.
HARRISON TO SPEAK WEDNESDAY
Sharp Arraign ment Of Tammany by
the Committee Of Seventy.
and 0rans--Gev. waite Addrssses
Two Big PopuIiss Meetings In Chi
esgo. ssyisg Familiar rhings.

NEw YoRK. Oct 2s-sunday is always q
quiet day with politicians. and duliness
was the festure Of the political headquar-
ters In this city today. The work Of cor
respondence Was carried on az usual, but
there ware few visitors and no signs OF
activity except st the Grant headquarters.
where Mr.. Grants letter Of acceptance Of
the Tammany nomination for mayor was
made public. Col Strong's headquarters
were closed during the day, and Col.
Strong himself was not in evidence. except
to few OF his closest supporters At
Republican headquarters q dispatch
Was received from Albany, and
was at once given out for publication. to
the effect that the employees Of the state
departments we're employed in preparing
and distributing loads Of campaign docu-
ments in the interest Of the Democrats
The dispatch says in part: "Ths cam
paign work which should b done BY the
Democra attic state committee has been
forced upon tho state departments and
paid for from the state treasury. These
documents are printed by State Printer
James B. Lyons. and . large force Of the
department clerks are taken from their
duties to the state to shove out In indi-
vidual envelopes Hills campaign docu-
ments."
The very large registration of voters in
this city has been the subject OF much dis
cussion and speculation with both parties.
each claiming the advantage from the ad-
ditional votes that will probably be polied.
At the state Democratic headquarters
on Twenty-third street there was gen.
-at of II tha
suits OF the registration. The leaders
agree in saying that 1t meant the over
whelming defeat of Tammany Hall.
Francis II. Scott said that in his opinion
Mr.. Grant would not get more than loo.-
600 votes. He believed the Socialistic
Labor Popuiist- Prohibition vote would
not be over 2o.00O. which would leave In
the vicinity OF 245.00o votes to be
divided between Grant and Strong
thus allowing 1000 plurality for Strong.
This was the substance of . computation
made by the various leaders early in the
day. The recent arrest Of several hundred
men for alleged fraudulent registration. 1t
is believed. has had . deterrent effect. and
the large registration 10 considered big
increase in men entitled to cast their
ballots. District Attorney John r. Fellows
today, ho~sver, expressed himself a. not
at all surprised. at the registration. He
thought there was nothing extraordinary
In IL. and said he could see nothing sub
stantial to be derived for either side from it.
The chief interest for the present week
among Republicans csnters in the appear
ance of ex- President Harrison on Wednes-
day evening next at Carnegie music hall.
In Democratic circles the starting to-
morrow of Gov. Flower on tour through
the state in the interest of the Democratic
ticket 10 raising much interest because of
the master stroke the Democrats claim
Chairman Thacher has made in securing
the services of the governor on so import
ant mission.
There has been disposition on the part
Of the various organizations here to make
public their allegiance TO their respective
tickets. Today. however. the executive
board of the grand lodge of the Independ-
ent Order of Sons of Benjamin resolved
no, TO permit the use Of its name IN con-
nection with politics. This decision was
arrived at a meeting Of the board today.
when resolutions were adopted repudiat-
ing any attempt to make use Of the order
for pol itical purposes. This action was
TAKEN tSSaha8 AZ " - ooaa ~ ottUmRk hea
been made TO represent the order as op-
posed to the candidacy Of Senator Hill.
The committee of seventy today issued
q statement in reply to Mayor Gilroy's de-
Tense OF Tammany, in which they arraign
Tammany Hall for maifeasancs In the ad-
ministration Of municipal affairs Briefly
this manifesto charges: That the organ
irs,ion of Tammany 10 despotic and IL
not In . proper sense . political body.
but constituted for individual gain;
that Tammany Hall has appointed to i'm
portant and responsible ofiees of the city
men dishonest and criminal: that under
this administration systematic blackmail
and sxtortion has wruns from the citizens
many millions; that it has wasted the
rublic money by extravagant expenditure
of the funds raised by taxation; that
since the year 1854 the taxpayers
have paid of So. 1000 600 Of the city
debt, yet at the present time that
dsos In s., 500 600 more than In 1854: that
the taxpayers have been called upon 10
bear greater burdens than are shown by
the tax levy and this statement of the pub
lie debt: that because of the extravagance
in expenditure q comparison of London
and Paris with New York in regard to the
tar burden shows New York in an unfavor-
able light: that because Of Tammany HalI's
ignorant and inefficient management We
are lest far behind the other large cities of
the world In respect TO the comforts and
oonveniencss which oil citizens have q
right TO expect: aud that those in control
OF municipal affairs have failed TO provide
proper and suitable accommodation, pub
lie baths and iavatoriss, parks in the
crowded districts of the city and other
necessities.
The total registration In this city is now
stated 20 es Sle sai. the largest ever re-
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