New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-11
WHAT THE VICTORY MEANS.
IMPORTANT RESULTS EXPECTED FROM
TUESDAYS BALLOTING
FOR THE FIRST TIME REPrBIcA!;s HAVE FULL
CONTROL IN BRooKLYH-coNb 'IIpATioN

r,op THE FIRST TIME REPUBLICANS HAVE FULL
CONTROL. IN BRooKLYH-CoNb iiDATioN
AND BRIDGEs-R ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Tho general rejoicing among the Republicans OF
Rrooklyn over the unexampled success OF 'heir pa'
~ at large Is mingled with much rejoicing over '
local result The sweeping success Of last year oil
,h candidates for city and county offices has been
r.,eated with the result OF giving the RepubhcahS
con,plcte control OF all the machinery OF loc' gov
eminent something never before ehurc'S !" '''"
hands When Body Was Mayor ana the peh"o'"'S
had great majorties In the Boards OF Sul'r's"''
ana Aldermen they also controlled the lucrative
offices OF Sheriff, Register Of Deeds county ''e'h'
and County Treasurer. and In one year aiier the
roanno-t,oument Of the Assembly DISTRICTS teS
carried all save cne and elected their 'ahu''"'' IA
1892 in all the Congress districts no" IN" p'"''-
lm has swung the other extreme ana 'ne S''"n
tions are exactly reversed Last year the fseP""I-
cans not only elected the Mayor ana tho sher,n'
but they also secured control Of the Boards oil Al
aor,cn and Superyisors. This year the remaining
CITY offices of Controller and Auditor. and the county
Offices Of Register Clerk and Treasurer nave p'e"
secured All the Congress districts are iepupN'a'
by large majorcs. and there Is great increase ~
the number OF Republican Assemblyncn ana suP''
vIsors Three years ago Flower beat fasset by
between 1900 and 1900 votes In Kings county
rbis year the result was reversed. and Morton beats
Hill nv a Ike plurality. The figures OF the vote ar"
likewise reversed. Flowers Democratic vote j" 1874
was ST. while the Republican vote ths year lo'
Morton was 1886 In 1891 Fassett got tbo5o hepuo-
ucan votes. and this year Hi was supported py
s57s2 Democrats The vote OF 9Sh ior " hee'er
ronresents the increase in voting strength this year
Had all this been given to Hi he wouid sun "''e
fallen far short OF carrying the county
The difference between the vote Tor "heeIer ana
that for the Reform Democratic Candidates ior W
cal Offices shows how many or the Independents
voted for HILL an especial paster having been sent
out nv the friends OF Hl among tho reformers,
including f. NJ. Grout. J. a. Weinberg City Treas
urer Kelley James Mcmahon ana others II ~ re-
rorted and not denied that Judge Gaynor hai
cspecial interest In this paster. which bore mn
name at the top and the name: OF the lteiorh De"-
cratic candidates for city and county oihCes' anu
,ht he contributed toward the cost OF mailing these
to every registered voter. The frlends OF 'u'se
Cavnor congratulated him that he had not permit
,od bis name to remain upon the defeated ticket,
ord that no resisted the efforts made to induce MN
n hermit It's transfer from the foot 10 the hean oi
the cket While his personal popularity anu s"e"S''
as IN exponent OF reform sentiment might nave en-
abled him to carry Kings County they "ouiu not
have avaied in the rest Of the state. and ne would
M, only have been beaten. but would nave lost MS
judicial office besides. he would nave had 10 re-
sign for Governor $500
The large vote OF q 900 and upward whch "'an-
Vile W Hartman secured for Hegis'er "i pee'H
over Michael J. Cummings. shows his personal
ponularity as well party strength. III 1891
Thomas J. Kenna Dem.) carried the Office by nearly
% 900 over James Webb Rep). Inc REFORM ci''i-
da,e for this office this year. Henry Hentz led MS
ticket but his strength did not serve to in)ure the
Republican candidate. The other county ana ue
c,tv Offices were all carried by Republican plurali-
ties In the neighborhood of 1000 In every instance
thcv were larger than the for the Reform can
didates showing that coalition Of the Democratic
haVa
nubcans and iustlfying the attitude of the latter
{, refusing the oyertures for a union ticket COM
posed OF Republicans and Reform Democrats The
numbers OF the latter who stood up and were count
ed by themselves were by means as great as the
moro enthusiastic OF the managers OF their cam
naien maintained they would be. Some OF them
went SO far as TO give supposed pluralities for
the candidates on the Reform ticket. and the re-
suit showed that their estimates were more IMAM
10000 out of the way. The minority party, now
ever will be force to be reckoned with In all the
future political movements In Brooklyn. They are
the leaven which Is expected to leaven the whole
lump OF the body polite.
THE CONSOLIDATION QUESTION.
The vote upon the question OF consolidation In
Brooklyn shows that only about 10000 OF the $1,000
registered took enough interest In the mat
ter to cast their ballots. SO nearly evenly divided
were the sentiments Of the voters that those In
favor OF II predomInated by only few hundred
over those In opposition But strong factor In the
result was the unwillngness Of Republicans to COM
nit themselves to the measure long Tammany
controlled New-York. A large number have said
since the election that II they had been Of the
victory for good government In New-York, they
would have voted for CONSULTATION, The Democratic