New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-10
THE NIAGARA DISTRICT.
CURRENTS OF STATE AND NATIONAL
POLITICS. ..-.HAu..
A MIXED SITUATION IN THE COUNTIES o.
ORLEANS. GENEsEE AND NIAGARA-cANDI-
DATES sKIRMIsHrNG FOR POSITION
DIssENsIoNs AMONG THE
DEMOCRATS.

frRox STAFF CORRESPONDENT OF THE rRrsuNr.1
Lockport, ~ r. Aug 9-There few Senate
districts In the State In which political currents
can be better measured than in this new onet
known as the XLvth. and containing within It's
boundaries the counties Of Niagara. Genesee ana
Orleans. It is agricultural, and yet. containing.
as Il does the cities Of Lockport, with l603S pop.
ulation and Niagara Falls, with 1879 popula-
ton not 70 speak OF Batavia village with liza
population, North Tonawanda village with 41s3
population and Albion with 5,773 population. II
has a city and village community OF large pro-
portions. The Senate district as whole In lsyz
contained population Of 120,221, but II Is to be
suspected that In consequence OF the great
growth of Niagara Falls. owing to the develop
ment of electrical power there. 1t now can boast
of at least $4,000 population. II therefore con-
tains a larger population than any New-York or
Brooklyn Senate district and a larger population
also, than any other Senate district In the in'
terror Of the State
AN URBAN AND RURAL CONSTITUENCY.
Some of the richest farming lands Of the State
can be found In the counties OF the district
Genesee County is noted for its wheat fields. ana
Niagara and Orleans counties, whose northern
borders stretch along the shore Of Lake Ontario
for the abundant yield Of their apple and peach
orchards and OF their vineyards. The farmers
therefore are prosperous and contented. There
are also magnificent quarries OF the beautiful
Medina red sandstone along the line OF the New
York Central Railroad In Orleans County. In
the cities Of Lockport and Niagara Falls there
are large manufactures. In the latter city the
DEVELOPMENT Of electrical power promises to
make it one Of the largest manufacturing cities
in the State North Tonawanda, s.ith its sister
community Of Tonawanda, situated across Tona-
wanda Creek in Erie County. is the second larg-
est lumber-dealing place in the country.
This combination Of urban and farming popula-
ton in the Senate district makes its political
tendencies this year Of much interest. Orleans
and Genesee counties for many years have been
steadfastly Republican in their politics. One
would have to go back nearly half century to
discover a Democratic Assemblyman credited to
them. But Niagara County for several years
previous to the political revolution In this state
in 1893 had the bad taste to elect Democratic AS
semblymen and some Democratic county officers
while giving it's vote also to the Democratic can
didates for State officers. This Democratic Lean
ing Of the county. it is we'll to state. was partly
due to dssenson in the ranks OF the Republican
party. The county in 1891 cast 9161 votes for
Roswell P. Flower, the Democratic candidate for
Governor. and only s,6I2 votes for J. Sloat Fas-
sett. the Republican candidate TOT the same OF
flee. Mr. Flower thus had a plurality OF 2,s49 AZ
the same election Mr.. Fassett had 7S3 plurality
in Genesee County and AIS plurality in Orleans
County.
WHEELED INTO THE REPUBLICAN COLUMN.
The reader must not think from this exhibit.
however, that the Senate district is Demo-
cratic one Two years later. in 1898, the counties
Of the district voted as follows for John Palmer.
Republican. and Cord Meyer, jr., Democrat Tor
Secretary Of State