New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-28
TAMMANY DISCOURAGED
REGISTRATION FIGURES FILL THE WIG
WAN WITH GLOOM.

SUPPORTERS or THE FUSION TICKET IN HUN
sprRrTs-REPoRTED TIPS" FROM S'A'Nb''
The supporters Of the Fusion ticket were ~
buoyant spirits yesterday III view OF 'ne "
nrospscts Of victory which shine OUT OF Tue VS.
tration figures At the Republican anu ''"'e
Democracy headquarters comparisons Haue gov.
great encoura cement to the supporters VI "
government 1t was believed that the iearS VI
restoration Of Tammany corruption anu ''"."
mail had received a rude shock Inc e'P"
OF districts where Tammany Is SUPPOSED ~ pr
dominate showed in almost every instance
ing on In the registry, while as genera '"'"e
Republican districts were much oe''e' S'
sented on the registry books
Tho total Of 2s9.0s5 In the four days was looked
...,u e,ororauv az pretty good evidence that Tor
an off year the people were wideawake' Inc
ruro,rv managers have been relying on genera
a,otbv and q light vote from the beginning Oh
,h cannaion Their disappointment was not
osu,, discussed when they found that the 'o'a'
had mounted I'D TO the figure named. when al
,houob about twenty thousand less imam
,,a nhenomenal registration OF last year, wheh
Tho nol,tical excitement reached fever neat was
still 15177 over the year 1893 with Wnich CUM
parison might properly be made
Colonel Robert G.. Monroe, VINO o'o So'''U
figuring at the state Democracy headqua' 'e''
In West Twenty thrd-st.. said last eVeh'"s '"''
general comparison Of the reg's'ereu 'o'e
showed that the principal falling OF from '"''
wear was in that part OF the city "here i
many Hall gets It's heaviest pluralities'
direct comparison OF the ree ,..,, nth that
in the LIST and Id Assembly districts with ma
~ 1894 will bear out this conclusion, saio Co,o
no, Monroe THE boundaries OF these two ais-
tricts az they were last year. have been ieIe
noad he
ment They can therefore, be cited as cases
directly In point. ,,.x On.
I'm 1894 the number registered dIr h,a s sar
four DAYS OF registration was Sl29 This year
there were registered only 5.l34. In the lld DIS
trlct ('Paddy" DIVERS the registration las,
year 1929. This year the ia mas a th
70 1861 Here Is a falling of of more than 80
per cent in the registry. II can only mean
that with such a falling off In representative
Tammany Hall strongholds, the Tammany pros
poets are dim. In my opinion: IL VIII De IN
nossibIe for the Tammany ticket to win, for
when the votes polled the reduction IN tne
Tammany vote will be more than 30 per cen.
as the Tammany men In these dlstric's "eic
very active workers and voters
The registration figures have had depressing
effect upon the spirits OF the Tammany leadeis
and seem to have changed their system OF IaKe
hets Tammany saloonkeepers In the XHVth
Assembly District received messages yesteroa!
which they said came from John j. Scanneii'
warning them to make no bets on more than
10 600 plurality for the Tammany Hall ticket, ana
to risk nothing odds They were also ADVISED
to risk no money on the Democratic state ticket
or a Democratic Senate or Assembly. Scannell IL
still the Tammany Hall leader OF the XXIth
District and has been the collector OF election
contributions for Tammany for many years III
the Tenderlon District. which services were rec
ognzed when Croker secured his appointment
as a Fire Commissioner in January, 1893 from
ex- Mayor Groy. AS Scanne has been pretend-
inc for some DAYS to possess willingness to
hack John c. Sheehan's and James j. Martins
figures Of 5000 to $4,000 Tammany plurality MS
sudden drop of Yesterday Is regarded as signin-