New-York tribune., 1896-10-05
THE STATE CAMPAIGN.
DEMORALIZED CONDITION OF THE POPo-
CRATIC PARTY.

ENLIGHTENMENT FOR THE VOTERS
Iraourur m CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRBuNEI
Albany, oct with the filing OF the fha'
nominations for Congress III this state a' '"'
office Of the Secretary Of State yesterday. the
State political campaign for 1S~ mas eh'e',"
the period of direct appeals to voters ana 'ne
candidates Of the six parties which divide the
State will soon be on various platforms eNo' ''e
their best efforts to influence the voters
NOW THE POPOCRATIC PARTY
In the course Of the week Which mas 'u
passed the POpulistic trend or the De"''
party has received its natural rewa," ~
s,ate--tbe populists have indorsed the list OF
,,~..,s.,,., o,ectors nominated by the Demo-
cratic State Convention held at Buna'o Inns
,,,.,a. -, ,h. democratic party with the Popu-
lie, marty. it need not be said. VIII lu''"',
.,.o ,ha former party in the estimation OF
the Sound Money Democrats. VINO. uNu'' ~, %
,oad ~ Roswell F. Flower. Charles > fs"''"''"
y,,,, q Griffin Franklin ID. Locke, Cha''es
Tracey and Edward NJ. Shepard nave oo''"
Tho Chicago ticket put up Palmer ana p"' M"
,o- President and Vice President ana ho'''''"''"
q State ticket. .n,...,.s
Tha pobulists in lS35 cast only o"i" votes
for their candidate for Secretary o' "'a'
IN 1904 they cast only 11.o4" votes i"' '
candidate for Governor They thus '"Ne ~
the Democratic party only sha" 'o's
voters. If 6.916 Populists be added 10 'he '"""'
~ tho 511 O6O Democrats who v"teo l"i ii''"
ito r. King in 1881. the total number oi Deilio
cro,s is raised to 517,916 Thare were. "'''-''
Republjcan votes cast In this state 'as' Se"''
n 10 thus apparent that the united De''"-
cratic and Popust vote, If il remains 'he sa"'e
as last wear will not reach In Ns atte"f' "
surpas ss the Republican vote. But there 10 'o'"
reason for thinking that me Demociau' o"-
will not be as large in ISM as II was III TO-
Tho ,ac,or which will have to he considered Is
tho vote of the Democratic Party REFORM vi
ranization, which last year supported the pe'',o-
cratic party's candidates. But In 1914 '"e
r,.mocratic Party Reform Organization cast
81 2O2 votes for Thaddeus Il. Wakeman, its can
h,date for Governor. No one will assert ieas'
NJ all Elliot Danforth. the chairman OF 'ne
Democratic State Committee, that the So'u'u
Money Democrats will cast i'm this state huch
ieas than 100000 votes They include all l"e
members of the Democratic Party REFORM vi
ganization of 1894 and tens OF thousah"S w
sides of independent Democrats
LEADING THE REPUBLICAN FIGHT
Frank 8 Black the Republican candidate TOT
Governor. will be present this week at the STATE
Convention of the Republican League Ciubs u
no held at Syracuse. and IN an ADDRESS W '''o
convention and to the citizens OF syracuse VIII
make his fourth political speech OF th's cam
paisn Mr. Black also Will pronapi. mani
speeches soon at Buffalo and at Erh'ra' "o'
he will not undertake any tour Tor the sPe''"'
purpose of making speeches. lie thinks Such
tour unnecessary. since he believes the o'a'"
already assured to the Republican party by
large majority. The Democratic plan OF cam
paign moreover has not yet been fully dis-
closed. and he prefers that the Democratic
State Committee should uncover It's guns beiore
he does much in the way of speechmakihB'
Timothy l.. Woodruff, of Brooklyn the he-
nub,ican candidate for Lieutenant Governor
will make some addresses in the western part
Of the State the present week. Ex-senator j.
s,oat Fassc,t. of Elmira. and Colonel Archie +.
Baxter Clerk of the Assembly. are also now en-
~.ped in a speechmaking tour of the state
Colonel Baxter was here yesterday. Wheh
asked what he thought about pontlcai cohui-
tions in this State. he replied:
Everything is looking splenddy for the ne
publican party. / have been pretty well apou'
the State. In the towns and cities the Demo
cratic business men. almost UNANIMOUSLY: aIo
going to vote the Republican ticket In all SIN
ceri.v | should rot be surprised If Mckinley
and Hobart had 100000 majority In this S'a'e
! have never seen the Democratic paI.. III st ,ha,
they are badly whipped. and VIII say 80 PIT
yately All they doing Is to hold on TO onn ane
organization Of the party. ana waiting tin IoDv ,
What also. is interesting is that Rooo niahy
NJ these Democratic leaders tell you connueh-
tally that they intend to vote for Mckinney.
All their property interests are assa'iea u. ,r
Rryan and Sewall campaign, and. therefore,
they have no heart in the work think they
will be glad to see win In this state by an
overwhelming vote
THE FARMERS NOT DECEIVED.
patric, II. Cullinan Of Oswego, the chief at
..-n.v ~ the State Excise Department. said
Yesterday: About two months ago was
little alarmed by the apparent prevalence OF 4
friendly feeling toward the free coinage OF sii-
,,.r amone the Republican farmers Of Oswego
Co,rtv but now | can report that these farm.
ers are all right. and that. TO man. they VIII
vote for Mckinley and Hobart In their owl,
ouiet determined way ihey nave examined a'
the political document circua.ihg among ''.,,. h
hearing on the free coinage of silver. and they
heve came to the conclusion that the free com
age of silver bullion at ratio OF l" 70 Wou'n
not be Of the least beneht 10 then. anes 80. nay
they are no longer interested In the silver ques-
ton What does interest them deeply. however
is prices They think that with Mck,nley
tariff imposed upon Canadian iarm ,,d PrDuu, ponea,
he A. I have found also. when talking OH
the free coinage Of silver that IL one touches
on the morality Of the Propos.@iom non 10 I Go'i do%n
yer at the ratio of IL to l. and thus scale d0wn %
debts one-half it interests them greatly. Iney
are dead against anything dishonest ifmade &c
see that the free-coinage scheme OF bryah is
Sss.en~st they are instantly against it, I think
our Republican speakers might well point ou'
this moral question involved In the free coinage
Of silver
THE SOUND MONEY CAMPAIGN
Daniel G. Griffin. of Watertown. the cand'
date OF the National Democratic party Tor GOV
ernor. will appeal to the voters OF the state io'
support, and therefore will make campa'gl
through this State. beginning on OCTOBER l.
which will continue until Election Day. Mr.
CrtNsn will sneak in all the large cities OF th'
interior of the State. Frederick w Hinrichs
Of brooklyn, the candidate for Lieutenant
Do1,a no LIZ Ii