New-York tribune., 1896-09-30
PART III.
PAGES II TO IA.
THE CONGRESS DISTRICTS,
..r,rrss,TY FOR RETURNING SOUND
MONEY MEN FROM THIS STATE.

,,o,r, nv RrPrRIICANs AND GOLD DEMO
.s xrrDrp IN THIS C1TY-THE PROB
,p,.r RESULT Up THE STATE.
.o,,, AR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNE
,h.nv. Sept 29-Three facts are already clear
-. rho minds Of politicians who have recently
so tours about the State. These that the
.,.,,-al vote of the State is assured to Mckinley
uobart: that the Republican State ticket
,,o, he considered now as elected. and that the
...sr,hly TO he elected on November , will have
cue, q large Republican majority that. beyond
al question. United States Senator of the Re-
nublican faith will he elected
An object Of great Importance. however. yet re-
mains to he accomplished. namely. the election of
Congressman from this State who will uphold the
present gold standard.
II is apparent to both Republicans and Sound
Money Democrats here that the recent committa
Of the Democratic party of this State to the sup
mort OF the Democratic National platform in
cresses the difficulties of those who are laboring
TO send Congress delegation from the State to
Washington whose members will unanimously
oppose free coinage act since in the cities of
New-York and Brooklyn. the Democratic majori-.
ties are so large and therefore so difficult to over
come But it is said. nevertheless. that by
union Of effort of Republicans and Sound Money
Democrats. even In those cities. Congressman
who are supporters Of the gold standard NAV be
elected
The nature Of the task 10 he undertaken to elect
gold-standard men in New-York and BROOKLYN
must he clearly understood, however if political
victory is 10 ne attained. II must be remembered
ths; the Congress Apportionment act was one
passed by the Democratic Legislature of 1892,
with the aim OF giving the Democratic party al
ways a majority Of the representation of the
State. Fifteen Of the thirty-four Congress dis
trc,s were placed in the southeastern angle CT
the State; upon Long Island and Manhattan ISL
and. with Westchester County added. The coun-
y Of Erie. which was then Democratic was also
divided into two Congress districts Albany
County, supposed to be safely Democratic. was
constituted another Edward Murphy. jr carved
out another sure Democratic district" as he
imagined. from the counties Of Columbia and
Rensselaer,. And then finally another Congress
district, with Democratic majority at that time
was made up Of the counties OF Schoharie. Greene
OtseSo Montgomery and Schenectady
DEMOCRATIC CALCULATIONS UPSET.
Nevertheless, the great Republican tidal wave
of 1894 in this state, when Mr. Morton was elect
ed Governor, upset all the Democratic calcula-
tons so far as the interior of the State was con-
cerned. George y. Southwick Republican, car
ried Albany County Frank S. Black wrested
away from Murphy the Rensselaer, Columbia
district. David F. WILDER. Republican won the
Schoharie- Otsego district. and Charles Daniels
and Rowland r. Mahany were elected from Erie
County. IN all eighteen Republican Congress-
men chosen in the interior of the State.
There were also ten Republican Congressman
from the metropolitan district of Manhattan
Ioia W.
there now twenty-eight Republicans repre-
sentng the State of New York in Washington.
But Notwithstanding the fact that David &.
Hill had plurality Of only $50 votes over Levi
p Morton in New York City. the Congress APP
portonnent act was so favorable TO the Demo-
cratic candidates that six Democrats We're elect
Cd as Congressman from that city They were
Franklin Bartlett, James j. Walsh, Henry G.
Miner. Amos J. Cummings. William Sulzer and
George Il. Mcclellan. Ii is obvious, therefore,
that the Sound Money Democrats and the Re-
ubiicans will be compelled to work with great
energy In these Congress Districts to elect gold
standard representatives from them.
So far as the interior Of the State is concerned
the election of Republican Congressmen from all
the districts north of the Harlem River is now
certain. Here in Albany County the Demo-
Gratis are demoralized by John Boyd Thacher's
retirement from the State ticket Moreover
George y. Southwck. the Republican candidate
FRO Congress made IN Excellent record and
therefore is a strong candidate. Added 10 this,
the Sound Money Democrats. under the leader
ship Of Charles Tracey. are we'll organized and
are strong in number Congressman Wilber
greatly pleased his constituents in the NNIst
District the Schohare- Otsego district. and
therefore appropriately has been renOminated
In Erie County the Republicans have renomin-
ated Congressman MahanY. and have nominated
r. G. Alexander. VINO aided eX-President Harri-
son in his campaign OF 1883. in place Of Charles
Daniels. Both MI Mahany and Mr.. Alexander
Will he elected by large majorities In no county
IN the state is there a stronger gold standard
movement than in Erie County. The reelection
Of Serene f. Payne James w WadswOrth, Ben
ianin b. Ode| jr Charles 4. Chickering, Wal
lace T. Foote jr. and Henry c. Brewster. all OF
whom have been renominated. is beyond ques-
tiCr.
SAVINGS BANK DEPOSITORS INTERESTS.
No class Of voters is more interested in the
result Of the National election this year than the
savings bank depostors And IL so happens that
the Congress districts In NewYork City, notably
Suffers are full Of this body Of economical and
saving citizens Not depositor In these saw
ines banks would with his eyes open vote to have
his deposit paid in dollars worth only ~ cents
iron July ! of the present. year these savings
bank depositors had SSS3O2 different deposits In
the twenty-five savings banks. The amount due
these depositors reached the enormous sum or
600 1t was divided as follows among
the banks:
Amount open
depOsitois accounts.
July 1896. July l. 1896
American Savings Bauk.. SS73 44J % 4109
Bank FOR savings IN the city