The evening times., 1896-09-26
IS GOTHAM FOR M'KlNLEY?
Figured That the City May
Give $4,000 Majority.
POLLS AMONG WORKINGMEN
They Are Found to BE a bout Equally
Divided Between Mckinley and
Bryan-What Student of New
York Politics Places Most Reliance
On-Tam many Middle and Thacher.

faitiifml student cf New York rolitics,
state and urtan, himself Democrat. has
been ma king some interesting estimates Of
feat DeaiccIatic strength there this year.
1t proves to lie very bad case. The
iubstaEce Of his remarks is TO the effect
hat Bryan synpa thizers In the city are
very few. First. he speaks Of the acton
II the TammaBy leaders Tuesday night in
huniiliatiug Thacher by emitting tie men
ION of his name in the call which was be-
EgprcparedfortheT Tammanyprin,a ries At
hat very hour the Democratic Club was
holding Il meeting in repudiatiUn of Bryan.
Gov. Flower has tceE president of this
club for several years ard it has been for
sonietim d flourisbins riga aization. Mahy
# the more influential and d numter OF the
niore reput abie of tie Democrats of the city
are members Of it.
When Gov. Flower returned from the
Shicago convention he was very anxious
that this club should repCdiate Bryan and
he platform. The memters who favored
free silver were given an opportunity to
1xpress their views before the vote on the
question of reputation was taken. When
the question was put ii was carried in favor
If Palmer and Buckner by three to one.
This is taken to be just about the ratio OF
the sound money Democrats TO the silver
Democrats in the city OF New Yors.
The hest estimate that can lie obtained,
says the same commentator, leaving the
TammaGy organization out OF censidrrat
is that or the Democracy of New York city
there is at least this pTeponderaDce of
sound money sentiment and it may lie
greater.
WORKINGMEN BREAK EVEN .
Some polling OF the workiDgmen has been
attempted, and with results which may te
surprising to scme. The estimate indicates
that what is called the labor vote of the
city. rather loosely thus classified, will
be, SO far nuinbers are concerned. about
equally divided between Bryan and Nc
Kinley. Tie surprise of this estimate for
Republican managers is due TO tie fact
that fer the past two or three weeks it has
seemed as though majority Of the mem
bcrs OF labor organizations had resolved
tu support Bryan.
TIE surprise for the Democratic maUag gers
is that in some OF the districts which have
been strongly Democratic, tie workingmen
seem favorably disposed toward Mckinley.
EX-Postmas;er Van CUtt, VITO has charge
OF the Republican campaign among the
workingnen of the city, is quoted as saying
that the muSt important result OF the can
vass is that il is shown that the great ma
jori;y Of skilled mechanics, high grade arti-
sans and Intelligent workingIuen are for
Mckinley, and propose TO take tie Rcpub-
Iican State ticket long with the Mckinley
electors; whereas the day laborers, those
who are engaged i'll the more mental work
10 the city, the Rough and turbulent
workingmen, such a s 'longsoremen. are for
Bryan, because they have got the idea
that he is a rough aud tumble man of the
people.
LAWYERS AGAINST BRYAN.
This estimate, though admitted to be
crude, is thought TO indicate that View
York city itself will he carried for Nc
KinIey by not less than 10000 majority
Aside from Tammany Han and the IL
norart and Turbulent among the laboreI-
of the city, il is impossible, in the mind of
tie gentleman making these comments. to
discover any evidence that Bryan has
folio wing there.
Nearly onc-haIf of the la wyers OF the city
have become members of u Sound Money
LAWYERS Club Lawyers OF the intense
Democratic stripe. including such men as
Wheeler II. Peckham. Everett p. Wheeler
and Frederick Coudert, are among the num-
ber They Will go into the campaign, not Tor
Mckinley but for Palmer, and in orposl-
ton to everything Containedin the Chicago
platform. 1t is anti Bryan, and WILL OF
course work to the ultimate good oi Nc
KiDley. ..