The sun., 1896-10-16
BROOKLYN AND CONGRESS.
a CLEAN SWEEP PREDICTED FOR
THE REP PUBLICANS.


Another Term - Even John NJ. CLAN
ey's Canvass Is Apparently Hopeless.
The Republican managers in Brooklyn. which
now embraces the entire county of Kings. are
looking forward to a sweeping victory for Nc
kinney, Hobart, and honest money In Novem-
bcr. Their only speculation Is as to its extent.
For three years the Republicans have been in
control both of the city and county Govern
ments. and their compact organization has been
steadily eXcrtlng Its influence, even in the
old Democratic strongholds The Democrats
have not yet recovered from the shock Of
their defeats In the last two Mayoralty cleo
tons, and 1t only required the blight OF Bryan
ism to demoralzo them utterly. This year the
fight has been virtually abandoned and the
only hope of the Democratic managers is to
prevent the ranks OF the party from being
tirely disrupted. On one side they are attack cd
by Republican host united and harmonious.
and on the other by the sound money Demo-
Gratis, whose candidates confront them not only
In the national and State but on the Congress
and Assembly tickets as well.
Even were the conditions otherwise favorable
tho machine Democracy would have chance
of winning while the organization now known
us the National Democracy was in opposition.
Last year, even when both wings of the party
were united for the State ticket, the Republ-
defeated in the county by n majority of about
O,cU0. AS significant evidence of the political
revolution wrought within year. Gen. Horatio
G. King, who was the Democratic candidate for
Secretary of State. is now enrolled one of
the leading members of tho honest money
forces.
The Republicans will not regard their coming
victory as complete IL they do not succeed in
sending n full Congress delegation from Kings
county to Washington. AS they did two years
ago. There are two Of the five districts which
are considered debatable ground, and in these
much of the thorough work of the campaign
will be concentrated so as to save Kings county
from being disgraced BY the presence OF n sin
gle representative in the National Legislature
in sympathy even nominully with the Chicago
platform Of reputation. In each of the five
districts the Republicans have renominated the
candidates who won two years ago. and whose
record in Congress has been satisfactory.
They are Dennis NJ. Hurley In the Second.
Francis II. Wilson in the Third. Israel f. Fischer
In the Fourth. Charles G.. Bennett in the Fifth,
and James II. Howe in the Sixth. They
all good and tried men and individually
and collectively stronger before the peo-
pie than they two years ago. Above
all. they now stand for the patriotic defence of
the country against the malign doctrines for
mulated at Chicago. The machine Democratic
ticket is as follows: John NJ. Clancy in the
Second. Charles F. Brandt in the Third. Thomas
p. Larkin in the Fourth, Thomls ). Delaney In
the Fifth, and William Flick ermann in the
Sixth. They were all nominated with the i'm
Piled. II not explicit. understanding that If
elected to Congress they would support all the
destructive principles which Bryan repre-
Ssn, a,as The s hs sscan sSnd
John A. Hennessy in the Third. Thomas 5.
Nyei in the Fourth. Jacob ;. Van Wyck In the
md 1nY nj i nlE In, tlaA XVI IN
one of these has the slightest expectation of
election. but y is expected that the presence
in the field will serve TO make the defeat OF tho
machine candidates all the more crushing.
The Second Is lie only district in which the
on M GsncS h2ps ts
in this district. has served two terms In
Congress. w; he was most insigniii-
cant Esure in Washington and never did single
act to strengthen himself with his constituents.
lie, made fortune in the saloon business.
and ex-Dstrict Attorney james w. Ridgway
opposed his recent nopInation 10 Congress on
the floor Of the Convention with the intimation
that he was n guidbug in disguise. Fully three
personally opposed to Clancy. and hi, nonina.
toa was only secured after the machine had
Ex- Register Hugh Mclaughlin. the veteran
Democratic manager; after carefully surveying
the entire political Held III Kings county con-
was the sole thing left worth fighting for, and
thick tho M and tit' th.n. With '' unied bemos.
Would "S "I% be G"%er doubt % %. M iG"uE 'se
umnhant election. the natural Democratic
ami 5000, II Includes the rock bound Demo
cratic Fifth and sixth wards. and the only
wards In the district which usually give a
small Republican majority are the seventh ard
ley. the Republican candidate. carried the dis
more popular opponent than Mr.. Clancy ami
under under TIE condltl9ns this year III; election
Democratic
serious nronds in the Clancy forces.
Third district has only natural adverse ma
jortty CT 5000 to overcome: but he did this with
ease two years ago, md his reflection i- CON
is entirely unknown In the district, except in
the Tenth ward. and even there his only claim
McCarry faction. John A. Hcnnessy, the can
ddaie of the sound-money Democrats. is a
the Democrats in the Tenth ward who have
been trying TO destroy the McGarry regime. 1t
is predicted that he Will poll almost as many
votes as the machine candidate.
The Fourth district under ordinary crcum-
stances, is close, hut the Republicans feel sure
OF sweepins It next month by majority yari.
ously estimated from :, 800 to 1000 Mr.. Fisher
did excellent work tor his constituents in Wash
ington during the past two years. and is much
stronger than in his first race. Mr. Lariin. his
Democratic opponent. is supposed to have some
strength with the labor organizations, bur what
ever votes he may get from this source will be
more thnn overcome by those given to Thomas
tic followers and is making n lively canvass.
Mr.. Bennett the Republican candidate in the
Fifth district. has simply walkover. Thomas
5. Delaney is supposed to be running on the
iree-silver ticket, but it is predicted that he
will be buried under an adverse majority OF
5000 or 5000 at least.
The Republicans wisely realize that there IS a
fight on their hands in the Sixth dist rict and will
spare efforts to make Mr.. Hows's reelection
certain. Mr. Fickermann, the machine Demo-
cratic candidate, is u German cigar merchant
and put mp with the expectation that he
would he able TO capture most of tho large Ger
man vote in the district.
The CANVASS. so far ms 1t has progressed, has
shown that the German voters want honest
money. and will not allow their resi- pect for Mr.
Fickermann to influence their action at the
polls on election day.
While II is almost certain that BROOKLYN will
send full auti-5ryan delegation to Congress.
IL will be necessary for sound money Democrats
who mean To bury Bryan and BrIanism beyond
| the hope of resurrection to vote for Dennis NJ.
| Hurley in the First district and James r.
Howe In the sixth. A vote for their own
| cand dates in either OF these districts might
be worse than merely thrown away. This IN
particularly the case in the sixth. in which
| Oscar l.. Larger has been put up as an indie
pendent Republican Cnnhidate, solely with the
expectation that he may lie able tn draw of
enough votes To defeat Mr.. Howe. 1t is said