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a Republican one, and the best com
putation of Democrats of their expect
ed plurality in that district is $4,000, so
that, upon their basis of figures, unless
a landslide ours, the Republican can
didate for appeals judge must be elect
ed. The Democratic candidate has
some advantages. however, in being
placed twice upon the ticket and in
newspaper Endorsements, and these
thirgs may prove of greater aid than
has been anticipated. 1t is of ad-
vantage to remember that to elect
Democratic state officer after the tre-
mendous Republican pluralities of the
past three years would be an almost
unprecedented event. In 1894 the Re
publican plurality in the state was
$4,000; in 1885 it was $4,000, and in
1896. it was $4,000. If any of these
pluralities is cut in half it will be a
partial victory for the Democrats
Within thirty years the Democrats
have controlled the legis, allure but four
times in its two branches, and in that
time have elected by joint ballot but
three United States senators-Kernan
who was carried in by the Tilden
wave, and Hill and Murphy, elected by
the Democratic body that succeeded
by what was known as the Hill appor-
tionnent Throughout the state the
Democrats have made strenuous efforts
this fall to increase the number Of
Democratic members Of the lower
house, and it is evident that success
will crown their efforts. Indeed, the
Republican managers have at all times
believed that this was not Only possible,
but highly probable The next assem-
bly, will, however, be still Republican
by a very good majority. But the
Democrats will accomplish one thing
for which they are evidently striving,
the reduction of the Republican ma
jority to such an extent that In such
reduction they may see hope OF Dem
oc1atic house in 1899, when a success
sor to Senator Murphy is to be elected.
The Republicans profess to believe that
IL will be a good thing for the party to
have a smaller proportion of Republi-
cans, while still retaining a majority
within their party. The localities where
the Democrats expect to gain most
largely are New York and Kings coun-
ties. In the former they expect to cap
ture the Tenth, .Thirtieth, Thirty-third,
Thirty-fomth. Thirty-ffth and the
First Westchester, in addition to those
they now hold, and this will give them
twenty members out of thirty
seven. In Kings they are claiming to
be able to get twelve of the twenty-one
districts, at the least. In the upper
state counties, those mentioned as
CALLING pOlAIS dI & aIOduyy SASilIuLis5i
Rensselaer,. Oneida, Onondaga. Erie
and Niagara.
No contest in politics of a purely To-
cal nature has ever created such in
terest in the upstate counties as has
the Greater New York contest for
mayor and the death of one of the fore
most candidates has but added to that
interest. From carefully gathered
opinions of Republican leaders, out
side of the confines of the municipality
where the contest is occurring, it is
apparent that the general expectations
are that Tammany will win and that
Mr. Low and Mr.. Tracy will have a
fight for second place. These prognos-
that the normal Republican vote is
very much more evenly divided among
the candidates than is the Democratic
vote, and the information comes from
such reliable sources that it is hardly
to be questioned In other cities it is
believed. the Republican candidates for
mayor will be universally successful
with the possible exception Of Albany,
where a Democrat may succeed the
pre- sent Democratic incumbent.