The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-11-01
NEW YORK SITUATION.
The Result In the city Is ProbIsmatIcAi.
Elements OF the Contest.


ALBANY, N. Y. Oct. cl.-Twenty-
four hours before the practical closing
of the campaign. finds a condition as
chaotic as has ever been in the politics
OF New York state, and this Is due not
to any lack OF well defined ideas OF
how the vote would run II state issues
alone and the election of nssemblymen
were the prevailing factors, but to the
Injection OF some Of the bitter munich
pal contests that have ever prevailed In
the cities of the state. In Greater New
York, in Albany, IN Rochester, in Syra-
cuse and in Buffalo, the flve greatest
cities of the state there Will close to-
morrow campaigns upon local Issues
that have been notably bitter and even
Virulent. That these local affairs will
have bearing upon the vote for the
only state Office In controversy, the
chief judgeship OF the court Of appeals,
must be conceded and that they Will
have stlll greater bearing upon the
assembly district contests lB also ap-
parent.
The Indications at this writing are
that, while the contest for chief judge
ship OF the court OF appeals viii be a
spirited one, the chances are distinctly
in favor OF the election OF the Republl-
can candidate. The belief Is general
that the Republican vote In Central
and western New York that has for the
past two or three years been abnormal
iy large, will be In some measure re-
duced, but there are no indications that
Il will fall below its normal, which Is to
bring down TO New York City ii plural
ity Of G5,000 with which 10 meet any
plurality which the Democrats below
there can show. In the past two years
the plurality IN the cities that make up
Grenter New York has been Rcpubll-
can one and the best computation Of
Democratic OF their expected plurality
in that district Is $4,000, 30 that upon
their basis OF figures, unless q land
slide occurs, the Republican candidate
for appeals Judge must be elected. The
Democratic candidate has some adj
vnntnre, however, SIS being placed twice
ubon Che ticket and In newspaper en-
dorsemcnt, and these things may prove
of greater aid than has been antlClpa-
ted.
II Ia Of advantage to remember that
TO elect Democratic state officer after
the tremendous Republican plurnlltlca
OF the past three years would be nm nl-
most unprecedented event In 1894 tho
Republican plurality Ia the state was
$4,000; In 1895 Il was 10000, and In 1896
n nrcsdcntln year, II was l7SOOO n
any one ot these tremendous plurellt-
lra Ia cut IN half II win be partial Vie
tory for the Democrats
within thirty years tho Democratic
have controlled the Legislature hut four
times In ltB two branches, and IN thos
tlmc hive elected by Joint ballot but
throo Uullod glatoa nonnt0rs-kcrnnn,
who w1a carried IN M tho ridden wave,
aud I'm aud Murphy elected by the
Democratic body that succeeded what
wnl known uB the lllll nppurJlunmont
Thr0ugout the plnio the Democrats
have mudo strenuous cftorlg this fan 10
increase The number Of Democratic
mombcfa OF the lower house and u %
evident that success viii crown Their
| onoftH. Indeed lhr Republican mnun-
uora have ut M times believed that
this was not only poHllblc but highly